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Married. Prince Wilhelm, 26, eldest son of Germany's onetime Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm; and one Dorothea von Salviati, 25, commoner; in Bonn. The groom's parents did not attend the wedding. By his act the Prince, considered by monarchists the logical candidate for a Hohenzollern restoration, automatically renounces his claim to the German throne...
...army, is incredulous when told that Greek troops, all males, are threatening the Amazon capital. Her sister, Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) is amazed when one of her counselors suggests that she try the unheard of experiment of marriage. She ridicules the idea of staying faithful to her silky little groom (Ernest Truex) but agrees to the ceremony because her treasury is running short of money and his mother has plenty of it. The main trouble with The Warrior's Husband is that its theme lacks capacity for development. Once the original idea sinks in there is nothing very comical...
...cowthump. The serenade includes such noisemakers as tin pans, kettles, washboilers, dinner bells, cowbells horns, gongs, drums, saws, tin cans, shotguns, "horse fiddles" (two rails gratin.tr together), "devil's fiddles" (a plank run through a box), "skonk" (conch) shells and corn-shellers filled with small stones The bride & groom are expected to listen patiently for a bit, then give the cothumpers plenty of cigars, applejack, gin whiskey or beer. If they do not, or if they are definitely disliked by the cowthumpers. the noise goes on. If the couple decline to show themselves, the crowd may cover their chimney...
...rose splendidly to the occasion. For two-and-one-half columns she rhapsodized. Excerpts: "Last night the marriage of Miss Margaret Wiley and Mr. Campbell Dinsmore was an event of wide importance both for its social interest and owing to the fact that the fathers of both bride and groom are nationally known, Mr. William Foust Wiley as a publicist and publisher, a citizen of acknowledged judgment and influence, and Mr. Frank Furbus Dinsmore as a lawyer of high repute and marked ability. . . . "Into the hush of this ambient twilight came the bridal procession, the feathery green of tender laurel...
Married. Onetime Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker of New York City and his good friend, onetime Actress Betty Compton; by the Mayor of Cannes, France. Said the Mayor of Cannes to the groom: "I hope when you are recalled to America to take another official position, probably as Mayor of New York, you will remember Cannes pleasantly...