Word: galileans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Andrew was a Galilean fisherman and brother of St. Peter. During the reign of Nero, he was crucified by being bound to a decussate (X-shaped) cross. In the painting owned by Los Angeles, the martyr supports one shaft of the cross and raises a hand in blessing. In other versions, El' Greco pictured the scene from various angles and in different moods...
...Judith Anderson as an evilly scheming Herodias, Alan Badel as a weirdly wild-eyed John the Baptist, and Stewart Granger as an intrepid Roman commander. Actress Hayworth does her best in the dance of the seven veils. With choreography by Valerie Bettis, Rita is the very picture of a Galilean glamour girl in an off-the-shoulder gown by Jean Louis hairdo by Helen Hunt, and make-up by Clay Campbell. She wriggles, writhes and undulates through this predecessor of the modern striptease with such abandon, as she methodically removes as many veils (six) as the law and the Breen...