Word: bagdad
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pleasant to recall," said British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon, "that the new League member encloses within its boundaries the place which was once the Garden of Eden* as well as Bagdad of the immortal 'Arabian Nights.'" Sir John did not mention...
...Bagdad, capital of the Kingdom of Irak, is a thriving beehive of 250.000 busy, haggling souls. Mecca, one of the two capitals of the Land of Saud, is a Moslem "show place" of only 60.000 which receives and scandalously mulcts each year some 70,000 pious pilgrims...
Douglas Fairbanks, 49, leaps and handstands less in Mr. Robinson Crusoe than in his famed earlier pictures, The Mark of Zorro, Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, Thief of Bagdad, Black Pirate, Iron Mask...
...crisis. The money was found by transferring to a French syndicate the Greek State Railways, a delicate deal. Skimming over the details as only he can skim, Premier Venizelos spoke of "improved service" to be expected under the French management. Germany, who once dreamed of owning a Berlin-to-Bagdad railway, angrily accused France last week of scheming to buy control of railways dominating the Balkans, called the Greek deal a step toward realizing this French ambition...
While "epics" to compare with such pictures as "The Big Parade," "The Covered Wagon," "The Thief of Bagdad," "Ben-Bur," and other monstrous productions will probably not be attempted for the present, the moviegoer is still justified in anticipating some excellent programs in the future...