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Word: billye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jessie Matthews, currently the most popular young musicomedienne in London, is 27, tall, brunette and possessed of banjo-eyes and the best publicized legs in England. Her father was a tailor. Her brother, Billy, was a fisticuffer who claimed the lightweight championship of Europe. At 15 Jessie Matthews left school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 21, 1935 | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

Failing to justify their three goal handicap the Harvard Varsity pole men went down to defeat before a marksman-like 110th Cavalry Hussar trio by a 13 1-2 to 6 score. Captain Tommy Davis, high scorer for the Crimson malletmen with three goals, led the offense throughout the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLO TEAM LOSES MATCH WITH 110TH HUSSARS | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

Leading lady is witty, torch-singing Ethel Merman, whose face is as plump as her voice is sharp. Anything Goes further boasts the services of debonair William Gaxton and wistful Victor Moore, respectively President Wintergreen and Vice President Throttlebottom of Of Thee I Sing. Funny as Victor Moore was as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 3, 1934 | 12/3/1934 | See Source »

At the other positions if seems more than likely that Casey will try to keep the starters on the job for the full time. The two speclalists. Merger Locke and Billy Parquette, are the only other men with a reasonable chance of service.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson and Blue Elevens Hold Light Practice So Injuries May Be Avoided | 11/22/1934 | See Source »

In the backfield the same thing is happening as such veterans as Chet Litman and Fergie Locke are being pushed into the background by Johnny Adzigian, Braman Gibbs, and a host of Sophomores. Elley Jackson, Freddy Moseley, and Bob Haley are three old-timers who are sure of jobs if...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/16/1934 | See Source »

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