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Utica Couple
Speaks Vows

MIR. AND MRS. CARL AL
BRECHT of Utica are on brief
wedding trip in northern Michi-
gan following the quiet cere-
mony which united them Satur-
day at o'clock before the Rev.
Heinecke in the Lutheran par
sonage.
The bride is the former Luelia
Schwartz, who has made her
home in Utica for the past two
two years. She is the daughter,
of Henry Schwartz of MINES.
ota, and Mr.. Albrecht is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman AL
brecht of Van Dyke road, Utica.
The bride chose a brown and
white ensemble with yellow
tea roses and white carnations.
Irene WenneSheimer was her
only attendant, in print with
harmOnizing corSage. Arthur
Albrecht was his brothers best
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Albrecnt
will live in Utica. Dinner for
immediate families was held at
the Albrecht home.
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School Reunion
Held on Saturday

APPROXIMATELY so form
er pupils of the Bates and Mil
ton schools gathered for a re-
union at the Bates school Satur-
day afternoon, coming from
Mount Clemens, Detroit, Bir-
mingham, Rochester, New Balti-
more and New Haven for the
event.
New officers, elected during
the meeting over which Jonn
Gillett of New Haven presided,
are Monroe Blakley, New Haven,
president; Charles Hipp, Mount
Clemens, secretary; and Mrs.
Nellie Bates, Meade, treasurer.
Potluck dinner was served at
6 o'clock.
MRS. FRANK MULHOLLAND
and Mrs. Clarence Mulholland
of Toledo returned to h e r
homes on Saturday, after spend
ing several days as the guest OF
the formers brother and sister,
in-law, DR.. and Mrs. l.. F. Rut-
ter, Gallup avenue.
FRANCES GUILD, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Guild Of
Riverside Drive, is spending
three weeks visiting with rela-
tives in Washington, D. c., and
New York City.
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Ws Salute

MIR. AND MRS. EDWARD
SCHRADE of Elizabeth road.
They are quietly observing their
5lst wedding anniversary today.
MIR. AND MRS. c. EDWARD
WILLERT have received word
that their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Will
iert, who hold civil service posi-
tons in Honolulu, T. H., have
both been i'll in the current influ-
enza epidemic in Hawaii.
MRS. WILLIAM PALMER,
los North Broadway, on her
birthday anniversary Monday.
c. EDWARD WILLERT, 54
" elts street, on his birthday an
niversary today.
1T. (J. c. AND MRS. GUS
TOT A. PERSON. on their
sixth we ding anniversary,
which occurred on Sunday. July
20. They celebrated in Evans
tn, ILL.,, where 1t. Person is on
temporary naval duty.
MIR. AND MRS. LaVERE
VAN GIBSON, $500 Coleman
avenue, whose oath wedding an
niversary will be Wednesday,,
August /.
KATHLEEN MOSS will cell
citrate her seventh birthday an
niversary tomorrow by enter
tanning young friends at an aft.
ernoon- party. Her parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Moss, North
avenue.
MIR. AND MRS. MILON Grin
nell whose 28th wedding ami
versary occurred yesterday.
1T. JAMES NUNNELEY
USN whose birthday anniver-
sary occurs today. He is serving
in the South Pacific area.
LOUIS H. DOBBEROWSKY.
F 1/c, and Mrs. Dobberowsky
of 119 So ith Highland avenue,
wo observed their 10th we'd
ding anniversary on July 26.
JOHN MARTIN, JR., on his
eighth birthday anniversary
SATURDAY..
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Pnestap Group
Hold Reunion

NINETY-SIX MEMBERS Of
the Priestap family gathered
at the farm home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edmund burst. North ave-
nue., on Sunday. This was the
first reunion of the family and
it was decided to make it an
annual affair.
Fred w. Miller of this city
was chosen general chairman to
complete the organization. Betty
Priestap and Erma Ward of De-
troit were appointed secretary
and treasurer pro tenn respect
lively.
At the business meeting Ed
mund burst was elected presi-
dent for the coming year and
Roselyn burst, secretary and
treasurer. The group came from
retroit, Inlay City. Flint, Royal
Oak, Dearborn, New Haven,
Birmingham, Ontario and from
this city.
There was a basket picnic at
noon and games for the after
noon and evening.
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Margaret Mary Mke|a Becomes Bride Of Sg James F4udsor
Parties Planned
to Fete .Bride-Elect

