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Wedding at Ball mansion ends with tense clash of will
In a Brooklyn like scene, Meade Blacklock and Anita Ellersly confront family snobbery and personal turmoil as they prepare to marry. Joe Ball orchestrates a hasty ceremony with a Methodist minister while Anita faces pressure from her husband-to-be and her uncle’s house. The couple depart abruptly amid alarms and unresolved power between them.
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Ball
Joe
Mr. Blacklock
Mister
Mrs. B
Mister Ball
Mrs. Ball
Billy
Sherry's
Brooklyn
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Jerhia
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Ore
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Edding
West Side
New York
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Magdalene Home
Hospital
McCabe
Meade
D Blacklock
Allie
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