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...Take It With You" opens at the Wilbur Theatre on Monday evening August 9 with Fred Stone starrod in the role of Grandpa Vanderhof. Fred Stone in addition to playing the role of the philosophical Grandpa is scheduled to step out of character after the curtain falls, tell a story or two, and give an exhibition of a rope twirling...
...blessed pension plan appeared on the ballot, was approved by Idaho voters. Benefits: $40 a month after age 65; $8 a month extra for those who need wooden legs, glass eyes, dentures, medical care; $100 for funeral expenses. Said Lewis Williams, State Director of Charitable Institutions: "The people want grandpa and grandma to have these pensions, no matter what they cost...
...Interior Secretary's office last week, at a desk which visitors must ap proach over an expanse nearly as long as Mussolini's, sat a happy old grouch. Honest Harold Ickes, the New Deal's grumpy grandpa, had escaped the manpower job which President Roosevelt wanted him to take (see p. 28). He was still firmly ensconced in his beloved Interior Department. Working in the sleeves of a horribly blue-striped shirt, he pulled the lumpy knot of his tie a little more crooked, and nearly smiled...
This is the case with the Brattle Hall presentation with three notable exceptions. The lovable Grandpa Vanderhof is played by one of stage and screen's great character actors, Fred Stone, whose acting is a fine example of comic technique. He has all the timing, presence, and quaint mannerisms that are required to bring such a role to life, and his performance is one that should not be missed. He is best supported by his daughter, Paula, and by Nancy Duncan, who play his grand-daughter and daughter respectively. Nancy Duncan again shows her versatility as an actress...
...sired 335 registered foals. His get had won 1,069 races for $2,970,428. Some of his more brilliant offspring: American Flag, Crusader, War Admiral, Mars, Clyde Van Dusen, Bateau, Scapa Flow, War Glory, Genie and Battleship. Big Red was the famed Seabiscuit's grandpa. Though his weight is up a little and his back has sagged a trifle, he still has plenty of life in him: this year he will take care of from ten to a dozen mares...