Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through the crowd. A woman called Mr. Walmsley a dirty name. A man clouted him in the stomach. He hit back. A free-for-all fight started. One councilman was knocked almost unconscious by a blow on the neck. The crowd became a mob. Into the affray waded Police Captain Henry Melson, unpopular with the strikers for his "rough stuff." Up went the cry: "Get Melson!'' He was "gotten"- crushed to the floor, kicked, cuffed, pounded, pummeled. He drew his gun, fired shots along the floor, hit two legs, a toe, an arm in the crowd. Blood...
...gets wounded, the other leads his troops to glory. At the end they settle in their own way an argument as to which of them is the father of Lily Damita's child. Director Raoul Walsh, who himself acts the part of a Marine captain, gets music in by having the Marines play mouth organs, listen to instrumental concerts, and march, when possible, to bands. Best shots: disembarkation in the Brooklyn Navy Yard...
...into the saloon where I found the Prince and Princess also in night clothes. . . . Water began coming in on top of me through the portholes. The Prince aided me out on deck, returning to get the Princess. . . . They had told a sailor to swim with me, as the captain said that the ship was sinking so fast it was impossible to make any use of the lifeboats...
Appointed. Capt. René Pugnet; to be Captain of the French liner Paris succeeding Capt. Yves Thomas, who goes on shore duty. After a successful career of 28 years with the French line, Capt. Thomas had three accidents in 18 months, was exonerated from each...
...learning horsemanship with and without a mallet. It means, as taught by Mrs. Hitchcock, even beginning on foot, to learn the rudiments of team play. The second step is bicycle polo, then ponies. Thus may able poloists be developed young. The Old Aikens still average under voting age. Their captain's mother, Mrs. D. Stewart Iglehart Sr., started another preliminary school five years ago at old Westbury called the Sparrowhawks, composed of famed players' young sons...