A PERSONAL SHOWER and
bridge party will honor Justine
Hicks this evening, with Mar
jorie Ginsburg as hostess at her
home on Gibbs street.
Miss Ginsburg Is planning to
use Shasta daisies for her decora-
tons for the event, at which Is
guests are expected.
Miss Hicks will also be hon
ored at / breakfast on Saturday
with Mrs. Vernon Ker-
win, Sugarbush road, as hostess.
The bride-elect, daughter of Mrs.
Thomas Moran, will marry 1t.
Richard Fouquette of Selfridge
Field next Monday.
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Episcopal Wedding
Unites Young Couple

JOYCE ANN WIN.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Curvin of 8 Don street,
and George Ralph Forton, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Forton
of st. Clair Shores, spoke their
marriage vows before members
of 9the immediate families at
$40 o'clock Saturday evening
in Grace Episcopal Church be.
fore the Rev. George A. Meri-
field.
The bride wore q blue street
length frock with white Access
series, and a corsage Of gar.
6enias. Mickey Hill. also In
blue, with a corsage Of pink
g'adioli, was her only attendant.
Eugene Jorah of st. Clair Shores
attended the bridegroom. "A
small family gathering followed
MIR. and Mrs. Forton are making
their home at 392 Cas- 1venuo.
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USO Club Has
Busy Weekend

A CROWD of go CTS and
Junior Hostesses enjoyed the
swimming party at Sid's place,
arranged by the Mount Clemens
Lions Club. Lunches prepared
by the hostesses were enjoyed
at the beach and dinner was
served to 80 persons at the USO
Club, with baseball and dancing
afterward.
One hundred service men and
junior hostesses found the
''Pinafore Hop" Thursday night
one of the outstanding USO
events of the recent weeks. Moon
light Serenaders furnished the
music, with Betty Elso on the
vocals.
The gay decorations were
carried out in black and yellow
with colorful floral arrange
ments accenting the First Air
Force insignia which honored
the Selfridge men. Mrs. Daniel
Casey dispensed punch from
the refreshments table. Junior
Hostesscs June Luetz, Jean
Duynslager, and Helen Harrison
formed the committee. aided by
Kathleen Flynn, assistant direc-
tor.
Guests of the evening were
Rev. FIR. Joseph S. Schramm of
ST. Louis Parish, Evelyn Murphy
sister of Director Arthur Muir
ply, and Andy Scott, the latter
two of Marine City.
THE CHOIR BOYS of Grace
Episcopal church are enjoying a
two-weeks vacation at Rondeau
Park, Ont, on Lake Erie, ac-
companied by their leader. Ar
thur c. jenkins. They are David
Merifield, Bobby Gould, Louis
and Constantine Pappas, Nicky
and George Carpenter, John
Plevik, and Jack Krause. They
left Saturday, except for David
Merifield, who had been their
with his parents. Rev. and Mrs.
George A. Merifield and sister,
Grace, for the previous three
weeks.
MRS. ITO SMITH and child
rem Douglas and Darlene Luane
have returned TO their home on
Ballard road, after a week with
Mrs. Smiths brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hud-
son, in Ann Arbor.
MIR. AND MRS. JAMES RAN
DOLPH DOLL and children
Dick and Happy, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Orrin Griffith and family, at
their cottage on Lake Huron
above Port Huron.
A WEEKEND GUEST Of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Wade Fast, 155
South Wilson boulevard, was
Arthur K. Beedle of Toledo, Mrs.
Fast's brother. The Fasts are
also expecting their son-in-law
and daughter and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Baker of Ann
Arbor, with Bonnie Kay and
Jimmy, TO spend the week.
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Birthday Fete
Pastor

