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Word: april (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most Bostonians, Massachusetts' legal holiday on April 19 is better known as the day of The Marathon than the anniversary of the first battle of the Revolutionary War. For parents who have to stand on a curbstone for hours so that their saucer-eyed brood may catch a glimpse of the first gaunt & gasping runner plodding along Commonwealth Avenue, and for motorists who are forced to detour all around town, the Marathon is a notorious nuisance. But for chronic gawps, students of foot racing and officials of the Boston Athletic Association (who sponsor the run), it is a great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Brave Victory | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

Dark Victory (Warner Bros.-First National), if it were an automobile, would be a Rolls-Royce with a Brewster body and the very best trimmings. Though not up to Wuthering Heights (TIME, April 17), it is one of the best star vehicles Hollywood has produced this year. As a play, it was not a success when Tallulah Bankhead took it to Broadway four years ago. Refashioned by Screenwriter Casey Robinson to fit Bette Davis, Warners' most talented and ambitious star, it gives her a chance to do a good job and puts her well up in line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

Wuthering Heights (Merle Oberon, Lawrence Olivier, David Niven; TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Lew Fields; TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

Alexander Nevsky (Nikolai Cherkassov; TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, May 1, 1939 | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

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