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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1939
Page
28
The 17 year old chow Chico, known across Maine for nine years on sidewalks, dies. She waited by the Knox hospital window for her mistress Mrs. Dane, who lay ill there and later died. The devoted dog refused to leave the hospital vigil despite many reunions hoped for.
Lionel Barrymore returns as Dr Kil dare with Ayres in a murder mystery at the Paramount. Ayres hides a wounded fugitive to protect innocence, faces police scrutiny, and hopes with Lana Turner in a tale of love and deception. Supporting cast includes Pendleton Hinds Dunn and Day. Second feature is Waterfront with Dickinson Morgan and Wilson.
The comedy stars Dick Powell Ann Sheridan and Gale Page as a New York invasion by a serious classical professor who sells a symphonic rhapsody only to have it repurposed as the pop song Hooray for Spinach. Sheridan shines with three numbers while Page debuts her singing voice. supporting cast includes Dutch Regan Helen Broderick Zasu Pitts and Jerry Colonna.
The State theater reveals Hell's Kitchen as its next attraction with the deceased End Kids presenting a rebel tale. Margaret Lindsay Ronald Reagan and Stanley Fields co star as reformers are outwitted by the gang in this new picture.
A hardened gambler played by Stanley Fields reforms a boys shelter after learning of mistreatment and corruption. Ronald Reagan lawyering, Grant Mitchell’s abusive head, and Margaret Lindsay’s teacher prompt a self governing regime, while the companion Mr Moto mystery stars Peter Lorre solving murders across continents.
Local debut Friday of Bachelor Mother starring Ginger Rogers and David Niven at the Iowa theater. A foundling baby triggers mistaken motherhood and a series of comic misadventures as Rogers and Niven navigate the Christmas rush. Co feature The Spellerbinder stars Lee Tracy and Barbara Reed with Knowles Lane and Hayes in support.
Bob Burns stars in The Arkansas Traveler at the Palace with Fay Bainter John Beal Jean Parker and Irvin S Cobb. The second feature The Girl Downstairs stars Franciska Gaal and Tone.
Iowa theater presents The House Of Fear a mystery comedy with William Gargan Irene Hervey Alan Dinehart Dorothy acacia and El Brendel in a plot where a detective revives a rumored haunted theater to solve a murder amid threats from a phantom. The companion feature Wolf Call stars John Carroll Movita with Peter Lynn Polly Ann Young and Gray Shadow set in the Canadian northwest.
Robert Young and Ann Sothern star as a ranch manager and a fan dancer in a Wyoming carnival town. The modern western tale follows four tangled lives leading to a murder trial after a suicide, with Ruth Hussey Ian Hunter Cliff Edwards and more in the cast. The companion feature It Could Happen To You adds Stuart Erwin and Gloria Stewart.
Blondie returns in Blondie Meets The Boss at Rialto today through Tuesday featuring Dagwood Bumstead and family with Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Larry Simms. The program also offers Tex Ritter in The Man From Texas plus a Disney cartoon and News of the Day.
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