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...Devil Takes a Bride (by Joe Bates Smith; produced by Montgomery Ford) makes the Brooklyn of 1876 a pretty sinister spot. A young Brooklyn lady is kept virtually a prisoner by a father who is a cross between Mr. Barrett of Wimpole Street and Elsie Dinsmore's papa. But just as the audience's heart begins to bleed for the lass, she herself turns out to be a cross between Lizzie Borden and Lady Macbeth, orders her suitor to kill the old man. When he accidentally kills somebody else, she calmly gets father hanged for the murder...
...Queried by newshawks about the authority for his hint, Air. Ickes replied, "I thought it all up myself. I didn't ask Papa...
...Papa Frank...
...fact that he has little control over the welfare and fortunes of his famed five daughters, Yvonne, Emilie, Annette, Marie and Cecile. The Ontario Provincial Government has never been seriously concerned over the other seven living Dionne young, but has kept the Quintuplets in separate, guarded quarters. Last month Papa Dionne demanded a general inquiry by the Ontario Government into the handling of the Quintuplets' affairs by strong-willed Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, Judge J. A. Valin and Percy D. Wilson, his fellow members on the board of guardians. Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn flatly turned down Papa Dionne...
Last week, however, Papa Dionne was appeased. After an all-day conference between him and other guardians, an agreement was reached. The main provision was the construction of a new home to be paid for by the Quintuplets, under which all the Dionnes will be reunited. Said jubilant Papa Dionne after the conference: "That's the first time I was given any satisfaction...