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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15
Future Bride Is
 Rendered SholUer

Miss Olive Mitchell of Edge- wood avenue who is being married on Saturday, July 25 to Alfred Arndt, was honored at surprise miscellaneous shower given re- gently by Miss Della Arndt at her home in West Hartford. The pros- rective bride was showered with gifts from the guests who in- cluded Mrs. Gordon Mitchell, Mrs Nicholas Palmer, Mrs. John Da- vies, Jr., Mrs. Frank Pettonli, Mrs Frank Peck, Mrs. August Arndt MrsS John Taroni, Mrs. Harry Arndt, Mrs. Thomas Connolly Mrs. Walter Arndt, Mrs. Emma Lunn, Mrs. Louise Hudie,' Misses Della Arndt, Helen Hudie and Eleanor Hudie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

something in spades and clubs, from which he did not want to lead, and feared . diamond lead up to pos- slble tenacc. Tn any event. it was apparent that the leader had adopt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

Mir. and Mrs. IT. c. Winters of Highland avenue have been spend- ing vacation at Hampton Beach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

Misses Dorothy and Georgianna Leblanc of South Main street spent the past week at Laurel Beach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

Miss Kathryn Peterson of South Main street has returned after spending several days with friends at Bayview.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By VIM. E. MCKINNEY Secretary oS tha AmePlCan Bridge League

Pick Safe Line of Pay-Strategy in Making Slam Contract Permits Second Possibility, If First Method of
 Attack Fails
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

Mrs. Edward Mclean of Highland avenue entertained at Q luncheon yesterday in honor of Mrs. Edwin Glover, the occasion being her birthday. The guests included: Mrs. Frank Hallock, Mrs. Leon Cinqmars, Mrs. Albert Harris, Mrs. H. L. Fogg, Mrs. Edwin Glover and Mrs. Ed- ward Mclean.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15
Today's Contract Problem

What Is South's proper opening bid? Should North show both hearts and dia- monds"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15
Concordio Ladies
 Outing Ton1orrosU

The Concordia Ladies' society will hold their annual outing tomorrow at Lake Quassapaug. Buses will leave Leavenworth street at l0:45 o'clock. In case of rain the affair will be postponed for one week.
 Mrs. Sara V. Chipman of High. land avenue and Mrs. Albert Harris will be hosteSses at Q card party to be given tomorrow afternoon at the formers home under the sponsor ship of the Women's Get Together Club of the Third Congregational Church.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Watson of South Main street spent the past few days in New York city.
 Miss Josephine Corcoran of Will low street is spending Q vacation at Pond Point
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Parker of Meridcn road have returned after visiting for several days in New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

Louise Kennedy, Mollie O'Connor, Christine Brennan and Mrs. Joseph Brennan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

MT. and Mrs. c. T. Donlan of Ws- tertown avenue are vacationing in the White mountains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

Mir. and Mrs. Lawrence Grimm of East Main street are spending c va cation with relatives in Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15

MT. and Mrs. c. T. Donlaf1 of We- tertown avenue are vacationing ii1 the White mountains.
 Miss Mary Hogan has returned to her home on Highland avenue aft- CT spending few days in New York city.
 Mrs. Floyd J. Lyttle and son Jo- seph of Southmayd road are spend- ing the summer at their cottage at Laurel Beach.
 Miss Mary Sherwood of New York is spending several days as the guest of MT. and Mrs. Lewis Willard of Terrace avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. William Strauss of South Leonard street are spending two weeks with relatives in Phila- delphia.
 Misses Frances Higgins of East Main street and Dorothy Moore of Walnut street are spending two weeks at Cornfleld Point Beach.
 Mrs. Charles Steimly of Griggs street has been entertaining Mir. and Mrs. Nelson Brown and their niece, Irene Meyers of Cleveland, Ohio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-15
Weddings
Personal

