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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
ITALIAN Show Tickets
Are On Sale Down Town

Tickets are now on sale for the
Thalian Association's third pro-
duction of the season, which is to
be staged here shortly, and may
be obtained at Lenox Cooper's Of
flee, 100 Chestnut street.
This play, For Papa is ALL"
a human comedy by Patterson
Greene had quite successful
Broadway run, and the Lit t l e
theatre groups production of the
same title is being directed by Will
liam B. Campbell, Jr.
James H. McKoy is in charge
of the stahe settings and inter-
esting old furniture, rare bits OF
copper and brass and everything
that goes to make up a Pennsyl-
vania Dutch kitchen perfect will
be shown. Mrs. Frank Billiard is
chairman in charge of costuming
and has ordered authentic Men
Note costumes for the cast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Chestnut Street School
Will Have Open-House On
Friday Evening At School

The Chestnut Street school will
entertain with an open house on
the evening of April 81, at 8
o'clock. A program will be pre-
scented in the auditorium consist
ing of an operetta, Hansel and
Grete1 and several selections by
the glee club under the direction
of Miss Mary B. Foscue. The sec
ond grade will then present Sim
pie Simon, directed by Miss Jane
Williams.
Following the program, student
hostesses will show the g u e S
through the building. All class
rooms will be open where the pu-
pills work will be on display. The
well equipped library and the large
gymnasium will also be opened.
Refreshments will be served in
the cafeteria by Mrs. Pope.
The school has been in use for
only one year and friends of the
school are cordially invited to take
this opportunity of seeing the new
building and work being done
there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Neal Farmer
Vows Spoken

The marriage of Miss Helen
Doyle Farmer, daughter of Robert
Wesley Farmer and the late Mrs.
Alice Doyle Farmer, and Edward
Felgner Neal, of Wilmington, son
of Mrs. Greaner Neal and the late
Mr.. Neal of Richmond, Mulberry
Green, and Brady Station, took
place Saturday afternoon at $50
clock at the home of the bride,
119 North 18th street, this city.
tor of st. Paul's Lutheran church,
The Rev. Walter B. Freed, pas
performed the ceremony. M i S
Farmer wore for her wedding a
Nettie Rosenstein suit of navy blue
sheer with matching accessories
and a corsage of white orchids.
After a wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Neal will reside at 116 IL
Mimosa Place, Oleander.
Those here from out-of-town for
the wedding were Mrs. Paul G,
Perdue of Richmond, Va, sister
of the bride Misses Lauriston and
Helen Hardin also of Richmond,
nieces of the bride; Mrs. Frank
Locate and Mrs. Gordon Van Dee.
zee of Jacksonville, Fla, tn c
brides aunts; Mr.. and Mrs. Brad.
ford Ryland of Richmond, Va.
brother and sister-in-law Of the
BRIDEGROOM; Mrs. George Wilt
chire of Richmond and Lexington
Va, sister of the bridegroom;
Mrs. J. Clifford Miller, aunt of the
bridegroom, of Richmond and E
Felgner Neal, Jr.
Mrs. Neal has been honored by
the following since the announce
ment of her engagement: Mrs
James e. Russell, Mrs. Bradford
B. Reynolds, Mrs. Emsley A
Laney, DR.. and Mrs. R. B. Hare
Mrs. Paul Wilson, Mrs. William
Fenley and Miss Lucy Hall, Mrs
Gordon Van Deezee and Mrs
Frank Locate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Thelma Ray Mintz,
Paul Branch To Wed

The wedding of Miss Thelma Ray
Mintz, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Mintz, of this city, and Paul r.
Branch, U. S. Army, son of Mrs.
A. M. Branch of Raleigh, will be
solemnized Sunday, April 16, al
$3.50 o'clock at the Church of the
Good Shepherd. The Rev. Harvey
W. Glazier officiating.
Miss Mintz has chosen as he1
only attendant her sister, Miss
Evelyn Mintz as maid Honor
The bridegroom will have as his
best man, Pvt. Richard Stockton
of Camp Davis and his ushers will
be Jack Corbett and James Shep.
herd.
Nuptial music will be rendered
by Mrs. Olivia Savage, organist
and Mrs. J. B. Fenley, soloist.
No invitations are issued bu
friends of the couple are nivitet
to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Miss Becker,
Lieut.. Dunniqan
Announce Plans
Wedding Will Be Solemnized
Saturday, April 20, At St.
Mary's Church

