Word: besting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blunt bee survived the perfidy of the green spider and the mischief of hornets to bring the message of battle to his drowsy queen. This picture took six years to make and is a coherent, exciting story in which all the actors and actresses are insects. Best shot: the warring swarms among looted honeycombs...
...crude to be true. But audiences do not reflect any more coolly during this picture than they did when the play was a stage hit 19 years ago. Lionel Barrymore capably directed a fine cast which includes Lewis Stone and is distinguished by the superb acting of Ruth Chatterton. Best shot: Miss Chatterton telling her troubles in a cafe...
...Leatherneck (Pathe). This is a flashback melodrama of U. S. Marines in Eurasia. The complicated romance between the best-looking Marine and a Russian girl is so intelligently directed by Howard Higgin that at times you do not notice that the story is entirely pointless. Best shot: the camera moving from one face to another at a court-martial while a voice from an unseen source thunders accusations...
Albert and Charles Boni, shrewd Manhattan publishers, announced last week the formation of a "Paper Books Club." Object: to sell twelve new paperbound books per annum for $5. Frankly commercial, they will not advertise their offerings as "best" books of each month. They said they would need at least 200,000 subscribers...
...years ago.* On the first day, when the foursomes were played, the U. S. had led, 2½points to 1½. Loose-jointed young Horton Smith from Joplin, Mo., did not play in the foursomes. Instead he followed Leo Diegel and Al Espinosa who, playing the best match of the two days, beat Britain's Boomer and Duncan seven up and five to go. The U. S. won two matches, dropped one, tied another. By lunchtime the next day, British golf enthusiasts were jubilant. The British team was leading in four matches, three were tied, and only...