Word: bohemias
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...both suspected of being spies. One of them, the heroine (Genevieve Tobin), proves to be innocent. The other (Betty Compson) is trapped by a handsome Rumanian officer (Ivan Lebedeff). The fact that Ivan Lebedeff speaks very poor English has been disguised by setting the action in Rumania which, with Bohemia, is usually selected as the mise en scene for cinemas in which the actors are linguistically deficient...
...link antiquity and horror: many of his spooks are harmlessly buried till a blundering antiquarian stirs them up. If the meddler survives, his invariable rule thereafter is to let sleeping ghosts lie. James sets the scenes of his stories with cunning realism, hearty plausibility; he never needs Bohemia or Walpurgis Night. Imperceptibly the shades thicken; something (it might be a rat) scuffles in a corner; something (it might be the wind) puffs out the curtains; and then...
...success of the expedition in Bohemia has attracted attention in other countries, and it has been invited to excavate in Germany, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Hungary. These invitations will be accepted as soon as opportunity is found; indeed, some work in Jugoslavia is planned for next year. A recent visit to Belgrade established valuable connections there. As the expedition comes from America its disinterested approach is commonly recognized and it is able to accomplish what political boundaries would otherwise render difficult. Although the funds in hand are somewhat insufficient the staff has been able to excavate on a larger scale than...
...season just ended was the second the expedition has carried out. Its work during the previous year was confined chiefly to prospecting in various localities in Bohemia in order to determine where more extensive digging would be profitable, and it was then that Homolka was discovered. In a short time the expedition will sail again for its third season's work, which will extend to other parts of Czechoslovakia and also into Jugoslavia...
...appears certain, furthermore, that Bohemia, the region in which the expedition has thus far concentrated, was the cultural stimuli to the north and west, where our own rude ancestors lived. The contact of these folk with Central Europe remained of great importance until the Roman Empire spread across the continent, but those who lived in the northern and western parts of the British Isles were never conquered by Rome, nor were most of the people of Germany, or the Scandinavians, among whom must be classed the English, who at this early date had not yet lived in their native land...