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Word: balladist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Vagabond King (Paramount) provides a multimillion-dollar answer to a question that nobody has been asking: Where are the snores of yesteryear? In 1901, the short, unhappy life of François Villon, the notorious balladist of 15th century France, was rewritten by Playwright Justin McCarthy as a long, claptrappy rapier romance that held the stage for decades and made E. H. Sothern the most famous scenery-chewer of his time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 24, 1956 | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

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