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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1939

Page

13

Persons in Hiding Leads Paramount Double Feature

Patricia Morison stars as a glamorous gun moll in the crime tale based on J Edgar Hoover’s work. J Carrol Naish plays a small time crook and Lynne Overman the patient G man. The Jones Family offers Everybody’s Baby a comedy about baby rearing and Dr Pillkoff’s method. Paramount News note.

J. Edgar Hoover Paramount Patricia Morison G-man J. Carrol Naish Lynne Overman Jones

Vogues Of 1938 At Rialto In Technicolor

Rialto presents Vogues Of 1938 a technicolor musical extravaganza starring Warner Baxter Joan Bennett Mischa Auer and Alan Mowbray set around a New York fashion house and a socialite wedding. Also shown Romance on the Run with Donald Woods and Patricia Ellis and the serial Tom Tyler's Luck in chapter five with Breveties and Cats and the Fiddle.

Warner Baxter Joan Bennett Mischa Auer Alan Mowbray New York Baxter Carson Donald Woods Patricia Ellis Chicago Hillbilly Hills Tom Tyler

Artist Rockwell Kent Addresses Peace League Event

Carnegie Institute barred the League for Peace and Democracy from using its lecture hall to hear Rockwell Kent speak on democracy. Kent spoke at a hotel to 400 people for two hours on "The Artist in a Democracy." Institute manager Roy Ambrose cited a trustees ruling against communist meetings.

Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute League For Peace and Democracy Rockwell Kent Kent Carnegie International Roy Ambrose League

1938 Food Prices Fall Yet Stay Above War Levels

Retail value of 58 representative foods in the United States slipped 9 percent in 1938 but remained well above pre war and recent low mood levels, indicating resilience despite declines.

United States

Luise Rainer Faces Stardom Paradox in Hollywood

Hollywood’s Luise Rainer rose from unknown to Academy Award winner in three films yet faces a career puzzle as public demand lags behind critical acclaim. Studio risk and public taste collide as Rainer, labeled Metro’s white elephant, struggles to land top roles despite proven talent and Oscar honors.

Jollywood Luise Rainer M-G-M Clark Gable Rainer Hollywood Metro Mrs. Public Ford Luise

Capra starts Mr Smith Goes to Washington sets

Hollywood chatter notes Frank Capra begins work on Mr Smith Goes to Washington with a first set in a telephone booth at Columbia After months of prep stars like Eleanor Powell and Leo are mentioned Warner Baxter Raoul Walsh and Maxie Rosenbloom are discussed with industry rumors about contracts and hits.

Columbia Frank Capra Mr. Smith Washington Warner Baxter Lady Luck Raoul Walsh Cisco Kid Arizona Warner Hollywood Twentieth Century-Fox

Ritzes In Comedy Hit At The Palace Thursday

Starting Thursday at the Palace theater is Damon Runyan's comedy hit Straight, Place and Show with the Ritz Brothers in the starring roles and Richard Arlen, Phylis Brooks and Ethel Merman in supportive turns. The second feature Legal Traffic follows, with J Carrol Naish, Mary Carlisle and Robert Preston in featured roles.

Palace Theater Damon Runyan Ritz Brothers Richard Arlen Phylis Brooks Ethel Merman Ritzes J. Carrol Naish Mary Carlisle Robert Preston

Appointment Notice Administratrix With Will Annexed

Notice published in Linn County Iowa states Julia Stodola named Administratrix With the Will Annexed of the estate of Josef Jiruska, deceased. Creditors must present claims to the Linn County District Clerk and debts should be paid to the administratrix through attorney O Hanzlik.

Abla Linn Josef Jiruska Linn County Iowa Towa Julia Stodola O. Hanzlik

Deanna Durbin Stars In Three Smart Girls Grow Up at Iowa

Deanna Durbin highlights a new film opening Friday in Iowa titled Three Smart Girls Grow Up. The 16 year old singing star returns with a same cast plus new faces and four songs, alongside The Saint Strikes Back, a mystery drama featuring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie.

Deanna Durbin Iowa Deanna Charles Winninger Nella Walker Nan Grey Ernest Cossart Helen Parrish Bob Cummings William Lundigan George Sanders Wendy Barrie

Drunk Driver Fined After Parked-Car Crash

P J Crail 52 of Washington Ta was fined 100 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. He was arrested Tuesday afternoon when two men reported holding a man in First Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets following Crail's crash into a parked machine owned by Max Smith 1115 Second Avenue SE. Smith witnessed the incident but refused to testify.

P. J. Crail Washington Crail Kofron and Funcke First Avenue Sixth Seventh Streets Max Smith Second Avenue SE Smith

First American Yacht Club Formed in Poughkeepsie 1861

The first yacht club in America organized at Poughkeepsie New York in 1861 and held regattas and races on the Hudson River.

America Poughkeepsie N. Y Hudson River

Greece Hails Guarantee By Armed Italy

Greece informed Italy of full satisfaction over fascist guarantees of Greek sea and land frontiers in a note to the foreign ministry. The note hailed a new period of cordiality in Italian Greek relations while diplomats warned that Mussolini might push eastward with Hitler if encirclement plans fail. Greece urged vigilance against British bases on Corfu as Italian assurances of integrity were reiterated.

Rome Greece Italy Foreign Ministry Pietro Metanas Chigi Palace Athens Albania Mussolini Hitler Duce France Balkans Balkan Corfu Adriatic

Theaters Schedule Highlights At Iowa Listings

A synopsis of upcoming film showings across local theaters. Notable titles include Cafe Society with Madeleine Carroll Fred MacMurray and Shirley Ross at the Theaters at the Theaters Iowa and The Flying Irishman with Douglas Corrigan. Other features span Paramount selections and Palace Strand engagements.

Iowa Cafe Society Madeleine Carroll Fred MacMurray Shirley Ross The Douglas Corrigan Paramount

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