Word: cops
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the aid of a knife, a big strong stick and a gun no cop could hear...
Cabaret (Gilda Gray). Nimble-limbed, a good little girl dances in a cabaret to support her family. She shields her weak brother accused of murder. Tom Moore is the Irish cop who makes love to her when he is not busy trailing the real murderer. The directing is stagy, the supporting cast feeble. The story by that prolific scribbler Owen Davis is unhappily reminiscent of that whooping stage success Broadway...
Mike, prominent Yard cop. "Sure Why not have the game if the boys want some fun? As for the score, I predict a 36 to 34 result-with the Prince-board on top. Behind the hurling of Chappie Rose the Nassau-nine should have no difficulty...
...lads amuse themselves throwing rocks, shooting craps, fighting gang against gang with clubs, stones, bottles, telling jokes, holding a section of street against invasion by a rival gang, stealing, cop-baiting, hanging around poolrooms, attending cheap cinema shows, begging pennies, playing poker, drinking liquor, accepting the solicitations of older uptown girls...
...Officer Gohane broke his club in two pieces. Officer Prior drew his pistol when the mob cried, "Get the damn cop!" Clubbing began soon after the students tried to tip over a patrol wagon. Besides ice and eggs, bottles, both pint and quart sizes, were hurled. Some of the students were suspected of having drunk intoxicants from some of the bottles...