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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1940

Page

4

Edison the Man at Paramount theater this week

The film stars Spencer Tracy as Thomas Edison tracing his rise from poverty to the electric light breakthrough with Rita Johnson Lynne Overman and Gene Lockhart in key roles. Also showing Swing Social and Paramount News with battle scenes from Europe. Eddie Cantor leads The Story of Forty Little Mothers opening Tuesday with Opened by Mistake as companion feature.

Paramount Theater Edison Thomas Alva Edison America Spencer Tracy New York Rita Johnson Lynne Overman Edison Gene Lockhart Charlies Coburn Henry Travers Felix Bressart Paramount News Paramount R. A. Melville Eddie Cantor Cantor Judith Anderson Ralph Morgan Bonita Granville Charlie Ruggles Janice Logan Robert Paige William Frawley

Flight Angels at the Iowa theater Friday

The Iowa theater opens Flight Angels featuring Virginia Bruce Dennis Morgan Wayne Morris Ralph Bellamy and Jane Wyman. Bruce plays a hostess who convinces a pilot to teach in a hostess school but plans derail when Morgan learns the army will test a stratosphere plane designed by him and Morris.

Flight Angels Virginia Bruce Dennis Morgan Wayne Morris Ralph Bellamy Jane Wyman Iowa Morgan Army

Four Sons on Screen At State Thursday

The State theater opens with Four Sons led by Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich with Alan Curtis and George Ernest in key roles. Also featured is Zane Grey’s The Light of the Western Stars and Edward G. Robinson in Brother Orchid at the same venue.

Jane Wyman Wayne Morris Virginia Bruce Flight Angels Bob Burns Alias the Deacon Towa Don Ameche Alan Curtis Eugenie Leontovich Robert Lowery George Ernest Spencer Tracy Rita Johnson Edison the Inventor Paramount Theater Claire Trevor John Wayne Walter Pidgeon Brother Orchid Ann Sothern Edward G. Robinson Eddie Cantor Baby Quintanilla Paramount Twentieth Century-Fox Mary Beth Hughes Lionel Royce Zane Grey Harry Sherman Victor Jory Russell Hayden Jo Ann Sayers Morris Ankrum Noah Beery, Jr

Gangs of Chicago Leads Iowa Screen Run With Navy Event

The program features Gangs of Chicago with Lloyd Nolan Barton MacLane Lola Lane. The United States Navy of 1940 segment appears in March of Time. AlsoAlias the Deacon with Bob Burns runs four days at the Iowa with Mischa Auer and a supporting cast. Passport to Alcatraz stars Jack Holt. Current at the Iowa is Dark Command with Claire Trevor John Wayne Walter Pidgeon, plus You Cant Fool Your Wife with Lucille Ball.

Morgan Chicago Lloyd Nolan Barton MacLane Lola Lane United States Navy Iowa Bob Burns Deacon Burns Bcard Sharp Mischa Auer Dennis O'Keefe Peggy Moran Spencer Charters Guinn Big Boy Williams Alcatraz Jack Holt America Dark Command Claire Trevor John Wayne Walter Pidgeon Will Cantrell Lawrence Kan Roy Rogers George Hayes Porter Hall MaryJorie Main Raymond Walburn Lucille Ball James Ellison

Allegheny Uprising at Rialto with John Wayne

John Wayne and Claire Trevor star in Allegheny Uprising at the Rialto today through Tuesday. The 1760s tale from Neil Swanson’s The First Rebel depicts Pennsylvania colonists clashing with British troops over traders arming natives and foreshadowing revolutionary sparks. Also showing Jeepers Creepers with Roy Rogers, plus Zora's Fighting Legion eleventh chapter, a cartoon, and Sportscape.

Elyiry Roy Rogers Fighting Legion Tax Rialto Allegheny John Wayne Claire Trevor Neil Swanson Pennsylvania Lexington Minute Menn Weaver Brothers Elviry Zora

Back by Kemp O Moore? Reynall confronts on Baltic

Kemp and Ikeda confront Reynall over Miss O M oore as Sondra watches from the shadows. Kemp rushes to Sondra and declares concern while she scorns the scene, masking tension with sarcasm as Reynall coolly observes the moment.

Ondra Kemp Reynall Baltic Ikeda Miss O'Moore Sondra Darling

Double Cross Plot and Lumberjack King Screen Duo

A brief note highlights a bolically double crossing hench man Ralph Bellamy and Allen Jenkins. Companion feature is King of the Lumberjacks starring John Payne.

Ralph Bellamy Allen Jenkins John Payne

Remember at the Palace with Robert Taylor and Greer Garson

Robert Taylor and Greer Garson headline Remember a comedy of modern marriage at the Palace through Wednesday. Taylor plays an ambitious man who marries his best friend's girl, Lew Ayres delivers a polished triangle dynamic, and Mae West with W C Fields co star in My Little Chickadee as the second feature.

Robert Taylor Greer Garson Palace Theater Taylor Lew Ayres Mae West W. C. Fields

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