Word: infernale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fortnight ago in Syracuse, N. Y., a postal clerk came upon a parcel addressed to "Comrade Chancellor Charles Flint, Syracuse University." When the parcel gave off a muffled tick, the clerk turned white as a miller, rushed the parcel to the postmaster. The postmaster sent for the police. The police...
In this play Mr. Cohan is the "Dear Old Darling," of course, but what that title really means is "Dear Old Dupe." The precedent of "Kind Lady" is carried on, and the entire plot of the present production is concerned with the machinations of a slippery clan of genteel racketeers...
Satan disguised as a dragon had fallen upon the moon and was determined to devour it entire. The Turks ran indoors, got their rifles, ran out again. As fast as they could load & fire, they shot at the invisible dragon, whose infernal bite mark on the moon was dreadfully visible...
That is the best thing we can say about "Remember Last Night?" Take a look at the last page of the last CRIMSON, and you'll see the key to the difficulty. Eleven heads depicted!--Eleven major characters, each doing his level best to bewilder the unfortunate spectator. All detective...
The fact is that many of the best appurtenances of detective stores have been lifted directly from Conan Doyle, to be used most effectively on the screen. There is the subtle trap inveigling the guilty man into betraying himself, the use of a dummy to draw fire from the villain...