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BEACH CLUB GIRL

CHAPTER 1

THE THEATRES ·

"Glamour". Edno. Ferber's In- Leiguing exposition of the oterunt) triangle, has been hooked for the

The day was gloriously hot. As. King's Theatre on Tuesday. Con- far as the eye could sen baby white Atunce Cummings and Paul Lukas clouds reudded across a sky deeply play the featured roles in this Uni- blue. The houses along the shaded veraal drama of wandering hearts, streets of Larchneck were picked out with colourful background of in glare and shadow, glare and theatrical folk in York and London. shadow, like toy houses.cut out of Musical romance IN supplied by bristol board and posed against a Phillip Iteed, who sings several num-back drop in a theatre set. Like a born Roed is of the anwest girl strolling upon a stage, too, Boots musical comedy recruits to Holly- Raeburn seemed as, dazzlingly white wood. He and Constance Cummings danes the "Rhumba Exotic" with specially composed music. There are solo song numbers which Iteed puta over in convincing style. "Glamour" was adapted for the screen from the. story by Edna Farber and directed by William Wyler, who recently sprang into prominence through his direction of John Barrymore, In "Counsellor at Law."

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from her tennis dress to her low- heeled shoes, she came out of the led gracefully toward door of No. 80 Poppy Lane and dawd- a roadster waiting under the drooping maple

tree.

It was rather a dilapidated roadster, stripped to the frame, ornamented here and there with sketches of tho owner's making. A counterfeit pro- sentment of Mickey Mouse appeared skotched in while paint. on the hood of the engine, dashingly Behind bonner tailed a blue and white marked "Larchneck High."

The young man in the driver's seat did not spring lightly to the ground like a knight of nid, assisting his lady to her place. He merely nodded

it the nentener Bounded thus,

thongtinh qu

· Boots tossed her golden mane casually, her brown eyes sparkled. She and she was all right How was he? She climbed into the scat be side him and the motor rumbled alarmingly as the driver shified into gear.

Something New in "Wonder Bar" Sete architectural Transformation skill and engineering genius into a creation of beauty, almost breathleas In its magnitude, a tremendous taak, was accomplished on the mammoth ensemble not of "Wonder Bar", the First National dramatic musical which comes to the Alhambra Theatre casually to her, shifting the cigarette in his mouth ever so slightly to per- soon. Dance Director Busby Berkeley mit the words, How are you?" to in his effort to create "Something issue therefrom As he pronounced new, something diferent" musical comedy field,

Bupervised construction of a circular, revolving soundtage with sixteen immense, listering sheets of glass enveloping revolving black floor, Hundreds of "dream treng" shake their silver and gold foil leaves to the brisk breeze; stately arches surround the wet; black velvet drapes harmonize with the chorinos scanty costumes, as they dance; naft lights melt the composite group into grace, rhythm. ecstatic beauty. But this was not ensy to the ratty rondater was rarely lovely. aitsin. Engineers, carpenters, elec. tricians, iron-workers and countlas prop men worked for weeks. Worked with enthusiasm to insure the sue cesses of the spectacle. A great iron track whs built near the roof of the sound-stage Lo carry the heavy der risks, machinery and camera and sound equipment necessary to take the "top-shots," The picture in hused on the Internationally famous musical drana in which Al Jolson starred on the American stuge. An all star cant plays with Julson in the screen pro duction by East Baldwin, including Кпу Francis. Dolores Del Rio. Ricardo Cortez, Dick Powell and Ilai Lalloy. Lloyd Bacon directed the picture from the screen play by Euri Baldwin. Musle and lyrics are by Harry Warren and Al Dubin,

"Little M Marker" Bringing to Me the famous charac- ters in Damon Bunyon's celebrated Calliers' story, "Little Miss Marker", Adolph Menjua, Dorthy Dell, Charica Bickford and Shirley Temple, together with a host of other talented players, are featured in the Paramount lin

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Even the most casual passerby might have noticed that the girl in

