Word: wilde
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Smack! Dictator Mussolini suppressed Ottobre and sent five Carabinieri and some detectives to protect Sir Eric Drummond, British Ambassador to Italy. In the House of Commons, Captain Eden rose for His Majesty's Government to call the Italian Press "wild." And Major Clement Attlee suggested: "If Italy intends to use force against Abyssinia we should close the Suez Canal to Italian troops...
...modern and urban equivalent for the now defunct Wild West thriller, "G-Men," the terrier-like James Cagney swaggers his way through a tempestuous epic of the Department of Justice. Technical perfection and a deft, rapid-fire tempo combine to obscure the insanity of the plot, and, when public enemies sway to the stutter of government machine guns, Willie cheers just as he would if the last rustler had cashed in his chips. The philosopher may believe that "G-Men" misses fire as social drama, but he will hardly find it boring...
...pictures United Artists distributes (TIME, March 18). All but credulous Florida boosters supposed that his real purpose was to help the industry scare the California Legislature out of passing a proposed 35% income-tax bill. In Florida, Producer Schenck conferred with President Sidney Kent of Fox, ostensibly about a wild plan to have Florida put up $10,000,000 by popular subscription to build moving picture studios. Last week Presidents Schenck and Kent revealed what they really had talked about by issuing a joint statement which said that plans had been completed for the biggest cinema merger of the year...
...held together he could not fail to win. It held together. Officials checked his time, found that with 106.24 m.p.h. average for 500 miles, he had set a new record for the Indianapolis Memorial Day Classic. Second, nearly a lap behind, was Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis. Third was "Wild Bill" Cummings, winner...
...Sicilian wants to duel, he neither presents his card nor flips his glove in his enemy's face. Instead, he bites his opponent's ear. Enacting the role of Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana at Manhattan's Hippodrome last week, Tenor Sidney Raynor's bite went wild. He missed Baritone Rocco Pandiscio's ear, took a painful nip out of the Pandiscio cheek. Peace was made over the bandaging backstage. Later in the evening Baritone Pandiscio went onstage with his round jowl swathed. He played his next role heartily, the doleful clown in Pagliacci...