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Word: evelyn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...desire for her good over that of any party, his blind devotion to what he believes to be right--these are the characteristics which make him a splendid figure. These too are the characteristics which win the devotion of Natascha, the most dangerous revolutionist in Russia, capably played by Evelyn Brent. Around the love of these two the story is woven...

Author: By R. N. G., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/8/1928 | See Source »

...cast includes many incongruous but no unsuccessful impersonations. Noah Beery is the lascivious old sheik, and highly satisfactory as such. Evelyn Brent, who plays opposite Emil Jannings in The Last Command (TIME, Jan. 30), does well indeed as the somewhat helpless heroine. Gary Cooper is lanky and effective as the able Major Henri de Beaujolais. The sand of the desert, a by no means unimportant element, is seen to fine effect, either snapping its angry yellow veil in the windy darkness, puffing smokily into the air after an explosion, or merely lying still under the sun like a quilt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 6, 1928 | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...Jannings, the thoroughly unhandsome hero, is the most finished, the most subtle cinemactor in the U.S. He does everything slowly; smiles break across his face like a gradual sunrise, his sorrows have accumulated intensity. In this picture, he is ably supported by lords, soldiers, peasants, and most notably by Evelyn Brent who is the heroine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 30, 1928 | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

...went to the Pole with Perry, is planning to write a letter. He will have all the months of Arctic darkness to complete the task on his little table in the Canadian Mounted Police station, Ellesmere Land. The August mail boat will bring his reply to Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd's Christmas wireless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Night Letter | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...oldest of Senators, Francis Emory Warren (aged 83) of Wyoming, to introduce onetime (1918-19) Governor William Evelyn Cameron of Wyoming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Dec. 12, 1927 | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

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