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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1949-10-27
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Evening star., 1949-08-18

evaporation with each other
These grow until they culminate
in Emmeline being slapped.
This is something new and SO
is the tenderness by which both
are later engulfed. Something
even newer IS Michaels sudden
desire to give her beautiful beads
(pearls) for which he dives to the
oceans dangerous floor off the
island
Eventually. it takes the eyes OF
others to enable them to see them
selves. These are ewes of greed and
lust brought ashore one day by
pair of seedy adventures on a
small boat. The visitors at first
represent a way for the castaways
to escape from their Paradise, but
after trying to steal Michaels
pearls and kidnap Emmeline, the
strangers kill each other in a
drunken brawl.
This touch OF civilization leaves
the island pair dubious that they
want to return to the homeland
but finally the birth of their baby
inspires them to make the break
in small boat. Naturally, 1t is
successful.
X
Miss Simmons, who decorates q
sarong more dramatically than
any actress in recent years, is the
Evening star., 1949-08-18
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

oho lime OF ShoWin9 ]
Stage.
Meridian Hill Park-"Design fol
Living; $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - TITS q Great
Feeling; 1885, $50, $50, 7:30 and
9:35 pm.
Capitol-"Sand";; II am, 1:45,
4:30, tbs and 10 pm. Stage
shows: l, 3::45. $3.50 and 9:15 pm
Columbia-"1n the Good Ole
Summertime; II am. los, 3:15
5:25. 7:35 and s:45 pm.
Dupont-'Dedee";; 1:30, $50
$50, 7:35 and 9:4o pm.
Hippodrome-"Count Of Monte
Cristo"; 2:05, 5:55 and 9:45 pm
Keith's-"The Blue Lagoon;
1870 am. 1880, $3.50, $50, 7:3(
and $50 pm.
Little-"The Bank Dick; 1905
2:45, $50, s:2o. and 11:o5 pm
: Metropolitan-"The Doolins o1
Oklahoma; 11:55 am, 1855, 3:55
$50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
National Letter to Three
Wives; 1920 am. 1:20, 500,
$40, 7:25 and.9:25 pm.
Palace 1.-THE Great Sinner;
1o:3o am, 12:45, 3, 5:l5, 1880 and
$50 pm.
Pix-"The Arnello Affair; 2:15
ASS, 7:35 and 1905 pm.
Playhouse - "One Woman's
Story; 1920 am, 1:05, 2:50, 4:35
$40, sos and 9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux - Home Of the
Brave; 11:15 am, LOS, 2:55
4:40, $50, 500 and 1910 pm.
Warner-"It's a Great Feeling"
1850 a.my 1:55, 3;55, $50, 7:5o
and $50 pm,
Evening star., 1949-08-18

small son-for Durango, Colo, fol
the two months there that Dan
will require to make Ticket to
TomahaWk."
John Barrymore, jr., and Rob-
.ert Preston will be, teamed again.
almost right away. They have
just finished Sunrise" for Alan
LIE May and George Templeton,
and young Jawn is certainly a
chip off the old block.
The new Valentino, Tony Dex-
ter, has separated from his wife.
whom he married a year ago.
Tony, of course. is Walter Craig,
former leading man for Katharine
Cornell. Readers may recall I
wrote some two years ago that
he would play Valentino.
X X X
AL Jolson is talking about max
Evening star., 1949-08-18

THE BLUEeLAGooN," GID release
produced by J. Arthur Rank. directed by
Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat screen.
play by Frank Launder, John Baines and
Michael Hogan from novel by H. de We're
! Stacpoole At Keiths.
THE CAST
| Emmeine Foster Jean Simmons
Emmeline tas child Susan Stranks
Michael Reynolds s------Donald Houston
Michael Gas child) Peter Jones
Paddy Button Noel Purcell
Doctor Murdoch James Hayter
James Carter - Cyril Cusack
Mrs. Stannard Nora Nicholson
Ship Captain Maurice Denham
Mr. Ansty ----------Philip Stanton
Second Mate Patrick Barr
Trotter Lyn Evans
Craggs R Russell Waters
Nick Corbett John Boxer
Marsden Bi Bill Raymond
Evening star., 1949-08-18

