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Word: reds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there is to Charlie is that original red-wigged block of wood, and an oft-replaced body inside which is a trigger with which Bergen makes the little fellow leer, bow, grimace. He has a standin, used in cinema work and for some publicity stills; a wardrobe that includes a supply of monocles, two full dress suits, a supply of starchy linen, ten hats size 3½, including several toppers, two berets; a Sherlock Holmes outfit, jockey silks, a cowboy suit, a French Foreign Legion uniform, a gypsy costume ("It's the Gypsy in me"). He wears baby-size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Man & Moppet | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Ever since early last month, when the Boston Bruins body-checked and spilled the pressing New York Rangers, most hockey fans have recognized the Bruins as the National Hockey League champions. Early last week the Bruins settled the matter beyond doubt, beating the Detroit Red Wings to put themselves completely out of reach of the pursuing Rangers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mightiest Bruin | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...make the People the protagonist, gave the chorus a great "Revolutionary Scene," in which he planted ideas which did not come to fruit in Russia until 1917. This scene, which ends with a song sung by an idiot (signifying plenty), underscores its point, as the curtain falls, with red fire in Russia's sky in the backdrop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Boris | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...cinema industry. That was in 1918. Two years later, McCarey got a job as gag man and writer for Hal Roach which he held for a decade. In 1933 he went to Paramount, earned a place as one of the industry's top-notch directors with Ruggles of Red Gap, Make Way for Tomorrow. In 1937 The Awful Truth won him the Academy Prize for direction, an RKO contract as producerdirector, of which Love Affair is the first result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...full-blooded Tarascan Indian who once wore a red bead in his ear for good luck, General Amaro as War Minister for former President Plutarco Calles created Mexico's modern army. He has never cut much ice as a politician, but last week when he tossed his sombrero into Mexico's Presidential ring (to succeed Lazaro Cardenas next year) with a forthright denunciation of the present expropriation policy, he created a sensation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Visitor to Mexico | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

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