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Word: empah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fast on swordplay, heavy on overplay and light on screenplay. It begins with Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd), late of the Irish wars, winning an audience with the Queen; he wants to take three ships to the New World there to work for the greater glory of the 'British Empah." But the weary pan-amorous Elizabeth, who lost Errol Flynn back in the first film, likes the cut of Raleigh's jib- and his beard too. He is blunt, charming, gay, adventurous and never forgets to throw his cloak over mud puddles. He accepts the job of captain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 15, 1955 | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

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