The Lost Weekend Best Picture Praise From Critics
A February 7 1946 column lauds The Lost Weekend as the outstanding film of the year. Ray Milland delivers a tour de force as Don Birnam in a stark portrayal of alcoholism with supporting turns by Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Subotnik
Criti
New York
Charles Jackson
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Don Birnam
Don
Phillip Terry
Jane Wyman
Film sparks Oscar chatter and whisky ads for temperance lecture
The review notes Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry in notable early roles while Howard Da Silva and Doris Dowling also shine. Ray earns top credit, and the film is oddly used in national whisky ads as a temperance lecture, despite the plot.
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Jane Wyman
Phillip Terry
Howard da Silva
Doris Dowling
Don
Ray
Film Show Timetable and Listings by Theater
The page lists multiple theaters with film titles and showtimes. Paramount offers The Lost Weekend with 1:05 3:15 5:20 7:30 9:40 and shorts at 2:45. Iowa shows Scarlet Street at 2:55 6:20 9:55 and Sunbonnet Sue at 1:15 4:40 8:15. Palace screens A Bell for Adano at 2:40 6:10 9:40 and Johnny Angel at 1:20 4:50 8:20. Rialto shows The Woman in Green at 1:04 6:50 9:50 and Appointment in Tokyo at 3:05 5:55 8:55. Times at Strand include Brother Rat at 6:50 and Here Come the Waves at 8:24. Marion listings incomplete.
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Paramount
Iowa
Palace
Adano
Johnny Angel
Rialto
Tokyo
Fighting Guardsman
Polo Joe
Strand
Rat
Marion
Her
Bellboys and That Woman Timeline
A compact listing shows three tracks by The Bellboys with durations 3 10, 6 28, 9 51 and three tracks version of That Woman with durations 2 00, 5 18, 8 41.
January 13 New Autos in Linn County Registered
Thirteen new cars and five new trucks were registered in Linn County during January, per Linn County Abstract Company. Compared with pre war and wartime years, January figures show variability with 208 cars and 39 trucks in 1941, and 127 cars and 29 trucks in 1935.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Notice of Probate of Will for Jacob Ma notaee
The district court at Cedar Rapids Iowa has issued notice of probate for a document purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Jacob Ma notaee It directs all interested parties to appear for the proof and probate proceedings at the Court House in Cedar Rapids Iowa Elliott Shuttleworth attorneys listed as counsel.
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Jane Linn County
Jacob Manotaee
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rain
Towa
Hetrict Elliott
Shuttleworth
Record Track Registration Milestones Mentioned
The notes recall a 51 registration in 1940 as the highest since 1932, and reference a 208 figure in 1941, indicating a sequence of yearly registration records across the early 1940s.
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