Lost Colony Drama Uses CCC Camp Cast On Roanoke Island
Wilmer Cooke and Zack Newton join the Virginia Care Camp on Roanoke Island to perform in Paul Green’s Lost Colony. About 150 cast and crew rehearse nightly, with CCC volunteers turning Indians and colonists into a living dramatic pageant that blends professional and amateur talent.
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Ben Dixon McNeill Manteo
N. C
Wilmer Cooke
Northampton County
Paul Green
Lost Colony
Zack Newton
New Bern
New Jersey
Raleigh
Zack
Wilmer
CCC
Roanoke Island
Virginia Care Camp
Manteo
Fort Raleigh
Lont
Oregon Inlet
Ann Hirsch
Carolina
Green
Greer
Roanoke
Fred Howard
Ted Shawn
Howard
Roanoke Sound
Sam Selden
Lillian Ashton
Queen Elizabeth
East
Owen Huffon
Seargeant Dowdy
Katherine Dare
Eleanor Dare
Virginia Dare
University of North Carolina Press
Ruby Keeler Stars in Ready Willing and Able at Carolina
Ruby Keeler headlines the cast in Ready Willing and Able at the Carolina theater on Thursday. Lee Dixon leads a lively supporting lineup including Carol Hughes Winifred Shaw Allen Jenkins Louise Fazenda Addison Richards and E. E. Clive with Bobby Connolly girls. The production promises tuneful numbers and light comedy as Keeler shines in two dancing performances.
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Ready
Willing
Carolina Theater
Ruby Keeler
Lee Dixon
Carol Hughes
Winifred Shaw
Allen Jenkins
Louise Fazenda
Addison Richards
E. E .Clive
Bobby Connolly
Redy
Miss Keeler
Born To Dance Brightens Rialto With Elean or Powell
The Rialto screens Born To Dance Tuesday and Wednesday starring Eleanor Powell. The musical melodrama follows a small town girl who loves a navy man, featuring Cole Porter songs, lavish visuals, submarine scenes, and top dance numbers alongside an energetic supporting cast.
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Rialto Theater
Eleanor Powell
Cole Porter
Hollywood
Nobody's Baby at Broadhurst Promises Lively Comedy Duo
The Broadhurst theatre opens Nobody's Baby on Wednesday. Patsy Kelly and Lyde Roberts headline a fast paced, ridiculous comedy filled with catchy music and dancing. Critics hail it as a bright addition to lighthearted screen pairing.
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Broadhurst Theatre
Patsy Kelly
Lyde Roberts
Dia
The Cherokee Strip Comes to Broadhurst Theatre
First National recreates the land rush for The Cherokee Strip at the Broadhurst with Dick Foran star. Hundreds of extras, horsemen, wagons and tents dot a multivariable Oklahoma Territory setting shot at Lasky Mesa. The production mirrors Cimarron in scale and spectacle.
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Oklahoma Territory
Cimarron
First National
Cherokee Strip
Dick Foran
Broadhurst Theatre
Lasky Mesa
Light Brigade
Grace Moore in When You're In Love at the Carolina
Grace Moore stars in a gay musical at the Carolina theater Tuesday and Wednesday. The film, by the writer of Mr. Deeds and It Happened One Night, features classical and swing songs and a tropical fiesta setting.
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Grace Moore
Carolina Theater
Mr. Deeds
Minnie the Mooeher
Hurley Beck Wedding Revealed in Asheboro
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Edna Hughes Hurley of Ramseur to Rufus H Beck of Aberdeen, occurred June sixteenth at Bennettaville. Mrs Beck a Randolph County native and former Cinderella Beauty Shop owner. Mr Beck a Raleigh native, owner of Keith Tavern Aberdeen. ex state highway patrol lieutenant. They will reside in Aberdeen.
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W. T. Hughes
Boston
Randolph County
Asheboro
Laughter Drives Pace as Audience Enjoys Rapid Comic Sequences
The tempo, characterization, and action align with the picture as audiences laugh through one sequence to the next. The crowd’s reactions often drown out dialogue, moving from one outburst to a newer, funnier situation.
London roof garden features greens pergolas and lake
A London block of flats showcases a roof garden with golf putting greens pergolas rockeries and a miniature lake enhancing the building’s exterior and resident leisure space.
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London
Literacy Crisis in Portugal In 1927 Population
In 1927 more than two thirds of Portugal’s population of over 6,900,000 could not read or write, highlighting widespread illiteracy in the country during the period.
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Portugal
Advice Column by Marjorie Mansfield at The Enterprise
Readers are invited to send questions to Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. Letters will be answered in these columns.
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Marjorie Mansfield
Dear Miss Mansfield Letters on a wary date and gossip
A reader asks how to handle a date with a boy whose reputation is in doubt. The columnist cautions against shaming the girl, urges frank talk with her boyfriend, and advises moving past the mistake without melodrama.
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Erro
Asheboro Honors Eloise Kilgore At Bridge Party
Miss Eloise Kilgore of New York City was honored at a Friday bridge party hosted by Mrs. Sam Yow on Cranford street Asheboro. High Score to Miss Margaret Robins and bingo to Mrs. John Taylor. out of town guests included Mrs. J D White and Miss Elizabeth Scott from Greensboro and Mrs. H Bryan of Henderson. Additional attendees listed. The Business Girls circle of Asheboro M E church plans a picnic supper Tuesday at 6 30 in Stedman garden with Miss Marian Stedman as hostess.
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Asheboro
Eloise Kilgore
New York City
Yow
Sam Yow
Cranford Street
Margaret Robins
John Taylor
Kilgore
J. D. White
Misa Elizabeth Scott
Greensboro
H. Bryan
Henderson
N. C
Mesdames
James Riddie
Reginald Turne
Business Girls
Circle Seven
Asheboro M. E
Stedman
Lady Washington in Washington Army Ranks
Martha Washington, wife of the first U S president, was consistently called Lady Washington by the men serving in the Washington army.
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Martha Washington
Lady Washington
Washington
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Lysne Overman
Robt
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Vance Welborn
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T. M. Pitts
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Pitts
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Coatesville
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