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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1937

Page

14

Pays Record Price For Play You Can't Take It With You

Hollywood producer Harry Cohn pays 200000 for the Broadway hit You Cant Take It With You marking the highest price yet for a play. Capra involvement noted but he will not direct. Columbia hopes the film will match It Happened One Night and Mr Deeds in success. Authors Kaufman Hart Harris receive the record sum as Goldwyn and others discuss rising script prices and the value of original stories in 1937.

Louella C. Parsons Universal Service Hollywood Harry Cohn Columbia Harry United States Mr. Cohn George S. Kaufman Moss Hart Sam Harris Capra Marry Frank Capra Mr. Deeds Samuel Hopkins Adams Monsieur Cohn Clarence Budington Kelland Mr. Vu. Bisness Samuel Goldwyn RKO Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Warner ~ Brothers Tovarich Mr. Goldwyn

Lost and Found and Help Wanted Classified Ad

Announcements describe a lost and found item and a jobs section offering sales work and barber services. The ad lists a missing wallet with a check and a DeSoto wheel service contact, plus various job offers for men and barbers, urging readers to respond with age experience and references to a P.O. box.

Pennsylvania Seal Shows No Official Reason Why

Harrisburg officials note the state is a commonwealth along with Massachusetts Virginia and Kentucky yet the seal’s inscription simply reads Seal of the State of Pennsylvania for brevity. The term commonwealth dates to William Penn era and the coat of arms centers on the seal.

Harrisburg Pennsylvania United States William Penn Massachusetts Virginia Kentucky

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