Word: thrills
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...times like these there are people who must steal in order to live, and there are always many hardened criminals for whom there is no remedy but jail. Nothing can be done about these. But when there are young men and boys who commit horrible crimes "just for the thrill," much can, and should be done. Movies and novels have portrayed the criminal as a romantic figure, with the result that there is a tendency to admire and even envy him instead of despising him. It is this tendency which is responsible for many of our worst crimes...
Keith Boston--"Coming Out Party." Holly wood's idea of debutantes should thrill the proletariat and amuse the initiated. Dunster House, Beacon Street, and Chelsea will like it for strangely differing reasons...
Keith Boston--"Coming Out Party." Hollywood's idea of debutantes should thrill the proletariat and amuse the initiated. Dunster House, Beacon Street, and Chelsea will like it for strangely differing reasons...
Keith Boston--"Coming Out Party." Hollywood's idea of debutantes should thrill the proletariat and amuse the initiated. Dunster House, Beacon Street, and Chelsea will like it for strangely differing reasons...
Keith Boston--"Coming Out Party." Hollywood's idea of debutants should thrill the proletariat and amuse the initiated. Dunster House, Beacon Street, and Chelsea will like it for strangely differing reasons...