Word: slow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Then perhaps," said her uncle, with his slow, ineffable smile, "there may be nothing in the rumor...
...boys would make up if they could make up stories. Somehow the adventures of one Mickey Bennett when he is sent to be kidnaped so as to enable a detective, trailing him, to find another kid kidnaped by the same gang, has the right flavor in spite of its slow movement and the extraordinary stupidity of the criminals. Hero Bennett, 12, uses to advantage certain metallic mots by Harriet Ford and the late Harvey O'Higgins. "You win the ten thousand dollars reward. What will you do with it?" . . . "I'll count it." Best shot: the kidnapers...
...cruising in general will be done at a slow speed to permit extensive manoeuvers which are deemed valuable training for the student sailors. At times the senior members of the units will be allowed to do as officers of the deck and to do some of the navigating...
...Barge (Universal). A director with more interest in his material and with a better cast could have made a fine picture out of a hard-drinking, Scotch barge-captain's opposition to his daughter's romance with a deckhand. Indifferent, however, to life spun out in slow journeys up and down canals, or perhaps discouraged by Actress Sally O'Neill's coyness and Actor Malcolm MacGregor's self-possession, the producers of this picture combine mediocre photography with choppy storytelling. Worst shot: studio tank vexed by a wind-machine to indicate a whirlpool...
...Grey Barnard-all employed Emmett Lawrence. They knew little about him, but it was enough. A tall, powerfully muscled Negro, his reputation spread slowly and mysteriously. He knew just what joists to build, what pressures to apply. With perhaps five or six assistants, he would work for hours over slow shifts and perilous easements. Emmett Lawrence eyed and estimated, gave the commands. Often night fell or rains came but there was no stopping. The placing of a marble statue is one task that must be completed without pause...