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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
OBITUARY

ANDERSON-Mrs. Pauline Can
derson) Anderson, wife of Sven o.
Anderson, of 815 Hamilton avenue,
died at st. Mary's hospital yester-
day. She was born March 8, 1865, in
Sweden but had lived in Waterbury
for So years.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by three sons, Albin L., Edwin
and Samuel, all Of Waterbury, a
daughter, Mrs. Charles Saffo, of Wa
terbury, three sisters, Mrs. John Tai
bot, of Princeton, N. j.; Mrs. Edith
Smythe, New York City and Mrs
Matilda Hagstrom, of Waterbury, an
adopted daughter, Mrs. Edith Lord
OF Waterbury, also three grand
children. She was q member Of the
Swedish Lutheran church.
The funeral services will be held
Saturday at 8 o'clock from the AL
derson funeral home, 70 Central ave-
nue.. Burial will be in new Pine
Grove cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home today from to
8 o'clock
JOYCE-Mrs. Annie Lynch Joyce,
widow Of William j. Joyce, OF III
Washington street, Middletown,
died this morning at her home after
long illness.
She was born in Waterbury,
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Lynch, but resided in Mid
dletown the past 80 years.
She Is survived by son, DR.. VIII
liam M. Joyce of Middletown; a
sister, Mrs. Helen Furniss of Mid
dletown; and a brother, william H.
Lynch Of Hollis, L. I.
The funeral will be held from her
home, Monday morning at 9:15
o'clock. to st. Johns church, Mid
dletown, where a requiem high Mass
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
Full Weather Report

CONNECTICUT-Ge fair
tonight and Saturday. slightly
warmer tonight. Continued warmer
Saturday and Sunday.
Boston, July 19-(UP)-Weathei
forecast:
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Generally fair tonight and Saturday
warm Saturday and Sunday.
Slightly warmer tonight. Continued
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
CARn or THANKS

We wish TO thank our many rela-
tiyes, friends and neighbors, espe-
cially the Nurses Alumnae OF st.
Mary's Hospital for the kindness and
sympathy shown US during our re-
beloved husband and father. Mich
ael Stapleton.
Signed:
MRS. JANE sTAPLEToN
AND FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

The funeral Of Mrs. william Con-
don was held this morning at S:l5
O'Clock form the home, 400 Mill
street, to st. Patrick's church, where
q solemn mass Of requiem was sung
at Q o'clock by Rev. Bernard Foster.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

civic and fraternal leaders Of the
city were among the delegations rep
resented at the largely attended
funeral this morning of Attorney
Martin j. Parker, three-times grand
knight of Sheridan Council, Knights
Of Columbus. which took place from
his home, 1913 Highland Avenue, to
the Church Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment where a solemn high Mass Of
requiem was celebrated at 9 o'clock
by Rev. Francis j. Barrett.
Rev. John J. McGrath, pastor OF
st. Thomas Church in Thomaston,
was deacon, and Rev. Neil j. Doyle
of the Blessed Sacrament Church,
sub-deacon. Seated in the sanctuary
were Rev. Edward l.. Morrison, pas
tor of the Church of the Blessed
Sacrament, and Rev. Thomas Law
lor of New Haven, a native OF this
city.
Special Music
Special musical program was Of
fered by Mrs. Robert Brit, church
organist, with William OBrien as
soloist. Interment took place in the
family plot in new st. Joseph's
cemetery with the cornmittal prayers
being read by Father McGrath, as
sisted by Father Lawlor and Father
Doyle. 49,.
The honorary pallbearers were
Compensation Commissioner James
M. Lynch, City Court Judge John l.
Gaffney, william M. Gillette. clerk
of common pleas court. Attorney
Humbert Mangini tax collector, At
torney Walter Lynch, Attorney An
drew Dawson, Attorney John McLin-
den, Attorney Frank p. Guilfoile,
Attorney Arthur Cooke, Attorney
Hugh McGill, Attorney Joseph Ali
shausky and Attorney John Mem
brine.
X. Of c. Delegation
Sheridan Council, knights OF
Columbus, was represented by Past
Grand Knight Cornelius F. Maloney.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

