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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
15
The State Theater announces a special first night showing of Pygmalion with all attendees receiving a souvenir program. The program credits the cast and all merchants involved in Peg Malion week. A note about a female spider's consumption of her mate is included in the text.
Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion gets two film versions for different markets. Producer Gabriel Pascal explains Hollywood practice of altering dialogue to suit American audiences. Leslie Howard stars as Professor Higgins in the U S version opening gala night and Friday engagement.
London students and officers viewed a three act play The Promotion Examination at Regents Park showing Royal Artillery Infantry and Medical Corps preparing for an exam. The mock play depicts a nightmare of wrong answers then proper responses to reinforce infantry drill and tactic lessons.
Eileen Morrison selected Peg Mahon for a full West Texas State College scholarship sponsored by Amarillo Globe News ex students. The Cinderella moment celebrated a dream of attending Canyon college with home economics aims. Peg plans a secretarial course to fund her stay.
Grasshoppers cause the greatest loss of young trees planted in the shelter belt program of the prairie states. Rabbits and mice also do serious damage as natural enemies impacting the reforestation effort.
The film version of Pygmalion opens tonight at the State Theater with a full phonetics lab set by Professor Higgins. Leslie Howard stars as Higgins with Miss Hiller featured amid diagrams, dictaphones, wax cylinders, and a tall revolving mirror over a gas jet supervised by Edmund Tilley of London University.
Miss Peg Mahone brings Cinderella to life as she debuts tonight at 8 15 at the Amarillo State Theater amid thanks to merchants who supported Cinderella week. Hugh Norman notes unprecedented merchant cooperation, with many stores and individuals contributing to Peg Malion’s magic and opening new opportunities for girls. The list of benefactors includes The Amarillo Secretarial School The Marizon Company Hollywood Dress Shoppe Blackburn Bros Zale Jewelry Co City Drug Store Freeman's Flowers Spicer Jewelry Co Panhandle Laundry Dixie Dice Dancing School Toney Chisum Inc J Levy Inc Murray Watts Studios Capitol Hotel Colonial Beauty Shop.
Ni aan W. Spratt marked his 89th birthday in Richwood Ohio where he has worked as a blacksmith for 75 years at the same shop nearby. He has spent seven decades forging in this town, a testament to his enduring craft.
In Winsted Connecticut volunteers toured the new truck where many visitors pressed the lights and horn. The alarm sounded and firemen found the battery worn out requiring manual cranking of the apparatus.
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