The pearly quality of her skin, the depth and setting of her limpid known eyes, velvet textured, flecked with amber lights, the way her soft fair hair grew and glinted about her brow

all these things marked Bonta (christened Barbaro) exceptional in a world of beautiful young things. Larchneck's younger sort ndmitted Boots was lovely.

maids

By MABEL MCELLIOTT

The roadster rattled past trades- men's cara chugging peacefully or frantically by, necording to the driver's humour; past children in sun suits, frolicking on lawna; past tur baned and aprond coloured shaking out rugs or watching for the postman. It was all serent, restful, easy. Bouts really saw none of it, except as à tapestry which formed the background of her life. All her 18 years she had lived right here in Larchneck. The Raeburns shubby bathing suit, tilted back in a kitchen luxuriant hair, Patty still hund, the

ray shingle house with its unfashion chair against a call board studded able big veranda and high gabled look with brass-checked keys, predated the pseudo-Colonial farm- house and English cottages that bloomed on every corner. But Buots was used to --she seldom thought]

She was a sight to make the onlooker draw a breath of shear admiration.

"See you later, Boots!"

manner, the assurance ned poise of a trent beauty. Patty's legs were too lung, her mouth too large, her nose to prominant; her voice was not even pleasant. Yet it was Patty who was Johnny tunk his key all disappear-the lender of any group she belonged about it, in fact, except when sheed. Boats, her nent striped bag to, for the moment. Bopia was not version of "Little Miss Marker" at paused to envy someone like Sylvia under her arm, wondered down this overly fond of her, yet it was polite!

the King's Theatre to-day, Runyon, who knows the behind-scenes Broad- way of to-day, with its drifters and grafts, its "molls" and its "mugga". RA few other living writors, has writ ton a charming and delightful story, fund producer B-P. Schulberg-with (Continued on Page 11.)

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Rivers whose house on the very bor- ders of the blue Sound avas a show place

pale stucco and pink tiles with leggina, patios and mission bella to confound the casual visitor.

narrow corridor to 101, It was

to be "on the good side". of Patty. stiflingly hot in the cubicle. All the She was an enemy to be feared.

"What's chewin' you?" Patty now heat of the July mid-afternoon seem- ed to be concentrated in this single wanted to know. "Nobody's out on spot and the girl lost no time divost the float but the kids. Stick around." ing herself of her fow garments. Falty's keen dark eyes followed wriggling into slender tube of black Boots In the direction of the red wall. Jersey. Sen thus, are legged, her She smiled knowingly. creamy neck and shoulders dazzling above the stark lines of the garment, he was a sight to make the onlooker

draw a breath of abcer admiration."

Sylvia and Boots had been rivals at high school. Hoots had walked off with the valedictory address and Sylvin hadn't yet forgiven her for that. Sylvia's frock, of course, had heen by far the loveliest of all worn by the graduating class; sheerest She ran down the corridor, tossing organdie, dellcately flounced, ruffled, the key to the shock-headed boy as artfully made. Sylvia, with her long she passed. neck, silky black hair done ip a 31adonna knot, her almost 100 promi- nent swimming blue eyes, had looked exquisite In it and the "crowd" had raved about it. Boots had tried not to be envious of Sylvia that night—

"How's tricks, Boots?"

"Swell, Dintay. You?"

40. K." Dintsy Adrian had gone

"Hardy," she said, lightly and with apparent irrelevance, s stearin' the Duchess around to-day."

Sylvia was known in the Larchneck younger set as "the Duchess."

"No kidding?" Laddie Rudd, chew- ing gum, rolled over an his back and stared up, at the sky. "Romance, T calls it."

Isabel giggled. Boots seemed not to have heard

she had so much to be happy about to school with Boots. The Adrinis but somehow Sylvia almost always were old Larchneckers, had no money

but were asked every place. Larch: "Any of you sand lizards coming in managed to distil the poison of envy neck was like that Bome of the the water?". She hated Patty for with her patronizing airs, her high, anooliest newcomers couldn't make what she had just said. Patty had affected, artiileful laugh. The Rivers'

And seen Hardy's look at her last night.:

Hardy.

car, the Rivers orchids (grown in the grade. Boots reflected. their own hothouses) were very much athers, like the Rivers, barged right Paity resented any one else receiving in and swept everything before them. attention of any kind, especially from in evidence.

