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The Story of
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
m1PM CAREY'S Pruductim of
"THE AWFUL TRUTH"
Adapted From The Sezeru Play by VINA DELMAR Based On A Blony by ARTHUR RICHMAN
Sonalization by ALBERT DUITY
A COLUMBIA PICTUKİ,
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE: Booking a marital respite, Jor ry Warriser tolls his wife, Lucy, that he is making a business trip to Florida. Instead, he spends the weak in town playing poker with his old gang. When the wook te up Jerry goes to the ath Tetlo olub to, pet a quick_tân under the sun lamp, Frank Ran doll accuses him of "putting one over" on Lasoy, Ferry dentoz this, saying that he was merely fed ay with routine and wanted to have a fing. He couldn't have it ibith Imoy, he says, baokuao ana is no quiet and proper. Jerry and Frank pick up some friendê and drop in on Iney for a surprise cocktail party to celebrate Jon ry's "homecoming, Lucy isn't there but the returna soon with Armand Levelle, her handsome voice teacher, On the way home from a dance the night before, she explains, their car broke down and they had to spend the night at an inn“until the car could be repaired. Jerry accepte the story calmly while the guests i are there but when he and Lucy Lare alone he demands an ex- planation. She insists that sho has told the simple truth, that the boat of any wrongdo Ing. Jarry rejusps to believe her and Luoy, at last, dielone that she knows Jerry-wcan't in Flori- da. In fact, she knoids that most of his rooone "Stipe" had boon Jakca, They battle until Luoy an- nounces that sho's through. She is going to divorco Jerry,
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
Chapter Two
to my prayers. Come along." She took his arm and led him to tho elevatora. In a moment they were in Lucy's apartment.
"Lucy" Patay beamed, "this is Daniel Lacnon A very dear old friend of mine. Mr. Lesson this 15 my Hloce. Her name is Mrs. War- riner."
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When the introductions were over. Patay continued. "Mr. Lesaɔn is a neighbor of ours," she said. "Livez across the hall with his mother. They're from Oklahoma and Daniel would take it as being right friend ly of us if wo'd show him some of the bright spots."
Palsy ignored Lucy's protesis and they were making ready to leave when they were interrupted by the doorbell. It was Jerry and Aunt Patsy greeted him enthusiastically. Lucy wan cool and distant.
"Hello," she said. "What is it you want?"
Jerry produced a formidable look- ing paper from his pocket and handed it to Lucy,
"What is it?” sho naked.
"It's a court order,” he anDOUNG- ed triumphantly, "permitting me to seo Mr. Hmith for two hours encha wook Beat I'm allowed to take the dog walking, riding, motor boating or anything I plonac. The ordor enys I can visit him and entertain him in any manner that does not endanger fo or limb."
Mr. Smith, who had heard Jerry's voice, cama bounding Into the room and jumped into Jerry's arma,
"I suppose you've come to take him bicycling?" Lucy asked.
"In this rain? Ho'd catch hin death of cold. I've come to visit with him and entertain him," Jorry looked down at the barking, dog in his arms, "Come on over here. boy. We'll be out of everybody's .WDY.*
Lderon, who had been standing The only hitch in the Warriner | awkwardly during all this, coughed divorce proceedings cama after tho significantly, interlocutory Δοστου had been "Oh, Jotry,” Aunt Patey and,
#But, Your Honor, I saw him firat Posed by Irene Dunne and Gary Grant.)
granted. Jarry wanted the custody of their wirehäired), dog, "Mr. Smith", and "Lasy, was just as in- sistent that she be awarded the dog, The judge allowed the dog to mako tiis own selection, Lucy won, but on a foul for when they placed Mr. Smith equidistant from Lucy and Jerry, Lucy squeaked 'a rubber toy that the dog played with and he romped over to her. ::
Jerry was outraged by her per fidy but the court was adamant. Mr. Smith went to Lucy.
#this is Mr. Lesson, Daniel this is Mr. Warriner, Lucy's husband for about sixty more days. Both men nodded.
"Mr. Lesson has just coma from Oklahoma," Patry_"offered.
