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Word: groser (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with professional actors for the role of Thomas à Becket, Hoellering attended hundreds of church services, Catholic and Anglican, searching for "a man who looked the part, inside as well as out." In London's down-at-heel East End, he found him: the Rev. St. John B. Groser, Anglican Dean of Stepney. Father Groser was horrified at first at the idea of turning actor, but he soon grew enthusiastic enough to spend seven months growing a 12th-Century-style head of hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Becket on the Screen | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

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