Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about acting from a comedian named Victor Arnold and from Max Reinhardt, who hired him for a while. After the Negri pictures, he showed that he was even better at comedy than serious things. He colored The Marriage Circle with a sophisticated, subtle wit. Last year he made The Patriot. Burly, with a habit of scowling slightly, he likes sun baths, rye bread, practical jokes. He treats the young women working for him with waggish irascibility. Complained Miss MacDonald, neophyte, last week...
Interesting facts concerning Kasimierz Pulaski, Polish patriot who gave his life for American Independence at the siege of Savannah in 1779, were revealed by Count Francis Pulaski, official delegate of the Polish Government to the Sesquicentennial celebration of the battle of Savannah, when the Polish scholar was interviewed yesterday. Count Pulaski spoke at Phillips Brooks House last night...
...deprived of the services of the man most largely responsible for bringing order out of chaos. In his acceptance of the Dawes plan, his guiding interest at Locarno, and his influence in obtaining Germany's entrance into the League of Nations he showed himself to be a great German patriot with a real understanding of the needs of a war torn Europe...
...conceived. Liane Haid plays the buxom, duelling girl friend of Pompadour who is sent, dressed as a man, to learn the state secrets of St. Petersburg. Interest focusses on Fritz Kortner's interpretation of the Tsar, for it is the role with which Emil Jannings scored in The Patriot. The malevolence of Kortner's Tsar is never mitigated by the lunatic innocence which Jannings managed to suggest. Both are vivid; you must decide for yourself. Best shots: Tsar Paul fascinated by the first harpsichord he has ever seen, wriggling underneath it. ... Tsar Paul scanning the room with only...
Sympathizers in the U. S. and Latin America still contribute to Patriot Sandino's support, enable him to occupy the whole top floor of the only modern hotel in Merida, Yucatan. All day the hotel patio teems with sombre-eyed young men carrying pistols, brooding fresh revolt. At night they sleep dormitory fashion around their commander. Asked for an interview, the top-floor patriot sent out a brief message...