REV. JOHN L. BEARCE, who
founded st. Clair Shores Baptist
church 10 years ago, and has
been its pastor since its origin,
was honored Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Spratt in New Haven, when 81
members of his church gathered
to help him celebrate his 52nd
birthday anniversarys
The group included members
from Mount Clemens, New Hav-
en-, and Roseville, as we'll as st.
Clair Shores. Hymns were sung
during the afternoon, and a duet
by Mrs. Charles Barrett and
Mrs. John Hynes of st. Clair
S horcs. Refreshments were
served on the lawn at S o'clock,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Jaschob
in charge of arrangements.
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Service Man
Takes Bride

ANNOUNCEMENT is made
today of the marriage of Lois
Mae FELTON,, daughter of Mrs.
Leo Brotzman, 488 Clio road,
and Sgt. Gerald A. Harris, son
of Mrs. Louis Harris of 686
Ormsby street.
The ceremony took place July
"a in the rectory of St. Louis
Catholic church at 6 o'clock,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jock
as attendants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brotzman were
hosts at the wedding dinner,
held at Kings Inn following the
ceremony, and reception took
place at the Harris home the
next evening.
Sgt. Harris, a veteran Of more
than IS months in the ETC, has
left to report to Camp Grant,
H., for reassignment, following
his 30-day furlough.
MRS. WILLIAM NOVILLE
and Miss Helena Marquardt
were hostesses at a luncheon to-
day entertaining the members
of their Tuesday contract club.
MRS. F. A. NEBEL attended
the funeral services of her niece,
Mrs. Earl r. Quenby in Detroit
yesterday. The Quenby family
were former residents of Ma
comb county.
MR.. AND MRS. DANIEL LES
PERANCE, 1877 Moross avenue.
entertained group of IL
friends at a picnic supper Sat-
urday night. Out-of-town guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hill
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Nc
Faul of Detroit.
HELEN WOLTMANN has re-
sumed her position with the Ma
tional Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis in Detroit, after two
weeks vacation at Les Chen
eaux Islands.
BETTY DIEHL and Penny
Lanue Of Croker boulevard
have left to spend two weeks
in Boston and New York.
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Marriage
Licenses

Vincent Walter Lauer, a.,
Roseville, and Susan Anita
Schoenfeldt, 10, Roseville, July
IL.
Stanley E. Spencer. q, Ar
mada. and Elizabeth Louise Lat
tin, 80, Port Huron, July Is.
Gerald Keith Meggitt, 81,
Roseville, and Alice Jean Greg
ory. 10, East Detroit, July Is.
Nick Polyenychko, 80, Fern
dale, and Marguerite Stevens,
80, LA North Baldwin, Mount
Clemens, July ii.
julius E. Thompson, q, Sci.
fridge Field. and Murphy Con-
nard, Is, 186 Cass avenue, July
Is.
Howard J. Mason, 20, Cros-
we'll, and Ethel J. Brennan, ID,
Port Huron, July 16.
Carl Denham, Il, Route 5,
Box 220, and Betty Adeline
Woods, 10, Route Z, Box 363,
July II.
John L. Ross, %, Selfridge
Field, and Clara Mae Conway,
%, Detroit, July IL.
Homer w. House, 80, Warren,
and Janet Pearce, "a, Warren,
July IL.
Ralph Paul Siewert, 81, %
Maple avenue, and Doris Lin
dow, 20, Detroit, July 10.
Kenneth A. Spare, Is, Sell
fridge Field, and Betty Sutton,
16, Utica, July 10.
Arthur r. Gagnon, 80. IS
Inches street, and June A. Gard
ner, "a, LAT South avenue, July
10. =
Gordon Garfield. "a, Armada,
and Etha A. Potter, %. Mem
phis, July 20.
George Ralph Forton, 10, st.
Clair Shores, and Joyce Ann
Curvin, IL, 8 Don street, Mount
Clemens, July 20.
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Friends Fete
Bri;de-ELect

