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...time King George lay gravely ill three years ago, and accompanied His Majesty to almost everything except the state openings of Parliament. Snip died in April. Mourned by the royal household and the nation, he was buried in Sandringham by the side of Edward VII's dog Caesar who had the distinction of preceding the Kaiser at his master's funeral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Charlotte's Companion | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

...Hatchet Man (First National). So convincingly did Edward G. Robinson perform in Little Caesar and Smart Money that he, rather than Alphonse Capone or the late John ("Legs") Diamond, has become the prototype of the U. S. gangster. When cinemaddicts read of the doings in the underworld, they form an immediate picture of Edward G. Robinson operating a machine gun in Chicago, a distillery in Manhattan or a poker game in a Florida casino. Actually, however, the countenance of Edward G. Robinson is less wicked than Mongolian. Shrewdly cast in this old (David Belasco-Achmed Abdullah) melodrama of San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 15, 1932 | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...fire which damaged the Eden Musee,- famed waxworks at Coney Island (N. Y.), funpark, figures of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, James John Walker, Leon Trotsky, John Joseph Pershing, Gaius Julius Caesar, Decimus Junius Brutus, Jean Paul Marat & tub, Henry VIII, Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thumb were melted out of existence. Others who suffered: George Washington (broken nose), Booker Taliaferro Washington (complexion blackened), Charlotte Corday (loss of eyes), Marie Antoinette (decapitated). A fireman was injured, a dog shot, a cat burned to death. Rescued were Watchman Conrad Golly and eight Japanese billiardists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 15, 1932 | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...small wire cannon in tow. Flea Reuben tugs a roller. Prompted with a bit of broom straw, Napoleon, Reuben and Cousin Charlie are encouraged to race. There are, in addition, six dancing fleas. Rudolf from Hapsburg operates a tiny carousel, but one suspects that the Professor's favorite is "Caesar and his Roman chariot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Feb. 15, 1932 | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...Little Caesar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Best Pictures | 1/25/1932 | See Source »

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