"That's lucky," Jerry said. "What's lucky?" Leeson asked. "Oklahoma,” “Bald Jerry, Leeson laughed but stopped abruptly, not cortain whether he was being kid- ded. Jerry and Mr. Braith retired to a corner of the room to play.......... and Lucy, Aunt Patsy and Lecuon tries to pick up their conversation. They found it difficult for, in their romping, Jerry and Mr. Smith over- turned a table, sending a ̈lamp ornahing to the floor.
In the days that followed Lucy tried to accustom herself to her now mode of life. Her Aunt Patsy, a cynical and acidulous lady with more than hor share of worldły wie dam and biting humor, cama to live "Til replace that" Jerry announg- with Lucy but within a month they ed solemnly. were both thoroughly bored_with In a moment another tabla hæð each other's company Aunt Patay, boon overturned and then a chair. who had como to the otty from her] This was too much for Aunt Patsy up-country cabin, wanted to gu] who seeing that Jerry and the dog places and do things.
were having all the fun, deserted
"I do wish you'd stop moping Lucy and Dantel and joined Jerry around this apartment," she snap and Mr. Smith. The romping went ped. "The only excitement we've on with a vengeance then and Luey and around bore was when Jerry quickly despaired of entertaining tried to brook in an steal Mr. Smith | Leczon
il tall you what," Jerry said to * week ago."
"I'm sorry you'ra so bored," Lucy Lucy, "let's play hide-and-go-sook." alglied. "But where can two woman go without an escort?"
Lucy Jumped to her foot angrily. "And I'll tell you what," she said to Leason, "rain or no rain let's go out of hers. How about it Patry?" "Huh?" Patey looked up, dur- prised. "Oh, you go ahead. We're having too much fun."
Lucy picked up her wrap and Daniel, alated to hava her alone, led her to the dour,
"We might try the Y.M.C.A Aunt Patay suggested. "We don't do a thing but out, sleep and look at oach other. And oven then I get the worst break. My Jacq, at least, in cheerful, Lucy, "I want some fite, some excitement. Let's go to a thea tre tonight and then drop in at a might club or two afterwards..." That was the beginning of many "But we can't," Lucy protested, meetings for them. Together they "Why not?" Patay domanded. visited night clubs, saw shows, took "No escorts,”
long drives to nearby inns for din- “Humphi Unises there's a new | nors and Junçhes. As breakfast one law, I don't need an escort to get morning, about ten days later. Lucy a drink/' Aunt Patay snorted. "I'm | announced defiantly that aba, and golog down to the bar and talk with Daniel were engaged. Patzy wBA Jos. Bartender or no bartender, he's | not at all pleased with the nowa a man mild maybe he knocks oft
"Know: what rebound · is?” · sho. early.” She stalked out of the room, saken. "That business of trying to
· Aunt Patay found good hunting, get over ons torosby bouncing into. down at tus bar and; the rapidly! Tova with someofie elka? It's fine ex- struck/up an noqitainianos with a copt the rebound is rarely the real ✨personabla young man whohgang pipe thingsàu like. a-mifugo. In short,
#ping a solitary Starțial, For a time, my dear, it's the bunk.”
Becretly,
ho was fialtered by the young Lugy: bridled Angrily. man' attentions but she soon die she know that aunt Patry was covered the reason for his gallantry right but she refused to admit it. wonder if you'd de me tell you I'm serious about Dan
Def wonder if mafavor the sakad.
Leeson she insistede bör voice ris veron'd reallyine who that bosgail sng thrilly, “Hesjane. And Jerry Siri in who lives with you? She had dosen't mean a thing to me. I don't
Bapak lave" him and probably never did.”- Patsy dropped her irtatious COY -akse, "That Lucy, She's my Aunt Patry stated at Lucy will
**ake announbad, Indy?" The corn out a word. 29ara walled inta MOUS PLAIGUN ayas, "Ini sure I never loved no relation."-
"I've admired her for days” iha him,” she repeated almost bystack. young man announced "She" bouw vany, “And now I hate him! 1. Kate: Lifely, th
KARMA Ferry Waiziner and X -- I lika Dan rok, Luers just a little home Lessons very, very much, I hope he's body Palay confided, men de sust mad about me for a think he's Bawwall, you just întroandatne to the finest man:1 aver matemat
Aunt Patry oontlagad to look at her, I'll masks her may our of bei ing #homebodysheme de 2've been | Loay, "The tomat is burning, she, dying to findmanderia to do the announced camnly, w
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By REAR-ADMIRAL HENRY P. CAYLEY (HL.M.S. "Britannia" 1801-1893)
him in public and so slame him in ed by Cadet-Captains-cadets of the front of all the other thirteen-year- third and fourth terms promoted on olds! Many of the
cadets account of ability and good behaviour -new travelled by the same train to Dart-whose function was to maintain mouth, and the time passed quickly discipline and take charge in the in making new friends and compare absence of the term fieutenant.