SIGRID HEINE'S friends are
keeping this week before her
wedding filled with festivities.
Mrs. Donald Adams was host
ess at a miscellaneous shower
last evening at her home On
Beuland avenue. Garden flow
ers were used throughout the
rooms, with small vases on each
table for the serving of dessert.
which opened the evening. The
lie guests played bridge, with
prizes going to Virginia Fleum-
er. Mrs. Frederick Soule and
Mrs. Frederick Gemmer.
Mrs. Joseph NORM and Eliza
beth Walker, who have taken
6 cottag, at Fair Haven, will
entertain at swimming party
Thursday evening, with supper
TO follow.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Soule
and Mrs. Gemmer will give .
tea and kitchen shower at the
Soule home on Market street.
aild the spinster dinner Is set
for Saturday evening, with Mrs.
JACK Mills as hostess at her
home on Gibbs street.
Miss Heine, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Austin w. Heine, will
become the bride of Staff Sgt.
Guy l.. Brown Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy L. Brown, in the
First Presbyterian Church the
evening of Wednesday, July 8.
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Bridal Shower Set
for Wednesday Night

A MISCELLANEOUS bridal
shower Wednesday evening will
honor Mrs. Louis Beauvais, who
was Margaret Plegue Of New
Baltimore before her recent
wedding to Sgt. Beauvais, now
stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C..
Hostesses will be Mrs. Calvin
Hassberger and Irma Rohrbeck,
at the latter's home. 327l Mora
Wan drive. The group will in
Guide employees of the First Ma
tional Bank, where the bride has
position.
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Picnic Postponed

THE POTLUCK MIC
scheduled for members Of Dor
cas- Society Of Zion Evangelical
church on Wednesday has been
postponed indefinitely, Mrs. Err
win Engle announced today, be-
Cause of the death of Martin
Hofmann.
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Pretty Ceremony unites
Couple Saturday Evening

IN A LOVELY HOME WE'D
DING Saturday evening Mar
garet Mary Mikelait became the
bride of Staff Sgt. James H.
Hudson of Selfridge Field.
The bride Is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Mike
lait of IA Moser place. Her hus-
bands parents, who were un-
able to be here for the wedding,
are Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Hudson
of Richmond, Va.
Rev. Joseph l.. Kennedy read
the double-ring service at $3.50
o'clock before an improvised al
tar in the bay window of the liv-
Ing room, where white gladioli,
phlox, daisies and greeneries
were used with candelabra hold
ing lighted tapers.
The bride, who was given In
marriage by her father, wore
street-length white frock fash
Toned with cap sleeves. Pleated
edgings of the same material
were its only trimming. Her
white horsehair skull cap was
yelled, and she carried white
colonial bouquet.
Beverly Ann Towner, her
only attendant, wore blue silk
jersey, carrying lavender and
salmon colored gladioli. Staff
Sgt. John D. Armstrong of Sell
fridge Field was best man.
Mrs. Mikelait wore pale blue
print with salmon-colored gladi-
oil corsage.
Baskets of gladioli and daisies
were used as table decorations
for the small reception which
followed Immediately, for MEM
bers of the family and very
few friends. Sgt. and Mrs. Hud-
son left that evening for a brief
wedding trip.
The bride, a 1913 graduate OF
Mount Clemens High school, has
been employed at Selfridge Field
for the past year, is now in the
post office. Sgt. Hudson, who
came to Selfridge Field in APP
ril, has been In service three
years.
Mrs. William Mikelait, who is
attending Michigan State Normal
college for the summer term,
came home for the wedding. -
WILLIAM c. SCHROEDER,
252 Cass avenue, is confined 20
his home by illness. Spending
the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Schroeder is Marion Card Of De-
troit.
EDWARD DeGRooT Of Grand
Rapids is spending the week as
the houseguest of Mrs. G. A.
Person, South Gratiot avenue.
BARBARA ANN Digger, in
FAINT daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Digger, Jr., of 152 Sun
nyvieW avenue, was christened
Sunday in st. Peters Catholic
church with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Peters as sponsors.
MIR. AND MRS. DON PARK,
Moravian drive, will have as
their weekend guest, Mrs. Alice
Lee Of Detroit.
MIR. AND MRS. A. D. BREW
Err Of Riverside drive have as
their guests this week Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Matthews and
daughter Susanna Of Albion.
Mrs. Matthews is the former
'nily Brewer.
MRS. JAMES BADGERo Of
fishing Is visiting her mother
law, Mrs. Addie B a d gero,
;I6A Clinton street, for the
eek.
HELEN JOHN has arrived from
illinois to spend ( he summer
18th her mother, Mrs. Joseph
ohm of Walnut street.
MIR. AND MRS. PAUL S.
.IRT and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
ernier were joint hosts to
,embers of their Supper club
inday at Orchard Beach. where
ey have cottages. Mrs. Vernier
tertained members of another
-. -
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MRS. OTTO NICKEL and
daughters Nancy and Judy are
home after a week with Mrs.
Douglas Ball and daughters at
their cottage on the Canadian
shore of Lake Huron. Mr. Nick
ell joined them for the weekend.
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THE MISSES SARAH Herr
mann and Odessa Treat spent
the weekend in Hamilton, Ont.
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Picnic Thursday

