Word: swordsmen
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...piled up an early lead in his favorite weapon. Later he dropped back to second, but Lions Captain Barry Pariser slashed his way to the saber championship, Ralph De Marco earned a fourth place with his foil and, when the last fencer had saluted his opponent, Columbia's swordsmen were the undisputed champs. Final score: Columbia 62, Cornell 57, Navy...
...domestic audiences, the biggest producers, lured by the success of Rashomon and Ugetsu in the U.S., were scrambling last week to release films for the American market. The export pictures are mostly "sword swingers," Oriental versions of the U.S. horse opera, in which Japan's feudal swordsmen are the heroes. Tokyo's Toho (Eastern Treasure) Co. plans to release its $350,000 Seven Samurai, which won a prize at this year's Venice Festival, early in 1955 as "a Japanese western" (33,000 extras, 2,300 horses). Next month Daiei (Great Pictures), which produced both Rashomon...
Freshman fencers yesterday battled Boston University swordsmen to a 6-6 standstill in an informal match at the Blockhouse...
Most of the entertainment, however, is at the director's expense. The swordplay is delightfully amateurish, and Miss O'Hara's lovemaking is delightfully deadpan. Most delightful of all, however, are the missed cues. At one point, Athos' daughter descends a staircase, stops and waits expectantly for the swordsmen who were supposed to surprise...
...shoulders of each fighter is protected by padding and heavy black bandages. Each duel goes three rounds, and from the moment the umpire cries "Silentium!", lasts about 15 minutes. While their brothers watch, each fighter tries to slash at his opponent's face. When it is over, the swordsmen retire to the doctor's bench, each one holding his opponent's right hand while the doctor stitches and bandages. Sometimes the boys try to make their scars more impressive by rubbing salt into their wounds or prematurely ripping out their stitches. But such tampering is considered...