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Word: arkansaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pulled a shotgun from the wall, slew the farmer, protected her honor. She is assisted in her getaway by a casual young hobo (Richard Arlen) who, cinemaddicts are to believe, persevered in a platonic companionship. At a jungle (hobo hangout) her sex is discovered when the Arkansaw Snake (Robert Perry) recognizes the contour of her hips, despite her masculine attire, her cropped hair. But Oklahoma Red (Wallace Beery) is a vagabond whose rules are: when he is with a gang, it is his gang; if a girl is in the gang, she is his girl. Hopping a freight with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 8, 1928 | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

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