Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cafes of Pest, where even the waiters wear monocles, race-proud Magyars have hatched many a dark plot to put young Archduke Otto on the vacant throne in Buda across the Danube. But Archduke Otto is no Magyar; he is a Habsburg. To find a more appropriate ruler for his people was the self-appointed mission of a young Magyar fencing-master named Toth. Like the Finns, Esthonians, Turks and Tartars, the Magyars are part Asiatic, are believed by some to be re- lated to the Japanese. Fencing-Master Toth chose for his king the brother of Emperor Hirohito...
Sued. Dudley Field Malone, merry international divorce lawyer; by Charlotte Poillon; for $5,000. Charge: failure to reward her for disclosing an extortion plot. Charlotte Poillon and her sister, Katherine, have graced many a courtroom since 1900, when they thrashed a masher in Central Park...
Several years ago an anonymous friend offered to finance the construction of a building on the corner of Mt. Auburn and Holyoke Streets, on a recently acquired plot of ground adjoining the present Spee Club-house, designed to combine under one roof the offices now in Wadsworth House and the H.A.A. quarters in the basement of the Union. Business conditions have prevented the carrying out of this plan...
...Plot in this film is about as noticeable as in any musical show, with the scene of action shifting from a Berlin cabaret to a German ball bearing factory and then to the Lido Beach at Venice. A few short shots of Saint Mark's and the canals add a touch of realism to the film...
...plot fails to interest, and if Miss Miller's graces are not enjoyed, at least everyone should feel repaid for seeing the film as he watches the antics of W. C. Fields, that veteran comedian of the stage whose finesse and superbly funny acting is worth the entire admission fee. As a humble barber and former vaudeville and circus performer, Fields in this film finds himself at a fashionable dinner of the ball bearing concern. With calm mien and steady eye he uses the aerial route to pass two eclairs from one end of a table to the other. Both...