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Word: alackaday (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Love Hungry. To be poor is no fun. Joan (Lois Moran) and Mamie (Marjorie Beebe) know that. Living in a cheap boarding house, with their efforts as chorus girls unsuccessful, they are glad when rich Lonnie Van Hook invites them out to dinner in a gaudy restaurant. But, alackaday, they must leave their only wristwatch to pay the check, because Mr. Van Hook is suddenly called away. Later, he brings an engagement ring to Joan; she shows it to her true lover (a poor author), who throws it out the window and marries her. Mamie, however, picks up the ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 30, 1928 | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

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