queries. seemed to know any-
It was not until after the year 1660 that any preliminary train- ing was considered necessary. Ing
notes
and knew or who
Any
boy
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BRITISH CROSSWORDS
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In the summer the cadets' day, be-
tended for D naval
career and customs was looked up to with roused from sleep by the blast of Hitherto they had simply gone a measure of awe and respect-only bugles, followed by the stentorien to sea and had learnt their pro to be tumbled down from his pedes voices of eagle-eyed ship's corporais fession through hard experience tal as soon as experience showed deinunding that they in a hard school. Then, in the reign how little he really knew!
a leg there, show a leg!" of King Charles II, the Duke of
Life on board a man-of-war, even had his sen chest, an iron-bound York, Lord High Admiral of Eng one permanently at anchor in a safe wooden box about three feet long by land (afterwards-King James 1) and sheltered harbour, is so entirely two wide and two feet six inches directed that all naval officers should, novel and strange to a boy accus- deep, in which he kept his clothes during their first years at sea, be tomed to normal home and school and everything that he
possessed, under the life that definite, training und given
always and in front of which he was sup- the new entries. general supervision of the captain. Joined the ship a day before the re- posed to dress.
drafted to. Bea-
mainder in order to give, then we A Full Day Young lads were
to "aling their h8ive. service" going ships and a "letter of serv sent to the captain directing him to called-time to settle down and find Provided
kindness as you their way about the two ships with
show them "such
time
is it was
own
Some form physical drill then shall Judge Al for a gentleman, boin their many decks; and though they took place; followed by breakinst, in accommodating him in your ship did not actually sling their to all four terms of perhaps 240 boys These lads were called Letter Boys,"
hammocks they certainly
and in furthering his Improveme's tearn to get into them, and when to having their meals together in
to stay in; for to the inexperienced messroom
nine
big
in the "Britannia." At
inspected by their term
This system continued in more or a nivel hummock with its mattress me clock cadets were mustered at farm until 1729 In and blankets is as difficult to keep Lieutcunnts, and marched aft onto less the same that year
for
prayers. Then in Portsmouth Dockyard, and for
came school and more than 100 years most naval of or floating in the water.
included practical instruction in boat their carcers with a News, Threes, cers began
college: Sixers and Niners
sailing and boat pulling, untii dinner of training at this
time, and again until about 3.30 p.m. consisting mainly of simple mathe-
Admission to the "Britannia" took when they rowed themselves ashore maties, navigation, and seamanship.
place twice a year, after a stiff com- in big pinnaces for swimming, sail- petitive examination, each entry of ing, rowing and games. Monred Head and Stern
50 to 60 böya being known as a In the River Bart
"term"
The
of period
college was established in a state of stable equilibrium as the Quarter' scumanship, which
course
the
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training
The winter routine varied from
In 1837 the college was abolished lasted for two years, and the terms the summer in two respects only.
turned out known
half-an-hour First, Cadets and lads were again sent to sea for were officially
later Third and Fourth; but by
In the morning, and landed for Beir preliminary training. 'H.M.S.
the Second, for selected Illustrious was
themselves; cadets
reation and games directly after, for reasons
returning on board at training of Naval cadets in 1857 but that appear to be lost in antiquity, clock for work until supper time was found too, sinall: In 1883 the they were known as News, Threes, on two evenings n week the
ship Sixers and Niners. Το the News the head, and Threes soon appeared to be
old
wooden Britannia was
red
games
played for dancing, and all the om- of BS in the river Dart and com- common clay as himself, and because cers used to join in the fun with the stern missioned as a harbour training ship, these two terms slept on one deck in cadets Athletics and
part in our The "young gentlemen," formerly the "Hindostan," packed like sar- an important "King's Letter Boys," had became dines in a tin, familiarity soon bred football known officially as naval cadets in contempt and there was always great tennis, rowing and filing in the
replacing "Volunteers First rivalry between
them which But
About this time; the Navy, had been greatly reduced after the ongod almost to close of the wars of the earlier part hey
tri the winter: cricket,
summer; ond racquets, boxing “and
ACROSS
1 A call to prayer (7).
Hen trap seems a suitable na gram (7).
