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Word: roundhead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fighting Blade. Richard Barthelmess appears a trifle more romantic than ever in round helmet and shiny breastplate-a Roundhead Captain in the forces of Oliver Cromwell. Divesting himself of these friendly ferries, he enters the enemy stronghold at Staversham as a spy. Spying he is spied upon, detected, made prisoner. There follows a hideously tiresome torture scene-the only blemish of the production. Finally the lovely heroine files his fetters and he escapes via the water route beneath the castle walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 22, 1923 | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

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