Word: modelied
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...greatly appreciate your notice of the invention of our urinalysis machine. TIME has concisely stated its mode of operation and purpose. We sincerely hope that it will serve to warn those in the first stages of kidney trouble or diabetes that they should seek medical aid before irreparable damage has been done...
...chair seems crude. In principle they have no death penalty, but it is revived whenever Estonia is under martial law, as she has been since last March when a Fascist-Nazi Putsch was crushed. Last week pensive President Päts got to thinking that perhaps Estonia's mode of execution can be improved...
...Petersburg Nights" the Soviets have again produced a propaganda play, but with the all-is-bliss-in-the-Communist-state motif subdued sufficiently to eliminate boredom. Neither boring, nor gripping, this picture has its beauty in the Russian mode of presentation. The intense characterization and fascinating attention to detail make it an artistic masterpiece. Close-ups of the native physiognomy are numerous; the lorgnetted double-chinned dowager, the bewhiskered pre-Revolution land owner, and then the ardent young Nihilist and the inspired musician. In contradiction to the travelogues, Amkino Productions has found some hauntingly lovely Russian women...
Uptown: "The Count of Monte Cristo"--excellent adaptation of Dumas' thrilling story of adventure, love, and revenge a la mode under the last of France's Bourbon monarchs. Robert Donat, who was last seen in "Henry the Eighth" does yeoman work in the leading role and is capably supported by Elissa Landi and Louis Alberni who is at his explosive best. Also, "La Cucaracha"--colorful short based upon the song of Villa's men--captivatingly sung and danced...
...costume of the police squad is to consist of red hats with visors about ten inches in length, blue coats "a la mode" white pantaloons, and last but not least, a billy about as large as a baseball bat. It is sincerely hoped that the vainglorious mucker will by this display for once be vanquished...