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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1941

Page

56

Prize Novel Screen Adaptation at State Theater This Week

Stewart Edward White’s Wild Geese Calling, winner of the Commonwealth Club gold medal, comes to the State theater with Henry Fonda and Joan Bennett. The program also features Hit the Road with the Dead End Kids, Gladys George and Bobs Watson, plus Manpower starring Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft. Second feature is San Antonio Rose with the Merry Macs.

Stewart Edward White Great Northwest Commonwealth Club of California Henry Fonda Joan Bennett Fonda Miss Bennett Alaska Warren William Ont Munson Barton MacLane Gladys George Bobs Watson Edward G. Robinson Marlene Dietrich George Raft Manpower Pacific Coast Robinson Raff Dietrich Alan Hale Frank McHugh

Second Fiddle at Rialto with Henie and Power

Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power star in a musical romance opening a three day Rialto engagement. The program features six Irving Berlin songs and Rudy Vallee in a dramatic and vocal lead for extravaganza numbers. Active in the scene, the trio headlines the double feature.

Sonja Henie Twinkling Star Tyrone Power Rialto Theater Miss Henie Power Irving Berlin Rudy Vallee

Film week at Paramount State and Turton theaters

Judy Garland Mickey Rooney lead Life Begins for Andy Wardy at Paramount with Lewis Stone Fay Holden Ann Rutherford and Sara Haden. Charleys Aunt stars Jack Benny with Anne Baxter Arlene Dahl at Paramount. Wild Geese Calling with Joan Bennett Henry Fonda arrives at the State Thursday. Dive Bomber with Fred MacMurray Alexis Smith Errol Flynn opens Friday in Iowa. Manpower with George Raft Edward G. Robinson and Marlene Dietrich plays at the State. Hold That Ghost features the Andrews sisters Abbott and Costello at Tona ture theater with Mary Lee Billy Gilbert Jane Frazee and Katharine Alexander.

Judy Garland Mickey Rooney Lewis Stone Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden Andy Wardy Paramount Charley Jack Benny Anne Baxter Arlene Whelan Joan Bennett Henry Fonda Stewart Edward White Lower Teft Fred MacMurray Alexis Smith Errol Flynn Iowa George Raft Edward G. Robinson Marlene Dietrich Andrews Sisters Abbott and Costello Tona

Paramount Offers New Hardy Story on Friday

Paramount brings Life Begins For Andy Hardy to the screen with Mickey Rooney as Andy facing college or work after high school graduation. Judy Garland guest stars as Betsy Booth in the story of Andy leaving home for a month to work in New York.

Andy Judy Garland Hardy Family Betsy Booth Patricia Dane Ray McDonald Hardy Lewis Stone Judge Hardy Fay Holden Ma Hardy Sara Haden Milly Ann Rutherford Polly Benedict Baby Sandy Edward Everett Horton Donald Woods Paramount

West of Pinto Basin and Riders of Death Valley Co Feature

The comedy read Finna May Oli ver features Mary Healy Lyle Talbot and Alan Dinehart. Iowa’s Jerry Yodeling Cowboy Smith teams with Three Range Busters Ray Crash Corrigan John Dusty King and Max Alibi Terhune in the action co feature West of Pinto Basin. The serial Riders of Death Valley stars Buck Jones Leo Carrillo and Dick Foran with additional short subjects scheduled.

Finna May Oliver Mary Healy Lyle Talbot Alan Dinehart Iowa Jerry Smith Ray “Crash” Corrigan John Dusty” King Max “Alibi” Terhune Pinto Basin

Movie Schedules From Local Theatres Today

The Gazette lists matinee and evening showings across theaters Iowa PARAMOUNT PALACE RIALTO and MARION. Titles include Hold That Ghost Angles won Broken Wings Charley's Aunt Passage from Hongkong Manpower San Antonio Rose The Bad Man The Devil and Miss Jones Second Fiddle West of Pinto Basin Men of Boystown We Who Are Young with listed times.

Gazette Iowa Palace Devil Miss Jones Rialto Pinto Basin Marion Boystown

Devil And Miss Jones and The Bad Man At Palace

The Palace shows The Bad Man with Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore alongside The Devil and Miss Jones a comedy with Jean Arthur as a clerk and Charles Coburn as the owner going undercover. Laraine Day and Ronald Reagan star in the first feature with rival department store intrigue. Short subjects include a color cartoon and current news events.

Robert Cummings Miss Arthur

History of basketball origin in the United States

The article notes basketball is the sole major sport in the United States entirely of American origin. It discusses the sport’s development and national identity without citing events or dates. It emphasizes cultural significance and origins.

United States

Iowa Theatres Feature Flynn MacMurray Dive Bomber

The Iowa theater program lists Dive Bomber starring Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray and Alexis Smith with supporting Ralph Bellamy and Craig Stevens. The plot centers on pilots and a medical corps lieutenant with a dramatic blackout test flight. Also showing Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime and Hold That Ghost with Abbott and Costello plus Angels With Broken Wings in a varied double bill.

Heydt Doctor Flynn Toomey MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Miss Smith Robert Armstrong Allen Jenkins Dennie Moore Craig Stevens Ellery Queen Margaret Lindsay Nikki Porter Charley

Dancer Turned So Writer Becomes Composer Of Lyric

Og Shelley, a tall blonde New Yorker, began as a dancer then became a lyricist and songwriter. She wrote How Did He Look and Pavanne, Swan Song, And Love I Born, plus two songbooks for children. Her career shift came after abandoning dance for drama and collaborating with veteran writers.

New York Og Shelley Tin Alley Miss Shelley Miss Shel

Mothers of Selectees Organize Local Support Network

Wilkes Barre mothers whose sons have been drafted form "Mothers of Selectees" led by Mrs. Alan Kistler. They plan to advocate for soldiers welfare, letter exchanges, and broaden the effort to a national scale.

Wilkes-Barre Mothers of Selectees Alan Kistler

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