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Word: whips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that struck out for the west coast in those memorable years 1848-49. There is a very good touch at the beginning when the great, long column of clumsy schooners is waiting for the command to be off. The leader of the expedition hands his boy a great bull-whip and as the youngster cracks it over the backs of the first yoke of oxen his father tells him to remember that he started the first expedition to Oregon back in '48. The scene at the crossing of the Platte River is beautifully done, and gives more of a thrill...

Author: By A. B. D., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/23/1923 | See Source »

SEVENTH HEAVEN-Helen Menken as a down-trodden Parisian slavey who lashes her bullying sister into submission with a blacksnake whip. Conventional but exciting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Apr. 28, 1923 | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

Unfavorable weather conditions prevented the opening practice of the second University baseball team yesterday so the squad will hold the first workout of the season at 3 o'clock this afternoon on Soldiers Field. Coach T. J. Campbell '12 will have but a week to whip a team into shape for the opening game with Exeter next Wednesday. A schedule of eight contests has been arranged ending with a game with Yale on Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Team to Practice Today | 4/25/1923 | See Source »

...Kaufman. The movie industry amusingly " shown up " from supers to Will Hays. RAIN-A brilliant tract against militant Christianity in the South Seas. Jeanne Eagels as the attractive, hard-boiled demimondaine. U. S. Marines, real rain, and the hot, moist breath of the tropics. SEVENTH HEAVEN-A blacksnake whip and an off-stage rendering of La Marseillaise are the emotional assistants to Helen Menken in a thrilling melodrama of Paris. KIKI-Lenore Ulric still turning 'em away at the Belasco Theatre. The story of a little Paris grisette who wasn't half so bad as she painted herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema Notes, Apr. 21, 1923 | 4/21/1923 | See Source »

SEVENTH HEAVEN-A long snake whip and a rendering of La Marseillaise off-stage are the emotional assistants to Helen Menken in a skillfully concocted assembly of Parisian eccentricities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Apr. 14, 1923 | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

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