Marella Mayberry McDavid: --'cause we don't have any to show them. We had, you know--
Marella Mayberry McDavid: if we had just made the music-- Pearl Bowser: --Mhm. Marella Mayberry McDavid: --'cause we didn't have any-- we didn't have no talkin' as I can remember on there.
Marella Mayberry McDavid: m\Might have been some singin' Pearl Bowser and Louise Spence: Mhm.
k Marella Mayberry McDavid: I know there wasn't any talkin' at that particular time. We had records and they did play, you know, music
Marella Mayberry McDavid: like, we had to-- I can't even remember. We had Mamie Smith. That was one of the live ones. [[Cross Talk]] Pearl Bowser: Yes. There was Bessie Smith. Yes.
Marella Mayberry McDavid: Uh huh. There was another Smith though. Wasn't there? I know it wasn't just the two.
Marella Mayberry McDavid: I think there was another, I can't remember the name though. Pearl Bowser: Did you ever see Black performers in the town at the movie house?
Marella Mayberry McDavid: Uh, yes, uh. You mean back when, in the 30s, back then? Louise Spence: In Canton? [[Cross Talk]] Pearl Bowser: In the 30s, or even in Canton?
Marella Mayberry McDavid: Yeah, well I seen a few. It was a few. But most I can remember was white.
Marella Mayberry McDavid: I didn't remember too many blacks until the later years, you know,
Marella Mayberry McDavid: in person. We had them on records, I think, before we had 'em ,you know, in person.
Louise Spence: Do you remember the name of the theatre in Canton?
Marella Mayberry McDavid: The what? Louise Spence: The theatre in Canton? Do you remember the name of it?
Marella Mayberry McDavid: No I don't. I sure can't. I can't remember the name. Louise Spence: Doesn't make much difference if it was the only one in town, right?
[[all laughing]] Marella Mayberry McDavid: Right. Right. It was the only one there. They might have more than one there today, though I'm not too sure.
Marella Mayberry McDavid: But I think they had 'bout maybe two or three down there.
Louise Spence: And was it just films there, or did you have-- did you go there for other reasons? For meetings? or for special speakers? or--
Marella Mayberry McDavid: Uh, you mean like to town? Louise Spence: Yeah, to town. And to the theatre.
Marella Mayberry McDavid: No. Um. The biggest, uh-- [[coughing]]
Marella Mayberry McDavid: We had a few-- a few speakers every once in a while. But the most, uh--
Marella Mayberry McDavid: most speakers we had were Black speakers.
Marella Mayberry McDavid: We would have, like,what I can remember, most would be like comin'--