Word: rowena
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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...
...knights in the lists at Ashby; Ivanhoe championing the persecuted Rebecca (Elizabeth Taylor) against Norman Templar de Bois-Guilbert (George Sanders) in a savage battle with hand ax and mace & chain to the neighing of horses and the funereal beating of drums; the flaming assault on Torquilstone castle, where Rowena (Joan Fontaine) is held captive by the sneering Sir Hugh de Bracy (Robert Douglas), with thousands of Saxon archers hurling themselves across the moat and swarming up the granite-grey walls while the Normans shower boulders down on them from the battlements...
...news and photographic material in this supplement were complied under the supervision of Margaret E. Fechheimer '52, Radcliffe Bureau Chief, and Rowena V. Strauss '53, of the Business Board. The CRIMSON gratefully acknowledges the assistance in modeling the fashions herein displayed...
...Rowena Strauss: Cabot; Radcliffe News; "Drumbeats and Song...
Nevertheless, the Sadler's Wells Company had ample opportunity to demonstrate the discipline and artistry for which it has been acclaimed. Whatever defeats exist in the program originate with the choreographer, rather than the dancers. "Les Patineurs" is pleasant enough to watch, and it affords Rowena Jackson, Nadia Nerina, and Brian Shaw the opportunity to show off their virtuosity...