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Show 'The Wreck of the Hesperus" Coming To Star Theatre Ever .since "Johnnie" and "Mary" nave born recking poetry from the school platforms of rural America an Friday afternoons and holidays, "The Wreck of the ITf.sporus" has reigned au n popular favorite. Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, according to hi;; own diary, di-ary, upon the evening of- December 29, 1839, the ballad of the schooner Hesperus ranks as one of America's best known works of literature. It is perhaps so fe to say that every American at sometime or another has had the poem upon his or her lips. Capitalizing upon the popularity of the poem, the DeMille Studio, sensing the made-to-order audience of which a screen version of Longfellow's Long-fellow's balad was practically assured, as-sured, screened a stoi y by Harry Carr and John Farrow based upon the rhythmic tale of the schooner Hesperus' fate. Elmer Clifton, who will be remembered re-membered as the man who made "Down to the Sea in Ships," directed direct-ed this virile story of New England and her sea-faring people, which was filmed almost in its entirety on the high seas. It will be shown at I the Star theatre on Wednesday and Thursday next. |