Word: villainous
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...Villain of the piece is that somewhat shopworn old devil, the Victorian Age. Monica, only daughter of anxious parents whose every nerve was strained to do the socially right thing, was in a ticklish position from the very start. By her mother, her friends, her teachers it was dinned into her marrow that the one aim in life of every nice girl was to have & hold a Husband. Potential husbands were scarce, aware of their own value, easily frightened, had to be lured with a mingled sway of coyness and charm. Had Monica only minced down the narrow, correct...
Downstairs (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). When John Gilbert found that he had ceased to be a hero, he resolved to turn villain. The brilliance of his strategy is plain in this picture, which he wrote himself, sold for $1. The story is laid in a castle outside Vienna, seen from the perspective of the servants' hall. Gilbert is a new chauffeur with a monkey's flair for mischief. Plausible, playful, roving-eyed, he spreads ruin and rage around...
...Zone, some to tropic regions. Africa and South America have six stations each. Some 250 men, and a few women, were last week scattered between South Orkney Island off South America and Kraulshaferi, Greenland, between Hooker Island and Point Barrow, Alaska, whose spring icepack was a U. S. cinema villain last week in Igloo (TIME...
...woes accumulate. A onetime suitor appears, lends Barbara money to pay mortgage interest, is knocked out by Brent, who is then in a position to plant his prizewinning wheat. After the paralyzed winter, the long summer of sweat goes by. The wheat has been harvested when the local villain sets fire to the shocks. In putting out the fire. Barbara Stanwyck swoons. In carrying her back to the house, George Brent feels a rush of emotion, they are ready to settle down...
...whole U. S. When, in 1924, it was announced that "the terror of the trusts" was about to publish her biography of Elbert Gary, U. S. Steel tycoon, anticipations of juicy revelations ran high. They soon ran low when it was discovered that Gary was the hero, not the villain, of the book. She pictured Gary as the champion of "decent business ethics," has been on the lookout for more ethical business heroes ever since...