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FITCHBURG SENTINEL, TUESDAY. AUGUST 13, 1940 and Comment Of Stage and Screen Rouudabaut Revenge and Tuny are Umriitj featuring itage and screen at and over the week- 1 closed last week wiih an i rv 4anwunced of S60UO. The decided to the iiirnou cowboy pony vjoaid be ht? of the courury-'jde but now he is al- Arthur Treacher, due to appear a f.rg»:tcn -viven hero. Whaiom, is presenting "The wntot' at the Town Hail, Li-Re'SUndvr, yf OK- "HoHv 1" w-der the direction AW wood cV.nedia's,s wh- rose qukkJv 1 Holmes this week. This is the ii lew years has been i Beater where Miss Gloria Siuart eJimi-JAied by ihc "Hit started her tour of New England Pararfe Ml Jwause they fear; theaters the openuig of he 'rnifiht be subpoenaed -in the present season.

Ethel Barrymo- middle of production." Sunder is i ts at Stockbridge. f'f era' nwvie personages' brought the attention of a Los Alison Skipwortb. who was at Angeles a jury in connection I Whalom last summer and who alio-j wtA Communist avriviiit. Sumder appeared in New York in volunteered to appear before the i We Are Married," is at the flnd'was ordered to appear to- Rock theater at Gloucester this week in "Criminal at Large" whir-h is serving as her vehicle this sum- mer season. alio- jj one i Royce frifihU was once acclaimed "the perfect Nordic peas- Whwi al stage.

He had to flee later, now appears in "I a Naii Albert Basserman, once called "Germany's greatest actor," is in "Foreign The ttdgchai'ids' New York has voted to forego extra Sunday pay-rates-for legitimate. Hudson her oihur crafts, do'like-t 10th year in pictures during t' Altjtouiih" legitimate atlrsc- making of "Babies for Sale." which snowsare two days. Besause of the extra pay demanded "bur" when she was 13 years' old so Ky actors, stagehands and musi- is still very young for a veteran; cianj. Equity is s.tid -to favor the 1 of the extra pay clause Clara Kimball Who. was in an''-effort to help boost Sunday i a leading actress in the silent days plays.

of the movies and who occupied a deep place i affections of t.e Mountain Park Casino, which American public, 'will appear as a been a. in Round STRAND Theatre CLEUHORN SQUARE fel. Mat. Show Adm. Eve.

Shot. Children IDc. lie Sun. Cont. from tw to'U-M.

Adm. A.dult» lie, Cbildrtn --TODAY-- -'BROADWAY MELODY OF -1940V "GH ASING TROUBLE" RKO News iuid A.uf. Grfcnt--Peter t-orrf Was An Advenruress" JoKn MacLane--. Kochcllc Hudson 1 in Martin Ko'slcck propaganda mmister in- of a Nazi Spy." Nazi Spy," is no German refugee; he is an Arnerican citizen. But Francis Lederer.

with Edward" G- of a his 'homeland was Czechoslovakia, MATINEE We- EVENING 15s; CONTINUOUS I.JO TO 10.30 TELEPHONE ENDS TODAY. KAY KYSER, 'THAT'S RIGHT, YOU'RE WRONG" Alsp AND with ANN SOTHERN and FRANCHOT a I Joan Bennett Adolphe Menjcu STARTS TOMORROW WILLIAM OARGAN JOHN HUBBARD MINUTES FULL OF HAL ROACH WANTS YOU TO MEET THE HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER" ALSO' HtiDDEIC powie COLUMBIA HCTURE NEW COMEDY -TOPNOTCH SATURDAY "OKLAHOMA JIM" And -His MUSICAL COWBOYS 1 Heard Over WLAW, Sat: 10.15 a. ON OUR STAGE--FBI. EVE. SATURDAY--MAT.

