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Word: turpin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...picture industry appears to regard as its most sacred duty, that circus sawdust is a powder of romance. Here a trapeze artist in a traveling circus becomes united, after vicissitudes and theme songs, with the protagonist in a medicine show. A distinguished cast including Helen Twelvetrees, Chester Conklin, Ben Turpin and Stepin Fetchit are involved in the itinerant sentimentalities. The villain is the ringmaster and has a mustachio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jul. 14, 1930 | 7/14/1930 | See Source »

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