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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-24
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Celebrate Anniversary
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groom" and enjoyed the occasion to
the full. He. is certainly to be con-
graduated on his longevity and his
apparent ability to get much pleasure
yet out of life.
Second in interest was the presence
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Mock, of Stock
ton, the only living witnesses of the
marriage ceremony performed back in
1887. Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan, Mrs.
Duncan's father, Mr.. Taylor, and Mr..
and Mrs. Mock, formed a group of
five which is seldom duplicated in
similarity, and is worthy of much
interesting notice.
The large gathering of relatives and
friends began to assemble shortly af
ter P. NJ, and from then on to later
hours, spent a wonderful evening of
social mingling. The master of cere-
monies was "Parson Jack" Wootten,
who entertained the guests with an
amusing program of songs and jokes.
An orchestra was present who enliv-
ened the scene with music. Refresh
ments were served, and the very sue
cessful evening wound up with dance.
The saloon of the boat was most
tastefully decorated with evergreens,
and presented a most attractive ap-
pearance. The evening was most sue
cessful and everyone went home de-
lighted.
"Parson Jack" sang and read the
following poem, composed by him for
the occasion:
GOLDEN WEDDING JUBILEE
1SS7-1937
VIM. B. Duncan & Florence A. Taylor
Aboard
Steamer Gov. Emerson C. Harrington
Pocomoke City, Maryland
December goth, 1887
SONG
Tune: "Old Gray Bonnet
Florence and William got together
And debated as to whether
They would have Jubilee:
Finally William said: 'Tll do it
Put lot of color to it
You just leave it up to me-"
CHORUS
Put on your old gray bonnet
With the blue ribbons on it,
While bring the Steamer from the
bay;
Well call our frineds and neighbors
From their tolls and labors
On our Golden Wedding Day.
Folks from Maryland and Virginia
There is nothing we've agin We
AS we try to celebrate;
Our Golden Wedding Jubilee
Every one is full of glee
On this all important date.
Now since Florence was Taylor
She made Bill into a sailor
And she taught him east from west;
Brought the Steamer up the river,
Made the waters churn and CULVER,
AS we all dressed up our best.
Clarence Edward, Arville ].
Marion, Rosa, Clinton K.
With Donald and Linwood;
Are the offsprings of this pair
And of them we do declare
Their fruit is very good.
For this couple, we will root,
Tip our hats, give salute,
AS we, our wishes, tell;
Hail! Florence, Good-luck! Bin,
We sincerely hope you will
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KeIIand Sells Twelfth

The twelfth story of Clarence
Burlington Kelland to be bought
for the movies is mfr. Dodd Takes
the Air." starring Kenny Baker.
It is based on the best seller. 1.-THE
Great Crooner."
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L COVER HOLLYWOOD

ling casts. "Wee Willie Wrinkle"
is a feeler in this direction. Shir"
ley discards a lot of her cute little
tricks in the picture and goes in
for acting. Public reaction will
be eagerly awaited.
Chatter. JOY Hodges was tell.
ing the world at the Joe Penner
party that she is In love with
jackson Wheeler, Of Penner'S
radio program. And Wheeler
was fervently returning the COM
pliment. Incidentally, Joy gets Q
terrific break in the fall. She has
been signed to play George M.
Cohan's daughter in the Sam Har.
ris show, Hold Your Hats, Boys"
E. Kent Taylor broke two ribs
Saturday night in a film fight for
the Universal picture, THE Lady
Fights Back" It was no lady
who gave him the injury, however,
but a 200-pounder, Joe Sawyer.
{. The irresponsible Louis Prima
is opening a new late spot Friday
night. It's on Vine Street, near
Levy's.. Irene Dunno holds the
all.time record for attending mo.
ton picture conventions. Colun.
bias will be her fourth.
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Someone requested an auto
graph and, as Jones was leaning
down to sign it, another fan
seized a handful of hair on the
unfortunate a ctor's head and
jerked it out by main force. Poor
Jones let out a yell that you could
hear for q block.
That's bad enough, but even
harder to understand is the mo-
tive of an unidentified woman
who phoned local papers just
after the Lurline sailed, and in
sisted that Raymond had gotten
off the boat and left his bride
to continue her honeymoon
alone. She even went so far in
her senseleSS malice as to supply
a telephone number where she
said Raymond could be reached.
Fortunately, the honeymooners
were on the high seas and never
learned Of the rotten rumor.
Zanuck'S ambition, they say, is
to make Shirley Temple the first
child star to stay on the screen
through that gawky age. The
shrewd Snowman Of Twentieth
Century-Fox is buying stories with
this view and plans to surround
the star with important support
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CLOCK