-and EVE. Preston Foster', in leading Miss Young'-has. no Written 'script ad'lib'whenever Ishfe'fecis ne'ccssary'-'to speak. That is most cxpericnco should help hw to put over the experiment. 10 years ago Eciitli and' Lois well-known star of.

the silent screen, appeared in a' Tom. drama. Now' they are in Children" 'with'Miss' Fei- i as ihe star and Miss Wilson -in Miss Wilson has just corn- i pleled a road tour in "The i which''she appeared.in the. roie played by No: Shearer. Brian Aherne's 'AJbdve A Little Tap-bance When Necessary By PAUL HARRISON 13i-Xhihgf were kind of quiet on the "Hired Wife" set, as- might be -expected three, stars such- as the reticent Brian.

-Aherne. dignified Virginia- Bruce, -and Russell. "So" 'the' still wasn't-very hopeful when George. A-IVO won unusual; he maybe! the prin- ting with Claudette Colbert" and in astonishment to the cp.mnvnts ''critically. a lot.of liain -in him.

isn't That crack was ad libbed. IJirector: Jack Tracy --let it Gable, in tur.n, Aent his outstanding 'ears -for' -a 'laugh in 'the picture. Tracy peers al the youngster who's to be Gable's" son and for "Tier c-Ievcr-work in cipals would get up en the stage -says, "Yeah, he. looks just like'you. "Personal Appearance" on the stage and since, then been in many of about', productions i 'New York, -winning- hew laurels- i' 1 sanpor roff 'Way i Shea's theater week.

it real laughter docs "I Love You Again." which is being presented a the Fitchburg with Ifioweli-and-ilyriia Loy in-'th'fe leaj- ing rolo 1 It them away from I the 'Man' 1 arid adds to their p.restiae by allowing 'tbrn tr show a-hew brand 'of'cornr edv talenfa TODAY ALICE FA YE "LILLIAN' RUSSELL" 'ZANZIBAR' PILLORYiNG A PITILESS PROfllEER IN HUMAN I A MATS. 10c-r-V5c EVES. 20c WED. THURS. wrffc ROCHEUE HUDSON GLENN FORD MllEi MANDER EVERY BOOK NIGHTS Standard American ENCYCLOPEDIA NOW! AMNESIA IS A WONDERFUL THING! When a Guy can't remember being married to a lovely like Loy, that's really amnesia! It's FUN being married --if you use the Powell- Ley system! WiXxuim, (THIN MAN A THIN ALSO! MARCH OF TIME West Indict' Paramount News in their merriest fun frolic! "I YOB Shown al 2 J5 7.00 S.ftS 1' A I HHISOFf GtJDTS WILUIM HtitSY MUSiEl M6flUS and dance.

After all, this picture- is I think I'll, buy him a football hel- a comedy, and he had'to get -some informal, and of course. "He's" -too young', for a football awfully warm, and he hated" protests his pappy, "I don't" "expect him to play in if," says "Hi; sleep ir. overwork, Tracy dead-panned a torrid routine; left for a month's vacation just as to ask tills, arid-Why, sure, 'said the head- s'iris ''for the 'platform', give I him something; to shoot at. The band fingers arid bustle waggling, as he trucked on Kussell- off. stage trying a high kick in her.

Jong evening gown. "Boom Town" wint into production. But he -took time almost daily to -wire Gable not to ham up the-picture hopelessly be- Mr. considered fore he could return, When he ii-. pretty miich of a stiff-collar man, went into a tap that set the to and they'd stopped, the.

warm and bearning Ahe.rrie panted: -we do this, again sometime? I've just thought of a couple of tricky steps I so rusty. Whpre'd I learn? Oh, ono summer I was in a New York show: took lessons for 50 cents-an hour. 1 1 "Boom a movie in the super-dooper actibn- packed and a thoroughly satisfactory accounting- iti huge cast. T3u't I'll remember i't longest the betwepn Clark Gable arid 'Spencer two items of which' found their the picture. Frankie Thomas, Young, Engaging, Delights Big Whalom jy an explanation of ihe cause by Portland Stars Are Welcomed Back Mary of this cr.y i was the nuitd.

