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...always polite. No matter how much of a hurry they are in they never forget to take their hats off to each other. This may be the kind of thing that has made critics assert that laughter is founded on a sense of superiority,* but Hot for Paris will flatter that sense only broadly, good-humoredly. Director Raoul Walsh is said to have thought up the story while he was riding in an airplane. Typical gags: "You must have a sweetport in every heart"; "coal miners" used instead of "gold diggers"; Swedish seamen interrupting Victor McLaglen as he pours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 20, 1930 | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

Last week O Estado de Sao Paulo credited TIME with truth telling, flayed spot news stories, cabled from Manhattan and Galveston as "grossly exaggerated, largely false and forged in the correspondents' warm imaginations in an effort to flatter Brazilian readers or 'put over' a joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Joke | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

From allurements abroad which but flatter the eye The unsatisfied heart turns and says with a sigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Home, Sweet Home | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...Hello Sucker! Pin back your ears and get a load of the next week's news: Sex, murder, sin, off and on will make you grab those straps on the 8:20 subway tighter and tighter. We aim to thrill, flatter, and admire, so cluster around with the money wide, high, and handsome...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUICKBAND | 5/8/1929 | See Source »

...concerned, they are always more of a nuisance than a benefit, especially when they are poor and come in droves on organized tours. When they are rich they think all Italy is theirs without discussion. They put on airs. They think we are 'natives' who must flatter them and serve them, even though they pay with a bad grace. What Fascist cares a damn for tourists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Fat Tourists Smacked | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

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