Isn’t That Just Like an Actor?

Maurice Barrymore was the patriarch of the famous acting family of stage and screen, and was himself an actor and amateur boxer. When he was finally being laid to rest, the straps supporting the coffin became twisted. The coffin, already lowered into the grave, had to be raised again so an adjustment could be made. As it reappeared, Lionel impulsively nudged John and whispered, “How like Father—a curtain call!”

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