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...romance, for Victor Hugo, immortal originator of gangster fiction. It seems right for her to wear the sling. It seems right that her father, Guy Kibbee, should be a genial, bald-headed Irishman, fond of rococo furniture, comic strips and a pet canary called Jackie. How much more fiendish???because more human?he seems when, going out for the evening's beer-running and murdering, he says mournfully: "Jackie ain't sung a tune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 27, 1931 | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

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