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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1939

Page

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Let Us Live and Blondie at Iowa theater

Iowa theater opens with Let Us Live starring Maureen O’Sullivan Henry Fonda and Ralph Bellamy, and Blondie Meets the Boss featuring Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Larry Simms. Let Us Live follows a taxi driver amid a murder investigation and romance with his sweetheart as circumstantial evidence spirals. Blondie offers family comedy with Daisy the dog in a heartwarming comic strip adaptation.

Iowa Theater Maureen O'Sullivan Henry Fonda Ralph Bellamy Alan Baxter Henry Kolker Stanley Ridges Clarence Wilson Blondie Chic Young Bumsteads Penny Singleton Dagwood Arthur Lake Larry Simms Daisy

Wings of the Navy at Paramount Friday

Produced with United States Navy cooperation the film Wings of the Navy opens Friday at the Paramount. Cast includes George Brent Olivia de Havilland John Payne and Frank McHugh with about 600 planes shown across the story. (Continued on page 7 this sec.)

United States Navy Wings of the Navy Paramount Theater George Brent Olivia de Havilland John Payne Frank McHugh Navy

Mickey Rooney Stars In Huck Finn At Paramount

Dreamy Mississippi tale set by Mark Twain comes to life in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the Paramount. Mickey Rooney headlines in a solo star vehicle with Richard Thorpe directing, featuring Walter Connolly as Romeo and Rooney in a cross dressed Juliet in a lively river voyage with adventures, King and Duke, and a faithful book adaptation along the Sacramento river.

Mississippi Mark Twain Mickey Rooney Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer Paramount Theater Free King Duke Richard Thorpe Walter Connolly Romeo Mickey Juliet Lynne Carver Jo Ann Sayers Rex Ingram Sacramento River

Trade Winds at State Theater Opens Thursday

Walter Wanger's Trade Winds comes to the State theater starting Thursday with Fredric March and Joan Bennett co starring. Ann Sothern Ralph Bellamy Sidney Blackmer Thomas Mitchell and Robert Elliott also star. Bennett plays Kay Kerrigan who flees San Francisco after a murder she believes she committed. Dyeing continues on page 7.

Walter Wanger Fredric March Joan Bennett Ann Sothern Ralph Bellamy Sidney Blackmer Thomas Mitchell Robert Elliott Miss Bennett Kay Kerrigan San Francisco

Huckleberry Finn at Paramount leads weekend bill

The cinema page highlights Mickey Rooney in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the Paramount with Wings of the Navy starring George Brent Olivia de Havilland and John Payne also on view. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne headline Amphitryon 38 at the Iowa theater Friday night March 17.

Mickey Rooney Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Paramount Top Center Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne Iowa Theater Iowa Jacqueline Wells Alan Baxter George Brent Olivia de Havilland John Payne

Musical Hit Is Palace Headliner

Outstanding on the Palace stage today through Wednesday is Alexander's Rag Time Band a musical built around Irving Berlin. It traces jazz radio and swing origins and stars Tyrone Power Alice Faye and Don Ameche with a San Francisco start and Carnegie Hall finish. The second feature The Renegade Ranger stars George O'Brien as a Texas Ranger in a pursuit of a girl accused of murder.

Palace Theater Carnegie Hall Tyrone Power Alexander Alice Faye Don Ameche George O’brien

New Gang Picture Tuesday At Iowa Theater

The Iowa theater opens a tense gangster drama Tuesday titled My Son Is A Criminal with Alan Baxter Jacqueline Wells Gordon Oliver and Willard Robertson in leading roles. The plot follows a retired man drawn into crime.

New Gang Iowa Iowa Theater Alan Baxter Jacqueline Wells Gordon Oliver Willard Robertson

Amphitryon 38 Brings Lunts to Town Theater March 17

The forthcoming engagement of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in Amphitryon 38 is praised as a theatrical event of the year. The original company returns with Richard Whorf Sydney Greenstreet and others, with four double-length baggage cars and full equipment, as they tour across the land.

Alfred Lunt Lynn Fontanne London England New York Chicago San Francisco Lunts Town Theater Broadway Miss Fontanne Mr. Lunt Jupiter Amphitryon Theater Guild Richard Whorf Sydney Greenstreet George Meader Barry Thomson Edith King John Barclay Margaret Waller Jacqueline Paige

Rialto Screens Pulitzer Comedy You Cant Take It With You

The Rialto shows Columbia's film of the George S Kaufman Moss Hart Pulitzer winning play You Cant Take It With You for five days beginning today. The production, praised as Capra style and broad in its humor, centers on a quirky family and their clash with society.

Columbia Rialto

John Garfield In A Human Drama At The State

John Garfield stars in They Made Me A Criminal at the State theater through Wednesday. Ray Vernimont says the title misleads audiences, as the film presents a deeply moving Hollywood story with Garfield, the Dead End kids, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, May Robson, Gloria Dickson and Robert Glecker. Garfield plays a fighter who wins the world light weight title and is involved in a newspaper reporter's accidental death.

John Garfield Gloria Dickson State Theater Ray Vernimont Hollywood Claude Rains Ann Sheridan May Robson Robert Glecker Garfield Sus

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