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Word: copse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Purporting to be a detective picture in the modern manner, the film soon proves itself nothing better than the old style "cops and robber" stuff. Lloyd Nolan poses as the smart reporter who gets in the way of Akim Tamiroff, gambler and suitor for the heart of the beautiful Claire...

Author: By J. A. B., | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 4/27/1937 | See Source »

To meet these criteria a new proctor-adviser system should be organized, with each proctor-adviser rewarded with a hundred dollars for his adviser duties, with room and board for his proctorship. Today proctors are officially little more than glorified yard cops; a surprising number, however, are already performing the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOMETHING FOR NOTHING | 2/9/1937 | See Source »

But ever since Christmas, she has been missing, and the Yard Cops are broken-hearted. Once she went off before, and when all hope for her recovery had been abandoned, she was discovered by the Newton Police, who obligingly returned her to the University.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARD COPS FORLORN AS SARAH FAILS TO KEEP NIGHTLY TRYST | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

Proving that cinematic realism is an international language, Director Fritz Lang, an Austrian, gets an extraordinary authenticity of color into his quick episodic treatment of the life and love of Eddie Taylor. Many scenes, momentary on the screen, are hard to forget: the assault of a bank truck on a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 11, 1937 | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

"RENFREW OF THE MOUNTED" is a chilling thriller for youngsters who like the cops and robber game as played in the Canadian Northwest. In 1935, Joan Baker's interest in the Canadian North-west was very limited. She was a member of the Strollers at Ohio State, circulation manager of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHTER | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

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