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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1940

Page

6

The Boys from Syracuse headlining at the Foua Theatre

Broadway musical comedy adaptation features Allan Jones Martha Raye Joe Penner Rosemary Lane Irene Hervey and more in a farce about twins set in ancient Greece. Rodgers and Hart score. Co feature You're Not So Tough with Dead End Kids Nan Grey Rosina Galli Henry Armetta. Also John Ford style March of Time spoils of conquest. Blondie Has Servant Trouble at Town. Legion of the Lawless Western. Ramparts We Watch and Millionaires in Prison on same program.

Syracuse Foua Theater Allan Jones Martha Raye Joe Penner Rosemary Lane Irene Hervey Alan Mowbray Charles Butterworth Eric Blore Greece Jones Mists Hervey Miss Hervey Penner i5 Miss Raye Martha Rodgers and Hart Nan Grey Rosina Galli Henry Armetta California March of Time Dutch East Indies Blondie Arthur Lake Dagwood Penny Singleton Larry Simms Daisy Legion of the Lawless George O'Brien Virginia Vale Iowa Lee Tracy

Paramount Crowds Powell Loy In New Film At The Paramount

A new comedy To Love You Again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as a couple separated by amnesia. The cast includes Frank McHugh Edmund Lowe Nella Walker and Alfalfa Switzer. W S Van Dyke directs with additional features and two other pictures shown. The Return of Frank James also opens showcasing Henry Fonda Gene Tierney and more.

William Powell Myrna Loy Paramount Habersville Frank McHugh Powell Dece Ryan Edmund Lowe Donald Douglas Miss Las Nella Walker Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer Frank James Gene Tierney Jackie Cooper Henry Hull John Carradine Edward Bromberg Eddie Collins

Grapes of Wrath Film Adopts Joad Family Tale

The film version of The Grapes of Wrath moves into the Palace theater to run through Wednesday. Henry Fonda stars as Tom Joad and Jane Darwell portrays Ma Joad with a strong supporting cast. The feature includes Torchy Runs for Mayor with Glenda Farrell and others. An Interstate Commerce Commission note states 38 percent of motor carriers operate only one truck.

John Steinbeck Palace Theater Joad Oklaoma Promised Land California Henry Fonda Tom Jane Darwell Ma Joad John Carra Dine Charley Grapewin Dorris Bowden Torchy Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane John Miljan Interstate iCommerce Commission

I Love You Again and The Return of Frank James At Paramount

The page lists current and upcoming films at multiple venues: Paramount features Myrna Loy and William Powell in I Love You Again and Henry Fonda with Jackie Cooper in The Return of Frank James. The Town shows The Boys from Syracuse with Martha Raye and Joe Penner, and The Man I Married with Francis Lederer and Joan Bennett plays at the State. Blondie Has Servant Trouble arrives at the Town, and Sporting Blood with Robert Young and Maureen O'Sullivan opens at the State. The long synopsis follows Leslie Vance at an expensive hotel as she shelters Tony, the dead sister's child, while Hunt Mardauzy and Norah complicate relationships and finances during a summer at Rocky Point.

The Paramount Frank James Henry Fonda Jackie Cooper Boys From Syracuse Martha Raye Joe Penner Leslie Vance Hunt Mardauzy Leste Tony Oraints Blunt Eric Sanders Leelie Valla Baron Lealle Eric Leaile Miss Baron Toni Leslie F Hunt Meng Lettie Munt Father Orsini Rocky Point Orsinis Scotland Italian Riviera Norah Hunt Vance Huntleigh Les Darling Sugar Pie Miss Brown

Entertainment Highlights At All Iowa Fair

Features include Belles of Liberty Platform show and auto races Friday and Sunday. Thrill day with Flash Williams. Harness racing showcases the Midwest fastest horses. Mighty Sheesley performs. Children's day, Stratosphere man, conservation show, and Farm Bureau day listed.

Belles of Liberty Flash Williams Midwest Mighty Sheesley Farm Bureau

Farm Machinery and Road Equipment Show Highlights

A regional fair features farm machinery exhibits, road machinery showcases, mercantile displays, and a television show. The event stars a national champion six horse team demonstrating draft power and team handling.

