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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1948
Page
5
The critic surveys Homecoming starring Clark Gable as a surgeon and Lana Turner as nurse Lt McCall, with Anne Baxter as the wife left behind. It notes uneven direction, tense dialogue, and a mismatched casting mix, though Turner and Baxter deliver solid performances.
New York marks its Golden anniversary by offering rings to couples married in 1898 in the five boroughs. Mayor William O Dwyer will present rings to brides at the golden anniversary exposition from Aug 23 to Sept . About 400 applications have arrived.
Notice signed in Linn County Iowa states Be fe uns of July 1948 appoints Seedward Wieneke administratrix of the estate of deceased. All persons indebted must pay promptly. Claims against the estate to be filed with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Clotilds qieneke and Thos L Woods, attorney.
Army Secretary Royall ordered a stay of execution for 143 Germans sentenced at Dachau while an investigation into trial irregularities proceeds. The probe, led by Texas Supreme Court Justice Cordon Simpson, covers the entire Dachau program and follows petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court alleging improprieties. Col. Joachim Peiper and 11 others spared pending review accompany Simpson to Germany with Judge Edward Van Roden.
Friday listings show Paramount Homecoming with shorts and four showings 3:10 5:20 7:35 9:45. Iowa and State present films including Return of the Bad Men and The Dude Goes West with multiple showtimes. Town Palace Times and Marion pages list Fighting Vigilantes, Fit for a King, Fun on a Weekend, Kiss of Death, The Exile, Pirates of Monterey, Driftwood, and Fighting Mad across theaters and times.
Loretta Young signs a two picture deal at 20th Century Fox returning after a nine year freelance period. A leading project is Come to the Stable a Clare Boothe Luce religious themed work, while Mother Is a Freshman a technicolor comedy stars Young as a mother who enrolls as a college co ed alongside her daughter. Walter Morosco produces and Lloyd Bacon directs.
A Houston based magnate, nicknamed Mr Moneybags, is rumored to back his first movie The Green Promise about 4 H clubs with Diana Lynn as lead. Bob Neal, friend of McCarthy, is said to be detached from the contract while Jesse Lasky aims for Rita Hayworth and James Mason for Trilby in a revival.
Jacques Tourneur has been signed to direct a revival of a thriller he made years ago. The piece notes his father Maurice Tourneur directed the first Lasky produced Trilby and mentions the magazine story The Killer That Stalks New York which sparked interest earlier. The title references a smallpox epidemic and author Mi ton Lehman is noted.
Allen Miner, ex associate of Eddie Small, buys the story as his first independent producing project. He talks with Lew Ayres about a young doctor's hero role and expects to sign him within days.
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