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dix,
Joan Perry, The Devil Is Driv.
ing" 1920 a. m, 1:25, $3.50, 5:35,
7:4o, $50 p. m.
EARLE-Martha Raye, Bob Burns
in Mountain Music" 11:15
q. M, 1885, 4:25, 7:15. $50 p. m.
Stage, 1855, 3:45. $50 and 9:10
p. m.
CAPITOL-Luise Rainier, William
Powell, THE Emperor's Candle
sticks" 1880, a. M. 1880, APO,
7:15, 1000 p. m. Stage, 1910,
1928, $40, 9:05 p. m.
PALACE-Cpencer Tracy. Freddy
Bartholomew, CAPTAINS Coura-
geous," 1880 a. m, 2:05, ABS,
7:05, 9:35 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Clark Gable, viii.
liam Powell, Myrna 10y, Man
haitian Melodrama," 11:15 a. m.
1920, 1925, $50, 7:S5. 9:40 p. m.
R. K. o. KEITHS-Harriett Hill.
lard, william Brady New
Faces" 1882 a. m, 1882, 1892.
$3.50. 1882, 9:32 p. m.
RIALTO-Will Rogers, "Dr. Bull"
1880 q. m, 2 :07, 4:44, 1877,
1890 p. m. Shirley Temple,
THE Little Colonel" 1852,
1929, sos. $3.50 p. m.
LITTLE-Ronald Colman, Lor.
eta Young, "Clive of India, "
11:21, a. m, 1923, 1927, 5:35.
7:46 and 9:54 p. m.
BELASCO-"Children Of Loneli.
ness" evenings only.
TRANS-LUX-Con Continuous shows.
News reels. short comedies. Pro.
gram changes hourly.
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Roadside Play
Enters it's
I'd Week

From the files of the past gen.
GRAFTON, the Roadsiders selected
for their second production Of the
1887 season Tom Raylor's Our
American Cousin" This play en-
tered its second week at the Road
side Theater Monday night.
First produced in 1858, Our
American Cousin" played over 800
performances in New York, then
ran up a record in London in 1861
of over 400 performances. 1t was
revived again and again during
the '70s and '80s, and appealed
to later generations Of theater-
goers in 1907 and 1915.
Many great players were aSso-
ciated with "Our American
Cousin" The original cast had
Laura Keene, Joe jefferson and
E. A. Sothern.
The character Of Ase Trenchard,
fresh from Brattleboro, VT, set
the pattern for the typical Yam
kee. Florence Trenchard, his
British cousin, was the ideal En-
glish lady, and in Lord Dundreary
all the world found its favorite
silly ass" nobleman.
The Roadside production faith
fully follows the traditions Of
these earlier presentations.
1t is impossible to assign first
honors in the present enactment
of the play. Fred HaSkin inter-
prets in the best Thespian style
the character of Lord Dundreary.
Carl ChriStianSon, as the hero,
Milton Freedman, as Binny, and
Hugh M. Smith, as the villain, all
contribute noteworthy efforts to
what is a very successful play.
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Star for II Years,
Now Loretta Sinqs

For the first time in ii years
of starring in the movies, Loretta
Young Is going to sing a few
verses in an added scene that
Twentieth Century-FoX will film
for Love Under Fire"
The song, Language Of Love, I"
was written for Don Ameche and
Loretta this week by Samuel Pok.
rasS. Ameche, who plays opposite
Miss Young in the film, will sing
most of the number with Miss
Young, who has a mezzo soprano
voice,
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Almost everybody back home
knows somebody in HOLLYWOOD
and, once they decide on Cantor
mia as q vacation country, wires
and letters pour into newspaper
folks and studio executives asking
for visitor privileges.
List Is Limited
It isn't easy to crash the gates,
for it has become vitality necessary
to bar most sightseers and restrict
the pass list to those whose claim
is legitimate or who can make II
an exchange for courtesies by help
ing out studio publicity.
Making it palmer: It's harder to
get into the studios than it is for
a printer to wangle a Capitol or
an Earle pass out OF Jimmy BAN
on Wednesday or Thursday.
The big wigs have no difficulty.
For instance, Metro oldwyn-
MAYER threw a studio banquet re-
Gently for the Italian ambassador,
right on the set. They can erect
fancier decorations than any Co
coanut Grove, and they still talk
about how Warner Brothers put it
on at the studio when Postmaster
General Jim Farley paid movie
land an inspection visit.
Anybody of real Importance, and
potentially useful to the producing
organizations, gets splendid treat
ment. They send a fancy car to
your hotel, take you to the studio
and provide a well-informed unit
guide for your rubbernecking on
the lot, permit you to be photo
graphed with the stars if they
don't object, extend every possible
courtesy, including that Of the
studio commiSsary.
Schemes Don't Work
Regularly assigned newspaper
writer's have their own credentials
and are free to wander around
and pick up their news nuggets.
The many schemes devised to
crash the gate have been fairly
well discovered and thwarted. This
includes statesmen and solicitors
who try to pass themselves off as
obscure newspaper or magazine
correspondents.
Another irritating nuisance is
the growing practice of travel
agencies, to book tours and
promise q personally conducted
trip around the studios. This
past week a group of 100 pulled
up at the entrance gate Of Twen-
tieth-C Century Fox and demanded
admission as the Jane WitherS
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"A Day At the Races Presents
Marx Bros. At Their Best

