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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1947

Page

18

Movie Schedule Highlights and Theater Listings

The page lists showtimes for Paramount, Iowa, State, Palace, Rialto, Times, Strand and Marion theaters. Feature films include Angel and the Badman, The Two Mrs Carrolls, Millie’s Daughter, Duel in the Sun, Cloak and Dagger, Sunset Pass, This Man’s Navy, Riding the California Trail, Young Widow, Lady Luck, One Heavenly Night, Ziegfeld Follies, Lady in the Lake, and The Trap with various start times across the day.

Paramount Iowa Palace Sunset Pass Marion

Rental of Hope Diamond For Movie Turned Down

Washington insurers report that the estate of Evalyn Walsh McLean rejected Columbia Pictures offer to rent the Hope diamond for a film. Executor Thurman Arnold said the immediate family disapproved of the transaction.

Washington INS Evalyn Walsh McLean Columbia Pictures Thurman Arnold

Slaying of Woman in Tokyo Claims Probers Theories

Tokyo investigators probing the murder of Miss Brocha Lvova a Russian born American Military Government worker found on a lonely street Sunday night theorize she was picked up by a romantically inclined man and shot through the head. Autopsy results were not yet received.

Tokyo Brocha Lvova

Duel in the Sun dazzles Cedar Rapids audiences with star power

The film starring Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck, with Lionel Barrymore and Lillian Gish, opens in Cedar Rapids and other Iowa cities. Production budget reached seven million dollars as director Selznick presents a bold rugged drama about Primitive passions and a fatal romance.

Hollywood David O. Gelanick Cedar Rapids Iowa Mr. Selznick Jennifer Jones Bernadette Pearl Chavez Herbert Marshall Tilly Losch Pearl McCanles Texas Ranch Senator McCanles Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Jesse Joseph Cotton Lewt Gregory Peck Ae Jones Jones Cotton Peck Barrymore Gish Marshall

Film Critic Slams Selznick Packaging of Emotions

The critic praises the cast led by Jones Cotton Peck and Huston but faults the film for over stylized emotion and misjudged packaging. The piece notes strong performances yet argues the production misuses star power despite impressive talent. It also adds a remark on U S oil dominance.

Selznick

Hampden Retires After 46-Year Theater Career

Hollywood observes Walter Hampden announcing his retirement after a 46-year acting career. The veteran actor plans to spend time at his Ridgefield, Canada home following the completion of Imagination starring Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso at Universal International. Hampden is supervising Othello sequences for the film.

Hollywood INS Walter Hampden The American Theater Ridgefield Cann Ronald Colman Signe Hasso Universal-International Studio

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