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...reeling decks above workers were astonished to see the nose of the sunken monster suddenly poke through the waves and into the sunlight once again. The crews cheered. In another moment the amidships pontoons appeared. It seemed that all that remained was to blow out the stern pontoons and tow the resurrected ship and her ghastly cargo back to a Christian harbor of refuge...
...have the same music, the same words, but with true DeMillian touch, the characters have changed. The prince, in his emaculate uniform, the princess, in her satin slippers and glittering evening gown, and others in like garb, have replaced the ragged horde that formerly stumbled along the narrow tow-path...
...defects. Especially noticeable is De Mille's over-emphasis of symbolisms. It is all right to show occasional close-ups of isolated parts of the body. But one does become tired of hundreds of feet devoted to nothing but showing first the wornout boots of the peasants on the tow-path, and later the dainty ankles of the aristocrats in the same position. Then, too, there are endless shots of hands to bring out the contrast between those of the nobility and those of the workers. The face of a clock is shown so often that the sight...
...Jayne for his skilful handling of very difficult situation. However, other caves were found where measurements, records, and photographs were taken which, when published, will prove valuable to the students of Chinese art. In all, five different early Buddhist sites hitherto unrecorded were studied by the party tow of these before Mr. Warner's arrival...
...seen a big U. S.-built locomotive, "camouflaged and armored," come steaming into the little station of Ching Lung Chiao in lieu of the regular train to Peking and miraculously almost on time. "Instead of the nondescript trucks and decrepit coaches of the ordinary Chinese 'accommodation,' there was in tow just one caboose-like vehicle, labeled in clear English a ' wrecking car.' And equally in accord with China as she is today were two dirty and smallpox-pitted soldiers of Super-Tuchun Feng lolling in the single doorway...