In the Fiji islands and long be-
fore the last Technicolor scene
fades, the fate of being lost on a
desert island may strike you as
being the best thing that could
happen to a human. J. Arthur
Ranks photographers come that
close to stealing the picture.
X X X X
Fiction of boys and girls lost
on South Pacific islands may
sound rather sparse as film ma
terial, or at least rather single
minded, but that is not true OF
1.-The Blue Lagoon" 1t is sur
prisingly rich in incident and also
in emotion. Its greatest single
surprise is the comedy accent
which is worked into it.
H. de We're Stacpoole wrote the
original novel upon which this
English film is based. His story
opens with the two children and
a lanky, genial seaman finding
their way to the island after a fire
destroys the ship carrying them
to Australia.
The children are 9 and 10 then,
not very resourceful ages. They
are to have the sailor with them
for six months, however, during
which time he teaches them the
knack of finding living from the
fruits of the island and the fish
in its surrounding waters. BY the
time their companion dies in fit
of delirium, they are at least self
sufficient enough to survive.
1t is when Miss Simmons and
Donald Houston take over as the
grown up Emmeline and Michael
that "The Blue Lagoon" hits its
best dramatic stride.
At 19 and 20, they are a pair
Of handsome innocents, whose one
link with civilization is book of
etiquette which Emmeline brought
with her from the wrecked ship.
This is not precisely the book OF
knowledge they need under the
circumstances so they are left
pretty much to their own devices
in discovering themselves and each
other.
This learning process is handled
. with both delicacy and tenderness
: in THE Blue Lagoon" and the
drama of it should teach a trim
lesson to film makers who want to
let themselves go under similar
conditions.
X X
The detail out of which Emme-
line and Michael are made aware
of their maturity provides the pic
ture with some of its best pass
ages. The first hint of change in
them is manifested in flashes OF
Evening star., 1949-08-18

brightest single asset of 1.-THE
Blue Lagoon" Life as a movie
star in England has taught hel
all the tricks of making the utter
simplicities of island existence
dramatic. She is the complete
mistress of the art of being en-
ticing by acting utterly naive and
no one could get more subtle COM
edy into her innocent misreading
of the couples book of etiquette.
Houston, hero of the films su-
perb octopus battle sequence as
well as of its svelte leading lady
is a satisfactory performer in the
pictures other major role.
Among the others, the same is
to be said for Noel Purcell as the
amiable sailor, and James Haytel
and Cyril Cusack as the invading
adventurers who offer such q
threat to the serenity of the prin-
cipal characters.
The whole thing is quite pleas
ant.
Evening star., 1949-08-18
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Greer Carson won't have toe
much time for her private life
with Buddy Fogelson, to judge by
the schedule lined up for the
coming year. After her current
Mrs. Miniver, Greer does Europa
and the Bull'-with Cary Grant
Metro hopes. Then, early in 1850
she gets Ezio Pima in "Mr. I'm
perium." Ezio now is booked to
make his movie debut in Guitry S
''Deburau."
Sonia Henie pulled fast one
on reporters when she arrived by
plane at night with her best beau
and -to-be fiance, Winnie
Gardner. Winnie, staying at How
ard Hughes house. is spending all
his waking minutes with Sonia.
They are flying back to New York
together in two or three weeks.
Paulette Goddard's new deal
with Paramount is typical Of the
new deal in Hollywood. She makes
one movie a year for them for
the next five years. But they pay
her over period of 10 years. This
means a big saving in income
taxes.
Ingrid Bergman's friends In
Italy are advising her to take a
long rest in a hospital or some
place where she can really get
away from it all. She's reached a
stage of utter confusion and Is
near a complete nervous collapse.
First. however. she will confer
with Husband DR.. Peter Lindstrom
in New York next month.
Il X X X
Wanda Hendrix and Audie
Murphy, win, lose or draw in
their marriage, will nonetheless
Evening star., 1949-08-18

ing q third movie based on his
life story. But this is one he'll
have to do himself. 1--WE made
two, and they've been good for
me and Mr.. Jolson," Larry Parks
tells me. But I definitely am not
going to do a third" He said
that after the first one. The pic
lures are so good that I'm afraid
Larry is married to his Jolson
portrayal for life.
(Released by NANA)
Evening star., 1949-08-18
Hollywood Diary
Gurson's Back and Works Got Her
SheiIoh Grohom

