Word: silents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regarded their new government was that few in Sofia knew what it stood for. When Lieut.-Colonel Gueorguieff and his adherents of the Zveno Club took over the government and announced a long program of objectives, it was universally understood that the smooth coup d'etat had the silent approval of Tsar Boris. Last week an equally insistent story had it that conscientious Tsar Boris threatened to abdicate when news of the coup was brought him, was persuaded to carry on by one-time Premier Mushanoff. The ousted Mushanoff Cabinet was received last week by Tsar Boris...
...Washington, police broke into a dark basement, found hysterical Mrs. Lytle and silent Mr. Lytle writhing on a heap of ashes. Screamed Mrs. Lytle: "He forced me to come down here and then he grabbed me. He's got me by the hand and he won't let go!" Police found her swollen fingers twisted in her husband's necktie, her husband dead from strangulation, a butcher knife and a poker nearby...
...Silent Snow, Secret Snow," Mr. Aiken gives a picture of an adolescent mind dwelling more and more in the realm of fantasy until the real world is finally obliterated. "Thistledown" is a very simply told story of a girl whose life is as "aimless and purposeless as the voyage of the dandelion thistle...
...Aiken's prose is simple, lucid, and straightforward. His choice of titles highly imaginative, and, if the test of a short story is an indelible imprint left on the mind of the reader, "Thistledown," "Silent Snow, Secret Snow," and Mr. Arcularis" will attain immortality as far as this writer is concerned...
...Warner, who played Sorrell several years ago in the silent version, gives the role an understanding treatment. His portrayal is fully in accord with Deeping's characterization. Kit is the attractive, wholesome son, possibly of the type that is called the backbone of his country. The fact that it is a relief when he is not swayed by his wealth-loving mother shows that the picture has been thoughtfully directed. Lew Raymond has not only seen that "Sorrell and Son" is well-handled, but has provided sets which are in keeping with the spirit of the story...