Miss Margaret Becker, whose
marriage to Lieut.. Frank j. Dun
nigan will take place in st. Mary's
Church Saturday, April 20, has
completed plans for her wedding.
Miss Becker will be given in
marriage by her cousin, Harry
Wylie Stovall, Jr. She has chosen
Catherine Becker as maid-of
honor. Attending her as brides.
maids are Mrs. William Emerson,
Mrs. Harry Stovall, Jr., Mrs
Jackson Balch, Misses Mary Cor
bett, Peggy jenkins of Baltimore
Md, and Anne Curran of Elmira
N. Y.
Lieut.. Dunnigan will have as his
best man Lieut.. Col. J. B. Yost o.
Washington, D. c. His groorns
men are Capt. Jackson Balcn, J
l. Corbett, Jr., Lieut.. Georg
Kline, Lieut.. Richard Lentz ane
Lieut.. Seelye.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Miss Louise Dewitt,
Cpl. S. J. Hall Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Miller of
Rocky Point, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Louise De-
Witt to Cpl. S. J. Hall of Camp
Gordon.
The marriage took place in Au-
gusta, Ca, on April 5.
Mrs. Hall is a graduate of Long
Creek Grady High school. Cpl.
Hall is the son of Mrs. Edith P.
Hall of Kalkaska, Mich. He has
been in the service two years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Boldue OF
Portsmouth, Va, announce the
birth of son, Armand Roger, Jr.
Mrs. Boldue is the former Mary
Catherine Guyton of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-16
Childhood Education
Association To Meet

The Association for Childhood
Education will meet Tuesday aft
crroon at $3.50 o'clock with Miss
Virginia Ward in he. office at the
isaac Bear school. Members are
requested to be present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
YMCA DIRECTORS
 GIVEN STATEMENT
Financial Assets Placed at $928,568; BrOadminded
 Leadership Praised

Total assets of 1928, s,56s were re- ported by Treasurer c. Raymond Ganung at meeting of the board of directors of the local Y M. c. A. last night. Operating expenses for the first 10 months of the year were $202,847, of which 80 per cent was from members receipts.
 General Secy. Herbert Smith told of the Y's services to various groups and reported that because of a shortage of help, the Y is forced to use large number of partime employees including men beyond re- tirement age and high school boys.
 It. Comdr. John F. Robinson, head of the Selective Service sys- tenn for the state and Y director told the board that Waterbury's Y. M. c. A. is equipped to serve the returning veteran because it repre- sents all races and creeds on its board. on its staff, and in it's mem bership.
 We have a right to be proud of the broadminded leadership of this staff ne declared. There is a job to be done here of under standing the veteran and his prob lem. Unless we had an organiza- ton like our local Y we would have to set out to establish another or ganiZation to do it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
Walter Wincheu
 M Nezg York

Lauren took her first test at Warmers acting in a bit from Claudia. Charles Drake played opposite Son after, he went into the army and was just released Drake came back to the studio the other day to find Lauren a star !. She is trying to get him into her next picture.
 M. c. M. tested her once in New York and told her she'd never be- come an actress-but that she'd make a good model Howard Hughes tested her and told her she'd never become an actress un- til her teeth were strengthened |. She likes them crooked One producer (who turned her down for la Broadway Show) met her when she was on her way to the train -. :. She figured this was her chance to rub it in .. Hello" she said, and goodbye. Wish me luck. I'm going to Hollywood. I've just been signed by Warner Bros"
 The producer, unimpressed, re- piled, Lots of luck. Now get some training and come back an ac- treSS.'
 When asked about her early life, two things are uppermost :. When she was 8 the superintendent of an apartment house told her that she was now big girl and it was time she learned to drink beer She consumed three bottles before her mother stepped in The other thing she remembers is recurrent nightmare in which she continually heard footsteps coming toward her and was suddenly slapped in the face with 8 towel, which awakened her She's in love but she won't discuss him" with anyone Not even Jacques Diamond, who guides her press destinies for the Freres Warner She uses no rouge on her nails. A little on her lips Her baritones used to be why they called her a tomboy Now thse deep and throaty sounds give her a panther-kitten purr.
 If you rhurnba with her don't "get fancy"-it1l break her up. She giggles at such "ex-hee-beesh-ee- ohm" and then laughs right out loud. She probably does that as a defense mechanism. People who can rhumba never laugh at it. Hmf . George Kaufman Gone of her fav- orite maleS) directed her in 8 brief role in Franklin Street." which never reached Broadway. He calls Lauren his Little Stinker"-which is hardly scoop! Her other stage role was a walk-on in another flop, Johnny 2X4" J. J. Shu- bert (tRe produceD got her that $8 per week usher job at the St. James Theater in N. Y. Why didn't ne give you $35 job in the chorus?" "Oh, he offered that, but I just couldn't go before people un- less I had all my clothes on"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-01
HONORS FOR EACH

