Word: taxi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will be hard to convict criminals for first degree murder in future years, because of the mishandling of the Millen case," said Samuel B. Warner '12, professor of Penal Legislation and Administration, in an interview with the CRIMSON. "The erroneous conviction of the two taxi drivers for the killing will influence all murder trials for the next decade. The attorney for the defense will stand before the jury and say, 'Gentlemen, I hope the real culprit confesses before you convict this innocent man of murder.' Immediately the jury will think of the grave mistake in the Millen case...
...spot it. They tell their office and their office tells the newspapers in some 75,000 words a day. Thus, when the Times reports that a woman's body was fished out of the East River, or that an out-of-town buyer was killed in a taxi smash, or that three subway beggars got 30 days, it means in most cases that City News supplied the facts to the Times...
...Prefect of Police he became the complete boulevardier. From his little office on the Ile de la Cité with its hideous blue wallpaper he started a slashing campaign against reckless taxi drivers and the vendors of filthy pictures. He calls everyone either mon petit or mon enfant, wears made-to-order shoes with two-inch heels and has won the adoration of the uniformed force. He has also become very rich, owns a chateau and a racing stable...
...fourteenth, Anna is ordered by the proprietor of a "Dancing" to depart with her flowers; "she does not like to be kissed by drunk and very very rich patrons, well she shall leave." Slightly annoyed, Anna meets her neighbor Jean, a taxi driver, and tells him her woes. Anna and Jean appear to be fond of one another; they quarrel; they settle their petty grievances in a doorway. The rain that had scattered the jubilant throng stops. Life is indeed pleasant. But there is a harlotish-looking friend of Jean who drops into his room and insists on staying...
Rene Clair's theme is simpler than usual. The two young lovers are finally reunited by the unoriginal trick of having Jean's taxi collide with Anna's flower cart. And yet Mr. Clair succeeds in making his sentimental story uniquely plausible. Japanese lanterns, a cawing band, and dancing couples serve as a background to the first part of the film. We were delighted with the customs of an irrelevant family in this film that was awed on one occasion to find Anne and Jean embraced at their front door and almost proud to see the same exhibition several months...