- DIED
MURPHY-In this city, July 10, 1910.
Mrs. Jane (Turley) Murphy OF l4s
Cooke st. Funeral Monday morn
ing at $3.50 o'clock from Bergin
funeral home, 290 East Main ST., to
Immaculate Conception church.
Burial in family plot in old st. JOS
eph's cemetery.
LAUKAITIS-In this city, July IS:
1910, Mrs. Stephania Laukaitis of
Thomaston. Funeral Monday, time
later, from Mazaika funeral home,
10 Porter st.
ANDERSON-In this city, July is.
1910. Mrs. Pauline (Anderson) An
derson of S15 Hamilton Avenue.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock from Anderson funeral home,
70 Central Avenue. Burial in new
Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

FLEMING-A first anniversary mass
of requiem will be celebrated to-
morrow morning at eight o'clock,
at the Immaculate Conception
church, for the repose Of the soul of
the late Mrs. Eliza Fleming.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

Rev. William wirkus acted as dea-
con, and Rev. Gerald Hutchinson,
s. j., as sub-deacon.
Bearers were John Altman, Ber-
nard Altman, Thomas Creaven, Ed
ward Reed, Homer 1von and John
Carlson.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
Father wirkus conducted the COM
initial service.
Funeral services for Mrs. Louis s.
Fitch were held this afternoon at
8 o'clock at the Anderson Funeral
Home, Rev. John R. Coombs, pas.
tor of the Second Congregational
church, officiated. Burial was in new
Pine Grove cemetery. Bearers were
Stanley Crater, Harold Manning,
Henry S. Allen, Harold Morgan,
Harold D. Fitch and H. Warren
Stevens.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

SEXTON-A months mind mass of
requiem will be celebrated tomor-
row morning at 1880 o'clock, at SIS.
Peter and Paul church, for the re-
pose of the soul of the late Mrs.
Elizabeth Sexton.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

will be celebrated at 10 o'clock. In
terment will be m the family plot
in st. Johns cemetery, Middletown.
Friends may call at the home after
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
MASSES

RIELLY-A months mind mass of
requiem will be celebrated Satur-
day morning at s o'clock, at st.
Thomas church, for the repose of
the soul of the late Mrs. Elizabeth
REILLY.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

KEEGAN - A second anniversary
mass of requiem will be celebrated
Saturday morning, July 20, at 1880
o'clock, at st. Patrick's church, for
the repose of the soul Of the late
James Keegan.
Evening star., 1940-02-25

Let's peek at the behind-sc
lives, and most of it is behind-scene,
of Mesdames lie Roy. Selznick,
Zanuck and Goldwyn.
OF these. Mrs. Goldwyn is the
luckiest. She at least sees her hus-
band a few hours every day. Sam
is unique among producers in that
he usually gets home to dinner at a
reasonable hour (the others are
sometimes in their studios until
early dawn. Goldwyn is an early
riser; so Mrs. Goldwyn also sees him
at breakfast time. The Goldwyns
entertain moderately-usually busi-
ness acquaintances of Mr.. Goldwyn,
and the nightly topic at the dinner
table is movie crosses with a capita!
G, which is interesting only if you're
making movies. But even if this
subject fails to excite Mrs. Goldwyn,
at least the preparation for the
dinner gives her something to do.
She is a good wife to Sam. I
once heard her bawl out business
guest who annoyed her husband.
She has big house. but a lot of
servants run it. There is SON.
Sam, Junior. On Sunday they have
people in for tennis. They don't
often go to other peoples parties
and attend only the most important
picture premieres-about 10 a year.
Mrs. Goldwyn likes to travel, and
because Sam, makes an average of
four pictures year, they do get
to Europe (about once every four
years. and more frequently to New
York.
Mrs. Selznick Is less fortunate
than Mrs. Goldwyn-from a seeing
your husband point of view. She
has given up expecting David for
dinner, except on Sunday evening,
and even then he is likely to tele-
phone at 9 pm. to say he can't
make it. And his wife has to carry
on alone with her guests.
Mrs. Selznick was brought up in
a film magnate's house-ner father
is Louis B. Mayer So she probably
accepts movie widowhood as the
natural order of things. But that
doesn't make it less dull. Mrs.
Selznick is sometimes rash enough
to accept invitations to other peo-
pies parties in the belief that David
can go with her. I've seen her all
dressed up and ready to go with
her husband. She usually has to
go alone. David may join her
around o'clock.
When the Selznicks manage to
start out together to dine with
friends David usually falls asleep
at the table because of having
worked all the previous night. Rec
ompense for Mrs. Selznick-a beau
tiful home, couple of children,
servants, lovely dresses, furs and
jewelry. But I'd swap so per cent
Evening star., 1940-02-25

