Word: knife
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...being extraordinary in his selflessness, his patience and simple eloquence, his deep inner contentment with the seasonal simplicities of farm life. "De Lord done been trampled on befo. . ." he sermonizes. "An hit ain't never ruffle de Lord none. Dey done nail de Lord up an poke a knife in he side and done laid de crown o' thawns on he haid, an hit didn't no more'n make him groan out wunst...
...begs to be made better looking. Instead, Lugosi makes him uglier still, enslaves him by promising to do a better job next time. Spurned by the girl and reproached by her father, Lugosi decides to torture them to death with such a Poetic device as a slowly descending, knife-blade pendulum. In the end he is thwarted by Karloff who chooses to be shot rather than let Miss Ware be crushed to death in a room whose walls are slowly coming together...
...Paring Knife Finger Tip Knife...
...Brooklyn, two Negro bandits, balked by the refusal of Harry Ohlandt, manager of an Atlantic & Pacific store, to open the safe, chopped off two of his fingers with a cheese knife...
...purse, darts away. Up to the curb glides a La Salle limousine. Out of it steps a gentleman in full evening dress and top hat. With a few nimble bounds, he overtakes the fleeing Negro, pinions him fast. Then from his pocket the gentleman whips a gleaming pen knife. Deftly he slits the Negro's throat from ear to ear. Returning to the young woman, who has now recovered, the immaculate avenger doffs his topper, bows from the waist saying, "Your purse, Madam," steps quickly back into his limousine, purrs away into the night. . . . Should a Hollywood producer present...