Word: pied
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...home once in a while to talk over plans for the new organization. We enjoyed having him come. He was simple, quiet, sincere and earnest, and we all liked him. I remember once asking him to have evening dinner with us and serving him a huckleberry pie which I had made myself and which could not be cut. the crust was so tough. You see, I was a bride that year, and pie was a new venture to me. I was not embarrassed about it. Mr. Ford seemed to enjoy...
...Hash, despised in most eating halls, attained surprising popularity the one time that it was served this Fall. Ice cream, particularly when accompanied by macaroons, is the most reliable best seller, while apple pudding wins the verdict over pie...
...Tiger Von Berlin is further distinguished by a blonde young woman named Charlotte Susa who is as good looking and able as the best U. S. stars. Best shot: a wrestler being thrown by jujitsu. The Last of the Duanes (Fox). Once a movie was one of two things- pie-throwing or western. Properly and naturally cinematic, westerns have never fallen into disrepute. Although the great companies produced them only occasionally, in the manner of revivals, small independents have never stopped making them for rural consumption. This Zane Grey western was a silent, and a good one. With sound added...
...nine-day period began with his canonizing as Saints Lucia Filippini, foundress of the religious educational order Maestre Pie Filippini, and Caterina Thoma, a Spanish canoness. That morning he refused to take the elevator down from his private apartment, walked down the long flights. In his heavy vestments he mounted his sedia gestatoria and was carried to the canonization ceremonies at St. Peter's. They lasted five hours. He perspired profusely, several times passed his hand wearily over his face. Near him was the Rt. Rev. Thomas Joseph Walsh, Bishop of Newark, N. J., only American prelate so honored...
...best spot on the bill from the attitude of pure entertainment is the two-reel comedy "Blotto", the quintessence of which is entirely Laurel and Hardy. Under the direction of James Parrot, these slapstickers have raised the art of pie-slinging to a level surpassing everybody but, and equalling Monsieur Chaplin. The gags and plot are worse than mediocre but thanks to two exquisitely mobile faces Laurel and Hardy have their audience rolling about floors and tearing the distinctive features off armchairs...