Mir. and Mrs. Martin Parker and Miss Josephine Downey of Lockhaxt avenue are enjoying c motor trip through the Adirondack mountains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
STRAND

rThere's something in Q name af. tor all, MT. Shakespeare to the cor- trary, notwithstanding. "Fury" is the naine of tho headliner opening tomorrow ct The Strand Theater. If you wish to glimpse fury unleasod in the form of human passions for revenge, destruction and for vindi- cation you should sec the Metro. doldwyn-Mayer picture of "Tury" with Spencer Tracy, the chap who made "Whipsaw" and "Rifsraff" dramatic stepping-stones to his niche of success.
 Tracy plays the part of Q young garage owner, who has been haa- died without kid gloves by Life It. self. He Is In love. He is on his way to be married when he is arrested as e kidnap suspect and then Fury" breaks Into tho picture witt, | 0 bowling mob ffenXied with anger inflamed rumors, lustful for hi blood. He is imprisoned and thu mob burns down the jail-but ht escapes and lives to scheme ant effect the apprehension, arrest, con viction of his prosecutors. At th' height of his triumph, he makes magnificent gesture that Is tn climax of Q thrill-packed drama His victory wasn't worth the pric' he was asked to pay.
 Miss Sidney and MT. Tracy Q the latest romantic team of tn screen click magnificently. The amazed critics and elicited the emo ment from Walter Winchell tha
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
POL.I'S

Shirley Temple, literally sur. rounded by stars in, by Tor, tho greatest picture of her career, "The Poor Little Rich dlrl" will Do shown ct Polls starting today.
 She sings five brand new song hits, dances new Foutines, will make you laugh more than ever and win her way into your heart more than ever before.
 The superlative cast of stars that surround Shirley includes Alice Faye, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalcn in tho outstanding roles and Sara Haden, Jane Dar. well, Claude dillingwater and Henry Armetta in the supporting cast.
 Tn tho picture, Michael Whalen plays shirley's immensely wealthy father who is too busy to pay much attention to his little girl.
 Shirley runs away and, after Q series of highly entertaining ad- ventures, IS finally "adopted" by Miss Faye and Haley, Q pair Of out-of- work vaudeville performers hoping for Q break on the radio.
 How Shirley brings success to the team and romance to her daddy and Gloria Stuart makes tho brightest, most modern, and mos' deeply human story the little Tenn pie miss has ever had.
 "fIigh Tension" with Brian Don' levy, 0lenda Farrell and Norman Foster in the featured roles wil bO shown on the same program making this bill one of the out standing ones of the current season
 Through It's background, the main tenance of the transoceanic cables is highly melodramatic, High Ten sion" is 0 fast and snappy comedy 0lenda Farrell, champion Of tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

eventually would begin or finish"
 So now the producer-star spends much of his time granting audiences to authors, authors agents, and other purveyors of ideas colossal and terrific. Some of the writers are internationally famous. They or their represen. tatlves talk, and Lloyd listeners, dead-pan. After half aTt hour he says, Sorry, but I got Q date to 90 bowling. Maybe you can sell that story to spanky McFarland Of Stepin Fetchit."
 Only two naturalg-both Broad- ways hits-haye come to his at. tention in the last three years. One was "The Milky Way" which he bought and made into Q sue. ful picture. The other was "Three Men on c Horse," for which he would have paid 9i7B,- 900 except that 1t wasn't for sale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
STATE

The All.American salesman, the master merchant, the "Super drum- mer" of oil times comes to town to- day with c million laughs, the greatest anti-depression cure of the century. He's Alexander Bolts in character, Joe D. Brown, in "person" and what Q riot he has turned out to Do. Right from the pages of the Saturday Evening Post, by way of Hollywood, Joe V. and his gadgets, his dreams, his loves, his hurnor, his super optimism, arrives at the State theater this afternoon for . four" day visit. He rides to success as Q salesman in c tractor, to fame In "EarthWorm Tractor, Q comedy vehicle that picks up hitch.hikers to comedy land.
 Ee takes his intended father-iFl- iaw, one of them on 0 ride that iG packed with high explosive laughs for the tractor careenB over . high- way that hes been dynai1itcd for excavation. With each detonatlon the theater quakes with laughter Joe D. and this particular father-in- law, Guy Kibbee, survive tho ride end the father-in-law signs on the dotted line for more tractors.
 June Travis, attractive lead, shares the honors with Joe E. and Guy Kibbee. There arc so many merited honorS for the psychological effect the play produces that tho D.g.C. should be presented the aus thor, the director, the producer, the distributor, tho State theater and particularly Warner Brothers.
 "Was she Q loving mother or Q cold .blooded murderess7" There's Q gulf as wide as the Pacific ocean in the answer, but hundreds differed in opinions. Tn "The Case Against Mrs. Ames" one appreciates the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
OSCAR LAVALLEY
 BRINGS ACT HERE