The water was blue as blue, andi Ah, well, all that was past. They

Jim Eberman unwound himself were in midsummer how and Boots, far out, against the clear black out- between whites swimming, dancing in line of the Long Island shore, there from the steamer rug on which he had the big club vama, dreamfly helping was a red sail in the feet of white been lying and followed her.

"Race you to the Point, Boots!". her mother to make beds and to run ones, Hardy Whitingre's heat. Boats the vacuum cleaner, was idly thinking stared at it reflectively. Hardy, with

She ran, glad of the chance to get about the future. What should she his correct English voice, his good-

Sylvia was looking clothes, his talk of Yale and away from the others, glad of the do when autumn came?

Hardy was in his motion, the exuberance, that made going to Bryn Mawr that was all trips abroad.

He had right. She, Boots, knew that the second year at college now. family finances would never

stand everything, the girls of Larchneck her forget the hatefulness of Patty. the strain of college. Hut what suid money, looks; position. He She had been silly, of course, even to think that Hardy's gentle attentions should she do with herself? Try (as could dance he had "a mest the night before had meant anything

no." Boots would have died rathor nt all. some people had suggested after see-,

Meanwhile...

"Cigarette?"

ing her in the school play) for a than admit it, but for years now she

She dived from the float, cleaving sluge job? Go (hateful thought!) to had cherished a secret passion for business school and learn the tire Hardy. He had, surprisingly enough, the water neatly, coming up wat and a soal. Jim, rangy and somo intricacies of shorth und? Idleilended Larchneck filgh witen every sleek as about at home, waiting or invita- one expected him to go to Choate or sand-haired, brawny, shouldered, fol- tions, stirring up masses of fudge and Hotchkiss. He had been in the class towed her to the topmost stop of the making brownies for the sorority heat of hers, and sho had worshiped flout where they sat, dangling their

him from afar. But he was at home legs. meetings?

this summer. she had seen him at several parties... and, while he hadn't singled her out for any special

"No, thanks. Not this minule." "What's on your mind?" asked the attention, she had danced with him

Jim said idly, "Comla' to the fracas young man in the blue pullover, once or twice. And last night she to-morrow night?" whooling his car into a shaded drive had been in a crowd which had been

Boots smiled at him quickly, eager. where, under drooping maples, a driven home from Henry's, the hot- dozen motors of varying shapes and dog, man's, In Hardy's ble car. Ay. "What fracas ?" aizon were alrendy parked.

Hardy had grinned at her, had asked He frowned, squinting through the . Guess I pulled her how the was coming." Doots smoke. Sorry, Bools smiled, leaping out nimbly, treasured the grin and the words...

a bonor."

her She shrugged

shoulders. It was not the thing in the crowd”. ever, to be serious, "Just dying to get into the water," she trilled on a mode way for her. Shu alumped wardly, "a shindig the Rivers are

The crowd, lazing on the sand; "Never mind,

"It was dhly," said the boy awk- merry note.

down.

giving at the club. I thought you- and least exclusive of all such organ. I'm plunging right in"

"I'm not parking here, fellows, I just took it for granted."

"Oh, that" Boots lifted ono eye- isations bordering the Sound, was a

brow with a faint smile. It didn't

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long, low stucco building crouching They were all there nearly all surprise hot in the least that Sylvia on the sand. The rod roof throw back Isabel Hathway with her tight, redwns giving a party and not. asking Jazziing heat rays. Boots and her curly and har dazzling, Irregular her. But it hurt - just the same. escort, Johnny Wells, passed through teeth, Patty Winsted, Jim, Eberman, There had been Raeburns in Larch the unpretentious foyer, Johnny Laddie Budd... Hardy, of course, neck before there had been any Yacht throwing n casual "Hiyah?" to tho was out on the boat, girl at the desk. They crossed a barg

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