action and it is the funniest thing
1 have ever seen on the screen.
There are also some musical in.
terludeS, in which the story Gas If
it mattered makes long but pleas
ant digressions.
One of these musical interludeS,
who's That Man." introduces 4
chorus Of Sepia singers and pick
aninnies. If memory serves me
correctly it is the longest musical
piece in the film. I do not know
how it will appeal to others, but
to me it seemed to be Singularly
beautiful and moving.
In the concluding scenes, lead
ing up to the climax, the comedy
achieves a furious tempo that is
long sustained. Laughter and
anxiety will hold you fast in this
finale Of a whirlwind riot Of fun.
Marx Men at Best
The singing chorus and the vic.
tory march, which is the closing
scene, is a fine directorial touch.
It eases the audience tension off,
but doesn't leave any feeling of
anti-climax.
The picture belongs, first, last
and all the time, to the, Marx
Brothers. It is replete with new
gags, ridiculous situations and an
tics that will make your ribs ache
before you are done with it.
Maureen O'Sullivan furnishes
the heart interest. She does an
excellent and worthwhile job Of it
too, lending a convincing and real
istic air to a part that in any
orthodox film would be anything
but that. j. w. B.
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Day at the Races" will leave you
limp with laughter.
The film is well timed. A
thread of romance running
through the action furnishes an
inconsequential and wholly fan
tastic story upon which a more
fantastic house of mirth is built.
But when the tempo of the comedy
becomes actually too furious for
comfort, the picture cuts in on
the romance.
The action is relieved also by q
sequence depicting water car
nival, in which Hollywood has done
its most glamorous and most law
ish best. In the action of this
sequence, however, the Marx Bros.
get in some of their best gags.
Harpo blasting a piano to bits
with his playing occurs in this
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Big Studios Keep Strict Watch
For All Gate Crashes;
Elusive Carlo
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

HOLLYWOOD July This mad little village where option
king is getting ready to receive least 200 of the Nations
motion picture critics and coumnss syndicate writer's and
magazine authors
They coming in July and August-not all at oncetrom
The WASHINGTON Times Helen Essary George Jean Nathan
All want to take peek the studios and
and the publicity departments preparing for the influx
What makes it real headache for studio pubcStS the
other vacaonss who have great curiosity but no influence
vet hone and pray that the studio gates will be opened for
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"a Day at the Races" starring
those three zanieS of stage and
screen, the Marx Bros, was pre-
viewed yesterday and the film
turns out to be the most preten-
tious effort to date of these three
horsemen of mirth.
1t may be said without any
further introductions, qualifica-
lions or critical stalling that "A
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babies to return for the celebra-
ton and asked Hersholt to be an
other guest Of honor.
The other day, on the Heidi"
location, Hersholt got a telegram
calling off the reunion.
They had waited too long-for
DR.. Peck is dead.
We thought that fans had gone
as far as possible in their efforts
to get souvenirs Of stars, but
Allan Jones experience at the
sailing Of the Lurline was the
worst yet. He went along with
two bus loads Of celebrities to see
jeanette Macdonald and Gene
Raymond off on their honeymoon.
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BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1897. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl

