DUEL OVER GARBO

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 29, 28 October 1932, Page 16

DUEL OVER GARBO

ADMIRERS of Miss Greta Garbo, the “star,” waxed furious over recent criticism of her dramatic ability. Now comes news from Provincetown, Massachusetts, of a duel fought in her honour, says the “Daily Mail.” Provincetown is a summer resort of intellectuals of the stage and pen. Mr. Frederick McKay, whose work lies on Broadway, was one of a party which gathered in an artist’s studio under the shimmering light of tlie summer moon. The conversation turn-

May Beatty, the popular New Zealand comedienne, last seen here in “The Girl Friend" and “Hit the Deck,” has the role of a society woman in “Vanity Street," which features Charles Bickford and Helen Chandler.

ed on the Swedish actress, and Mr. McKay remarked, “Garbo is God’s gift to a stricken world.” Mr. Arthur Robinson, a writer, remarked: “If I had anything to do with Hollywood I would cast Garbo in the role of a laundry worker for the rest of her life.” On the studio wall hung two rapiers. When the argument reached its height Mr. McKay challenged Mr. Robinson to a duel. Seconds were chosen, and the party went to the beach. Mr. McKay grazed Mr. Robinson’s neck as the rapiers flashed in the moonlightThen Mr. Robinson, the sceptic, pierced his opponent’s thumb. Honour was declared satisfied, although it was said that Mr. Robinson got in the last word by repeating the one sentence with which Miss Garbo illumines her perpetual silence, “I t’ink I said enough.”