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Word: busters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Madi- son Square Garden. There were 5,000 animals of all sizes, shapes, means of locomotion. There was a sombre Mongolian dromedary, an Indian baby elephant, ocelot (beast), a toucan (bird), a guppie (fish). Professor George Yoeger of Brooklyn took Trixie, his dancing, boxing dog. From New Jersey went Buster, 18-month-old chimpanzee who drinks Coca-Cola, hugs his mistress. Mme. Frieda Hempel. famed prima donna, wandered among the exhibits, her maid following with Master Toby, the Hempel pomeranian who has crossed the Atlantic twelve times, who once flew from London to Paris to visit his veterinarian. Louis Ruhe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Fish, Flesh & Fowl | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...Moran carry off the honors over the other ladies of the cast, because they have more opportunity to be funny than the rest have to act. Joan Crawford, Anita Page, and Marion Davies are all acceptable in less distinctive parts. Laurel and Hardy present a little highgrade slapstick, and Buster Keaton's burlesque of the exquisite jewel dance that precedes him, outdoes them...

Author: By R. W. P., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Among the other movies to be presented in the future are "Beau Geste," with Ronald Colman, "The Strong Man," with Harry Langdon, "The General," with Buster Keaton, and "The Birth of a Nation." These shows will be given about once a month, in the Living Room of the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB SPONSORS UNION FILM SHOWINGS | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

Married. Constance Talmadge, cinemactress; and Townsend Netcher, Chicago merchant; at the home of the bride's brother-in-law, Cinemacomedian Buster Keaton, in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 20, 1929 | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...Judiciary Committee, that generally precedes impeachment. Countering, Judge Winslow said it was all "a diabolical plot." The chief citation against him was that he had suspended sentence on a ''crooked bust'' named Meyer Kaplan in return for an "understanding" which, when subsequently not fulfilled, caused Buster Kaplan to be jailed for the full sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Busts | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

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