Word: hattan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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William S. Hart, flint-faced hero of the silent Westerns, gave an interview in Man hattan, observed: "It would be ill-becoming of me to say anything against the talkies. But it's my honest opinion that the old, silent pictures were superior." Buster Keaton was arrested for drunkenness, pleaded with the judge that he had asked cops to take care of him, therefore knew he needed aid, therefore was not drunk. Unconvinced, the judge fined...
...Mexico has also produced a pair of torchy ladies who vocalize in the best black-velvet-gown-and-chiffon-handkerchief manner. One is Adelina Garcia, happily represented by a sad ballad called Desesperadamente (OKeh). The other is glamorous Elvira Rios, familiar to Man hattan nightclubbers. Her cello-voice throbs best on Incertidumbre and Vereda Tropical (Decca...