Word: suez
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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They will carry on further researches in the area where proto-Semitic inscriptions were recovered by Professors Lake and Blake in 1927. The inscriptions were found on the platean of Serabit-el-Khadem in the Sinal peninsula, 60 miles southeast of Suez...
DISRAELI (George Arliss)?Audible waxwork of the Suez Canal difficulties...
...acting is of the highest order. The character of Disraeli subtly, surely grows under his hands; the race for the Suez Canal passes the bounds of national interest and becomes a contest for the breathless world to watch. His scenes with Lady Beaconfield (Mrs. Arliss) are touching, without being sentimental; with Lord Probert (Ernest Torrence) he transmates financial discussions into powerful drama. The lovely Joan Bennett has charm in the innocuous romantic subplot. But none of the other characters are, or need to be, outstanding. The leading man carries off the play...
DISRAELI (George Arliss)-Epigramo-phone record of the purchase of the Suez Canal...
...House of Commons. He gets across the complicated plot, making you believe in the crafty little minister who loved peacocks, gardening, and Queen Victoria, and whose servants were all Russian spies. Best shot: Arliss making the Governor of the Bank of England sign the check that bought the Suez Canal...