Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that the exercise has been removed from the game of the Viking, what remains is little more exciting than a trip on the roller coaster at Revere--the speed, twists, and turns are even less threatening. The only distinguishing feature is the pleasure, If such it be, of exposing all the most valued parts of the anatomy to fracture and contusion, subject to the whim, not of some human opponent, as in the great game of football, but of Newton's three laws. There is a savage pleasure in kicking the opposing tackle in the face, but one can only...
Delay In Denver, Colo., a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad train arrived four hours late because the train repeatedly stopped for no apparent reason. Investigation disclosed that an elephant in the baggage car had spent the trip pulling the airbrake rope with its trunk...
Other revivals in yesterday's installment included "A Trip to the Moon" produced in 1902, "The Great Train Robbery" of 1903, "Faust" of 1907, and Sarah Bernhardt in "Queen Elizabeth" released in 1911. This series gave some idea of the beginnings of the film industry, when the camera was held in one position, and the characters moved back and forth in front of it, never approaching or receding, thus giving the effect of the legitimate stage. "Queen Elizabeth" was the last and most highly developed of this type and since it was smoother and clearer the acting technique could...
...Shiva, and with the elaborate suppleness of Shankar's French girl, Simkie (only Occidental in the cast), marveled also at the Elephant-Demon as danced by a 21-year-old stripling named Madhavan. Young Madhavan has studied dancing in India since he was 12. This is his first trip to the U. S., his first season with Shankar who considers him a better dancer than himself. Critics, mindful of the subtlety of the older dancer, his hands which can all but hiss like snakes, disagree. But they praise Madhavan for his energy, his strong, fluid movements, the ease with...
...evades the hand of the actor as a consequence. Nevertheless, with fine support from Gertrude Lawrence and Elsa Lanchester, the picture does give an idea of the tragedy of Remrandt's life and an insight into the contemporary artistic scene. If nothing else, it might at least stimulate a trip to Fogg to find out about...