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Over the bow of the S. S. Majestic, one day out of Southampton, broke a wave so huge that it shattered four windows on the bridge, stunned Captain Edward L. Trant, commodore of the White Star fleet, with a shower of heavy, leaded glass. When the Majestic docked in Manhattan Captain Trant, suffering from an infected scalp, was rushed ashore to a hospital. In a Mineola, L. I., court, to petition that her name be fixed once & for all, appeared Princess Xenia, daughter of the late Grand Duke George Michaelovitch of Russia, divorced wife of William Bateman Leeds...
...rear bulkhead. Seaman H. J. Johnston of Portsmouth was in the alleyway. Fifteen minutes later when the water had ebbed enough for an officer and a quartermaster to wade in, Seaman Johnston was found dead, smashed against the wall. On Christmas Eve they buried him at sea. Captain Trant read the service and they slid his body over the rail wrapped in the Union Jack. Passengers subscribed a $250 purse for his widow and children. The Majestic made New York harbor 24 hours late. In January 1929 the Majestic shipped another great wave which smashed in the forward hatches...
...between the fast-moving scenes. It is probably because the piece is advertised as "Dickensy" that most of the players overact atrociously. George Carney, new to Manhattan, is earthy, rugged, ap- pealing as Jess Oakroyd. Valerie Taylor (Peter Ibbetson, Petticoat Influence) does a good job as gallant, eager Miss Trant. Hugh Sinclair plays Inigo Jollifant languidly in soprano. Sample humor: "Oh, you have a nasty mind; you must be on the Vice Committee." "What? A teetotaler? He's a newspaper man!" "Get up at six-thirty? Why, there's no such hour!" Oldtime note: false posterior worn...
...TIME described Mr. Trant as a "Ports mouth, Va., lumber merchant...