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Word: villainously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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After Office Hours (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). When she enters the combined boathouse, garage, workshop, countryseat and rendezvous maintained by the villain of this picture, Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett) is favorably impressed. She casts a glance at her surroundings and says to her host: "Nice, nice, nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 4, 1935 | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

...rest of the bill is names--Baker, Beetle, Bottle--and they all disappoint. Merely seeing Bottle in a box destroys a beautiful illusion of a deep-dyed villain; also his voice has lost its rasping note. Baker plays an accordion with finesse, even attempting the "Bolero," but his humor has lost its punch. This reviewer may never again appreciate the trio, even on the air, which is a loss to the ham industry. There is also a clever marionette show, which kindly raises the curtain so that the audience may at last see how the intricate system of wires manage...

Author: By P. A. U., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/9/1935 | See Source »

...business separately but their partnership still continues. The first time Gato sees Malibu he prepares to kill him, then recognizes his old crony and shares a drink with him. Both remain attached to Miss Parker. When his mate is killed, Malibu leaves their fawn with her to rear. The villain of Sequoia is a surly poacher named Bergman. When Bergman traps a herd of deer, Malibu shows them how to jump out of the corral. Bergman stalks Malibu and Gato stalks Bergman. Sequoia ends when Gato claws Bergman into a semicoma and Malibu butts him off a cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 4, 1935 | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

...villain need be! Passions spin the plot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Idaho Prometheus (Cont'd) | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

Died, Lowell Sherman, 49, oldtime actor (High Stakes, The Woman Disputed), cinema villain (Way Down East), director (She Done Him Wrong, Morning Glory); of pneumonia; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 7, 1935 | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

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