9 A great waterway (three words
-5, 5, 5).
10 Do rallways get their sleepers
from this county? (4)
11 A young bird (5).
12 Traders with America may get
their mail from here (4);
No, golfers do this to the ball- without speaking probably (7) 16 Brawl by a Cambridge min?
Niners be- gymnastics all the year round, Sixers
world. Writing of those days, memories entirely on board the come crowding to, clamouring for re-
15 swing cognition-memories of the Saturday ***Britanālu,” (2
They might of the century, began again to exs.nu. pand, and the number of cadets for their feys an they walked round the half-holidays when we would often kestrels and Jackdaws' worn cliffs not take them the end of a white could
and all, and so a smaller vessel, the rouw the neck, and normally rest- nests, and eat enormous, teas of buns 17 Singularly rare form of ap
Jam and Devonshire cream; Ing in the cadet's breast pocket. the linked up to "Hindostan," was link
covered bridge, and back of
They might wear their caps on the Barney, a splendid old Petty Officer, in the eve- seanan to his finger-tips, who used
training was. consequently increased deskthese keys bring red on wolk to Stoke Fleming, climb the
The "Britannia"
the
them
for
ግን
plauso (7). 19 The end of 2 down with or for
age (7).
"Britannia" by a the two ships together with various, Minks on allowed to wear high to teach us to dance the hornpipe, 21 Part of a modrigal (4).
22 One of the tribos (6). buildings and playing fields astiare collars. These traditional privileges, and who told us wonderful yarns and
one namb forbidden 16 News and Threes, were gave us ships' biscuit, hard as stone, 23 Countenance (but not face) greatly valued and Jealously guard to eat, to our great delight for 120 Not readily, as the carpenter continued
ed, and swift retribution was meted made us feel that we too were sea-
Then men.
knows (three words 7, 3, 5), there was the going
27 Put forth (7). masthead; and the pride that fol-
28 Desires" (anog.) (7), lowed the first nogotiation of the
DOWN futtock shrouds Instead of climbing ignominiously into the fore-top
College at Dartmouth was complated" out to any who dared to usurp loft, racing each other over the
were included under H.M.S. Britannia,
This method of training
the Royal Naval until 1005, when and the old "Britannia, cradle of them many distinguished careers, was paid Organisation off and afterwards broken up in or the school 1010.
Youthful Memories.
The "Ichool curriculum was similar through the "Lubber's hole." And
to that of any good preparatory the blue boots and sailing cutters school, except that navigation and which we could use without super- Life in the "Britannia”"||| What-seamanship took the place of Latin vision de soon as we had learnt, to was it like? Memory, paints for me and Greek. The masters were Naval
1. Though not a branch of litera- tura letters heroin have their value (7)
a Carefully chosen words these
(two words 7 8)
8
This bird is an insect (4). Undulating (7)
Not necessarily bad work by our a pleturo, de a small boy of thirteen instructors on the active or retired wit thrilled with big frst uniform and at list of the Navy, for such subjects as We were very proud of the "Brilegialitions are
and crupulous are the thought of the great adventure English, mathematics and naviga tahnia" and young as we were 18 Preciso that day theady bug any appreston Wärroat and Petty Officers for think we all felt that wis were inked rect meanings of the wor
Find "elvilions for draws in spirit tradition with the Navykl 12 No this
of furn **heative of it funknak a character, seats
Tamale members of his
8 This marks the end of the sen-
tence:(7),
13 Prompt (8)
14. The bad condition sounds like
a rude contradiction (0),
17 The carriage that is of impor- to connoisseurs of wine
tance
18 "The man that hath no music 2. let no such man himself be_" ("Merchant of Venice")
: " ་ ་ ་ ་
19. This makes her late (7).
20 “In tears" (anag) (7),
24 This is reversed in a skeleton
1 key (4),
25 Man's life is seven, according
((toʻJacques' (4).
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