Word: dimes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Modern cycles have two-wheel brakes. They can stop on a dime. With a gear shift, they can travel as slowly as 4 miles an hour and still have perfect control. This permits safe riding in a crowd...
...self-righteousness, filled with unconscious new ideals, answers through the mouth of Judge Ralph smith: "You chiseled every last dime you could. I don't see why you didn't choke on the food you got. I don't see how you could swallow it. This is unforgivable. I can't comprehend anything...
...Music Goes Round" is not nearly as bad as the Moviegoer expected, he is happy to report. Briefly the plot is about a Mississippi showboat troupe specializing in the presentation of old-Kentucky founds of the dime-novel variety. This troupe, almost on the financial rooks is rescued by the gallant Broadway star impersonated by Harry Richman. There are a number of humorous moments in the film and a few good songs...
...eyes and faces that talk without torturing your ears and making you supply the gaps. You grasp it all while lolling at your ease. And best of all, you recall the happy days ten years ago when you sneaked out of the back yard at sunset, slapped down your dime on the counter that you could barely reach, and revelled in an evening of glorious romance...
Sylvia Sydney comes out of her listless emotions long enough to give a fine performance in "Mary Burns, Fugitive". The title sounds ridiculously like a dime novel and the story follows that pattern but it is well worth seeing anyway if you like gangsters and strong-minded hero-explorers. Sylvia is much better looking with her hair fixed and Melvyn Douglas is excellent as the man whom she would like to marry if she could but can't because she has been in jail. They marry anyhow...