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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1939

Page

19

Bob Burns stars in Upbeat State Books new picture

Bob Burns returns to town in Ur Leading Citizen a colorful honest screen treatment of a vital American problem. He plays a lawyer and philosopher in a square dealing democracy. Supporting: Susan Hayward Joseph Allen Jr Elizabeth Patterson Gene Lockhart and Charles Bickford. The feature opens next Thursday at the New State theater with Bulldog Drummond's Bride as a second feature.

Bob Burns New State Theater Bob Square Susan Hayward Phyllis Clavering Bulldog Drummond

Wizard of Oz Glows At Paramount In Color Fantasy

MGM brings the Technicolor Wizard of Oz to Paramount where the musical fantasy dazzles with music color and witty dialogue. Judy Garland as Dorothy shines and the story’s marvelous philosophy moves audiences.

Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer Paramount Theater Hollywood Judy Garland Dorothy

Angels Wash Their Kids and Donald Regan at Iowa Theater

Multiple film listings show Angels Wash Their Kids and Donald Regan at the Iowa theater with Way Down South at the Louisiana bayou tale on Tuesday. Bobby Breen stars in Way Down South while Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald lead San Francisco at the State theater.

Dan Donald Regan Lowa Upper Louisiana Bayou Country Bobby Breen Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Spencer Tracy San Francisco State Theater Bob Burns Susan Hayward Middle Center Ray Bolger Bert Lahr Judy Garland Dorothy Jack Haley Tin Woodman Paramount Iown Carole Lombard Cary Grant Kay Francis Bob Hope Shirley Ross Paramount Theater

Strand Theater Reopening Nears in Cedar Rapids

Preparations for the Strand theater Cedar Rapids only neighborhood movie house near completion decorators finished inside work and new front page 7 notes continue.

Cedar Rapids

In Name Only at Iowa Theater

A vivid modern social problem tale shown at the Iowa theater features Carole Lombard Cary Grant and Kay Francis. Francis and Grant play an unhappy couple with her as a money hungry socialite who marries for wealth while Grant falls for Lombard leading to a dramatic triangle central to the plot.

Iowa Carole Lombard Cary Grant Kay Francis Miss Francis Grant Carole

Bobby Breen Sings Heritage Dreams at Iowa Theater

Bobby Breen appears at the Iowa Theater on Tuesday in Way Down South a stirring ante bellum tale set on a Louisiana plantation with New Orleans color and a chorus of fifty voices. The film features a sugar cane festival with over 400 performers and a supporting cast led by Alan Mowbray Ralph Morgan Clarence Muse Steffi Dunn and Sally Blane. A co feature Behind Prison Gates stars Brian Donlevy and Jacqueline Wells.

Venus Bobby Breen Iowa Theater New Orleans Bobby Hall Johnson Fifty Voices Alan Mowbray Ralph Morgan Clarence Muse Steffi Dunn Sally Blane Brian Donlevy Jacqueline Wells

Bob Hope in Some Like It Hot at Paramount Tuesday

Bob Hope and Shirley Ross reunite in Paramount swing comedy Some Like It Hot with Gene Krupa and his orchestra. The play by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler follows a fast talking promoter and a swing songstress as misadventures unfold. Also shown is Inside Information with June Lang and others.

Bob Hope Shirley Ross Paramount Gene Krupa Paramount Theater Ben Hecht Gene Fowler Shirley Bob Bernard Nedell Hope Una Merkel Rafe Davis Inside June Lang Dick Foran Mary Carlisle Harry Carey

State Reshowing Two M. G. M. Hits

Currently showing at the New State theater are two Metro Goldwyn Mayer classics, San Francisco and A Night at the Opera, brought back to Cedar Rapids for local audiences. Starring in San Francisco are Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald overall with Spencer Tracy in the cast.

New State Theater Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer San Francisco Cedar Rapids Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald

A Night at the Opera Led by the Marx Brothers

The film stars the Marx Brothers with Jack Holt and Ted Healy. It blends madcap humor with a credible story and musical interludes, featuring Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones in a romance. A Universal serial chapter, The Oregon Trail, plays Saturdays at the New State on the first show.

Cer Tracy Jack Holt Ted Healy Marx Brothers Hollywood Kitty Carlisle Bing Crosby Allan Jones Jean Harlow Universal Oregon Trail

My Son Is A Criminal at Rialto in Three Day Bill

A double feature at the Rialto starts today with My Son Is A Criminal led by Alan Baxter Jacquline Wells Gordon Oliver and Willard Robertson. Robertson plays a retired police chief whose son Baxter stars in a racketeering plot. The second feature Spoilers of the Range stars Charles Starrett and his Sons of Pioneers. Also showing are Flying G Men eleventh chapter a cartoon and a news reel.

My Son Rialto Theater Alan Baxter Jacqueline Wells Gordon Oliver Willard Robertson Robertson Robert Baxter Charles Starret Sons of Pioneers

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