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Word: butterflyer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are few comic concessions, but there is sly humor in Prissy 's (Butterfly McQueen) singing of Jes' a Few Mo' Days, Ter Tote de Weery Load. There is -sumptuous satire in the sets of the barbaric mansion, the realization of all Scarlett's ideals, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: G With the W | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

Jim Curwen, with an as yet unnamed teammate, will face Scott and possibly Hutter in the 100 while Swede Johnson and Al Mathis are to swim against Keller and possibly Gus Lateur Stanford '38, in the 100 backstroke. The latter may be booed as a "ringer" but no one will...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Untried Varsity Swimmers Face Crack Alumni Mermen in Pool Meet Tonight | 12/15/1939 | See Source »

Another veteran of many meets who is back again is Jack Walron, hardy breaststroker. Jack has worked his way onto the Varsity the difficult way, having shown a remarkable improvement in three years of competition. He now leads the butterfly experts on the squad and it is to be expected...

Author: By Charles N. Pollak ii, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/7/1939 | See Source »

*The other: Miss Butterfly Wu.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 6, 1939 | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Of the few paintings by Bakst which are now on exhibit, the finest by far is his polished rendition of the "Butterfly," a feminine character in "Le Dieu Bleu." This so-called sketch, which is in reality an actual painting, represents the spirit and movement of the ballet in a...

Author: By Jack Wilner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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