Garrett, Ind. (UP)-Each of the two Neagu brothers, one of soldier and one a sailor, received an award from military personnel at the same time-but such different awards. Sgt. John, in the CBI war theater. received the Presidential Unit citation and a commendation by the Chinese Military Council His brother Seamon 1 /c Nick. was cited as their Noh 1 pin-up boy by group of Waves at a naval air station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
In The Local
TheAterS
POLLS

Song Of Russia starring Robert
Taylor and Susan Peters is shown
at Loew Poll theater for the last
time today. If you haven't seen
this beautiful picture of song and
romance, make plans to make q trip
to your favorite theater Loew Poll
the House Of hits. Plus on the same
star studded program Is Casanova
in Burlesque" starring Joe E. Brown
with his Laff Show.
Starting Friday Loew Poll hits
the top again with a star program
Cry Havoc. Thirteen women head
ed by stars Margaret SULLIVAN, Ann
Sothern, Joan Blondell and Marsha
Hunt comprise the all feminine cast
of this stirring story of the role
women played in the heroic defense
of Bataan. The unique casts and
the exotic, faraway settings Of the
dramatic action make "Cry Hovac"
one of the seasons most unusual and
timely screen productions. Marga-
ret SULLIVAN, long absent from the
screen turns in her. greatest per-
Torrance. She is superb as "Smitty"
the only nurse in the group whose
remarkable courage and determine.
ton keeps her going. Ann Sothern,
as fllppant Irish Girl with a chip
on her shoulder for Smitty to knock
off, forsakes the glamour of Maisie
for the dirty dungarees of the Army
nurses aid, finds great love and
then knows tragic loss. AS an ex-
burlesque queen. Joan Blondell Is
confident and convincing. Fay
BANTER is cast as an Army Doctor
and Marsha Hunt is outstanding in
her characterization of the UNDER
standing friend of all the girls. Lit
tie Diana Lewis in the role of a
lovable but dumb Southern girl
supplies comic relief which is well
come and never wearing. The stars
in this great dramatic film have
been in Metro Goldwyn- Mayors
other big hits including THE Shop
Around The Corner, Back Street"
THE Human Comedy" and Lest
Angel, all great hits and never to
be forgotten by Waterbury Patrons.
We can proudly say that this pro-
duction will be put on everyones
Must See list from the past per-
formances Of the stars in the hit of
hits you have seen and loved Them
in the past. Now in this hit "Cry
Havoc" you will come out shouting
praises for real acting of the cast
laughing for its comedy and maybe
a tear or so for its realistic mo-
ments which no-one will forget.
The co-hit on this program is MY
Best Gal'' starring little Jane With
erS, your little Darlin', who will
give you a little comedy, drama,
and love. 1t will make you forget
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

before the Hollywood cam
eras, Is one Of the best known play
erS In America, but she never got
around to appearing on the stage
until a year ago, when she did some
road work IN revival of The Bat
Now she has made her Broadway
debut in a new play by George Bat
son called "Ramshackle Inn and
proves to be an effective performer
IN her new medium. The play is a
hit of dated hash that would be an
unmitigated bore were it not for
Miss Pitts. The plot deals with a
spinster who buys New England
inn and finds it infested with liquor
racketeerS. There are assorted light
housings, fatal knifings, romantic
interludes and Sinking people. Rob-
ert Reud is the proprietor Of the
play.
CHERYL CRAWFORD really got
herself one of those hardy peren-
malls when she took over the late
George Gershwin's folk opera,
"Porgy and Bess,' two seasons ago.
The revival has been playing in
New York and around the country
ever since to big crosses and prom
ises to go on indefinitely. The troupe
has just been back in the city for
q couple Of fast weeks at the City
Center and there are hopes that
1t can return to the same theater
shortly for a longer stay. People
never tire Of going to 1t and for New
Workers there is now the added at
traction Of two new performers in
the leading roles.
Playing Bess is Eta Moten, who
has been touring in the role for
months, and as Porgy there is Will
liam Franklin, a newcomer to the
piece, who has progressed upward
from jazz bands through the con-
cert field. Franklin has a fine voice.
but he Is not that actor that was
Todd Duncan, who was Perky for
years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
- In ---
Hollywood
ny ERsKINE JOHNSON
NEA Stan COrresnondent

