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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1941
Page
6
A column lists Broadway personalities and works including Gil Galvan Leona Miller Horace Heidt Walter Winchell Jane Winton Nora Morales Merle Pitts Gary Cooper and Margeret Daum plus notes on Broadway gossip and theatre references. It mixes film and stage items with quips about actors, contracts, and personal lives.
Frank Capra announces a $10,000 prize for the best college written story to become a Capra picture, aiming to link with colleges nationwide and aid struggling writers. Rumors about Sonja Henie’s due date are denied. Sonja will star in Sun Valley while a comedy team plans background shoots. Stirling Hayden stars in Botany Bay after Virginia. Ann Sheridan turns 26 as George Brent plans a birthday supper with a new dog.
Robert Montgomery is booked for a lecture series on war experiences as Hollywood's bureaus stay busy. Anita Loos, Lebaron signs signal Hollywood's ongoing chatter with Lebaron joining 20th Century Fox as producer after leaving Paramount.
The State screens The Son of Monte Cristo where Louis Hayward as Cristo leads a daring chase to free Princess Zona from Gurko. Joan Bennett is the poised Zona and George Sanders supports strongly as the crowd cheers a King Arthur style rescue with sewers and duels featured. A second reel presents San Francisco Docks with Burgess Meredith underutilized.
Paramount presents Virginia with Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray plus Stirling Hayden and Helen Broderick. Iowa offers High Sierra with Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino, Let's Make Music with Bob Crosby. State screens The Son of Monte Cristo with Joan Bennett and George Sanders and San Francisco Docks with Irene Hervey. Palace features No Time For Comedy with James Stewart and Rosalind Russell and The Gay Caballero with Cesar Romero. Rialto offers The Fugitive with Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard and The Fighting Ranger with Buck Jones. Strand showcases The Dead End Kids in Call A Messenger and Range.
Marion theater listing promotes Deanna Durbin in Spring Parade and Robert Cummings, plus Hullabaloo with Frank Morgan and Billie Burke, linking upcoming showings with notable cast members for local audiences.
State of Iowa Linn County notice shows Harley Whitney appointed administrator of the estate of George P Whitney late of Linn County Iowa deceased on February 13 1941 Those indebted should pay promptly and those with claims must file them in the Linn County Iowa District Court with the administrator and attorney Geo C Cianssen listed as attorney for the estate
The District Court of Linn County Iowa gives notice that on February 24 1941 at 9 oclock A M an instrument alleged to be the Last Will of Lena L Fritz deceased will be heard for proof and admission to probate Ced ar Rapids Iowa February 20 1941 Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court Stewart Holmes Attorney
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