Hollywood Notes on Cagney Projects and Studio Moves
Louella Parsons reports Jimmy Cagney’s brother Bill denies star plans with his independent company while five pictures are lined up for Cagney. Talks include Bugles in the Afternoon with Ernest Haycox, Others rumored titles, and a 10 million dollar slate involving United Artists and new projects. Also mentions Tack Conway’s comeback, Judy Garland in The Clock, and Universal advancing Bowery to Broadway with Maria Montez Susanna Foster Turhan Bey ensemble casting. Elyse Knox Tom Harmon wedding postponed to September with two new Biltmore films planned Carry On and more.
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Drama and film notes echo in a busy day
The piece mentions a second musical with a dramatic plot, Ketti F. Ering's Gods Front Porch adapted into braille for the blind, a rare honor for a best selling novel. Katherine De Mille eyes a movie comeback as Elia Kazan nears completion of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. See you tomorrow.
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Elia Kazan
Brooklyn
Musical Program Set at Paramount with Bellaire Talk
A Coe College women’s band and Inter-Ocean girls’ chorus directed by Miss Maurine Hamblin perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at Paramount theater. Robert Bellaire of United Press will speak on Crush Japan Now after a prelude by Cedar Rapids string players. Junior Red Cross ushers assist. The film Fired Wife heads the earlier 4 15 show.
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Theatres Schedule Tuesday Feature Time
The Gazette lists cinema lineups with showtimes across Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Marion and titles including Fired Wife Flesh and Fantasy Passport to Destiny Jack London This Is the Army There’s Something About a Soldier Frontier Law Hangmen Also Die Tornado Gung Ho Sailor’s Holiday and more with selected short subjects and times.
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Palace
Rialto
Marion
Ration Book One Sings Swan Song
Washington AP reports ration book one expired signaling the end of its value. Millions registered May 5 1942 at neighborhood schools to obtain book one during wartime rationing.
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Ration Book One
Washington
United States
Hollywood whispers and stage plans spark 1950s buzz
A column of show business gossip notes Gen Patton honor talk, Gunther syndication, Ginny Simms recruiting soldiers, Loesser hit musical, Mencken books, Mrs Rogers illness, Dewey troopers, Selznick film length, Swann at Wedgwood, Gypsy Rose Lee stay, Brown presidency, Baker Erik wedding, Lost in the Horse Latitudes, Gore and Glory, Captain Crawford book, Gypsy Markoff, Marva Louis tour, tax impact on clubs, Grace Moore aria pull, Arno book, Ober Carnegie Hall bid, Korbel recital, Worcester corset legend, airwoman Wilma Galbraith McGady, Welles Himber show plan, Four Freedoms critique, orchids in Mexico City.
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London
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Hollywood
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Society of Ilustrators
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Irmgaard Erik
Beverly Hills
Constance Moore
Paul Lukas
Dubleday-Doran
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Webster
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Southwest Pacific
Gypsy Markoff
Lisbon
Greenwich Village
Marva Louis
Champ
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Freedom Concert at Carnegie Hall Promises Freedom House Seats
The event features a program including Freedom Never Dies with stars such as Fredric March and Shirley Booth, plus The Negro Soldier documentary. Tickets grant membership in Freedom House, a patriotic American group, as part of wartime morale activities.
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Freedom Never Dies
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Shirley Booth
Florence Eldridge
Louis Calhern
Freedom House
War Department
Farm crops of 1942 harvested with 26 million fewer workers
The 1942 farm crops were harvested with 26,000,000 fewer persons than would have been required if 1840 methods were still in use.
Postal rules ease on Alaska bound civilian mail
The Cedar Rapids post office reports the April 1942 curbs on civilian Alaska bound mail have been lifted. Packages now follow domestic rates with a weight up to 70 pounds and overall length girth up to 100 inches, under the eighth zone rate. Service member mail remains governed by overseas rules. Civilian shipments should stay to essentials as higher volumes may trigger reimposed restrictions.
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Cedar Rapids
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