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Word: controleur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Beachcomber (Paramount) contains the most unusual cinema hero of the year. Shiftless, insolent, concupiscent Ginger Ted (Charles Laughton) makes himself a nuisance to the kindhearted controleur of the tropical Dutch island where he lives in a disreputable beach shack. He also takes pleasure in insulting a hard-working British female missionary (Elsa Lanchester*) who tries to save his soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 2, 1939 | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

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