During intermwuon the annual for the fund was liken by cvmpar.y re- if; "School (or scheduled next week. appearance cf Frankie Thomas the return to Whaiom of Erin-Jo Gwynne helped to nuke' "The Youngest'' an enjoyable and; interesting play last uifibt as the Guy Palmerton Players opened their eighth week of the present The production proved the most wholesome fo the many plays to be presented Whalom this season and the audience indicated its approval of the clean, amusing i comedy by enthusiastic applause and i hearty laughter. The curtain calls at the end of the play were more convincing than at any previous opening. Mr, Thomas and Miss Gwynne received a personal ovation that must have been Other members, of the company were not forgotten as Miss Vola Blakely who returned after a sojourn in Portland also received a warm-welcome, and was made to feel that Whalom patrons were Rlad to see her again. The movie and stage fame Frankie- Thomas make him the main attraction and half the audience, especially the younger fcminine.por- at "Hie" stage "item after, the performance to greet the young actor- and obtain his autograph.

Despite his his long experience on stage and screen.en- able him to handle the role of the youngest in Philip Barry's attractive story of the cleverly convincingly. He portrays the misunderstood and much abused youth with an intelligence and -deftness, that enables him to interpret the different emotions convincingly. Frankie Thomas may be the youngest of the guest stars to appear Whalom this season to date he bids fair to be the most popular. and 'Erin-Jo Gwynne prove -and capable pair. Miss Gwynne is at her best as-the superior, much-traveled, attractive damsel who liked to influence the lives of, others.

The "Winslows" are a fertile field played by Frankie as an ideal sub-, ject for her-efforts. does hot "hesitate to change the youth Irons the butt of family ridicule mto the real leader of the The family does not mean to be unkind but, brought up.in stiff atmosphere of old York state or has the slightest sympathy for his, position. She proves'an dstant to Miss Gwynne during the early stages of the reformation. She is good as always. Barbara Brown is the mother -who i turns over the active direction of i the family to the oldest son and i Louise Kirtland as another daughter make the most of their Raymond Greenteaf is the head of the house and pUys the hard-headed and unsympathetic manufacturer In hut usual convincing manner.

The rple effectively handled and easily one of the outstanding parts portrayed by Mr. Greenleaf. Francis DeSales the son-in- law obliged to live with the Winslows because his wife declines-to go elsewhere. He gives Frankie the weapon which enables him to cover the family into submission and while in the background most of the time adds to his following. Repair Headquarters YOUR SEWING MACHINE OliED and ADJUSTED $1.00 Whites Singers Others SAIADI In paclcages and tea-bags at your grocer pathy or foe 'a boy business and wants' to The: play was staged by Robert Perry who also plays one of the with his usual skill and retains his high place in the regard of the audience.

Vola Blakely is the only one of the family who understands the boy shower were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fagan, her sister Alice, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Spofford Holland anqV Lucille Spofford, Mr.

and 'Mrs. Herbert Spofford Mr. and Davis. Mr. and Mrs.

"Kari J.ohnson of Mr. and Mrti Lister Spofford arid family- nally set, Gable was playing a scene. He was looking at a newspaper and "Shorty's in. But this time, having glimpsed Tracy on the sidelines, he padded his speech. He said, "Shorty's in town! The old has been hiding in Palm Springs until- the critics forgot his There's an emotional scene in which' art, 'wl th" Tier "Back" To "Gable.

turns to face him as he speaks. Mickey Ropney happened, on day, and Master Rooney can do a the Carole Big (Inci'dentaify, name' has' been borrowed by this story.) The he-stars coached Rooney the Red Cross are to be at Spaulding Memorial schol- tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Ethel Amiro. has.

charge "of -transportation. David Walker -Jr. "is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Henry Veasie, at Mrs. Frank Daley of Maple street is a patient iri Burbank hospital, Fitch as a rtsult of sustained in a fall Saturday after-: noon.

Mrs. Daley was shopping with her' daughter, Mrs. Ella Tenney, a Fitchburg store she slipped and was thrown forward onto knees, striking her head on the floor. was- taken to the -hos- where it was found that she In a courtroom scene. Tracy from in the lines and- pushed him on the the witness' stand silences the pesky set.

