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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1939

Page

16

Shirley Temple in The Little Princess Opens at State Theater

Shirley Temple stars in The Little Princess in technicolor, with a stellar supporting cast led by Richard Greene and Anita Louise. The film opens next Thursday at the State theater, framed by a lineup of other features and local events including a Danceland Easter dance and theatrical notices.

Darryl F. Zanuck Shirley Temple Twentieth Century-Fox Frances Hodgson Burnett Richard Greene Anita Louise Ian Hunter Cesar Romero Arthur Treacher Mary Nash Sybil Jason Miles Mander Marcia Mae Jones Princess Shirley Queen Victoria Grenadiers Miss Minchin Hugh Herbert Joy Hodges Ruth Donnelly Eddie Quillan Juanita Quigley

He's Coming To Danceland Apr 13

From a Chicago engagement at the Trianon ballroom Bill Carlsen brings his Band of a Million Thrills to Danceland on Thursday April 13. They will play from 9 to 1 with Paul Skinner and Gil Rutzen joining for a mix of sweet ballads and modern swing, showcasing seasoned instrumental mastery and rhythm friendly to dancers.

Trianon Chicago Bill Carlsen Danceland Bill Paul Skinner Gil Rutzen Carlsen

Doug Corrigan On Iowa Bill Friday

Two Iowa theater features start Friday Cafe Society stars Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray. Flying Irishman headlines with Douglas Corrigan in his screen debut supported by Paul Kelly Robert Armstrong Eddie Quillan and Donald MacBride.

Iowa Cafe Society Madeleine Carrol Fred McMurray Douglas “Wrongway Shirley Ross Claude Gillingwater Jessie Ralph Allyn Joslyn Corrigan Ireland Paul Kelly Robert Armstrong Eddie Quillan Donald MacBride

Smashing The Spy Ring at Rialto Theater Today

The Rialto shows Smashing The Spy Ring featuring Ralph Bellamy Fay Wray and Regis Toomey through Tuesday with The Lone Star Pioneers a Bill Elliott western and the fifth Lone Ranger chapter plus Sons of The Plains and Cats and the Fiddle.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Rialto Theater Ralph Bellamy Fay Wray Regis Toomey Lone Star Pioneers Bill Elliott

Zanuck and Ratoff Deliver Lively Fox Comedy Hit

Twentieth Century Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck and director Gregory Ratoff whip up a fast paced musical style comedy. Miss Young and Mr Baxter deliver memorable performances with strong support from Binnie Barnes Cesar Romero George Barbier J Edward Bromberg Eugene Pallette and Helen Westley.

Loretta Young Werner Baxter Paramount Theater Binnie Barnes Eugene Pallete Helen Westley George Barbier J. Edward Bromberg Cesar Romero Warner Darryl F. Zanuck Twentieth Century-Fox Gregory Ratoff Miss Young Mr. Baxter Eugene Pallette

Busy Season Approaches Flowers And Gardens

A spring garden forecast urges pruning and planning as April weather unsettles, with notes on catalog caution, seed orders, and toning down beds. It highlights climbing and perennial choices such as morning glories, scarlet runner beans, Cobaea scandens, clematis, trumpet honeysuckle, wisteria, matrimony vine, gaillardia sun god, and lilies for hardy borders and cut flowers.

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Baxter Young Pair Star in Paramount Romance

A light romance at the Paramount features Loretta Young and Warner Baxter as the lead couple. The plot centers on a modern tale of love and friendship amid societal expectations as Twentieth Century-Fox presents Wife Husband and Friend.

Paramount Theater Loretta Young Warner Baxter Twentieth Century-Fox Loretta

Too Hot To Handle at Palace with Gable Loy romance

Palace presents Too Hot To Handle a drama following a news reel cameraman and aviatrix from New York to Shang hai and jungles with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy as leads Walter Pidgeon stars as Gables rival and a second feature Sons of the Legion shows true Americanism with Lynne Overman Evelyn Keyes Donald OConnor Tim Holt and Billy Lee in a hard hitting tale.

Clark Gable Myrna Loy Palace Theater New York Shanghai Dutch Guiana Walter Pidgeon Gable Walter Connolly Leo Carrillo Virginia Weidler Sons of the Legion Lynne Overman Evelyn Keyes Donald O'Connor Tim Holt Billy Lee

Boy Slaves Opens At Iowa Tuesday

A runoff tale of runaway boys drawn into juvenile delinquency unfolds at the Iowa theater Tuesday with Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel, a 14 year old newcomer, and seven youths from Broadway. It explores life in a turpentine camp where youths are guarded and kept in near slavery for an undefined period. The feature also presents My Wife's Relatives with the Higgins family lineup James Gleason Lucille Gleason Russell Gleason Mary Hart Tommy Ryan and Harry Davenport.

Iowa Anne Shirley Roger Daniel Higginses James Gleason Lucille Gleason Russell Gleason Mary Hart Tommy Ryan Harry Davenport

Kiss the Boys Goodbye to Play at Iowa Theater

The comedy stage hit Kiss The Boys Goodbye, four months at Harris theater Chicago, will be presented at the Iowa theater Tuesday evening April 25 with the original cast. Ticket sales announced later this week.

Harris Theater Chicago Iowa Theater

Fast And Loose At Paramount Tuesday Debuts Mystery Pair

Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell star in Fast and Loose at the Paramount Tuesday as a crime solving couple in a mystery comedy. The film follows Joel Sloane a rare book dealer drawn into a carnival of crimes that he unravels with his wife Garda alongside a strong supporting cast. Also on the bill Universal’s Newsboys Home features Jackie Cooper in a dramatic leading role with Edmund Lowe and Wendy Barrie.

Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Paramount Theater Montgomery Miss Russell Joel Sloane Merry Madcap Garda Reginald Owen Ralph Morgan Etienne Girardot Alan Dinehart Jo Ann Sayers Joan Marsh Jackie Cooper Universal Edmund Lowe Wendy Barrie Edward Norris Samuel S. Hinds

St Louis Blues at State theater thrills crowds with stars

The State theater screens St Louis Blues through Wednesday with a Mississippi river showboat setting. Dorothy Lamour Lloyd Nolan Maxine Sullivan Tito Guizar Jerome Cowan Jessie Ralph William Frawley Mary Punkins Parker Cliff Nazarro The King’s Men Matty Malneck and his orchestra star in a fast paced romance with a sheriff threat and showboat mud episode. Eight new songs headline the picture while Maxine Sullivan performs Loch Lomond St Louis Blues and Feeling Kinda Lonesome. Companion feature Dis barred stars Gail Patrick Robert Preston Otto Kruger Sidney Toler. Also a painter ad in Want Ads classification 11.

St. Louis State Theater Dorothy Lamour Lloyd Nolan Maxine Sullivan Tito Guizor Jerome Cowan Jessie Ralph William Frawley Mary “Punkins” Parker Cliff Nazarro The King's Men Matty Malneck Nolan Miss Lamour Harlem Songbird Junior Portia Gail Patrick Robert Preston Otto Kruger Sidney Toler

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