ing picture"
There the conference ended. The
producer left without finishing his
highball.
Today that same story has long
since been produced in the movies
and so have the works of other
writer's whose feelings toward the
once -lowly movie were equally truc-
ulent and bitter.
Yes, in more ways than one. the
movie has grown up in the last 20
years. It has overcome a flock of
deep-rooted antipathies. Not the
least Of these Is the contemptuous
attitude of authors and playwrights
who once felt it beneath their social
dignity to have truck with the
"fiickers." Gold, Of course, has been
the chief dignity-chaser.
Twenty years ago you'd have gam
bled it never could happen-but to-
day you're witnessing the strange
spectacle of world-renowned au-
thors sitting in the grandstand
cheering wildly for old Hollywood,
and broadcasting enthusiastic felici-
tations to the movie-makers on the
excellent celluloid treatment given
their priced works.
Author Margaret Mitchell saw
"Gone With the Wind" and liked 1t,
even though she wasn't overpaid
($50,00O for her rights. After
squeezing Clark Gables hand, she
turned to David o. Selznick, at the
Atlanta world premiere, and congrat-
ulated him on an honest" and
faithful" adaptation.
John Steinbeck, whose works broke
into hlms for the first time in 1910,
told Hal Roach, after seeing "Of
Mice and Men," that he was ct
"loss for words" to express his whole
hearted appreciation Of the job done.
When he saw Twentieth Century
Fox's treakment Of his controversial
"The Grapes Of Wrath" he took out
page ads tn the trade press to salute
the studio. ~
Iouis Hromneld decll la that the
Evening star., 1940-02-25

Of it for a husband I could depend
on for companionship.
Another fly in the ointment of
being Hollywood wife-you have
to share your husbands troubles
without the Joy of actively par
ticipating in his success.
Mrs. Daryl Zanuck, for example,
attends all Of her husbands pre-
mieres. I've seen her in the lobby
of the theater, accepting with her
husband sincere or insincere con-
gratulations. But the triumph,
when and if, is solely her husbands.
Zanuck does not discuss his picture
problems with his wife. He re-
serves that for his evenings. which
he spends until 3 am. in his pro-
lection room at the studio.
I often wonder what Mrs. Zanuck
does with those evenings. Her chill
dren are in bed. Her husband is
working. I can only suppose she
holds open house for the wives Of
other working husbands, but this
must get a little monotonous eve
ming after evening.
II never 60 out in the evening
when I'm making picture" Mervyn
lie Roy told me recently.
Shortly afterward inquired after
his wife.
shes in Florida-until finish
my picture" he replied. This little
item iS self-explanAtory.
The wives of successful Hollywood
executives are not the only married
women in Hollywood to suffer bore
dom. The mates Of movies actors
run them q close second. Not all 10
cal wives are as fortunate as Mrs.
Enrol Flynn, who can spend half a
day making herself ready for din
ner appointment Some wives take
only an hour, leaving a long day IN
which to do nothing.
An actors schedule calls for him
to get up around 7. He is lucky to
be home from the studio at pm,
and then is too tired to want to 60
places with his wife, who has been
waiting for just this all day. So of
what use is it to have enough money
to buy dozens of pretty gowns and
furs If you have nowhere to take
them?
And when there is big party or
premiere in Hollywood, and they can
wear their frills and furbelows, an
other annoying situation occurs.
They are elbowed into the back
ground by fans who want the sigma
lures of Fred Astaire. Nelson Eddy,
Robert Montgomery, Spencer Tracy,
John Garfield ct al, but not those
Of their wives. mo wonder Mrs.
Garfield couldn't take any more of
Hollywood and preceded her husband
to New York by three months.)
You might think that a lot of neg
tSee GRAHAM. Page F.3)
Evening star., 1940-02-25

