Word: jewess
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...romantic fiction about the Saxon Knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who helped King Richard the Lionhearted reclaim the throne usurped by his villainous brother Prince John and the Norman traitors while Richard was away at the Crusades. In the course of his adventures, Ivanhoe also champions the black-eyed Jewess Rebecca, falsely accused by the Norman conspirators of sorcery, and wins the blonde Saxon Lady Rowena...
...most filmed of Scott's 25 novels. Other screen versions of Ivanhoe: a three-reel Hollywood production made in 1913 with King Baggot in the title role, and a 1913 British six-reeler entitled Rebecca the Jewess...
...second section, which included a laundress, the school teacher, "A Woman of Virtue," and a Jewess who discussed the Dreyfus affair, was generally better. Especially outstanding was Miss Skinner's teacher, a rare combination of humor and pathos which was carried off with great skill and understanding...