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Eleven years ago today I was riding at the head of a squadron of Indian Cavalry past the ruins of an old Crusaders' fortress at Latron. The regiment was on its way to participate in what was probably the greatest mounted action in history, to drive the Turks out of Palestine...
...Hollywood, a polite, conceited fellow in high collars and without hair, he gained attention over other European adventurers looking for a fortune in the movies because he knew something about military etiquette. He had been to a cadet school in Austria, had served in a crack imperial regiment. After advising directors on the proper management of uniforms and parades, he began to act in pictures himself-stared through a monocle, fought duels, smoked the longest cigarets ever photographed kinetically; was billed as "The Man You Love to Hate". Not satisfied, he became a director for Universal. He made some good...
Crown Prince Umberto of Italy, 25, with his regiment during maneuvers in the Piedmont Alps; heard a little girl had been bitten by a viper. He drove to the spot with a doctor, rushed the girl to Turin for further treatment. Villagers, learning his identity, made festival, wore Sunday clothes the rest of the week...
Fully armed, with bands playing, a battalion of the South Wales border regiment marched through Jerusalem. The city quieted but heavy fighting was reported in country districts. Airplanes searched for marauding Arabs, swept them with machine-gun fire. Lifta, an Arab village said to be headquarters of the attack, was bombed...
...turned out to be a coward. He was drunk when the bugle blew, and when she told him to get out and join the ranks he belched in her pretty face. So she put on his tin hat and got in his place and won a battle for the regiment by shooting a German machine gunner. Actress Eleanor Boardman and Director Henry King do the best they can with their material. Best shot: tanks going into action...