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Word: wren (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Charles F. Wren, of Los Angeles, is the guiding spirit and president of the Pickwick System, who has consistently pushed motor stage service across from West to East, and who has sponsored the many original features of equipment and service begun by this company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 25, 1928 | 6/25/1928 | See Source »

...because of the fact that I happen to be the only American officer in the Legion and of the false romantic reputation which the Legion has acquired in America due both to the absurd cinema productions which have attempted to picture our life and the mendacious writings of Christopher Wren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 21, 1928 | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...Christopher Wren." Professor Edgell, Robinson Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 5/3/1928 | See Source »

...first picture which approached the potentialities of the cinema. Others, a list which betray D. W. Griffith's highly disputable flair for titles, are: Hearts of the World; Broken Blossoms; Orphans of the Storm; America. Beau Sabreur. Two novels, both best sellers, both written by Captain Percival Christopher Wren, both somewhat similar in title, have been translated into cinema by the Paramount Co. The first was Beau Geste. The second, in no wise a sequel, is Beau Sabreur, which is nobody's name but a phrase applied to Major Beaujolais, the hero, because he is handy with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 6, 1928 | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

...novel Beau Geste is by Percival Christopher Wren; the film was made by Director Herbert Brenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Lucky Deserter | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

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