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Word: cottonmouth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Canada's Christopher Plummer, a talented actor (Broadway's The Lark, TV's Little Moon of Alban), arrives in turn-of-the-century Miami, where he harkens to tales about Cottonmouth (Burl Ives), a red-bearded snake charmer off in the Everglades whose band of swamp angels (including such old Thespians as ex-Pug Tony Galento, Clown Emmett Kelly, Jockey Sammy Renick) pick off the wildlife like hungry dogs in a horsemeat factory. Modern hunters would do well to study their technique: every bird they shoot falls within 2 ft. of their boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 22, 1958 | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

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