Prison Life Film At Rialto With Raft And Holden

Invisible Stripes a drama of after prison life plays at the Rialto today through Tuesday starring George Raft Jane Bryan William Holden with Humphrey Bogart and Paul Kelly in support. The story follows two ex convicts released the same day one a hardened criminal the other a first offender seeking an honest life.

Rialto George Raft Jane Bryan William Holden Humphrey Bogart Paul Kelly Red Ryder

Town Through Error Sells Its City Park

ADA, Okla. (UP) Walter Brooks bought 10 acres near Roff from a tax resale list but discovered the parcel was Roff's city park. The park was mistakenly listed on the tax rolls, so Brooks will get a refund and Roff retains the park.

Ada Okla Walter Brooks Empire State Building Brooklyn Bridge City Roff Brooks City Parks

Sporting Blood race film heads state theater lineup

The State theater presents Sporting Blood starring Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan with Lewis Stone and Lynne Carver in a family feud romance set against Maryland Virginia horse racing. Santa Anita footage and Barbara Stanwyck locations anchor the program alongside Laps at Sea The Man I Married Gambling on the High Seas and more.

Maryland Virgina Robert Young Maureen O'Sullivan Lewis Stone Maureen Lynne Carver William Gargan Young Santa Anita Track Barbara Stanwyck Marwyck Ranch Hal Roach Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Joan Bennett Francis Gederer Lloyd Nolan Anna Sten Wayne Mortis Wiith Jane Wyman

Milk bottle life estimate spans dairy trips and breakage

A historical note suggests an average milk bottle endures about 35 trips to the dairy before it breaks or becomes unusable, highlighting the wear of early packaging during routine deliveries.

State Dairy Show Highlights and Related Events

The event line lists breeds including Jersey Milking Shorthorn Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey and Holstein. Activities include Eastern Iowa 4-H Feeders club Farm Bureau Women 4-H Girls clubs judging contests and fifty dairy parish shows. State Horseshoe Journey and a baby beef sale are also noted.

Jersey Iowa Farm Bureau

Cedar Rapids Delegation Set for Iowa ZCBJ Picnic

Cedar Rapids will be well represented at the state picnic sponsored by the Iowa Z C B J district committee at Fort Dodge next Sunday August 18. Supreme officers will attend along with the girls drill team the baseball team and the Reseda dancing group. Buses will depart the Z C B J hall at 6 30 a m.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Z.C.B.J. District Committee Fort Dodge Supreme Officers Reseda Z.C.B.J. Hall

Czech Leader Chyle Set as Speaker for Oct. 27 Program

Dr. Oldrich Chyle of Chicago, ally of Dr. Eduard Benes, is named principal speaker for a Czech Independence Day commemorative program on October 27 at the C.S.P.S. hall. The Czech Alliance association sponsors the event with no admission charge.

Oldrich Chyle Chicago Eduard Benes Czech Alliance Association C.S.P.S. Hall

Sokol sends four youth to Crete for gymnastic course

The local Sokol society will send two young men Stanley Langer Joseph Pazour and two young women Georgia Kopecky Helen Sykora to Crete Nebraska for a two week gymnastic instruction course starting today. Preparations are under way for the Bohemia Dramatic society Forty season opening with the play Last of the Zborova to benefit the Czech National Alliance. Over 30 participants. Weather permitting the Sokol may hold a picnic at the Sokol camp today. The Progres sive Judge C S annual picnic is at Miller park this afternoon with dancing horseshoes and bowling. Czech National Alliance meeting at ZCBJ hall tomorrow 7 30 pm followed by state council and bazaar committee meetings. CSA central committee meets Tuesday Aug 13 at 7 30 pm at the CSP S hall. All Peeperaliven urged to attend ZCBJ meetings this week including Prokop Velky lodge Tuesday Zizkov Dub Wednesday and Mladocech lodge Thursday.

Sokol Society Crete Neb Stanley Langer Joseph Pa~ Zour Georgia Kopecky Helen Sykora The Bohemia Dramatic Society Czech National Alliance ZCBJ State Council Bazaar Committee

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