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Deaf & Blind. In a theatre on the 50th floor of the Chanin Building, Manhattan, 100 people, some totally blind, some deaf, sat in their seats while Bulldog Drummond was projected on the screen and played on the recording machine. The deaf "listened" through special earphones; a lecturer with a cultured voice explained the action to the blind. The deaf got the most excited, the blind laughed most at funny parts; all applauded at the end, then went home to their respective silence, darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Variations Sep. 9, 1929 | 9/9/1929 | See Source »

...training camp, Señor Victorio Maria Campolo, towering Argentine heavyweight fighter (TIME, June 24) tried desperately, ineffectually, to scowl, to glower, to crook his smile into a sneer, jibing onlookers, unconvinced of his ferocity, were told: "You should see him bulldog, skin and dress a steer for barbecue in nine minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Guaranteed Ferocious | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

...longer may the sage of Sewickley ruh his hands and gloat over the Bulldog as he loses his grip. We have demonstrated our ability to apply mathematical formulae to the science of the diamond, while exhorting our team-mates with quotations from the scriptures and the classics to play better ball. Harvard's bitter chalico may perhaps be sweetened by her realization that she must adhere more rigidly to that musty proverb that "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." --Yale News...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 5/29/1929 | See Source »

...excellent condition of the squad augurs well for an upset, and the clear weather of the past few days has aided in bringing the team up to top form. The group that journeys to New Haven will be in fighting trim, ready to seize every opportunity of toppling the Bulldog track...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK MEN INVADE NEW HAVEN TO MEET FAVORED ELI TEAM | 5/25/1929 | See Source »

...Bulldog Drummond (Samuel Goldwyn). Another all-talking photograph of an old play is kept from being all talk by the intelligent acting of Ronald Colman. What does the bored British officer with the poetic eyes and the little mustache do when the gang catches him? Does he fight his way out for the sake of the lovely girl whose uncle is held captive in a house where anything might happen? You are quite safe in feeling assured that in all circumstances such an officer will behave as gallantry prescribes. Best shot: the effect of the fall of a spoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures May 20, 1929 | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

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