- HOLLYWOOD, July Pa
thetic story that comes to Holly.
wood from Darlington, Wis: Sew
eral months ago, Jean Hersholt
was invited to help honor the
local "Dr. Dafoe."
For SO years, DR.. w. w. Peck
had officiated at most Of the
births in the community. Some
leading citizens saw the picture,
Reunion" and got the idea Of
staging q similar tribute for DR..
Peck. They invited 5000 Of his
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/ Fan Club. No attempt had been
made to appriSe the publicity de-
partment of the visit, hence no
arrangements could be made for
their reception. Nevertheless to
keep these Chicago tourists from
going home and roasting the pro-
ducers for incivility, the child star
was reached. acted as host at a
hastily assembled party, for which
the studio had to foot the bill.
so Girls Disappointed
Last week a party of so girl
students arrived at the M-G-M
gates saying they had been
promised an interview with Clark
Gable and a personally auto
graphed photo as souvenir. They
came on from the Middle West
without any studio contact, and
since Clark Gable was mentioning
between pictures, they left sorely
disappointed.
R-K-O Radio formally banned the
door to all visitors after a group
arrived last week and upset the
stage Door" production by walk.
ing in on the middle of an import
ant take" The set was closed,
but that didn't feaze these sight
Seers. They saw a door open,
walked in, and were almost on top
of the actors before Director Gre
CORY LaCava called a halt.
Yes, the summer visitors, and
the winter. too, present problem
to the studios. The only practical
solution seems to be making passes
and invitations hard to get.
Break for Claudette
The immediate departure of this
correspondent from these shores
gave Claudette Colbert q break.
I was invited by Howard Herrick,
advance agent of the Theater
Guild, to use two front-row seats
at the Biltmore opening Of the
LuntS in "Amphitryon."
When I informed Mr.. Herrick
I would be homeward bound they
were assigned to Claudette, who
was a last-minute applicant for
Row A.
The Lunts rolled up $31, 900 in
San Francisco, took % bows at the
final curtain on opening night,
with Alfred smiling through an
immense set of curled whiskers.
All the newspapers here say
studio scouts will watch the Lunts
and see whether "Amphitryon"
has screen possibilities. am
happy to tell 'em it has. The
French made a picture of the old
fable and a beauty. You may re-
call it showed at the Belasco
Theater, in Lafayette Square,
about two months ago.
No Carlo
I am returning without seeing
Carlo. Had no better luck than
Kay Marlborough, who made the
journey from Washington a couple
of years ago, especially for this
purpose.
1 was on the Carlo set of
Madame Walewska,' rode by the
$3.50 per month rented home of
the glamorous Swede, even talked
with couple of M-G-M inhabi.
tants who know her well. Barrett
C. Keisling, who has been head
Of publicity at the studio for nine
years, has seen Carlo but eight
times. Never to talk to or with.
When Carlo finishes q produc-
ton she gives one day cheerfully
to the still" department, poses
in all costumes, talks with the
unit publicity agent, and that's
that, until her next picture.
Likes the Weather
I like the Los Angeles and
vicinity weather, chiefly because
there is little or no rain. Eleven
drops is all I've seen since leaving
Thirteenth and New York Avenue.
But last Friday they let the
writer's on one studio go home at
noon because the temperature
was officially "a, but in the
authors coops over 100. That
sounds like .. c. sure huff.
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harka that was desperately and success
fully defending the mountain against
the Legion.
He ceased to shout and to thrash the
maddened horse. and as he overlook
the mules, waved his kepi at them.
and yelled wildly to them. rode beside
the leader, seized its rein and. still
at a furious gallop. brought them
round in a wide-sweeping curve across
the whole front of the position Of the
Moorish army.
Beyond the fact that he was mule
hunting. rounding up cattle, playing
cowboy, galloping gloriously after the
laundering herd of steers, as so often
he had done in imagination when
reading. in safe hiding. as boy, he
knew not what he did knew not where
he was; knew not what he was; knew
only that he was happy. glorifed, that
he was letting of steam, throwing off
repression. expressing himself in ac-
ton of his own choice at last; that he
was free, alive, and - unafraid.
Yes, free not only from the bondage
of men but free from fear. In the most
imminent danger of death he came
alive. found himself, and found sanity.
The whole army firing at him as he
rode whooping across its front? Pooh!
He didn't give a damn for the entire
Riffian army. No. nor for the whole
French Army. nor for the French
Foreign Legion, nor even for Sergeant
Franz Zimmerman.
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THIS WEEK
Brave Coward

