Career at the Iowa theater Delights and Divides
A praise filled note for Stong's Career at Pittsville Indiana highlighting Edward Ellis and Anne Shirley in a clean town depiction. The review praises lack of hayseed portrayal and the March of Time sequences with classic films. It criticizes new stars and minor comic bits but lauds the Museum of Modern Art clips and early film nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Phil Stong
Pittsville
Edward Ellis
Anne Shirley
Alice Eden
John Archer
Alice
John
Mr. Ellis
Stewburns
Raymond Hatton
Leon Errol
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Lillian Gish
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Theda Bara
Rudolf Valentino
Mary Garden
Ben Turpin
William S. Hart
Greta Garbo
John Gilbert
Rene Adoree
Charles Bickford
Harry Carey
W.M
Weekend Moves and Travel Notes Across Several States
A series of brief notices detail multiple families and individuals traveling to Portland Amarillo and the west for vacations and visits. Other items include local officials appointments, a motor trip east then home, a casket accident injuring J W Beatty, and a fall injuring Joseph Machacek with staffing mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tisher
Portland
Ore
California
Charles L. Rose
Amarillo
Tex
Joseph McBaith
McBaith
Nellie L. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Rebekah
Iowa
Maria Shean
Ethel Shean
East
Theaters Show Multiple 1940s Film Attractions
Paramount presents Jack Benny and Dorothy LaMour in Man About Town. IOWA runs Career with Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis and Street of Missing Men with Charles Bickford. STATE features George Raft in The Lady From Kentucky and Barton MacLane in Big Town Czar. PALACE screens The Great Waltz with Luise Rainer and Chan in Honolulu. RIALTO offers Gang Bullets with Robert Kent and Honor of the Range with Ken Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Anne Shirley
Edward Ellis
Street
Charles Bickford
George Raft
Kentucky
Barton MacLane
Palace
Luise Rainer
Chan
Honolulu
Rialto
Robert Kent
Ken Maynard
Beverly Hills Judge backs arraignment continuation in bad checks case
Beverly Hills California judge Charles J. Griffin refused a prosecutors motion to dismiss and kept the arraignment open for Marshall Mickey Neilan, former ace director, who was arrested on a charge related to three bad checks totaling an unknown amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
INS
Charles J. Griffin
Marshall
Mickey” Neilan
Ace
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
A Cedar Rapids Gazette feature outlines thrifty menus for a family of five, detailing daily meals and portions designed to provide balanced calories, protein, and nutrients. It lists eggs, milk, bread, meats, vegetables, and desserts with approximate weekly costs and recipe steps for cottage pudding, lemon sauce, and fruit desserts, along with usage guidance for dairy and butter allowances.
Calling All Dogs 3 Hadler Keeps Hound After Fees
J K Hadler Chester game warden vacillates between duty and devotion as he licenses an ownerless hound for his children. The hound’s mate arrives as a terrier producing five and then seven puppies, creating a double canine household mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Hadler
Chester
Hadler
David Hawkins
Colonial Heights
Haedler
Love's Interlude at the River Line Cruise
Moira's world tightens as a hospital fundraiser collapses. She clashes with Amanda, loses control at the charity bazaar, and agrees to take part as entertainment on Ruth Albion's charity cruise aboard the River Line. Dr. Stone's distance lingers, while Tarry pushes for Cr控制.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moira
Boston
Cora Deverney
Mrs. Rules
Dr. Stone
Daily Papers
Ruth Albion
Milady
Tarry
Amanda
Ruth
Princeton
Hudson River
River Line
Miss Albion
Tarleton
Randall Carlton
Hollywood Fashion Fad Under Fire Over Emaciation
Acurate critique of Hollywood beauty standards targets the glamorization of extreme thinness. The piece cites health risks from dieting, notes public ridicule of fashionably thin actresses, and praises plump star Sonja Henie while lampooning others. It includes colorful anecdotes about industry figures and daily life in film circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollywood
Hollywood
Filmville
Sonja Henie
P. S
Flower seller on street corner shown in 1939 Comic Scene
The scene notes a flower lover selling delphinium bouquets on a street corner while Wally Vernon delivers a light insult about movie finances. This vignette captures a 1939 Hollywood mood with playful banter and public anonymity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Wally Vernon
Man About Town a Benny Comedy Big Laugh Getter
Benny shines in Man About Town at Paramount Frida night with Rochester nearly stealing scenes. Dorothy Lamour would marry him but fears his solid respectable rep. Ensemble numbers by Lamour and a Turkish acrobat sequence add flair. Other shorts include Help Wanted and Crim Does Not Pay reel. Swans and Paramount newsreel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Cora
Evelyn
Moira
Rodney Stone
Tarry
Randall Carlton
Jack Benny
Paramount Frida
Benny
Rochester
Dorothy Lamour
Hollywood
Miss Lamour
Edward Arnold
Binnie Barnes
Betty Grabb
Phil Harris
Benn
London
Swans
Paramount Newsreel
R. M
Judges Appointed For Music Festival Drum Corps Contes
Numerous Cedar Rapids musicians and military men were named judges for the drum corps contest at the Hawkey music festival to be held at Hawkey Downs and Cone College. R Ariel Cross chairs, with Harry Thompson and others judging rule, drill, and marching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Hawkey
Hawkey Downs
Cone College
National Association of Rucimenta
R. Ariel Cross
Downstate America Legion
Downstate
Omaha
Tow Department
N.ard
M.C
Harry C. Thompson
Muscatine
Sousa
Illinois
National America Legion
Iowa
Charles J Ba
Waterloo
Waterloo American Legion Municipal Band
Krjyi Band
Membe
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York City
Iow
Charles Brabbbit
C S. Myers
Robert G St James
Regula Army
Ceda Rapids
Cadenere Judgin
Sever F D. Pugh
Coe College
Walter Kansky
33Rd Infantry
Tawa Oo Rationa Guard
Equimert
Bo Smythe, Jr
Joe Marker
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Stong
J. W. Beatty
Elizabeth Stewart
Laura Pearl Stewart
West
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Margaret Billau
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
C. Dedek
Third Street
Thirteenth Avenue
Minnie Pollins
Colorado
Seattle
Faye Armstrong
Tacoma
Wash
Nevada
Prairie Creek
Salabur
Messrs
Mesdames
B. J. Clark
G. F. Clark
W. J. Blake
Clyde Davidson
Fred Sm
Paramount
Henry Irving
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Professor
Eva
Uncle Amos, Wer Nou
Tom MN
Williams
Sis
Harvard
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Community Nutrition Service
Dial
By Albert Payson
Tereune
Love
Atte
Tyo
Albany
the Citadel
Robert Donat
Rosalind Russell
Hepsliens
Jack Dorothy Lamour
Arnold Eerty
Faanes Hwarty Malice
Cocheston
Sonks
Pretty Girls
Jimmie Fidler
Pee Citatter
Anita Louise
Zorina
Mollywood
Vi Bradley
Joan Crawford
Margaret Lindsay
Jean Rogers
Bing Crosby
Arthur Treacher
Una Merkel
UFF
Jon Hall
Dan Dunn
Isabel Jewel
Lon Chaney, Jr
Frank Morgan
Jane Withers
Jeanette MacDonald
Bowes
Capital Theater
Oday
Otto Kruger
Kruger Manse
the Lady’s
Ellen Drew
Herbert Zaza Pitts
Eve Arden
Frank Jenks
College Inn
Singer Theatre
Samuel S. Hinds
Janet Beecher
Jessel Lasky
Ako Ragid
March OF
Thornwood
Henry
Park Senne Casino Orchestra
Ralph Webster
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