Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal.
The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa. Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds. The English name derives from the Arabic (al) qutn قُطْن, which began to be used circa 1400 AD.
The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated from 5000 BC have been excavated in Mexico and Pakistan. Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that so lowered the cost of production that led to its widespread use, and it is the most widely used natural fiber cloth in clothing today.
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Undercover is about a former criminal investigator named Roy Velasco (Derek Ramsay). He is known for bringing the nation's high profile law offenders, including smuggling lord Don Faustino a.k.a. Amang (played by Phillip Salavador). Being a highly decorated police officer, Roy lives a perfect life with his well-off family and loving fiancée Julia (played by Arci Muñoz). Things took a turn for the worse when he was kidnapped on his wedding day and was held captive on a cell specially designed for him. After six years of physical and psychological torture, Roy is released without knowing the identity of his captors. He returns home only to find out that Julia is already married to his adaptive brother Alex (played by Wendell Ramos). Forced to move on, Roy becomes motivated by his determination to find the person responsible for all his suffering. With the help of his fellow investigator Cotton (played by Gerard Acao), IT expert Claire (played by Jasmine Curtis-Smith) and con-artist Jimboy (played by Joross Gamboa), Roy sets up a team of undercover vigilantes to know the identity of his captors while putting his enemies of the law behind bars. How will Roy figure out who is the mastermind behind his six years of captivity? Will Roy be able to get justice? What will Julia do when she learns that Roy is still alive? Will they choose to let go of their love story or will they have a forbidden romance?
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A mockumentary about 3 brothers who are drawn together because one has a compulsive involvement in a series of spiritual cults. The older 2 have just extracted their younger sibling from the latest ('The Rose') and are attempting to 'de-program' him, only to be deprogrammed themselves.
Romance Has A Renaissance.
Rank: Prepare to be lanced, a lot.
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In Miami, four small time thieves leaded by Ski decide to rob a bank in the small town of Maysville. The lord Hustle demands a 10% commission and sends his experienced bodyguard Ackson to help the gang in their plan. He goes to the target bank to check the security system, but Ski decides to anticipate the plan for that afternoon. They succeed in the heist, but Deputy Kate activates the alarm and one of the criminals shoots Deputy Duff. When the bank is under siege of the police force, they are attacked by weird creatures. The former government agent Hunter comes to the bank and tells that the vampire zombies had been contaminated by an experimental virus developed by the government through the subjects that have escaped from the laboratory, attacking people in the New Moon to feed themselves. The group joins force to survive to the massive attack of the creatures.
Keywords: assisted-suicide, bag-of-money, bank, bitten-in-the-neck, bitten-on-the-arm, blood-on-shirt, blood-spatter, chase, corpse, covered-in-blood
The perfect heist...the wrong night.
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Stymie and his friends plot to play hooky from school in order to go fishing, unaware that their teacher, Miss Kornman, is closing the school for the day in order to take the kids to the amusement park. Mickey, the truant officer, gets wind of the hooky plans and, just for fun, chases the would-be hooky players all around the park.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, children, our-gang
Telephone operator: [referring to overheard radio broadcast] Boy, is he beatin' her up!
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Filled with stories of Aladdin's magic lamp, the gang starts rubbing every lamp in sight in hopes of finding the one with the magic. A series of coincidences leads the gang to think they've found the magic lamp, and a helpful vaudeville magician augments the illusion. After Spanky decides to wish that Stymie's little brother Cotton was a monkey, an escaped chimpanzee shows up and frightens Cotton away. The gang believes the wish has come true and mayhem ensues as they try to keep the police from shooting the runaway simian.
Keywords: children, magician, our-gang, racial-stereotype, two-reeler
Spanky: [rubbing a lamp] I wish Cotton was a monkey, I wish Cotton was a monkey.::Spanky: [to Cotton] Hey Cotton, I wish you were a monkey.::Cotton: Okay.::Stymie: Hey, be careful what your wishin' for, that lamp might work.::Spanky: All he needs is a tail.
[first lines]::Spanky: I don't like mush.::John: You'll eat that mush and like it!::Spanky: I'll hate it, but I don't like it.
Come, Hear the Creepiest of All Mystery Pictures
It will thrill you! Grip you! Set you into tremors of awe. HEAR this creepy tale of mystery - the baffling story of a detective's great triumph. With voices and shadows that will rack your nerves and make you like it. Come, hear them talk in this Vitaphone production of the play that has gripped London for over 3 years.
A TALKING PICTURE! (original print ad - all caps)
----NOTE----To thoroughly enjoy this great mystery drama, HEAR it from the beginning.
The funniest, creepiest crook film ever--that's "THE TERROR"
If I came back to the land of cotton
Would you love just me?
Old loves lost are never forgotten
That's the way it's supposed to be
Are you short or are you long?
Are you easy to see?
Are you weak or are you strong?
Makes no never to me
All the ballerina sees when her world's on fire
Is where she puts her feet
If she burns her toes, she'll just jump higher
Never skip a beat
I've been good most of the time
Since you last saw me
You come 'cross my mind from time to time
Now look at me
I'm standing at your door with my heart in your hands
Ain't you gonna ask me in?
If you say, "No", I'll understand dear
And never come South again
If I came back to the land of cotton
Would you love just me?
Old loves lost are never forgotten
That's the way it's supposed to be