Word: doctorings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...revealed Alvin Karpis had been fishing and hunting on the Gulf and in Florida for several months, had moved to New Orleans several weeks ago. His face had been lifted, his fingertips mutilated. The G-Men said that Karpis had paid a Chicago gang doctor $350 for the face-lifting operation, that the job was not worth...
Doubtless the most original trait of American cinema is the sly metamorphosis of familiar novels from their printed pages to the screen. Many who would be frightened away by its true-story title will be relieved to know that "I Married a Doctor" is a neat scenarioizing of Sinclair Lewis's "Main Street." Stylized, the plot is of a young woman rich in parts who comes to be the wife of Dr. Kennicott, and must breast all the bigotry of Williamsburg, a mid-western town. She is unfortunate in her open treatment of the men, secures the whole hearted...
...atmosphere is handled with rare skill; the minor characters have an individuality all their own. As Carol, Josephine Hutchinson is delightful, save for a certain thrilled ecstasy introduced in irrelevant scenes. The doctor is done by Pat O'Brien, with a stupid tenderness that is positively intelligent, but Ross Alexander as Eric is quite uncalled-for; since his last role he has managed to put still another hot potato in his mouth...
...heavy enough dish at anybody's table, but German has something indescribably "schwer" in its very nature that makes such a diet untenable. The reformation of the elementary courses, especially the establishment of German 1, the long-awaited survey course in literature, seems to be just what the doctor ordered for those who want cultural knowledge along with their language...
...doctor-inventor became so engrossed in his air-conditioning that he gave up medical practice to push his ice machines. An agent appointed in Manhattan accomplished little or nothing. Almost penniless, Dr. Gorrie went to New Orleans for backing, found a Boston man who bought half the project. The Bostonian died. Unable to interest anyone else, Dr. Gorrie went back to Apalachicola, secluded himself, brooded, sickened, died...