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Valiant is the Word for Carrie (Paramount) restores to circulation that fine old institution of the U. S. entertainment business, the noble prostitute. To the cottage on the outskirts of Crebillon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 19, 1936 | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE- Barry Benefield-Reynal & Hitchcock ($2). Sentimental story of a bad woman of Crebillon, La., who is regenerated through the influence of a manly little 7-year-old. They befriend an orphan named Lady, succeed in the cleaning business in Manhattan and live with such aggressive goodwill toward mankind that mushy seems a more accurate word for Carrie and her friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Nov. 11, 1935 | 11/11/1935 | See Source »

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