co-star in Sierra" When I talked
with Wanda about their welded
life, she told be that this frs,
year is proving very difficult
They're both such nice kids. Ger
tainly hope they make a go of it
Loretta Young's picture. Key
to the City," will have to close
down If her doctor keeps her in
the Queen of Angels Hospital fol
more than week. Meanwhile
this week, Clark Gable and Ray
mond Burr will do the big fight
scenes in a barroom. They had
planned to leave them to the end
in case any one gets hurt.
I never saw a looking
Dan Daley than just before he
left-with Mrs. Dan and their
Evening star., 1949-08-18

ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1949-08-18

The detail out of which Emme-
line and Michael are made aware
of their maturity provides the pic
ture with some of its best pass
ages. The first hint of change in
them is manifested in flashes OF
Evening star., 1949-08-18

tReleased by MANA }
Evening star., 1949-08-18
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 49,
"B|ue Lagoon" Gives Keith's
Sun0nner's S Romantic Idyll
By Joy Cormody

The romantic idyn film without which summer would be
complete finally Blue Lagoon
Simmons its star and it tender tasteful
and pleasant could ask.
the story boy and girl lost
Pacific It Photographed actually
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23

of Maryland that was later to affect
us. This was an act to forward the
building of roads in the State, or
rather the Colony. Part of this act
read: marking highways and MAX
ing the heads of rivers, creeks,
branches, and swamps passable for
horse and foot;'
have told much about the CON
struction of many of the roads in
our County, in earlier columns. Here
is just a note on the plans for the
first road to Baltimore. Scharf says:
"On the 1st of September, 1896, a
number of the citizens of Elizabeth
Town (now Hagerstown) met at the
courthouse to discuss the utility of
a turnpike road to the seaboard." The
following March, the Assembly pass
ed the act providing for the road
from Baltimore, through Frederick
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23

Town to Elizabeth Town and to
Williamsport.
Some of the local citizens who
were active in securing the sup
port, and in building this early road
were: Thomas Spriggs, General
Hester, Ellie Williams, William
Claggett, Samuel Ringgold, Daniel
Hughes, Nathaniel Rochester, Adam
OFT, Cephal Beall, Robert Hughes,
Abram Woming, Jacob Schnebly,
James Kendall, Benjamin Claggett,
George Price, Jacob Myers, John
Claggett, DR.. Henry Schnebly, and
Charles Carroll"
Here is a little light on the road
conditions, and the public attitude
toward them. For a while there
was a Turnpike Fever" There
were turnpikes being built every
where. So when the road to Sharps-
burg was requesting "piking," tn
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23
HORSE AND
BUGGY DAYS
by
Ida 10 Martin

Some time ago we were driving
down a country road, unpaved but
smooth, and it was very quiet till
we started across a bridge. Then
there was a sudden loud roar, as
though the old bridge might have
been failing down" and we near
" jumped out of the car. But of
course the bridge was not falling
down, in fact there was nothing
wrong at alive were just cross
ing a "Plank" bridge.
Just this week l came to another
plank bridge, but the cross-planks
had been covered by planks run
ming lengthways, and the. crossing
was quiet. Someone in the car re-
membered when this same bridge
set up a roar in crossing too, and
remarked what change had been
made in it.
Everytime we come upon one of
these old-time bridges it reminds
us of the days when the horses were
out in front, instead of under the
hood" and "the higher the wheel,
the better" In those days, folks
were seeking better ways to make
roads too, and one improvement
consisted Of paving the road with
planks. Mud was a formidable
enemy to the treveler in the early
days, and in wet weather, some
places were totally inaccessible.
Even after the old road to the West
became the National Road" some
parts of it were impossible in wet
weather. For instance, the last part
to be made into a hard surface, that
is of stone crushed largely by hand,
was the short stretch between Ha-
gerstown and Boonsboro In some
instances it took the stage as much
as five hours to cover this distance.
In some places there was not an
abundance of free limestone, the
stone needed for paving, or as they
called it, "Piking" the roads But
at the same places, land was being
cleared of a heavy stand of timber,
and so they began to use the ma
terial at hand, splitting the timbers
through the middle, and smoothing
the flat surface with the adze These
were laid in the ground, across the
roadway, side by side, with the flat
surface up. This did accomplish the
purpose desired, for these roads
were passable in all kinds of wealth
er and were much easier constructed
than would have been the quarry
ing of rocks in these places. l won
der how many people there are
around now who can still remember
the rumble of wagon on these plank
roads You could hear them COM
ing from quite long ways.
Another interesting thing about
travel in those days was the size OF
the wheel Now anyone that has
ever pushed a wheel-barrow knows
that it pushes more easily if the
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23

