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Word: guerilla (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hadley was a real person, a southern veteran of the Civil War who went to prison in 1867 for aiding guerilla raiders to escape capture. Hadley, played by Sterling Hayden, served time in Hellgate Military Prison near Copper City, New Mexico. The Hellgate of the movies, called America's Devil's Island, includes a subterranean series of barred caves, a tender hearted commandant, a sadistic sergeant, and enough tortures to send chills along the spine of Charles Addams...

Author: By Robert J. Schornberg, | Title: Hellgate | 11/26/1952 | See Source »

Swearingen stated that Japanese and Korean Communists held a secreet meeting in Japan early in April 1950. They discussed joint plans for guerilla activity to support the invasion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Japanese Knew Early of Korean Invasion, Research Fellows Says | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

What's everybody so worried about? The draft? War? Haven't you seen "American Guerilla in the Philippines?" War is just one great big whale of a good time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/15/1950 | See Source »

...movies go, New York is definitely having a substandard weekend. Now features at the big houses are American Guerilla in the Philippines (Astor), starring Tyrone Power and Michelin Prelle; King Solomon's Mines (Radio City Music Hall), with Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger; Robert Taylor in Devil's Doorway (Capitol); All About Eve (Roxy); and J. Arthur Rank's Prelude to Fame (52nd Street Trans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glittering Gotham Beckons to Pleasure Seekers | 11/10/1950 | See Source »

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