TRINITY Lutheran L d e S
sid will meet for potluck annual
picnic and business meeting On
Thursday. August Mrs. Wilbur
Dopps cottage, 12-, Lake Shore
drive. For transportation MEM
bers may call Mrs. Arthur Ehrke
OF Mrs. George Alwardt, chair
men of arrangements. Cars will
leave the scool at 1870 O'Clock.
IGNORE PRESTON of Al
bany. N. Y. left Sunday after
spending several days as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Miller of Hamon avenue, Harri-
son township.
MIR. AND MRS. CLARE WIG
ELL and son Michael, who have
been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Al Evans since June 26,
leave today for Waukegan, ILL.,,
to visit. enroute to their home in
Mill Valley, Calf. Mr.. Wigell
is former member of the
Mount Clemens High school
faculty.
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Rahon Service Speeded
by Hillcrest

RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS staff the desk for service
and at the Ratonng Board Opening Monday
supplied As with food gasoline
Is minutes Left to right Vern Trombley Walter
Patterson of Sedge Field, Red Cross Volunteer
jenkins Behind her Mrs Thomas Stenhouse another
eer Virginia Russ ratonng board food clerk Louis
sacdng Bernard Bertrand discharged
Madaus Rationng officials that
be given credentials brought papers
mileage rationng (Form R534
gasoline is sought
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lecture at the Mayfiower, Saturday
afternoon at o'clock. under the
auspices and for the benefit Of the
frontier nursing service. The
drama critic, lately returned from
the wars, will daily socially with the
audience later. Aside to Edward
P. Mangums of the Mount Vernon
Players: Thank you. sir, for your
letter and for realizing that we are
not being stuffy. The Kansas
City resident theater is offering a
prize of $1,000 for the best play sub
mitted to 1t before November l.
It's address Is 1850 Dierks Building,
zone 6, that city. :. We just threw
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ter. This lelsurely paced closeup Of
a French actor and his family is g
remarkably human document which
relterates that man is assinine, SEN
timental, funny, pathetic and sew
eral other things that add up to the
dramatic. Those who dislike So
called character studies should be
warned against it, perhaps, but 9TH
ers can consider this review as
pointing his finger at the Little
boxofflce.
The Fire in the Straw" based
upon Goncourt prize winning move
of 1888, is essentially a gentle pic
ture. If it takes snail's pace to
establish one of its numerous points
Director Jean Benoit-Levy adopts a
snail's pace with the attitude that
If you do not like it, you know what
YOU can do. 1t turns out to be very
admirable of M. Benoit-Levy where
in the case of many a director, it
could be an offensive thing.
x x
The acting profession, stage and
screen version, is subject to an
amusing expose which should also
turn out to be healthy for it were
1t responsible to such treatment.
This end is accomplished through
two exquisitely enacted roles, one by
Jucien BarouX as music hall ham
of downright re-eminence and his
12-year-old son, who has a genuine
acting talent, played by young Jean
Fuller. The latter must surely be one
of Frances most precocious young
sters and easily able to compete with
the best of his age in Hollywood.
Pere Vautier, the family name, is
ham of genuinely terrifying pro-
portions. He brings a great talent
for the exaggerated to series of
frightful music hall f1ops and spends
the time between them looking for
jobs, dreaming of playing Nero on
the Coincide Franchise, and hating
the world for refusing to recognize
his art.
He is having an artistically rotten
time of it, full of rebuffs, contempt
and poverty but his ego carries him
along until a movie director in
jects a new element into his life by
hiring the 12-year-old son as a
latent star. The sons meteoric sue
cess works miracle for the Vau-
tiers economically, but otherwise
acts like block buster upon the
family life.
Not having read Henri Troyat's
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-'Winged Victory: 2:30
and $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Hangover Square: II
am, 1:40, 400, ITO and $50 pm
Stage shows: l, 3:45, $50 and 9:15
pm.
Columbia-"Naughty Marietta:
IL am, lilo, 3;o5, 500, 7:3o and
GAS pm.
Earle Ministry of Fear: II
am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1:o5, 3:55, $40 and
9:25 pm
Keith's-"Frisco SAL: 11:10 am,
i:20, $3.50, $40, 7:45 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"Fire in the Straw: IL
am, 1:35, 4:25, 7:05 and 10 pm.
Metropolitan collective, Bur-
ma: IL am, 1:35, 4:10, $40 and
p:20 pm.
Palace I'll Be Seeing YOU:
10:45 am, 1855, $40, 5:25, TAO and
$50 pm.
Pix-"Alibi":: 2, 4::3o, 7:O5 and s:55
pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
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takes kindly view OF even this de-