No. He cared for no one; for nothing.
He was having hell of a ride. and if
they hit him, there'd be hell of
crash. and damn good job, too. For
once he'd finish in style.
Three hong, loud cheers!. Whoops!
-. Hurrahs and hurrahs Bullets pep
pering the dust like rain on a pond.
That's right. shoot. you devils. Shoot
and see if you can hit Dangerfeld. the
Coward. and his famous troupe Of per-
forming mules.
At the edge of a little plateau to
which he had ridden with his staff to
see what was holding up the vitality
important advance in this outlying
corner of his battlefield. the great
Field Marshal, conqueror and admin
istrator of Morocco. sat cool and I'M
emotional on his white charger, his
field glasses to his eyes.
Mon Diex" he said softly. EFF that
fellow lives. I'll give him commission
on the field. for initiative. prompt
action and valor And the MtdaiILs
Mihf0ire from my own coat - for
souvenir"
And together with thousands of
other men. European and African. he
watched the distant figures galloping
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that - that l was lost inside - that
he'd win because I'd lose myself. But
1 didn't do it, Ariel! put that inves-
tigation report in my desk. Well,
that's itr' he yelled. That's it! It's
got to be don't you see that it's
got to be - please. please see that -
please tell me it's O."
Stop talking for moment, stop
shaking my arm. Farrow," she called,
get Mr. March dressed - quickly"
She went out into the living room and
crossed to his desk. She riffled through
the papers and held out an envelope
at arms length.
That brown envelope"
Eyes yes" She ripped at it and
pulled out the sheets inside, the sheets
headed, Charles Goldstone - In
vestigation for MIR. Murray Sanger"
and she ran them through hurriedIy.
Farrow was getting him into shirt
when she came back into Stuart's
bedroom. She picked up the telephone
book and ran down the G's.
Charles Goldstone, Attorney-at-
Law. Broadway"
Get cab. Farow - get cab"
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with their infinitely precious burden.
And by Godr' he said again. Hell
do it. He'll do it yet
Now. in point of fact. it is extremely
difficult to hit man galloping swiftly
across your front at distance of three
or four hundred yards, and the luck of
lie Keionnairs Eustace Dangerield was
in. Neither he nor his horse was
touched by bullet nor was any men,
Der of his troupe"
Driving. urging. herding the frantic
mules. he kept them going at top speed.
Leading. following, driving. at times
striking and thrusting with his bay
onet, he governed and dominated the
bedevilled brutes until. from careening
madly towards the enemy's lines. they
were, with laboring breath. but gallop-
ing still, bending well in the direction
of the French position.
Amid a roar Of cheers and the up
springing of the whole long line, the
ride ended in the middle of the French
sroxb MOBILE, and the mules seized by
eager hands, were back with their
precious burden behind the firing line.
That night the great Marshal sent
for the lesionn0iys who. at the extreme
peril of life and limb, had shown such
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swift appreciation OF a sudden and seri-
Gus situation and had displayed such
swift initiative. such courage and skill.
Mon enfanf." said he. as he gave
the man kiss on either cheek, Il am
proud of you. France is proud of you.
and am honored thus to honor you"
And removing his own MSdofils
Afiitoire (the French VIC. and D.S.O.
combined) from his breast. he pinned
it on Dangerheld's coat And stepping
back, he saluted him with the words:
Bonnie chance. Good luck, Lieutenant
Dangerfeld."
Next morning Lieutenant Eustace
Dangerfeld sent for Sergeant Franz
Zimmerman and told him what he
thought OF him, to wit. that he was a
very brave. competent and Jealous
non-commissionedo officer, but apt to be
a little severe, perhaps. with recruits
and young soldiers; also. that he was
going to keep his eye upon him. in the
hope of being able to further his ad-
vancement.
And as the Sergeant saluted. opened
and closed dumb lips that could not
pray" nor swear nor make any
reply whatsoever - backed away from
his superior officer and retired with
look of one still dazed from heavy
fall or blow, the officer fingered his
decoration.
For sailor. said the medal.
For cowardice," smiled the soldier
who had found himself.
Tie End
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held him outside all of ten minutes.
mir. March," ne said. without
getting up from his great desk or
offering his hand.
Stuart said. 81 have with me some
papers which were mailed to me by
Murray Sanger just prior to his death.
which reached me after his death.
They bear your name"
''Mr. Sanger was my client" he said
and he still waited.
These papers," Stuart said, ARE
in the nature of private report on
the past life of Renee Fraser"
How do they bear my name?"
They are on your paper"
II see," CoIdstone said. Il make no
Investigations of people. l am not a
detective agency. l am an attorney
at-law."
mo detective agency could possibly
have gotten the explicit information
that these reports hold"
Coldstone pressed button on his
desk. Bring me the new Sanger box"
he told his secretary. The box Mr..
Sanger sealed with US on the 9th
The box was brought in and placed