spirit of "The Rains Came" had been
faithfully portrayed in the film. Zoe
Atkins was in thorough accord with
"The Old Maid" as portrayed by
Bette Davis. Lloyd Douglas was COM
pletely satisfied with white Ban
ners," and of Paramount's disputed
Passage" he said: 1T is better thar
my book" Fannie Hurst even went
on lecture tour in advance of -Four
Daughter" indorsing the film in ev-
cry way. Walter D. Edmonds thought
the movie Of Drums Along the Mo-
hawk" equal to the written word
After witnessing ''The Lost Horizon,
Author James Hilton declared that
Director Frank Capra's changes
might well have been made in the
book. And so on, endlessly-today
No, sir, it wasn't always thus. In
the Pickering days of the movie those
few authors cajoled into the Holly
wood arena were not in the habit
Of cheering the celluloid versions OF
their brain-children. Such literary
notables as Theodore Dresser, Sin
clair Lewis and Peter B. Kyne, alona
with many others, were occasionally
tearing Hollywood wide apart fol
the brutal mangling" of best-sellers
bearing their names.
The most famous author-studic
quarrel was that In which Dresser
fled court action against Paramount
seeking to force a change in the
film treatment Of his "An American
Tragedy" Lewis abhorred the movie
version Of hts "Babbitt," made by
Warmers and loudly berated it-not
without reason, too. During silent
days, r. G. Kirk became embroiled
with First National over an adapta-
tion made Of his Men Of Steel
That quarrel took an unusual twist
when 1t turned out that Milton Sills
who starred in the film, had also
adapted Kirk's story.
Before his death, only one oi
Rudyard Kiplipg's stories The
teee HEEES IAN, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1940-02-25

centration camp, and there Is also
the heart-racking finale, "A Party
With Our Memories" in which they
show that grateful as they are for
the refuge they have found on these
shores they are still homesick for
their native land, to which they may
never return.
Arouse an Actor
And There's Crusader.
Actors and actresses are pleasant
people and always willing to argue.
Usually amiable people, they get
very much aroused when occasion
demands, such as when they did
some well-meaning crusading durs
ing the actors strike of 1919, or
when there was the quarrel about
actors labor unions last year that
brought a whirlwind of stage and
screen stars into Atlantic City to
arbitrate whether a pudgy, little
man named Willie Bioff should be-
come czar o. actors, stage hands and
all other employees of Hollywood
and Broadway.
Bioff lost and last week sur
rendered to Illinois States attor-
ney to serve the finish of Jail
term fo1 pandering. He must 60
to prison for a little less than six
months to complete sentence for
sharing the profits of an immoral
woman in 1922. In 1889, he was
such a strong labor leader that
he could and did threaten to stop
all work on all productions in the
movies, stage, radio and most all
other amusement mediums In this
country.
Now that Bioff is returning to
jail and actors have settled most Of
their labor troubles, the actors are
turning to benefits and even these
foment arguments and similar SOCK
dologer sermons.
Since the Japanese started NOV
ing into China, there have been
numerous benefits among Broadway
shows for the Chinese, none for the
Japanese. Bert Lahr and Ethel
Norman staged a Chinese New Year
ball two nights ago with their ''Du-
barry Was Lady company to help
the medical aid for China fund,
which Col. Theodore Roosevelt
heads.
Herbert Hoover has been organ
izing Broadway show after show to
help the fund for relief OF Finland.
He has brought in more than
million dollars up to this date, and
much of that has come from Broad
way benefit shows.
Alfred Lunt, that Wisconsin actor
who has Finnish ancestors, started
the fund when he and his wife, Lynn
tSee BAllRoN, Page Fi3J
Evening star., 1940-02-25