takes a kindly view Of even this de-
based type.
1t ends on a note Of the discovery
by all the Vautiers of their self
deception, of hard-earned knowledge
that an honest artist is as simple a
human as the dishonest one is a
ridiculous imbecile.
We recommend 1T as highly as we
condemn the companion short, a
travelogue on prewar France that
looks as old and tired as we felt at
the end of it.
Bulletin board: Consider this a
reminder of John Mason Browns
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. c.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH
Art of Acting Is Walloped
In Comedy at the Little
By Jay CARMODY.

Human nature wonderful mixture of thousand iaes
profitable
They happier than picking
usually pleased
opened at the Little Thea
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original story, we have no notion
how closely the film version follows
it. M. Troyat, however, would seem
to be an author with a deep under
standing of that kind of human
nature which fancies itself as ar
tiStic.
He has provided some highly dra-
matte passages for his director and
actors to work on. There is one that
is no less than refined slapstick in
which the father, at first interested
In his sons career, undertakes to
teach him acting 1t is brief thing,
but 1t covers fully the technique by
which actors have made you squirm
in your seat ever since you saw your
first one.
Even the hero worship which the
movies cultivate in their public is
turned into the stuff of ridicule in
The Fire in the Straw" This is &C.
complished in sequences which show
the young idol of the French cinema
turning from a handsome. likable
lad into an insufferable little prig
with grandiose notions that sepa-
rate him not merely from his former
playmates but from his mother.
AS we said, however, for all its
merry laughter at the expense of the
artistic phoney, the Titles comedy
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1t away, SO don't call us for It. :. A
special entertainment unit of the
Winged Victory" cast will entertain
at the Naval Medical Center tomor-
row afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28

FIRE IN THE STRAW" with Jean
Fuller and Lueien Baroux directed by Jean
Benoit-Levy, adapted from the Goncourt
Prize novel Grandeur Nature by Henri
Iroyat. In French with English titles. At
the Little.
The Cast.
Antoine Vautier Lucien Barou8
Jeanne Vautier Crane DemaZis
Christian Vautler--------J Jean Fuller
Monica Jeanne Helbling
Gueretrain Amos