County Commissioners hesitated,
and at first refused. At the time
they were spending $3.50 every year
to repair the mud road. After they
finally invested in the new Sharps-
burg Pike. buying $500 worth of
stock, the dividends on the stock
began to return money to the Coun-
ty at almost the same rate they had
been previously spending it on this
road In the next twenty years this
road completely repaid all the
original investment, in dividends
alone.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23

wheel is larger. And another thing,
the ride is not so jolly, because with
a higher wheel, the wagon is raised
more slowly in going over bump.
So in the days before macadam and
concrete roads, when they had to
pull the wagons over rough ground,
mud, and even planks, it was ma
tural that they should use higher
and higher wheels. / recall hearing
someone telling with wonder about
the size of the driver wheels in a
B. & o. passenger locomotive, which
were six feet across. But l read
that in the old Pike days, there were
wagons with wheels ten feet high.
These wagons sometimes hauled
loads of ten tons, and were pulled
by as many as ten horses. Wouldn't
the old-time drivers and wagoners
be surprised to see the size of the
little wheels beneath the huge trucks
of today!
In his History of Western Mary
land, J. Thomas Scharf says:
Washington County is better pro-
vided with transportation facilities
than any other county in the State.
Some of its farsighted and enterpris-
ing citizens at very early period
inaugurated a system of turnpike
roads which not only has given the
County most admirable roads where
they were most needed, but has al
so resulted in bringing, from their
tolls, large revenues into the coun-
ty treasury"
This was written in 1882 At that
time there were the various turn
pixies reaching Hagerstown, as well
as many others traversing the Coun-
ty. There were also a number of
railroads: the Western Maryland,
passing through Pen-Mar, Edgemont,
Smithburg, Cavetown, Chewsville,
Hagerstown and Williamsport; the
Cumberland Valley r. r., through
State Line, Morgantown Chat is of
course now the town of Maugans.
ville), Hagerstown and Williams
port; The Shenandoah Valley r. r.,
through Hagerstown, ST. James,
Grimes and Sharpsburg Station; the
main line of the Baltimore and Ohio,
through the lower port of the Coun-
ty at the end of Pleasant Valley, and
the Washington County Branch,
through Weverton, Bartholow's,
Brownsville, Claggett's, Beeler's,
Summit, Rohrersville, Eakle's Mills,
Keedysville, Breathed's Station and
Hagerstown. In addition to this, one
of the most important and most in
fluential routes of travel and trans
portation, the famous Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, passes through the
entire County, along its longest Dor
der, on this bank of the Potomac
River
While the Indian was still the mas
ter of this beautiful valley, in 1866,
an act was passed by the Assembly
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23
Queen Anne Fair July 30

The Queen Anne County All
Club Fair will inaugurate the 1919
season Of State fairs in Maryland.
1t is scheduled for July 80. The
Howard County Fair will follow on
August 10, 10 and 90 The fair sea-
son in Maryland will continue I'M
til mid October.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23
Recommends Longer Farm Leases

The use of longer-term farm
leases would benefit both tenants and
landlords, in the opinion Of Luther
Bohanan, assistant agricultural econ
omist at the University of Maryland.
Bahanan has studied farm-leasing
arrangements in many sections of
Maryland and reports that 80 per-
cent are on an annual basis.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-06-23
Drive To Reduce Auto Deaths

Plans are being made by Governor
Lane, State Police personnel and
various State agencies for an inten-
sive enforcement and educational
program to reduce auto deaths in
MARYLAND.