Word: crucifixion
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...Argenteuil some ten miles out from Paris, where Héloise was once Abbess, went devout Roman Catholics by the thousands last week to gaze with pious awe upon a purple woolen garment. To them it was the tunic which Christ wore on His way to Calvary and His Crucifixion; sweat had stained the fabric and on one shoulder were blood spots where the cross had rested. Now as the Holy Tunic, woven and dyed by the Virgin Mary, it was being given solemn ostension for the first time since 1900 because Good Friday commemorated the 19th centenary...
...CRUCIFIXION OF LIBERTY-Alexander Kerensky-Day ($2.75). The onetime head of the Russian Government gives his side of the case, not without dust and heat, adding one more stone to the defensive-memoir pile...
...play of 1923 by the Pulitzer Prize play jury. In this modernized cinema version it is likely to recapture much of its old popularity. Though Spencer Tracy at times stoops to tricks for audience sympathy which the late Louis John Bartels spurned, most of the fun of the Kelly crucifixion of J. Aubrey Piper still shines through the Hollywood edition. J. Aubrey Piper attracts the admiration of Amy Fisher (Madge Evans) when, during a rescue, he is accidentally pushed into Manhattan harbor and credited with a lifesaving. He courts her in expensive cars, inspects mansions for a new residence, boasts...
...Brooklyn and Boston was performed Pilate's Daughter, an all-female play based on the life of Claudia, who is supposed to have cast a rose at Christ's feet as He passed to His crucifixion. The rose kept its fragrance and Claudia lived among the Christians in Rome, was received into Heaven at her death. Written 32 years ago by the Rev. Francis L. Kenzel of the Redemptorists and performed annually in Boston since then, Pilate's Daughter has traveled far: a nun in China asked for a copy last fortnight...
...from tradition in letting Christus talk. Attracting smaller audiences than its rival 20 blocks away, it presents a good Judas, a Caiphas who has played the part 18 years, a noteworthy Christus (Arthur Frech, bank teller). During Christus' soliloquy at Gethsemane a tinsel angel hangs over Him. The Crucifixion, lit with lightning flashes, is effective with Christus attached to the Cross as if by nails for a good five minutes...