'Hearts' in the wall

Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Gazette

While renovating a 1920's-era house in McCook, Dale Stewart discovered this poster for the movie "Hearts in Dixie" tucked inside a wall. The "World" theater in downtown McCook opened in 1927, and, in 1929, Hearts in Dixie was one of the first all-talkie, big-studio musical productions to boast a predominantly African-American cast and celebrate African-American music and dance. The star of the show was "Stepin Fetchit." Also inside the walls, Dale discovered the first names of three men who worked on the house.