George Sanders - He's movie-
towns No. amateur inventor.
Among other things he's invented
land skis with wheels and a new
way Of dialing telephones that
works on the push button method.
GrOuchO Marx - GrOuchO was
sitting in a booth at the MOcambO
the other night when a well-dressed
matrOn rushed up 10 his table, nerv-
Ously fumbled beneath It's edges,
then added triumphantly, "SOrry, l
forgot my gun - ratiOning, you
knOw."
Ida Lupino - Ida treasures this
rare bit Of philosophy, written by
her father. the late Stanley Luz
pino. Family life is divided into
two great phases the first Is oc-
eupied by the children Of your
dreams, the second by the dreams
Of your children"
Prop Man Ken Walton - Ken is
the poSsessor Of Hollywood's most
revered Bible. The Bible has been
used to marry 40 movie couples
in its % years in pictures. Made
its film debut in Mary Pickford's
hands. She read from it In the
moonlight to soothe the fears of
IA children escaping with her
from the orphan asylum in Spar
rows"
Buddy LOngworth Buddy Is
one Of HOllywood's veteran still
photographers. In his spare time,
he's head Of q photography club
called "HOcus- Focus
Henri de Soto - once maitre d.
at the finest hotel in Beverly Hills,
Henri Is now an actor, specializing
in maitre DIS on the screen. "It's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
STRAND

"Song Of Russia" will open to-
morrow at the Strand theater, in a
direct move over from the Poll. In
the film, Robert Taylor is starred in
what is his last movie appearance
for the duration.
In the powerful story Of Russia
today, Taylor portrays young
American composer and conductor
who makes a tour of Russia as a
goodwill gesture before the out
break Of Russo-German hostilities.
In Russia he falls in love with and
marries a Russian girl. With the
German invasion of Russia, he is
able to observe at first hand that
nations magnificent fight for sur
vival and returns to America with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Movies Playing
Today
STATE

Capacity attendance at Warmers
State theater yesterday marked the
opening performances Of the gor-
geous technicolor film "Ah Bahia
and the Forty Thieves" with Maria
Montez, Jon Hall and Turhan Bey
in co-starring leads.
The film brings to the screen all
the enchantment and exotic allure
that theatergoerS have come to
identify with the name Of beautiful
Maria Montez.
Locale of the elaborate film fam
tasy is ancient Bagdad in the days
of its most respondent glory. Miss
Montez appears as princess whose
treacherous father brings about the
Staying of the Caliph and the con-
quest of Bagdad by Mongol hordes.
Hall, son of the dead Caliph, joins
forces with a band Of jolly thieves
and, in league with the princess
slave, convincingly portrayed by
Bey, finally Gusts the cruel Khan
from the city. Not however, before
the generous amount Of fast-grip-
ping action which has come to be
expected from these Universal pc
Rod adventures has been reeled of.
Featured Importantly in the ex-
cellent cast are Fortunio Bonanova,
as head Of the thieves; Andy De-
vine, Ramsay Ames, Moroni Olsen,
Frank Puglia, Kurt Katch and two
talented youngsters. Yvette Duguay
and Scotty Beckett.
The second big hit, Moonlight in
Vermont" is a delightful musical
that won the unanimous applause
Of yesterdays audiences. Starring
Gloria Jean, the film also boasts
q cast Of musical comedy and ro-
mantle film ravorites.
The picture is applauded as one
of the young singing stars best pic
lures. The melodic, romantic COM
edy also introduces a sensational
young dancer, Ray Malone, who
scores with q remarkable first per-
Torrance" as Gloria's leading man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

his wife to fight as he knows best
with music.
Susan Peters is co-starred with
Taylor as the Russian girl, while in
the supporting cast are such favor
ties as Robert Benchley, John
Kodiak, Daryl Hickman, Jacque-
line White, Felix Bressart and
Michael Chekhov.
A refreshing comedy hit, Casa
nova in Burlesque" featuring Joe
E. Brown, share program honors.
Ending tonight at the Strand is
"a Guy Named joe co-starring
Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunno.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
HONOR FOR CAMERAMAN

AS result Of his photography in
M-G-M'S Madame Curie" which
has Garner him one of the Academy
Award nominations in this years
cinematography division. Joseph
Ruttenberg becomes the first cam
eraman in film history who may
win q third oscar Ruttenberg gar
nered two OF the coveted trophies
for mfr. Miniver" and The Great
Waltz"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

