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...some time Lucien Gaudin, said to be the world's greatest swordsman, and Armand Massard, 1920 Olympic epée champion, have been getting cooler and cooler toward each other. It was nothing more than professional jealousy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Duel | 3/23/1925 | See Source »

...epee department in which they have as yet met no opposition, and the coming meet is viewed with optimism by Coach Danguy, who attaches less importance to last Saturday's 6 to 3 win over Bowdoin than to the fact that in each bout of that meet every swordsman won two and lost one engagement. This sign of equalized strength is the best possible augury for the future, declared Coach Danguy. The University foilsmen will be led by R. A. Durham '25 number one man and veteran of last year. His teammates will be A. g. Corrillo '26 and Howard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FENCERS ENCOUNTER SYRACUSE | 2/18/1925 | See Source »

Thus embellished, the bull is now ready for the espada, or matador; the swordsman, the killer, the hero of the day. It is to this final role that the apprentice aspires. Sometimes, through sheer braggadocio, the merest man may spring to fame overnight by leaping down into an arena if some emergency should arise at this crucial juncture of a fight. That is seldom seen, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toreador | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

...announcement that Lionel Atwill and David Belasco had split, will be relieved to learn that the former has not ceased doing things "worth while." He is rehearsing a drama entitled The Heart of Cellini. The action is largely set in the senescence of the historical goldsmith, philanderer, swordsman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre Notes, Oct. 15, 1923 | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

...little weary of seeing a strongly American band of sans-culottes demolish a pasteboard Paris, you should not miss Scaramouche, for it is quite the best thing Rex Ingram has done since The Four Horsemen. The story follows Sabatini's novel closely enough-the stroller-swordsman hero (Ramon Navarro) is dashingly effective-the scenes of the storming of the royal palace are incredibly exciting-the Danton of George Siegmann presents, for once, a hero rather than a ranter-Alice Terry is a suave and lovely aristocrat-all in all, here for once, is a super picture that even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 8, 1923 | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

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