Word: raquel
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...intended to be clear Chaplin-feeling that his story must be understood by everyone, even the stupid or the distracted-would have the scene refilmed. In rest intervals he would play "Violetera" on his harmonium and sing an imitation of Spanish words to it in the manner of Raquel Meller. One afternoon he nearly lost his mustache. He has had the same one for 15 years. A Manhattan theatrical barber picked it out for him. He says that if he ever loses it he will play smooth shaven. On this day he came in just in time...
...tragic human characters, tragic situations. The two daughters of a grim old grandee fall in love with the same man; he seduces the older before he marries the younger, and his two children grow up to fill his house with hate. Don Juan, lover of the childless widow Raquel, marries Berta to become a father, becomes instead the jealously guarded child of both women. A self-made man marries the daughter of an impoverished business acquaintance; she eventually falls in love with him, he will never admit that he loves her. But when she dies, he kills himself...
...clothing, he sometimes retaliates for his discomfort by glossing his role with furtive mockery, quickly suppressed. Some of the photography is pretty and the theme song, "Under a Texas Moon," better than the average. Silliest shot: Fay eloping with Myrna Loy, when he might have had Armida or Raquel Torres...
Starting off to a poor beginning Raquel Torres, ocC rallied against his aggressive opponent E. F. Hutchins '30 in the 175-pound class to win by a decision. Torres also won in the 160-pound class, scoring a win over James Brennan by a technical knockout. In both these bouts Torres displayed his endurance and ability to take punishment and so his skill at beating off the blows rained around him opponents...
...pound class: M. A. Litwin 2L, Raquel Torres ocC, H. E. Martin '30, R. J. McVeigh 1L, W. A. Robertson '31, M. R. Padron...