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From Duxbury to the Silver (And Now the TV) Screen? Free Pickup & Delivery Mon/Thurs or sports • calendar • classifieds Tues/Fri Section B • Wednesday, March 2, 2011 16 Chestnut St. Duxbury 1-800-79-Valet From Duxbury to the silver www.thecleanist.com Native Grown Turkeys & Turkey Products (and now the TV) screen? TAKE-OUT BY LAMONT “MONTY ” HEALEY , were in a seaside location, and CLIPPER CONTRI B UTOR both made a lemon pie that 781 Mildred Pierce – Coming was very popular. Duxbury’s -58 to a TV screen near you! “Mil- Ma had a daughter, who sang 5-2392 dred Pierce” the 1945 movie opera and a brilliant daugh- www.bongis.com Rt. 53, Duxbury, MA 02332 featuring Joan Crawford in ter, who was spoiled; Cain’s an Academy Award-winning Mildred had a daughter, Veda, performance based on James with both of those character M. Cain’s novel of the same traits. And last, but most sig- SEACOAST name will be reprised on HBO nificant, both lost their boy- ENGINEERING COMPANY in April with Kate Winslet friend to their daughter. t$JWJM in the starring role and Todd That is a considerable list t%PDLT Haynes directing. As you may and taken individually they t&OWJSPONFOUBM know from my previous story could be coincidental, but on Mildred Pierce (Duxbury taken as a whole, they repre- James M. Cain’s novel “Mildred 5JUMF7%FTJHOt1FSNJUT Clipper, Feb. 17, 2010) I’m sent a compelling argument Pierce” was a successful movie convinced that Cain’s novel that Ma Pierce was the model with Joan Crawford (right) in 1BVM#SPHOB 1& “Mildred Pierce” was inspired for Mildred. How often does a the title role. The book is being by Duxbury’s Mildred A. daughter end up with a man 35 remade as a mini-series on HBO “Ma” Pierce. I can now pro- years her senior, who was her with Kate Winslet (above) as Duxbury Now Has FiOS vide more evidence, circum- mother’s boyfriend? I know Pierce. The writer believes he stantial though it may be, to things like that happen, but has discovered evidence link- ing Cain with Duxbury, and that Do You? reinforce my convictions. with all those other things and TV • Internet • Phone Let’s review the facts then ending up in Cain’s book he based Pierce’s characters on about Ma Pierce that were the one year later, come on, now! Duxbury’s Mildred “Ma” Pierce. same as those in Cain’s book. In recent months I have For example, both women ran a restaurant by themselves in a First and most evident, the read Roy Hoopes’ biography names were the same, so when seaside location, and both lost of James M. Cain, chiefly their boyfriend to their daughter. I’m referring to the book I’ll to see if he ever places Cain use Mildred, when I’m refer- in Duxbury or on the South 7. In the spring of 1930, Ma’s Ma Pierce’s daughter KINGSTON • 781-585-0003 ring to Duxbury’s Ma Pierce, Shore. First, I’d like to go two youngest daughters were Myrtle sang the lead role in I’ll use Ma. Both their hus- over some of the other in- 11 and 7. an operetta staged at Duxbury Kingsbury Plaza bands were home builders and sight Hoopes gave to the case. Cain, when young, was an High School. The school had a both husbands had left them. Cain’s book starts in the spring aspiring operatic singer un- reputation for putting on very Both women ran a restaurant of 1931, and at that time Mil- til his mother, who was also successful operettas. She also by themselves, the restaurants dred’s daughters were 11 and a singer, told him he didn’t sang at her graduation and DHS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE “have the voice for it.” What a went on to do some singing on blow that must have been! For a local radio station in Plym- Boys’ Basketball Girls’ Hockey the rest of his life, Cain was as outh. Myrtle was the older of Tues. March 1, 7 P.M. Wed. March 2, 4:20 P.M. much devoted to opera as he the two girls still in the area Quincy Natick/Archbishop Williams was to writing. In 1947 he mar- ALAN HURLEY If they