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Word: sal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sticks by him and helps him with the lady who is very much concerned and makes constant effort to save young man from himself--a task of questionable value. Mental trouble finally disappears and the audience departs in satisfaction if not extreme pleasure. George Brent quite bad as the sal young man, Kay Francis attractive as young lady. Warren William quietly capable as trusty Samaritan. The photography ample, but not extraordinary. The humor weak, except where unintentional. For Hollywood's enlightenment--there are no great mountain ranges on Long Island, unless the administration has been exceedingly active since we were...

Author: By P. G. D., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

...usual relationship being that of captain & cook. Molly is cooking for Jotham Klore, a profane, hard-drinking bully boy who seldom passes a lock without a fight. A quarrel with Jotham and a sudden turn of good luck for Dan sends Molly into the kitchen of Dan's Sarsey Sal. A tranquil panorama by Currier & Ives, The Farmer Takes a Wife becomes emotionally articulate only when Molly is trying to infect her bumpkin beau with her passion for The Big Ditch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 12, 1934 | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

...with him on his new farm. Excellent as are the sharp, penny-plain performances by Miss Walker and Mr. Fonda, they do not dim the legitimate debut of droll Herb Williams. In earmuffs and plug hat, he impersonates a sly dizzard who signs on as driver of the Sarsey Sal. Fortune is not a mule driver by trade. He prefers gambling and his various winnings in kind enable him to embark on such careers as the ministry, dentistry, photography and almanac salesmanship as the play progresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 12, 1934 | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

...land department has control over 2,000,000 unsold acres remaining from the original grant. The company owns oil lands, operates a fleet of 86 ships. In recent years it has gone extensively into business in Newfoundland where it bought Job Bros. & Co., owners of the only sal mon factory ship in the world. From Newfoundland Hudson's Bay Co. ships annually to England some 1,250,000 Ib. of famed "Hubay" salmon, the most popular imported brand in Great Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Hudson's Bay | 7/2/1934 | See Source »

...What notorious Southwestern outlaw has a girl who smokes cigars, carries a gun, goes by the name of Suicide Sal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz, Jan. 29, 1934 | 1/29/1934 | See Source »

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