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...Killed (Paramount) is an extraordinary picture for several reasons. One is that the emotion with which it is mainly concerned???contrition?has generally been considered too vague or too rare for cinemaddicts to appreciate, except in its most blatant and trivial forms. Taken from a play by Maurice Rostand, The Man I Kitted presents the case of a hypersensitive French soldier who, when the War is over, is tortured by remembering a young German whom he stabbed to death in the trenches. Just how this grisly recollection affects the Frenchman becomes clear when a priest, to whom he has confessed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 1, 1932 | 2/1/1932 | See Source »

...opening. Under the fascinating title of The Nebblepredders it is reasonable to suppose that the incurably curious, a considerable group, would have patronized pasteboard peddlers.. But the reigning dynasty thought otherwise and just called it any old thing, spelled as above. The Nebblepredders were the family concerned???Pop Nebblepredder, Ma Nebblepredder, Herbie Nebblepredder, Eva Nebblepredder, Elmer Nebblepredder, Josie Nebblepredder?all Nebblepredders. A Nebblepredder, that is to say these Nebblepredders, were poor Nebblepredders. Their hope and true salvation was Elmer Nebblepredder, who earned $20 a week. Other Nebblepredders nibbled at his salary ceaselessly, particularly Ma Nebblepredder, whose false teeth took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Feb. 20, 1928 | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

...Comissioner von Kahr vested him with authority to call troops and to use troops, to arrest whom he chooses, to keep prisoners in jail without trial, to seize the property of persons declared to be enemies of the nation. The German Constitution was suspended as far as Bavaria was concerned???laws definitely suspended were: freedom of speech, press, assembly, telephone; secrecy of mail; secrecy and sanctity of person, dwelling and property. Habeas corpus was declared abolished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Regime of Dictators | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

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