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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1939

Page

9

Tail Spin and Gambling Ship at New State feature run

Hollywood presents Tail Spin with Alice Faye Nancy Kelly and Constance Bennett as three aviatrixes facing jealousy and tragedy. Gambling Ship stars Robert Wilcox and Helen Mack with a boarding school daughter returning to run her murdered papa’s gambling ship in a Dick Tracy style thriller.

Hollywood Cleveland Nancy Kelly Robert Wilcox Helen Mack Papa Dick Tracy Lew Lehr Rassling Alex Fidler Rasslers C. D

Theaters Show Premieres and Stars Across Cities

Paramount showcases Ice Follies of 1939 with James Stewart Joan Crawford and Lew Ayres. Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer lead Love Affair while Richard Dix and Lucille Ball star in Twelve Crowded Hours. Tail Spin features Alice Faye Nancy Kelly Constance Bennett and Gambling Ship stars Helen Mack Robert Wilcox. Warner Baxter headlines Ill Give a Million and Jane Withers Keep Smiling at Palace. Rialto presents The Crime Ring with Allan Hale Frances Mer cer and Drifting Westward with Jack Randall.

Paramount James Stewart Joan Crawford Lew Ayres Iowa Irene Dunne Charles Boyer Richard Dix Lucille Ball State Alice Faye Nancy Kelly Constance Bennett Helen Mack Robert Wilcox Palace Warner Baxter Jane Withers Rialto Allan Hale Frances Mercer Jack Randall

Advertisers Offer Furniture Repair and Upholstery Services

Men advertise repair cleaning and upholstery under classification 14 in the want ads. The notices present a local service offer, outlining skilled furniture work and cleaning tasks available to customers.

Dixie Lee Crosby adopts baby girl and cinema notes

Dixie Lee Crosby will adopt a baby girl, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer joins an anti Nazi campaign and screens It Can't Happen Here. Don Ameche to be honorary mayor of San Francisco for a Bell film preview at Treasure Island. Margaret Lockwood tailed by traffic cop. license issue highlighted as a joke.

Dixie Lee Crosby Bing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sinclair Lewis Don Ameche San Francisco Alexander Graham Bell Treasure Island

Heifetz Refuses Acting as Goldwyn Pitches in Hollywood

The article notes Jascha Heifetz will not emote on screen despite Samuel Goldwyn’s effort to cast him in a film. Heifetz insists on playing only his violin, wary of diluting artistic dignity. Hollywood pressure rises as other musicians and actors face similar calls.

Ollywood Samuel Goldwyn Hollywood Jascha Heifetz Mr. Heifetz Sam Clark Gable Bob Taylor Lawrence Tibbett Tibbett Stokowski Lupe Velez Mexico City Fred MacMurray Jack Haley Missus Santa Anita Ginger Rogers London Paris Louise Stanley Joe Pasternak Bing

The Crime Ring Tops Rialto Program Friday and Saturday

The Crime Ring starring Alan Hale and Frances Mercer leads the Rialto bill featuring deals in worthless securities by gangsters. Jack Randall stars in Drifting Westward, a fast action western adventure. The Spider's Web continues in ninth chapter with a Three Stooges short Cats and the Fiddle and a news reel.

Allan Hale Frances Mercer Rialto Jack Randall

Nazi Ban on Lambeth Walk Drives Uniformed Bands

Berlin reports Field Marshal Hermann Goering forbids soldiers in uniform to perform the Lambeth Walk and bans uniformed air force bands from playing the tune, deeming the pose a disgraceful picture.

Berlin Hermann Wilhelm Goering Air Force

Lenten Vespers at First Congregational Church Sunday

A Lenten vesper service at the First Congregational Church Sunday at 4 p.m. features the McKinley high school orchestra directed by Paul Anthony and the Acappella choir led by Miss Maurine Hamblin. Robert Marshall will lead worship and deliver the meditation with Doris Hines and Sally Henry assisting.

First Congregational McKinley High School Paul Anthony Acappella Choir Maurine Hamblin Robert Marshall Wor Doris Hines Sally Henry Strauss Keteibey

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