Everything is set for the thriller at Lake Quassapaug Sunday afternoon and evening when Capt. Oscar Lac Valley and his diving sensations make their appearance on the Mid- dlebury playgrounds. This event will go on at 4:30 and 10:46 p. m.
 Capt. Oscar LaValley, Q local boy who has reached stardom with his daring feats is called the little man with the big nerve when he climbs Q 126 foot ladder and ignites his gasoline-soaked clothing with a torch and then dives into Q shallow tank upon which gasoline has been poured and ignited.
 Prior to Capt. LaValley's act Miss Bobby Leonard will give an exhibi. ton of fancy diving. Miss Leonard was South Atlantic States champion two years ago in diving. The crowt will also be entertained by Joe Moth ing, clown diver who is bound tt keep the crowd in spasnls.
 Dancing will be held at thu pavilion tonight and tomorrow night The new price scale will be in effect Timmie Grove and his Lake Quas- sapaug band will furnish the music
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
PARK BAND HAS
 BUSY WEEKEND

The park department band, un- der the direction of Cosmo Vendet- ti, will play four concerts over the weekend, it was announced by VII. liam Derwin of tho park depart- ment today.
 Besides their regular Lakewood park concert ct 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, the WpA musicians will figure In three other concerts. Two of these will bo offered today and Sunday evening ct the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church festival, and on. other will be played ct Q baseball game this afternoon ct Hamilton park. The band will offer selec. tons between the innings of c game between the local American Brass co. team and Q visiting team of tho same company from Ney York,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

Due for Many Changes
 After he gets Q story, though, Lloyd usually strays far from the script during production, and then remakes the picture following the first preview. The original ver- sion of 'rFor Heavens Sake" was so bed that he walked out in the middle of the initial showing. Then he worked furiously for three months remodeling 1t to acceptable form.
 He is fond of observing that making comedies is Q very serious business. Tn 1902, ct the age of i2, ho was playing Little Abe in "Tess
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
M The Local TheaterS

public's difilculty in providing on immediate answer for it was Q Inur- der case that ripped old San Fran- cisco wide open in sentiment The play IS one of the seasons great- est dramatic offerings. It has many tense situations and Mrs. Annes fighting for her life and then for the custody of her son, Is Q role that requires ability to the nth de- gree. Mrs. Aines is played by that popular English blonde, Madeleine Carroll, proclaimed one of the most beautiful women in fllmland. George Brent co-stars with her.
 The contrasting bills complete one of the greatest programs in months Tho State offers both for the next four days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

Douglas are the stars. The mighty Sierras form q natural back -drop for the gay romantic comedy. The attractive lead of "She Married Her Boss" is c gay divorcee, who meets Q wealthy widower. She is accom- panied by her young daughter and he by his young son. The youngsters step Into the picture as matchmak- CTS, consciously or otherwise and Cupid's Dart registers a hit, but with complications highly enter- taining and amusing.
 Today witnesses the final showing of Trouble For Two" featuring Rosalind Russell, "Waterbury's Own" and Robert Montgomery with '. Everett Horton in the co-fea- tured picture, "Nobody's Fool"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
Funniest Men In FllmIand-ArtlcIe NO l2--
COMEDY IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS FOR HAROLD LLOYD

Lloyd had discovered the comedy value of shell-rimmed spectaoles, which he now wears lenseless. This new identity projected him to prominence and his own produc. ing company.
 Fun in Old Days
 The cost of present-day filming has Sobered Lloyd from the years when work was considered almost incidental to funmalIing. Buckets of water tossed from catwalks, loaded cigars, and electric chairs once were devices of studio routine. Lloyd recalls that one whole day was devoted to ribbing an overzeal- ous gateman.
 On location trips, members of the cast would be singled out as vic. tims, and just before quitting time would be hustled into ridiculous costumes and makeup. Then the company would sneak away and leave them to get home as best they could.
 Thus was Q too.dignifled leading lady chastened when the company rented Q street car and several miles of unused track. While by- islanders cheered, she pursued the car oil along the route, shrieking maledictions and threats to quit.
 
