Broadway Echoes and Midtown Gossips of 1940s Stars
Don Wahn laments lost romance and night skies as old dreams haunt Broadway. Aces About Midtown records Charles Coburn, Victor Moore, Lucille Boone, and others arming gossip with tidbits of reviews, wages, and nightclub roles amid snowy cab rides and social vignettes.
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Jean Arthur
Joe Cotten
Kenneth Friede
Joseph
Victor Moore
Nellie Bly
Victor
J. Gunther
Marina Svetlova
Met
Cesar Romero
Renee DeMarco
Cotillion
Helmut Dantine
Auriol Elected Paris Assembly President Amid Debt Warnings
Vincent Auriol, Socialist, elected president of the French assembly by a large margin as France faces a potential 1946 deficit surpassing 300 billion francs. Financial circles warn inflation risk from excessive money in circulation, with nearly 580 billion francs already in circulation. Andre Philip tasked with trimming the deficit and curbing inflationary pressure.
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INS
Vincent Auriol
French Assembly
France
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Felix Gouin
Charles de Gaulle
Gouin
Assembly
Andre Philip
Paris Franc Crisis Deepens with Debt and Devaluation
The treasury faces a drained coffers as postwar measures reduce the franc by inflation risks. A hundred billion francs were called in, fifty billion erased by a bank note exchange, and thirty billion more from a 1946 tax. Daily expenditures remain near one billion francs as devaluation tests limits.
Notice of dissolution for Spencer-Noneymead Co
At a Cedar Rapids Iowa meeting on December 31, 1945 the Spencer-Noneymead Co was dissolved by unanimous vote of all stockholders. The president and secretary were authorized to publish notice and complete dissolution steps. Dated January 1946 by GO B Andreas president and Andreas secretary G A.
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Spencer-Noneymead CO
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
GO. B. Andreas
Andreas
Theaters Announce Weekday and Weekend Film Schedules
Time Time Theaters publish announced showings from Paramount, Iowa, State, Palace, Rialto, Times, Strand, and Marion. Feature runs include They Were Expendable Scarlet Street Sunbonnet Sue Pennies from Heaven Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Wilson Bewitched Lady Scarface Gunsmoke Where Do We Go from Here Sudan Texas Masquerade Sergeant Mike Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Twice Blessed with multiple daily times listed.
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Iowa
Heaven
Mr. Deeds
Mike
Marion
Blossoms Time Encore Draws Overflow Cedar Rapids Crowd
A sell out Cedar Rapids audience braved wind and ice for a Thursday night performance of Blossom Time at the Iowa theater. The production, revived from two years earlier, features the Franz Schubert inspired romance of Franz and Mitzi with songs like Serenade and Ave Maria. Ruth Gillette leads as La Bellabruna with Frank Farrell as Baron Schober and Marian Stevens as Mitzi, while Tom Barry and comedians Edmund Dorsay and Harry K. Morton provide strong supporting turns.
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Iowa Theater
Cedar Rapids
Broadway
la Bellabruna
Franz
Franz Schober
Franz Schubert
H. Bertens
Sigmund Romberg
Ruth Gillette
Frank Farrell
Baron Schober
Marian Stevens
Mitzi
Tom Barry
Schubert
Edmund Dorsay
Harry K. Morton
Return appearance of the puppet like Novotny in operetta
The author critiques staging and costumes for a recent operetta and compares it to a prior performance of The Student Prince. Preferences vary as Romberg’s works draw public affection, with Blossom Time cited as an alternative.
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Prince
Romberg
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