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Word: trainwrecks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...specialty in a song called "On the Good Ship Lollipop," it is almost as if Greta Garbo were suddenly to break into "Shuffle Off to Buffalo." Good shot : Shirley's mean playmate, brilliantly impersonated by 8-year-old Jane Withers, showing her the game of trainwreck. The Band Plays On (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Copiously seasoned with false sentiment and meretricious heroism, this dish of college, football & young love presents four young hoodlums turned from careers of crime by a kindly coach. As the "Four Bombers" they are supposed to be the greatest backfield in the U. S. The clowning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 31, 1934 | 12/31/1934 | See Source »

...ordinary trainwreck, but one accompanied by a fierce armed attack in the dead of night, with the bandits intent on kidnapping, plunder and murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANCHUKUO: No Ordinary Wreck | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

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