Word: dawn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Abie's Irish Rose, The Strange Case of Captain Ramper, Dawn, The End of St. Petersburg, Lights of New York (Vita-phone) are all curious...
FOREIGN INVASION CARMEN (Spanish, Raquel Meller), DAWN (English, Sybil Thorndike), BERLIN: THE SYMPHONY OF A BIG CITY (German, no plot, no subtitles, no stars), THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG (Russian, the Soviet triumphant...
...story has been told of a young school teacher who stayed up all night at his class reunion, talking. At dawn he shook hands with his comrade, Charles Mclvor, and they pledged themselves to lead the South out of the "bondage of ignorance." The young school teacher...
...Dawn has appeared in the U. S., thoroughly emasculated. A passive audience, brief applause greeted the first Manhattan showing of the British film that had put Parliament in a furor (TIME, March 12). The climactic scene-the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell-has been practically killed. Sybil Thorndike, who plays the role of Nurse Cavell, is shown facing a German firing squad. One German soldier refuses to raise his rifle when the command is given. There is a pause, a blot-out; then the grave of Nurse Cavell is flashed on the screen. In the original film, the disobedient soldier...
Pope Pius XI, was awakened at dawn by an astonishing clatter of swords and the sound of soldiers' voices disturbing the peaceful courtyards of the Vatican. It was, Pius XI remembered suddenly, his 71st birthday. The "Noble Guard," and the rest of the Papal army were preparing a little military maneuver for him to review. The Pope arose, said mass, reviewed his tiny regiments, received thousands of congratulatory messages and reflected with pleasure that Italian Catholic school children were enjoying a holiday. Later, 50 newly pledged U. S. priests kissed his hand...