Word: motions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last spring. The latter had his men come all the way forward before moving the slide at at all. The new style calls for proportional movement all around,--first the hands, then almost simultaneously the shoulders follow with the slide starting at once in response to the general forward motion of the whole body...
...government of the United States is going to keep foot-free of embarrassing international entanglements, it must look to its motion pictures. Although natives may continue calmly to chew their gum while the man from the Eastern college goes west and beats up fifteen "bad men," foreign countries are growing weary of being misrepresented. Already preliminary protests have arrived...
Richard the Lion-Hearted. There is certain utility in historical motion pictures even though their dramatic values are moderate. The most determined dissenter of the schoolroom cannot fail to ingest romantic staples such as Jeanne d'Arc, Peter the Great, Lincoln and a hundred others, including the hero herein discussed. The development of this mental negative into an actual picture on the screen clarifies modern preconceptions of the past. If the representation is authentic the picture returns permanent profit to the spectator...
Putting his slender arms into rapid motion, Abe Goldstein dizzied and dazzled Joe Burman during eight of twelve rounds, was declared winner and champion, went to bed with kindly feelings toward Joe Lynch...
...irresponsible speech and absurd motion at Brockton, Mass...