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Word: hell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that brings up the rear in a procession of type pictures is sure to be at a disadvantage, whether it be of the gangster, or convict genre. When all the cards have been played, there is little novelty to be gained by reshuffling. Only rarely can a film like "Hell's Angels" cap all that has gone before...

Author: By G. G. R., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/5/1932 | See Source »

...Hell's bells! It's idiotic and astounding! The President wants to create some new offices. Gosh, we want to abolish bureaus and commissions. I don't think the country wants any new offices at this time. ... As for reorganization, why doesn't the President say how he wants it done? He just generalizes as he always does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Patchwork & Politics | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

...Humph," growled "Uncle Joe." "What the hell is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Right To Life | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...rhapsody, the smart, shifting jazz rhythms which followed. People were enthusiastic about the smooth, melodic middle theme which the Koussevitzky strings played superbly but Bostonians never really accept any new music without consulting one of two critical oracles, aged Philip Hale of the Boston Herald or H. T. ("Hell-to-Pay") Parker of the Transcript. Gnomelike Critic Parker thought "this Second Rhapsody seemed tempered and in degree de-natured by reflection and manipulation. It sounded over-often from the study-table and the piano-rack." Said Critic Hale: "The music has decided individuality, which, it is to be hoped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tibbett's Simone | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

...candle-lit surgery in London, Dr. Jekyll brews broth of Hell, gulps down his potation, and with many a phthisical cough turns into "Mr. 'Ide," the terror of Limehouse. In Germany, Bavarian merrymaking is stilled as Frankenstein's monster stalks abroad. And somewhere in the English countryside, Count Dracula pushes up his mouldering coffin-lid, flicks the gravedirt from his shoulders, and adjusts his cravat for a pleasant evening...

Author: By G. G. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

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