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Word: falworth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Black Shield of Falworth (Universal-International). After sitting through three full-color CinemaScope treatments of the Middle Ages (Knights of the Round Table, Prince Valiant, King Richard and the Crusaders) in the last six months, one schoolboy complained that he was "beginning to feel middle-aged." A weary wag some years his senior replied by recommending The Black Shield of Falworth as distinctly "the lesser of medievals." Actually, The Black Shield is better than that. In sheer athletic thwack-in the vim with which buffets are fetched and weasands slit-it is one of the jaw-jarringest things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 25, 1954 | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

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