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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1940

Page

7

I Take This Woman at Paramount features Tracy and Lamarr

Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr star in I Take This Woman a New York society romance at Paramount directed by W S Van Dyke. The program includes Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra short features and a Jamaica Inn rail. Jamaica Inn stars Charles Laughton Maureen O Hara and others in a 18th century wreckers tale at Paramount. Young As You Feel with the Jones family serves as the companion feature.

New York Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr Paramount Theater W. S van Dyke Verree Teasdale Kent Taylor Laraine Day Paul Cavanagh Reed Hadley Jimmy Dorsey Sportlight Paramount News Charles Laughtons Jamaica Inn Paramount Cornwall Laughton Squire Wrecker Maureen O'Hara Leslie Banks Robert Newton Emlyn Williams Sir Humphrey Pengallan Daphne du Maurier Jones Family Jed Prouty Spring Byington Joan Valerme

Dr Ehrlich film heads Iowa theater program Friday

The Story of Dr Ehrlichs Magic Bullet with Edward G Robinson and Ruth Gordon opens Friday at the Iowa theater. Critics hail it as a vivid biographical drama of the scientist who co developed tubercle staining immunization theory and syphilis treatment. Also shown are Little Orvie and Outside the 3 Mile Limit with The Vatican of Pius XII in March of Time, plus Vigil in the Night and The Marines Fly High at Current.

Louis Pasteur Dr. Ehrlich Iowa Edward G. Robinson Ruth Gordon Warner Brothers Ehrlich Robert Koch Emil von Behring Otto Kruger Donald Crisp Maria Ouspenskaya Booth Tarkington Jack Solt Higgins Family Vatican Pius Iiii Pope Pius XII Carole Lombard Brian Aherne Anne Shirley Richard Dix Chester Morris Lucille Ball

Scarlett O Hara Rhett Butler on Screen at State Theater

Scarlett O Hara and Rhett Butler continue their tempestuous romance in Gone with the Wind at the State theater through Wednesday. Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable headline the technicolor adaptation with a supporting cast including Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Hattie McDaniel Thomas Mitchell and Victor Jory. Evening and Sunday matinee performances are reserved. weekday

Scarlett O’hara Rhett Butler State Theater Vivien Leigh Clark Gable Margaret Mitchell Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Hattie McDaniel Thomas Mitchell Victor Jory

Here is a double bill of stars at Paramount and Iowa theaters

A theater page lists several films and stars including Hedy Lamarr Spencer Tracy and Verree Teasdale in I Take This Woman at the Paramount. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind at the State. Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath at the Paramount Center. Edward G. Robinson in The Story of Dr Ehrlichs Magic Bullet at the Iowa theater. Carole Lombard in Vigil in the Night at the Iowa theater. The bottom item previews Outside the 3 MNe Limit coming Tuesday to the Town with Maida Linn and a plot about mistaken identity and a theater contest prize.

I Take This Woman Paramount Hedy Lamarr Spencer Tracy Verree Teasdale Iowa Theater Carole Lombard Jack Holt

Matinee Starts 10 A.M With Night Show Reservations

Matinees run from 10 a.m. daily with no seats reserved. Reserved seating for tonight and today’s matinee on sale through Wednesday March 6. After Gone with the Wind at the State, upcoming films include The Blue Bird in technicolor with Shirley Temple and others, Of Mice and Men, and Geronimo starring Preston Foster and Eva Drew.

Maurice Materlinck Shirley Temple Spring Byington Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard Eddie Collins

Cliff Kyes To Be At Danceland Tuesday Night

Lincoln Nebraska based Cliff Kyes and his orchestra will headline Danceland on Tuesday night as guest night for Newhall Van Horne Keystone and Atkins. Kyes leads the band and plays multiple instruments while the troupe travels in a $10 000 land yacht with berths wardrobes water and air conditioning Tonight Court Hussey and Towns Finest Dance Band supply dancing rhythms.

Cliff Kyes Lincoln Neh Newhall van Horne Keystone Atkins Kyes Court Hussey

Britain Studies Television's Use For War Planes

London report notes early efforts to fit television into planes for scouting and viewing enemy images at home base. Admiralty claims a ship captain could watch shells hit targets via a cockpit screen, but the device is too large for aerial use. The piece also mentions German interest years earlier. The column ends with a trivia line about Constantine the Greek as the most tattooed man.

London Science Lord Chatfield House of Lords Admiralty Germany

Miss McCabe and Waring Plan a Publicity Storm at Sea

Passengers on Lex-Lohengrin plot to turn Miss McCabe into a headline event. Maida Linn aims to stage a dramatic engagement reveal while Simms tries to stay out of publicity. Behind the scenes, Aymon and Metziger circle the star, seeking leverage for a movie world intrigue.

Matilda McCabe Tillman L. Hill Maida Simms Waring Miss McCabe Miss M. McCabe Simms Dear Maida Linn Tilly Hill Mr. Waring Simms Metty Wally Aymon

Johnny Scat Davis to Headline Iowa Stage March 19

Johnny Scat Davis brings his orchestra to the Iowa stage for a three day engagement starting March 19 with in person performances. The revue features Julie Sherwin as songstress and Bill Owens as vocalist along with headline acts. Davis long linked with Fred Waring’s orchestra and recently worked in Hollywood on stage and screen including Brother Rat Cowboy from Brooklyn Hollywood Hotel Garden of the Moon and A Baby Is Born with Millionaire Playboy starring Joe Penner and Linda Hayes.

Iowa Theater Johnnie “Scat Davis Julie Sherwin Bill Owens Davis Scat Fred Waring Hollywood Brother Rat Brooklyn Hollywood Hotel Joe Penner Linda Hayes

Lady of the Tropics and Wings of the Navy At Palace

A Palace theater showing features Lady of the Tropics starring Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr, a romance set in Saigon with an Eurasian love interest, running through Wednesday. The second feature Wings of the Navy stars George Brent Olivia de Havilland and John Payne with a navy aviation backdrop.

Palace Theater Robert Taylor Hedy Lamarr Saigon Indo China Wings of the Navy Navy George Brent Olivia de Havilland John Payne

Strand Presents Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power Double Feature

Second Fiddle headlines the Strand program today and Monday starring Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power. Within The Law stars Paul Kelly and Ruth Hussey, a melodrama about a woman who slips out of bounds. Also shown is the Merry Melody cartoon Thugs With Dirty Mugs.

Strand Theater Sonja Henie Tyrone Power Paul Kelly Ruth Hussey Law

Boris Karloff in The Man They Could Not Hang at Rialto

Horror thrills mark the Rialto program with Boris Karloff in The Man They Could Not Hang a blood curdling tale told with a sensational style Roger Pryor and Robert Wilcox appear in support Ken Maynard stars in Death Rides The Range a western adventure The serial Kit Carson shows its eleventh chapter A Mickey Mouse cartoon and News of the Day are on the bill

Boris Karloff Rialto Theater Roger Pryor Robert Wilcox Ken Maynard Kit Carson

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