beat Quincy during the time of Cain’s vis- Thurs. March 3, 7 P.M. Boys’ Hockey ried (his fourth wife) an opera it. In Cain’s book he has the Oliver Ames/Whitman-Hanson First round game will be played singer, Florence MacBeth, youngest daughter die of fever ROOFING whom he had admired when or flu. At first, I thought my by the weekend ROOF REPAIRS Girls’ Basketball he was younger, and they re- whole theory about Mildred Mon. Feb. 28, 7 P.M. Cheerleading mained happily married for 19 was going up in smoke when FROM ICE DAMMING @ Bishop Feehan (Attleboro) Sun. March 6 years until her death in 1966. I figured from Ma’s youngest AVAILABLE If they beat Feehan Dartmouth High School Many of his stories, including daughter’s birth date that she We Accept Credit Cards Wed. March 2, 7 P.M. “Mildred Pierce,” were about @ Medfield singers. continued on page 5 781-826-1601 alan@alanhurleyroofing.com Reach into your art at the DAA GOOLEY BY BRUCE BARRETT , CLIPPER COLUMNIST to make your own Nantucket basket, CONSTRUCTION L.L.C. B RUCE @DUX B URYCLIPPER .COM similar to the one that won last sum- NEW HOMES rt helps us find our edges mer’s DAA’s Midsummer Art Show’s RENOVATIONS and our depths. It helps us Best in Show Award. The class runs for ADDITIONS stretch our edges and grow four Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m. “Learn CUSTOM INTERIOR FINISHES deeper.A The Duxbury Art Association WHAT’S GOING the art of Nantucket basket making as offers a variety of classes and work- ON HERE? we create a Nantucket bread basket 781.934.2130 shops where you can stretch yourself, for your table. 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He mentions a An examination of the plimentary. “To all those who Cain’s book came out in late story given to Cain by William timeline of these events is re- said that the unattractive peo- 1941, leaving little or no time Gilbert Patten in 1928, “about vealing. In 1938, Cain visits ple in Mildred Pierce simply for him to observe the difficul- two westerners who had cut the area at least once. Hoopes did not exist, Cain’s reply was: ties that the Pierce family was off a man’s head, and didn’t confirms that Cain began “I can only say, as Shaw said to endure. know what to do when it writing “Mildred Pierce” of Pinero, ‘Doesn’t this fellow Ma’s youngest daughter, started rolling around in after a visit to Cohasset meet anybody?’” Isn’t this an Nina, was a brilliant woman their wagon; Cain shift- in 1938. By 1939 he’s admission on Cain’s part that who was planning to be a sur- ed the story east, added struggling to finish his his characters were based on geon, not just a doctor, but some characters of his book. If my supposition real people? specifically a surgeon. She own, and put the story is true, he’s watching A two-day research visit to graduated from Duxbury High in the mouth of an east- the interaction of Ma, the Library of Congress, with School in three years, a feat ern roughneck.” This her daughter and Ma’s daughter Erin, poring over rarely, if ever, accomplished story about Cain’s meth- boyfriend. Ma’s daugh- James M. Cain’s papers (96 at that time. In November of ods indicates to me that ter started high school in boxes) has produced mixed 1940 she had passed her ex- if he could move a story 1937, which meant she results. Most significantly, the ams and was waiting for a from west to east, he cer- should have graduated in 1938 box is not in the collec- vacancy to enter training at tainly was not above mov- 1941. By finishing in three tion. Hoopes reports Cain’s Massachusetts General Hos- ing “Mildred Pierce” from years, graduating in 1940 secretary lost or destroyed the pital. Ma’s youngest daughter Duxbury to California. and taking up with Ma’s boy- box. That is the year that we was clearly ambitious and on a I also find it significant friend, she provided Cain with know Cain was on the South plane above her mother.
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