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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1937
Page
3
The 70 year old German poet and dramatist Gerhart Hauptmann allegedly predicts babies during visits to America. A New York editor's wife recounts Hauptmann telling her she would have a boy, later confirmed by a note from Frau Hauptmann detailing his long, near-perfect accuracy.
The Sunshine Theatre screens The Prisoner of Shark Island starring Warner Baxter as Dr. Samuel Mudd, with a dramatic post Civil War tale of escape attempts, confinement on Shark Island, and a fever outbreak, ending with a climactic resolution. Gloria Stuart leads the female role with a large supporting cast. Also on the bill is When Knights Were Bold with musical numbers. Follow the Fleet features Ginger Rogers in a solo star turn with Irving Berlin songs.
A lively narrative describes a local cricket match between Little Albion and Tiny Town. The captain wins the toss and bats, with comic antics from an inept umpire duo and a notorious bowler nicknamed Simon the Strangler. The match features miscalls, fallible fielding, and a dramatic no ball amid humorous commentary.
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