ing the Nazi fetishes. When the
German armies swept across Aus
tria the actors escaped to New York.
A year ago they made their Broad
way debut in From Vienna" a
melodious and light revue that
found its chief fault in the fact that
many of the cast were having acute
trouble with the English language.
Today, in Reunion in New York. I"
they appear again with gayety and
much more accustomed to the
American idea of what is entertain
ment behind the footlights. In
From Vienna" their sketches and
songs were largely Austrian in at
mosphere and, while charming,
there was too much of the Blue
Danube and its quaint peasantry
legends for a Broadway audience.
They have now a prankish sense
of humor that Americans like. They
have more of a gaudy flip to their
sex-appeal scenes. They speak
Broadway slang as if they knew
what they were saying and they
have a pert commentary on some
items they have observed in this
country.
In the sketch, "A Character in
Search of a Character" they saterize
William Saroyan, young author of
the play, THE Time of Your Life"
In this sketch the writer (Saroyan)
is shown as a young man so de-
voted to himself that he can give
little heed to the characters in his
stories. AS one of his characters
implores him just to give her
name he mutters. I'm too busy. I
must write a 2,000-word epigram,"
and after that he observes that I'm
just poor mans Orson Welles."
There is another hilarious scene
where a Viennese singer arrives in
New York and finds herself sur
rounded, in the happy land of free
dom, by. New York suitors who want
her to sing only Strauss.
Tn going crazy with Strauss"
she sings. and then goes seeking
Broadway jazz, Harlem swing and
the other American types OF music
Of which she so often dreamed in
Vienna. But her Manhattan boy
friends Just want her to bring the
romance of Strauss to Manhattan
and forget about the jazz and swing
she really wants to hear. II don't
mind their Cher American boy
friendso assaults, If only they won't
ask me to sing q Strauss waltz" she
complains.
Aside from these humorous
sketches, revealing how we must i'm
press these viennese refugee actors,
they also have 4 serious note at
times. There . brutal scene,
ahowtng Z prisdher II. . Mani con-
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Toduy's Film Schedules

CAPITOIThe Light Failed" Colnan Shines
725 and 1920 Stage shows: 3:4o 635 pm.
COLUMB1ARemember the Night" lighheare
tender side: 2. 1855, 5:55, 7:55 and 955 pm
EARLEIttle Old New York" Fulton nvents
q 435 tbs and 10 pm Stage shows: 34O 625 pm
Family Robinson"
from civilization 2:40, ASS 7:10 and pm
Time: 220, 4:35, $50 and 9:l0 pm
LITTLE-Secret Agent" spy thriller
25 AIS, sos, pm
redskins bite 2:45 sos
725 and 945 pm.
PALACE-"Gone With Viyien
Leigh 2 and 8 m.
TRANS-LUX-News and shorts continuous from
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Fate of Best Playwrights
Gives Point to Lanents |
OF Bad Play Writing
Sudden Death or Feeble Life Has Greeted
Offerings of Many During This Season.
Miss Skinner Really Likes the Road
By Jay Carmody.

This last in the paper to encourage anv
writing however report that the major lament those con n
neced with the theaer today that quality
Is not what to be- Should that news
shock the community ypewrters all we can
40 dsavw any such intention and right
Indifferent writing in
That has been bad for the paywrighs
gansad Among are
some o. tne most eeed names in the literature business George
nara Shaw for example For Others the Sidney
Robert Ardrey The degree varied
but the general Judgment of their work been
Long absent from the New York January
With Geneva and left few days later with
words contempt ringing
cultss of which this correspondent
modcum of pleasure the known
evils of totaliaranism
After two years of life as the far-haed boy
Urehts Mr. Carroll this winter submitted Kindred"
audience which rejected with much fervor had
SHADOW and Substance" and THE White steed,"
Clamor for
To Broadway Not Sustained.
Prior Ladies Yorks impression
that Mr. Macarthur prodga remaining in
Hollywood write thereby That was
Washingtons notion too before
latest Offering however enough send
the the correav wonder
what had happened Mr.
IL erace tn play enjoyed sprint rather than Broadway
since which 1t has back the
Miss Booths Margin opened Washington still
Is nanng Gotham thea AS compared with her THE Women"
and kiss the Boys Goodby feeble
recognizable such after
any task to which she might it,
equally nonceivabe that gallant pack Of critics could
liant words about her failure.
the failures Kingsley Ardrey enjoy
the distinction not
critics with their offerings
thai critics have much influence failure
s World We Made the drama he fashioned from the appealing
abe respected
did great
e dning critics of ruthless unprnciped
badly informed
young playwright
survived three quick saughe
with Thunder Rock this than before
portion Of
produced by the invariably successful Theae pleased
great many customers and certainly pleased its but it
could the dispeasre the critics. valiant
effort the the keep it running
which rlefuly
almost to the
exhibits illustrating
briliance the oaed successful
pretty
N. Behrman which, told will million
dollars Katharine Cornell excellent
present generally
of domestic fluff which vazed
Lawrence probably
the life of Dorothy Lamour
really might be idea play,
the idea, the right mood the
Miss la
The Idea of Long Road Tours
of
that
about America meeting its people, Cornela Otis Skinner
like that Miss Skinner always liked the liked
of becoming its most ndefagabe traveller
Luuts Miss Cornell several other welknown
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