Kon-Tiki film Endeavors True Adventure On Screen
The Kon Tiki documentary tells how Thor Heyerdahl and five companions sailed a balsawood raft from Peru to Polynesia to prove a theory about settlement. The film, winning an Oscar as best documentary in 1951, combines footage and narration to convey peril, skill, and the crew’s close moments at sea.
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Nadine Subotnik
Thor Heyerdah
Heyerdahl
Polynesia
South America
Peru
Heyerdah
United Installs New Type Radio Telephone Setup
United Air Lines places a new radio telephone system in Cedar Rapids with transmitters in Cedar Rapids Moline and receivers in Chicago. The VHF system uses private circuits and links with telephone lines from United's Chicago center to cover the Cedar Rapids to Chicago corridor. Similar links exist between Portland and Seattle and Chicago and Cleveland.
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Skyway
Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
C. C. McIntyre
Moline
Chicago
United’s
United
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Cleveland
Ray Winegar Leads Name Band at Danceland Saturday Night
Ray Winegar and his orchestra play at Danceland Saturday night on the bandstand. Formerly musical arranger and director for Dorothy Lamour, Winegar leads his own band with three saxes five brasses and three rhythm instruments in Name Band music.
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Ray Winegar
Danceland
Winegar
Dorothy Lamour
Kingsley Drama On Communism In C R Thursday
Cedar Rapids residents will see Sidney Kingsley s Darkness at Noon at Coe auditorium. The Civic Drama Guild of New York presents the Koestler tale about an aging Communist party member who is ruined by his own past. Herbert Voland stars with June Hammerstein leading lady. other Broadway and TV actors in the cast. Tickets from Lions Club members or at the door. season-ticket holders gain exchange access.
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Cedar Rapids
Sidney Kingsley
Coe Auditorium
Civic Drama Guild of New York
Arthur Koestler
Communist Party
Time Magazine
the Saturday Review
Kingsley
Herbert Voland
June Hammerstein
the Lions
Julie Mitchum
New York
John Warburton
Julie
Bob Mitchum
Johnny
John
Ruth Selwyn
Hollywood
Fay Emerson
Skitch Henderson
Walter Brooks, Jr
Mary Rogers
Will
Muriel Dalzell
Tommy Manville
Ruth Webb
Manville
Milton Berle
Palm Beach
Ruth Cosgrove
Kirk Douglas
Rita Hayworth
Gene Tierney
FBI
van Heflin
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe College
Theater Time For Wednesday Announced By Theaters
The Gazette lists today’s showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Times Strand and Marion with matinee and evening slots for titles including Battle at Apache Pass Finders Keepers Kon Tiki Second Woman Bannerline Painting the Clouds with Sunshine Harlem Globetrotters Sunny Side of the Street Killer Shark Flame of Araby and related features. Rear-end trouble note warns of clutch wear in cars due to unrepaired issues.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
State
Gette
Apache Pass
Barbara Stanwyck to star in Rain on Broadway stage
Louella Parsons reports Barbara Stanwyck will headline the stage revival of Somerset Maugham's Rain, following other stars, with Julie Styne planning Nothing Sacred as a musical Hazel Flagg. Louis B Mayer meets Gen MacArthur about a life biopic while renting space near MGM in Culver City.
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Ollywood
INS
Joey
New York
Julie Styne
Somerset Maugham
Barbara Stanwyck
Jeanne Eagles
Tallulah Bankhead
Barbara
Sadie Thompson
Erry Ward
Norman Krasna
Styne
East
Hazel Flagg
June Havoc
Betty Garrett
Louis B. Mayer
Gen. MacArthur
General
Waldorf-Astoria
L. B
Pathe- Rko
Culver City
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Kon- Tk Atenae Theater
Jeff Chandler
Cochise
Tom Ewell
Julia Adams
the New Yorker
Lions Club
Logan
Roosevelt Hotel
Palace
Bannerline
Marion
Harlem Globetrot
Arthur Murray
Murray
Arthur Murray School of Dancing
Third Avenue
Louella Parsons
Paris
Billy Rose
Joyce Matthews
Billy
Joyce
Gonzales ‘Gomez
Lisbon
Otto Preminger
Gulbenkain
Gulbenkain, Jr
Xavier Cugat
Abby Lane
Miami
Kresge’s
Lober
Ats
Second
LEO
Adam
Larry
Ely Posit
Ganas
Betty Hutton
Cornel Walbe
Charlton Heston
Borothy Lamour
Gloria Grahame
James Stewart
I. Trades Gaoky Council
Linn County 40 & 8 Society
Memorial Coliseum
Ice
Logan & Logan
First Ave
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Cedar Rapids Lions Club
Pimes
Woody Woodpecker
Mayo-Nelson
Stuffy's
Happy Hour
Gill Ghent
Howard Kaiser
Dietz Newland
Stuffy
RKO
Major Colton
Sie
Lund - Chandler
Susan Cabot
Universal
International
Evelyn Warden
Disney
George Shermareature
Sa! Finders ‘Keepers
Donald Applecore
THE
Children's Theater
Bill Tobin
13 Ranch
Yeareer Nasterpie Suspens
Uae
Young- Drake
Forrest
Barrymore - Stone
Arifle AB
Pdanceland
Joe Doakes
Radio
Singham
Fes
Tom Owens
DELL
Clayton
WMT
Kozy’s Beef
Kozy
Maneers
Richard Trayts
Sheila Ryan
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