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Word: swaggerers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...producer). This play by the author of Journey's End presents British Actor Maurice Evans in a quiet, minutely drawn portrayal of Napoleon Bonaparte's last years on the rocky island of St. Helena. With his handful of faithful generals, the exiled emperor arrives with a grim swagger, never doubting that he will soon be leaving as he left Elba. At once he foregoes his precious daily ride on horseback when he learns that a British guard must accompany him. But hope springs up when he reads of riots in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Oct. 19, 1936 | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

...records in several London theatres. It was made by Fairbanks at the Gaumont plant, with money supplied by a London syndicate headed by Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid, rich, conservative M. P. from St. Marylebone. A large canvas of early 19th Century London, it preserves with florid elegance the swagger of its period. In the early 1800's a man could be hanged for stealing thirteen pence. When Mr. Barty, a retired prizefighter turned innkeeper, is suspected of a theft far more serious, his son Barnabas (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) equips himself as a gentleman of quality, goes to look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 13, 1936 | 4/13/1936 | See Source »

With the business centres of Tokyo, the cream of the swank embassy district and an increasing number of Japanese public buildings in their hands, the young Army mustards did not swagger, did not strut. Their informal eating and drinking place was soon the Sanno Hotel. When a white correspondent asked daringly if he might come in and look around, a mustard sergeant nodded and smiled, "Certainly. I regret that you cannot book a room, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Murderous Mustards | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

...Whipsaw", a happy modification of the G man type of picture, finds a greatly modulated Spencer Tracy, still cocky and assertive but minus the usual swagger and braggadocio. Myrna Loy, playing opposite him, also appears in a more appealing role than is her wont. In itself this picture would offer sufficient reason for attending the University this week...

Author: By C. E. G. jr., | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

BOGALUSA, LA.-The Specialty Stores, Inc.: S. Bressler, jobs last Winter coats, Spring swagger suits; 1071 6th Ave. (Mdse. Reporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Busy Buyers | 8/19/1935 | See Source »

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