wonderful" he says, II don't have
to listen to complaints from the
guests"
ADD PERSONALITIES
Joe Northumberland Leader
Reichman invented the mirrored
piano keyboard and has collected
royalties on his brain child for five
years.
Charles Coburn - Charles plays
gay and giddy roles on the screen
But he has just completed a schol-
arly 10-page pamphlet outlining ~
dramatic course for colleges and
universities.
mustaches have caused all the trou~
bic In Germany Points out that
Bismarck, the Kaiser. Won linden
burg and Hitler all introduced new
types OF lip adornment and the peo-
pie followed them like dogs. THE
Germans don't follow the leader"
says the comedian. they follow
the mustache." Fields demands that
every German after the war must
remain smooth shaver. No mus.
tache - no war.
Frances Rafferty-Frances wears
the most realistic and gruesome
makeup ever put on glamor girl
for a scene In Dragon Seed The
makeup. taking several weeks to
create. will be seen on the screen
less than IS seconds, showing her
after the Japs have invaded her vii
lage.
Bugs Bunny - Bugs, the cartoon
hero, recently received the oldest
fan gift 70 reach q film star-a IL.
inch carrot from a fans Victory
Garden.
Alan Dlnehart - Alan never
drinks. When he orders a drink IN
a night club. It's iced tea In a zom-
bic glass.
LIFE STORY
TAlIulah Bankhead - Sixth lady Of
the stage who Is q hit in the film,
"Lifeboat." Hollywood would like TO
film her life story. But keep
thinking" she says, that ought
TO wait until Tin about 80 TO sell
the movies my life story"
sigmund Romberg Several
years ago Romberg wrote song,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Pascal has added what he no
doubt hoped would be a FLIP by
giving Emery, who is bridge ex-
pert disguised at a wolf, a Con-
science. The latter Is played by an
actor dressed and made up like the
star, although Of considerably
smaller size, which may account for
the fact that Conscience doesn't
make a great deal of Roadway with
Emery, although he talks his ear off
at times in trying to keep him to
the straight and narrow.
Anyway, the story goes that
Emery is engaged to fine young
woman, but he can't help playing
around on the side. He has an af-
fair with the wife Of o close friend,
his flancee finds 1t out, but the hus-
band doesn't thanks to some fine
doublecrossing by the philanderer,
and the play ends with sort Of re-
Cancellation with the finance and
bouncing Of Conscience out Of the
premarital bedroom.
Emery seems to do the best with
an uninspired role. The writing is
at a steady double entendre level
that caused the Boston cenSorS to
blue-pencil part of one scene, al
though they Enthusiastically left
in stuff just as broad or broader.
Playing the role Of the cheating
wife is Tamara Geva, former ballet
dancer, who Is Mrs. Emery In pri-
vate life. David Wayne does good
Job as Conscience and Joan TetZel
is wasted on the colorless part Of
the flancee. Dwight Weist has the
role of the cuckoid.
ZASU PITTS, by virtue Of some
20 years of eccentric behavior
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Long Live the Night which failed
to create much interest. When War
ner Brothers recently filmed The
Desert Song" they needed another
tune for Irene Manning. Romberg
dug up his obscure song and now
it's headed for the Hit Parade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Judy Garland was the envy of all
the girls on the set of M-G-M's
Meet Me in st. LOUIS when she
arrived one recent morning wearing
a pair of tiny earrings, replicas of
an old fashioned button. The same
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
Up And Down Broadway
BY JACK GAVER
United Press Drama Editor

NEW YORK-(UP)-Enest Pascal generally
uster piece in trying to write play about boudo hjinks which
calls "Peepshow and joins with
John Emery in the leading
the last 7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Donald Crisp, winning raves on
the set Of M-G-M's National Vel
vet" for hand-woven Harris tweed
jacket he was wearing. confessed
that he bought it in England two
years ago for $3.50!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02
CALL TO HOLLYWOOD

Will Walls, of the New York
Giants professional football team,
will play one of the bomber pilots
in the movie version of Thirty
Seconds over Tokyo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

all your troubles, sure-fire show
of shows, not q dull moment from
the start to the end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Jackie jenkins has learned how to
print his name, and the six-year-old
actor now Is giving autographs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

design high-lighted her tailored
wool skirt; button cuff links.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Ann Sothern thinks black cats are
lucky for her. She received her first
movie contract after having seen
one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

LARAMIE Day rises at every
morning to cycle three miles along
the beach at Santa Monica.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Bugs Bunny - Bugs, the cartoon
hero, recently received the oldest
fan gift 10 reach q film star-a L.
inch carrot from q fans Victory
Garden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

wonderful" he says, Il don't have
to listen to complaints from the
guests"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Alan Dinehart Alan never
drinks. When he orders a drink IN
q night club. It's iced tea In zom-
bic glass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

zASU PITTS, by virtue Of some
20 years of eccentric behavior
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Sigmund Romberg Several
years ago Romberg wrote q song,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

Charles Coburn - Charles plays
gay and giddy roles on the screen.
But he has just completed schol-
arly 10-page pamphlet outlining ~
dramatic course for colleges and
universities.