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...third of its Boston series, "Gold Eagle Guy," the Theater Guild brings forth what is by far the most pretentious and elaborate of its productions to date. A first play by Melvin Levy, it is the story of a robustious young seaman who comes to California in 1862 and remains, fascinated by the lure of yellow gold, to build with unscrupulous hand a vast merchant fleet. If the result falls somewhat short of an epic, the cast and the settings are not to blame...
...only hope," said Mrs. Connie Seaman, director of the Models' Registration Bureau, "that the society girls will show by withdrawing from the field that they mean what they say. You see when they're trading on their names, it's not fair to us. That is competition we can't meet. We haven't names, but we have everything else...
...passengers in night clothes prayed, shrieked, sang "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here." A young Catholic priest walked calmly around giving all comers final absolution. Eight of the ship's twelve boats were lowered. There was fighting to get into these. "Everybody was pushing and screaming topside." said Seaman Carl Jackson. "The passengers were fighting to get to the lifeboats, but it was no good. They were on fire. I fought and got into a boat. Three women got into the boat, too. The air was so full of smoke it hurt...
Less brutal was the conduct of slangy Able Seaman Jerry Edgerton: "I kept thinking about that poem 'The Boy Stood On The Burning Deck.' Finally my bunk pals shook me out of it and we decided to go overboard. A couple of girls came up and asked?polite but excited?if we'd mind their going along with us. I said. 'Sure, help yourself to the Atlantic and jump in.' When we were in the water I don't know what happened to one of the girls but when the other seemed about ready to give up I said. 'Come...
...open water, a strong wind was whipping up the sea. For four hours, Angler Howell tried to reel his tuna in before handing his 26-oz. hickory rod to his companion, Arthur De Cordova. All through that night, De Cordova, Howell, Captain Thompson and a seaman struggled with the tuna. When dawn broke the great fish was as strong as ever, still swimming away from the boat and resisting all efforts to turn him. Presently a skiff from the Thalia brought food to the men in the launch. They took turns tugging at their tuna all that day when...