 Master at Own Game
 Principal amusement on Q Lloyd set these days is the word game he introduced. The object is to form 1lve.letter words, crossword puzzle fashion, and 1t is played on special- ly printed forms provided by Lloyd.
 Not even the most erudite au- thors or etymologists have e chance against Lloyd, the master, because he set Q whole corps of secretaries to transcribing all the ave-letter words from on una bridged dictionary. He has Ynem- orized thousands of them-words such as hamik, pipit, serve, and xebec.
 The funnyman is hypercritical of his own performances, but Q pleasant and lenient boss. Almost everyone on his staff has been there more than decade. Wally Howe, bearded bit-actor, has been Lloyd's stooge and handy man for 20 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

saucy comeback, Is its heroine, and she has an adequate opponent in the new and engaging Brian Don- levy.
 Their hectic romance contributes hearty fun to High Tension" which describes the daring young men who go down into the see to main. tain cable connections between two continents. Donlevy appears as one of these. Miss Farrell as the au. thoress of lurid thrillerS for the pulp-paper magazines.
 Wednesday evening, on the stage. Q vaudeville program has been are ranged which will outdo last weeks stage presentation which had the whole town talking. Acts have been selected from numerous ones now playing New York theaterS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

their acting made "Fury" more ex- citing, more thrilling than "A Fu- gltive From the Chain Gang" Wal- ter Abel and Bruce Cabot, Walter Brennan and Edward Ellis also earn their orchids from Walter.
 As there must be comedy to com- plete on idea bill the Strand also features "And So They Were Mar ried." Edith Tellers and Melvyil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

combs. extra spectacles, and ths like.
 
 Hard Op His Guests
 But if Lloyd is Q considerate exe- cutive ct the studio, he is Q heart less host at home. None but Q professional athlete, while . guest att he 16-acre show place estate, has been able to follow him around the nine-hole golf course (which has l9 water hazards), through Q few furious games of handball, Into the pool for brisk swim, and then for some snappy sets of tennis.
 Afternoons while guests are re- cuperating from this sort of rou- tine, Lloyd usually excuses himself and goes bowling. Sometimes he bowls all afternoon and most of the night.
 His best friends are not of tho movies, but are chosen for their stamina and ability to keep pace with him along his strenuous way. NNHNEa EgAYR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

of the D'Urhervilles," and dream- ing of bein go great dramatic star, Later, working for Hal Roach, he played heavies, character roles, and Juveniles. one day the comedian quit and Roach said, Harold, you might as well be the comedian, too.' '
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 Birth of SpectaCles
 So Lloyd became "Willie Work and then the slapstick Lonesome Luke" Q Chaplinesque character though dudish. But for on injury to his eyes, he might never have thought of wearing glasses. The eyes recovered, but by that time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

story.
 MT. Lloyd himself will tell you that it is absolutely nec- essary to have Q story. Not like the silent days when I'd get 0 gag man, Q director, and Q general idea, and we'd start in the middle of Q picture, maybe, shooting toward b Q [ h ds without 1rvAAVglAn 1aAVxy tt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18

During production, the old fellow is an animate combination of make- up kit and prop box, for he car- ries all Lloyds paraphernalia, to- gether with mirror, powder puffs,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
His FilnO Are Rare Be- cauSe He's So Hard
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This lS tho Inst Of is articles by Paul Harrison on Funniest Men In FllmIand."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-18
RY PAIIL HARRISON

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Hollywood, July ie.-The reason you seo 90 few Harold Lloyd com- edles ig that scarcely anybody seems able to write Q Harold Lloyd