Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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University -- "Moulin Rouge". Constance Benneett seducing her own husband is neither very attractive nor very amusing, "Messacre." And another redskin bit the dust...
...have resurrected the restraint that characterized her early hits and the result is a satisfactory piece of acting. Adolphe Menjou is his usual dignified self, but in those wistful eyes of his seems to be a yearning for a lighter part, perhaps a chance at humor. An unusually fine "bit" is contributed by Noel Madison who gives a poignant nonchalance to his role of the convicted murderer that registered deeply in the audience...
Fine Arts--"The Passion of Joan of Arc." The super-realistic treatment tends to become a bit tedious at times; well worth seeing, nevertheless. "Die Privatsekretaerin." Pleasant German film...
...Bermuda might as well take over the United States and run that country for a bit...
...London postman ambled along Charter House Street, turned in at the office of The Diamond Corp. "Good morning," said he to a clerk. "Registered parcel for you. sir. A bit brisk out, sir. Just sign here, if you please, sir." He dipped into his brown canvas sack, passed out a paper package no bigger than a dornick. He touched his cap, ambled out again into Charter House Street. Because the package was addressed personally to Louis Oppenheimer, brother of The Diamond Corp.'s potent Board Chairman Sir Ernest, the clerk took it unopened to his office. Mr. Oppenheimer unwrapped...