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Word: sparkly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Youth of Maxim (Lenfilm) relates the adventures which transform a jolly young factory worker into a hard-working member of the party which preserved the spark of the Russian Revolution after the unsuccessful revolt of 1905. When first seen, Maxim (Boris Chirkov) is stumping off to work cheerfully enough with his two companions, Andrei and Dyoma. Andrei is killed in a factory accident caused by an overseer's neglect. In the riots that follow, Dyoma kills a policeman. He and Maxim are carted off to jail where Dyoma is shot. By the time Maxim is freed, he is ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 29, 1935 | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

When sound movies first came in a good many years ago it was Al Jolson in Vitaphone's "The Jazz Singer" who put the new fad across. And it's the same old Al at the Met this week. The old boy still has that spark that makes you believe it when he says "You ain't heard nothing' yet." "Go Into Your Dance" is the feature of a good program from start to finish...

Author: By C. C. G., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 4/20/1935 | See Source »

...bunch of players; to boot, it was his first responsible coaching job. The year's record was unmistakably poor, but it is not easy to bring a new style of play into this stronghold of toryism and reaction, nor is it easy to inspire a team from which the spark has been extinguished by years of consecutive defeat. Then too, factional prejudice arose on the squad, and the role of peace-maker, arbiter, and policeman was added to Wes' many troubles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMONG THE MINORS | 3/16/1935 | See Source »

Barbasol shaving cream and razor blades; America's Own matches; Böst toothpaste; Burnett extracts and spices; B. V. D.'s; Champion spark plugs; Crown overalls; Dictographs; Eberhard Faber pencils; Frostilla lotion; Musterole; Northern toilet paper; Penn-Rad oil; Venida hair nets; Zemo ointment; Runkel chocolate; Kreml hair tonic; Stokely strained vegetables; Winget Kickernicks for women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Good News Broadcast | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

...contract with the people can't resign," bellowed the Kingfish. President Fredericks wired a hasty acceptance of the invitation to retake his seat when Long's bodyguard, Joe Messina, threatened to put him under arrest if he refused. The Senate showed a spark of spirit by voting down one bill when Boss Long was away. But when he swaggered back to the chamber the Chair hastily reversed its ruling, declared the bill passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Louisiana Odds & Ends | 12/31/1934 | See Source »

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