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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1940

Page

4

Crosby Hope and Comedy at Paramount This Week

At the Paramount this week Bing Crosby and Bob Hope headline a double bill with Dorothy Lamour in Rooftop Romance style entertainment. A second feature Framer stars Robert Armstrong Constance Moore and Sidney Blackmer in a drama about a press fight against crime rings.

Bing Crosby Bob Hope Paramount Judith Barrett Jers Cinna Charles Coburn Art Quinn Os Sire Paramount News Jackie Cooper Betty Field Wile Baxter Coope Lola Pint Miss Field Otto Kruger Betty Moran Peter Hases Robet Armstrong Frank Albertson Constance Moore Sidney Blackmel Law Agenies Blackmel

Strand Presents Andy Hardy Spring Fever at The Strand

The Strand theater runs Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever through Tuesday with Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone. The feature These Glamour Girls stars Lana Turner and Lew Ayres, plus a Porky cartoon Porky in Egypt completes the program.

Strand Theater Andy Hardy Mickey Rooney Lewis Stone Andy Lana Turner Lew Ayres Porky Egypt

Firemen's Ball At Memorial Coliseum Wednesday Night

The Firemen's Ball will be held Wednesday from 9 to 1 in the Memorial coliseum with Bill Carlsen's orchestra performing. Proceeds will go to the Firemen's Protective association and decorations feature miniature fire helmets. Tickets are $1 a couple and calls can be made to reserve a bid at 20760.

Bill Carlsen Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum Firemen's Protective Association Carlsen Madcap Zilch Brothers Mickey Dowd Gil Routzen Coliseum Glenn Powers Tim O'Brien

Pedigrees and cold cures spark public health critique

A personal reminiscence recalls Tony the Wirish Terror and a misdated check while criticizing a widely distributed pamphlet on colds. The author argues doctors and health officials often omit common sense in public health guidance, noting the danger of cooling after a hot foot bath and lemonade remedy.

Tony Doctors and Health Board

Mae West and W C Fields Star in My Little Chickadee Debut

Mae West and W C Fields headline Universal’s My Little Chickadee at the State theater starting Thursday. West plays a glamorous Chicago entertainer in Greasewood City while Fields is a traveling card sharp and healer who falls for her. supporting cast includes Calleia Foran Austin Nagel Meek and Donnelly. The program also features The Ghost Comes Home with Morgan Burke Rutherford and Meek, plus The Blue Bird in technicolor starring Temple and Sondergaard, and Laurel and Hardy in The Chump at Oxford.

Pinocchio Geppetto the Woodcarver Cleo the Goldfish Figaro the Kitten Walt Disney Iowa Theater Paramount Theater Fred Astaire Eleanor Powell George Murphy Bob Hope Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour Jerry Calonna Singapore the Paramount Jackie Cooper Betty Field Mae West W. C Fields Universal State Theater Mac Chicago Greasewood City Fields Mae Joseph Calleia Dick Foran Gene Austin Candy and Coco Anne Nagel Donald Meek Ruth Donnelly Metro - Goldwyn - Maser Frank Morgan Billie Burke Ann Rutherford John Shelton Reginald Owen Maurice Maeterlinck the Blue Bird Shirley Temple Spring Byington Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard

Elements Discovered Largely in Last Two Centuries

About 88 percent of the 91 known chemical elements have been discovered in the last two centuries. The rapid pace of discovery reflects advances in chemistry and physics through the 19th and 20th centuries, expanding science and industry globally.

Jack McLean to Play Thursday at Dancefland

Jack McLean and his orchestra will perform next Thursday at Dancefland after a Chicago engagement at the Trianon ballroom. McLean leads on saxophone as the band plays sweet swing in intricate arrangements marking their Cedar Rapids debut.

Jack McLean Dancefland Melody Lane Danceland Trianon Chicago McLean Cedar Rapids Lloyd Wells Amarillo Tex Sternie Sternberg Palo Shellsburg Blairstown Watkins Norway Trianon Ballroom WGN

Mutiny In The Big House Headlined At Rialto Today

Rialto shows Mutiny In The Big House through Tuesday with Charles Bickford and Barton MacLane. The prison chaplain tale honors Father Patrick O Niel who risked his life during a 1929 Canon City riot and earned a Carnegie medal. Roy Rogers stars in In The Days of Jesse James with Kit Carson chapter fourteenth plus a musical and cartoon.

Charles Bickford Barton MacLane Patrick O'Niel Canon City Colo Roy Rogers Jesse James Kit Carson

Health advice criticized as ignorant and incompetent

A reader notes that claims about baths and hot drinks causing sweating reveal the medical adviser’s ignorance and incompetence. The remark appears in a continuation on page 5 of this section.

Puppet Pinocchio and More At Iowa Theater Screenings

Disney's Pinocchio now at the Iowa theater with color advances and new techniques. The feature follows a wooden puppet's life from Gepetto to Pleasure Island and the giant whale Monstro. The program includes Courageous Dr. Christian with Jean Hersholt and, starting Friday, Too Many Husbands starring Jean Arthur and Fred MacMurray, plus Men Without Souls with John Litel and Rochelle Hudson.

Iowa Theater Pleasure Island Ocean Monstro Gepetto Figaro Cleo Dr. Christian Jean Hersholt Jean Arthur Fred Mac Murray Melvyn Douglas Wesley Ruggles W. Somerset Maugham Dorothy Petersen Melville Cooper Harry Davenport John Lite Barton Mac Lane Rochelle Hudson

The Women Starts At Palace Theater Today

The Women, a comedy drama, opens today at the Palace Theater and runs through Wednesday. An all star cast includes Norma Shearer Rosalind Russell Joan Crawford Mary Boland and Paulette Goddard in a battle over men. The accompanying feature Death of a Champion stars Lynne Overman as Oliver Quade with Virginia Dale Joseph Allen Jr. and Donald O Connor.

Palace Theater Norma Shearer Rosalind Russell Joan Crawford Mary Boland Paulette Goddard Lynne Overman Oliver Quade Virginia Dale Joseph Allen, Jr Donald O'Connor

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Asoo Dee Dana Katgoon South Sc Ramiet Beth Personal Health Service South Seas Charlee Coharn Judith Judith Baret Nathan Terry Colanna Firemen’s Featuring Em PR WCA Ipalace Joan Phyllis Povah Joan Fontaine Virginia Weidler Lucile Watson Clare Boothe Ciavpion Ivonne Overman Rialto Today Bickford, MacLane Tal Singer RADIO Lafayette Lafayette Club Room Gazette Gregor Piatigorsky Cornell College Chapel Mount Vernon Iowa Cornell College Financial Office Lafayette Cafe Lafayette Club Second Avenue SE Maurice Waeterlince Ae Bink Wigel Bruce Cale Sondergaazd Uodit Collins Stdil Jasow Jussi Tali Lasha Losshl Hicks Cacilia Loftos AL Solan Leea Iw. C. Fields My Little Chickadee Rialto Sun
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