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Word: tjaden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...starved German veterans meet a troop of Yankees who trade their canned foods for hat buttons, instruct Soldier Tjaden (Slim Summerville) in the U. S. art of gum-chewing (see cut). In the square of his native Klosterburg, frail Lieutenant Ludwig (Richard Cromwell) is stripped of his insignia by revolutionary ruffians. Romping Willy (Andy Devine) disperses the gang with an apple which he pretends is a hand grenade. Ernst (John King) breaks with his old sweetheart, shuns his family because he cannot endure the leisure and quiet of home. Frustrated and disillusioned, Ernst joins his mates nightly in rowdy drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jun. 28, 1937 | 6/28/1937 | See Source »

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