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Word: snit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...entertainment purposes they might have been just as well as not. Elizabeth Love, playing Cindy Lou, has none of the hamish inclinations which far too many road actresses have. She gives a performance that hits above specifications, combining magnolia-and-mint-julep sweetness with the righteous violence of a "snit" to make a very believable and likeable Cindy...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

...Mickey Mouse, not the foolish pigs, not Donald Duck in a snit, not the awkward Goof nor Horace the hopeless horse, not Dopey, no wide-eyed, tender creature of the field or wood was chosen. The choice: a scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs wherein two cadaverous vultures-black, grey, just a tip of vermilion on their cruel beaks-watch for the witch's death through sleet and gloom. Taken from their delicate context, the ominous birds seemed to be looking down on Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Grim Disney | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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