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Word: camera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was a bustle as a photographer hurried in. He set up his camera, efficiently brushed the paste pots aside, stuck a pencil in Mr. Bilbo's hand. "Now, Governor." he briskly directed, "just try to look like you're busy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Trouble Shooter | 7/3/1933 | See Source »

...Manhattan monstrous, acromegalic Primo Camera appeared before a referee in bankruptcy, sequel to a breach of prom ise verdict for $14,380.25 obtained against him by one Emelia Tersini, London wait ress (TIME, March 24, 1930). Demanded the referee: "Have you any money at all?" Camera : "I dono. That don't intrust me." Referee: "Do you know what a petition in bankruptcy is?" Camera: "Sure. Broke." Referee: "Is that all you know . . .?" Camera: "Yeah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 3, 1933 | 7/3/1933 | See Source »

...Manhattan Primo Camera, prodigious Italian fisticuffer who is scheduled to fight Jack Sharkey for the world's heavyweight championship June 29. filed a petition in bankruptcy, listing assets of $1,182 and liabilities of $59,829, including $14,390 to a London waitress named Amelia Tersini who sued him for breach of promise. ______∙______ Scheduled to address Stanford and Harvard alumni in San Francisco, Stanford Business School's Dean Jacob Hugh Jackson did not appear. Four members of his faculty arrived with apologetic explanations. Dean Jackson had been invited that evening to "bring 25 or 30 students with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 26, 1933 | 6/26/1933 | See Source »

Exciting shot: the mysterious murderer, represented only as the eye of the camera, making a call on his evil accomplice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 12, 1933 | 6/12/1933 | See Source »

...photography is beyond reproach and draws the story into a closely integrated film. The use of the camera gives a like-like sequence to the picture which adds greatly to its dramatic force. Although "Maedchen", is a very satisfying production, even for the person who must depend largely on the English titles to understand the dialogue, the enjoyment of the spectators is much enhanced by a knowledge of German...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 6/9/1933 | See Source »

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