Miss Colbert's expression as prosecutor ar.d launches into a-'lo'ng she whirled and found herself- in Plus the Newest Laff- Adventures of trie Bumstead Family, "Blondie Has Servant Trouble" with Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake GUY PALMERTON PRESENTS FRANKIE THOMAS Popular Young. Screen Star -in "The Youngest" with ERfN-JO GWYNNE ROBERT PERRY VOLA BLAKELEY BARBARA BROWN Evenings at 8.20 83c Mat 2.2ft COMING "WEEK OF AUG. 19th ETHEL BARRYMORE in "Schaor for Scandal" LAKE WHALOM THEATRE homespun speech which includes everything from oil'conservation to Americanism. Defendant Gable, sit- the arms of a half-pint hero should win her the Tbia! Astonishment Award for 1940. Towiisend Rod.

Gun Club Outing The outing, clambake, trap and skeet shoot conducted by the Townsend Rod and Gun club at the grounds Sunday was the most successful event oi its.kind ever promoted by the organization. Club officials' estimated that'between 300 and 600 persons, visited the grounds during the day-long program. The trap and skuet shooters stari- cd shortly nine and continued i unlit darkness, Rangemaster Au- brey Wornham and his assistant Harry Brown, Jr, kept the events smoothly for the large number of gun enthusiasts. William Kidder of "FHeKburg: "anct Mathew Doyle of Pepperell were among the shooters of the day. Doyle, a former state champion, was high of the day, breaking 96 out 100 Doyle also- won a shooting jacket in' special 35-bird shoot, Bidder also won a jacket arid was high man in.a 50- speciah ervent.

His mark was charge of children'; pony rides. In the afternoon softball games were played with young and old joining in the fun. This was followed by informal tugs of war. Revolver and rifle shooting events were conducted in the pit under direction of Arthur Koykka. Roy E.

Brown was general chairman. A meeting of the school 'committee will be held tonight at Spatild- ing Memorial school with -the chairman, Mrs, Ellen Whitcomb, presiding. Teachers to succeed Miss Francis Martin, "domestic science teacher, who and Hazel Johnson, music supervisor, who has been granted a leave of absence, will be selerted at tonight's session. The Townsend Merchants- will -play, the Fitchburg Arrows baseball team on Fesseriden Thursday evening in a re-scheduled Recreational City league contest. Lyman Cook and Roy Wright attended the Boston-Brooklyn dmi- bleheader in Boston Sunday.

Holland Haynes, president of Omaha -university, his datigh- ter, Sybel Haynes, were overnight The mile bicycle race was won by Francis Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Wright of Meadow road, Townsend. Raymond Pelletier of Pepperell was second in this event. Other entries were Russell Curette and Clifford.

Charlotte -Kcefc, -daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Keefe of Townsend Harbor won a rolling pin contest, scoring a jperfect bullseye in competition with a number of girl The. refreshments operated by Roy P.

Brown, Harry Maxwell and Toivo Aho was well patronized. Arthur Martin, chairrnaii of the clambake committee, was -assisted by Anthony Gonsalves and Roy E. Mrs. George L. Whitcomb, Turnpike road.

Waldo Leahy resumed his duties as shipping department foreman for the Fessenden yesterday following a two weeks' vacation. which he and Mrs. Leahy al Beach. Me. Mr.

arid Mrs. Harry Merrill and son Edward, have returned from a four-day visit with Mr. and Mrs. Richmond Greeley in White Plains, A roiscellaneous kitchen shower was given Mrs. Clifford Johnson (Lillian Fagan) at the home of Mrs.

Marion Spofford Saturday evening'. Johnson recentrj was, married and will start housekeeping bri -in HeF right knee and body bruises. Her husband, Frank Daley, was injured two weeks' ago when he was thrown from a load of 6 still: unable to resume his work. Providential CITY, Ind. Central fire station it was raining hard when the telephone rang.

''There's a grass fire on the east side," a woman complained. ''Can you come put it out?" "A grass fire?" the switchboard operator, countered. "Why, it's pouf- ing "Just a minute," said the- woman. "I think here now. I mean, it's pouring." So the firemen not have to.

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