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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1944

Page

4

Hollywood Femme Star Trio Joins Seatty Seattie Project

Louella Parsons reports top stars Katherine Hepburn Lana Turner and Walter Pidgeon set for Seattie film after long delays. Bing Crosby shapes casting while Barbara Britton Linda Darnell to co star. Miss America pageant angle discussed. News also notes Garbo Huston and other Hollywood tidbits.

Katherine Hepburn East Lana Turner Steve Crane Femme Honery Walter Pidgeon Seathbollywood INS Seattle John Considine

Chip Off the Old Block entertains with solid comedy

Donald O'Connor and companions deliver a well made light comedy at State theater titled Chip Off the Old Block with Penny Ryan and Ann Blyth. The piece blends comic scenes and sincere effort, avoiding pretentiousness while delivering steady laughs.

Donald O'Connor Penny Ryan Ann Blyth Jerome Cowan Faye Emerson Gene Lockhart State Theater

Navy Cadet Comedy With O'Connor and Blyth

Donald O'Connor plays a naval academy cadet suspended for excelling in all but studies. On the train home he falls for Ann Blyth and enters a triangle with Peggy Ryan as the family romantics across generations. The film is lively, humorous, and not highbrow, featuring jitterbug and romantic scenes and a witty contribution from Joel Kupperm an. Find the Blackmailer is the second feature, likely to leave you indifferent.

Donald O'Connor Ann Blyth Peggy Ryan Donald Ann O'Connor Ryan Blyth Company O’connor Navy Joel Kupperman Quiz Kid Fame Naval Academy Colony Blackmailer Bruce Fishiwild

Weekend Theater Schedule Highlights

Paramount presents Shine On Harvest Moon with showtimes at 1 17, 3 39, 6 01, 7 23, 9 45 plus shorts. Iowa screens The Adventures of Mark Twain at 1 20, 4 02, 6 44, 9 35 with shorts. State shows Chip Off the Old Block at 2 25, 5, 7 30, 10 05 and Find the Blackmailer at 1 30, 4, 6 35, 9 10. Palace hosts Whistling in Brooklyn at 2 49, 6 21, 9 53 and Third Finger Left Hand at 1 15, 4 47, 8 19. Rialto features Fighting Valley at 1 15, 4 10, 7 05, 10 and Strictly in the Groove at 3 10, 6 05, 9. Times also show Thank Your Lucky Stars at 2 24, 5 58, 9 32 and Cowboy in Manhattan at 1 22, 4 56, 8 30. Marion lists Lifeboat at 7, 9 53 and Klondike Kate at 8 51.

Gazette Paramount Iowa Mark Twain Palace Brooklyn Rialto Fighting Valley Manhattan

Flyer stands up and plane leaves him in midair over Pacific

Captain Lynn E. Midkiff, 25, stood to get air after a punctured hydraulic line sprayed his face during a raid over Wotje atoll. The plane dropped away, leaving him stranded eight thousand feet up before he parachuted to safety and was picked up four hours later by a destroyer.

San Diego Calif Lynn E. Midkiff Marine Flyer Wotje Atoll Central Pacific

How to Tell a Fascist When You See One on Broadway

Walter Winchell era column surveys postwar defense rhetoric and public opinion. It contrasts fascist traits as control seeking leaders and calls out censorship, political manipulation, and the need for vigilant citizens to defend liberties and plan for the future.

WAR Board Germany Italy Japan U. S

Insurance Loss Figures Reported

The report states no loss to contents by insurance, while building losses without insurance totaled eight dollars fifty cents.

Uninsured Fire Loss For March Reported At City Council

The fire department reported March uninsured fire loss of 259.50 dollars to the city council. The report showed building values at 199630 dollars and contents worth 69350 dollars. Insurance carried on the buildings was noted.

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