Beachcomber doubles feature with Laughton and Lanchester
Charles Laughton headlines The Beachcomber paired with Elsa Lanchester in a remote island romance drama. The film centers on a renegade Englishman and a missionary-like heroine amid a stormy chase and a courtroom confrontation. Charlie Ruggles and Marjorie Rambeau lead a lively supporting cast in Sud den Money, a whimsical companion feature with family-plot comedy and a sweepstakes subplot.
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Charles Laughton
Paramount
Laughton
Singapore
Elsa Lanchester
Umbrella
Miss Lancaster
Charlie Ruggles
Marjorie Rambeau
Charlie
Charley Grapewin
Grandpa
Paramount News
Notice of Executor Appointment in Linn County Iowa
On April 25 1939 Elmer A Runkle was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Milton S Runkle deceased Linn County Iowa Those indebted to the estate should pay promptly and any claims must be filed with the Linn County District Court clerk Attys Elliott Shuttleworth and Inger lawyers for the executor
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Towa
Linn County
Milton
Runkle
Iowa
Spains
Luther Francis Kepler
Madeleine S. Kepler
Confessions of A Nazi Spy Opens At Iowa Theatre
The film based on espionage trials in New York Los Angeles and the Panama Canal Zone opens Friday in Iowa City. Edward G Robinson stars as the G man who breaks the spy ring with Leon Turrou as technical adviser and Paul Lukas as the ring head. Francis Lederer plays a bungling informer and Lya Lys makes her American debut.
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Iowa Theater
America
New York
Los Angeles
Panama Canal Zone
Leon G. Turrou
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Lukas
Francis Lederer
Lya Lys
Anne Shirley
James Ellison
Helen Wood
Adele Pearce
Barbara Reed
J. M. Kerrigan
Rialto Film Depicts Life In Snow Country
On the Great White Trail heads the Rialto bill to day and Thursday. James Newell the singing Mountie stars with his wonder dog Silver King. Supporting them are Terry Walker Robert Frazer and Richard Alexander. A poignant story is told in the.
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Great White Trail
James Newell
Silver King
Terry Walker
Robert Frazer
Richard Alexander
Wives Under Suspicion at the Dixie with Tim Tyler’s Luck
Warren William stars as a district attorney pursuing a first degree murder conviction until a fac simile appears in his own home. Gail Patrick co stars with Ralph Morgan William Lundigan Constance Moore and Cecil Cunningham. The seventh chapter of Tim Tyler’s Luck is shown along with a band act sports reel and snap shots.
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Warren William
Gail Patrick
William
Ralph Morgan
William Lundigan
Constance Moore
Cecil Cunningham
Tim Tyler
Theaters Show New Previews In Iowa and Abroad
At the theaters in Iowa several current films play including Bette Davis and George Brent in Dark Victory and Tim Holt with Virginia Weidler in The Rookie Cop. Paramount presents The Beachcomber with Laugh ton and Elsa Lanchester and Sudden Money with Ruggles and Rambeau. Stagecoach stars John Wayne and Claire Trevor, while Code of the Streets features Harry Carey and the Little Tough Guys. Palace screens Three Loves Has Nancy with Janet Gaynor Montgomery and Tone, In Old Mexico with William and George Hayes. Rialto offers On the Great White Trail with James Newell and Silver King and Wives Under Suspicion with Warren William and Gail Patrick. Strand features The Crisis on the Czech seizure tale.
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Iowa
Bette Davis and
George Brent
Tim Holt
Virginia Weidler
Stagecoach
John Wayne
Claire Trevor
Rialto
James Newell
Silver King
Warren William
Gail Patrick
Strand
Czechoslovakia
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Kepler Estate
Madeleine S. Kepler is appointed Executrix of the Luther Francis Kepler estate in Linn County Iowa. Creditors must file claims with the Linn County District Court and debtors should pay amounts owed promptly to the executrix or her attorney Carl F Jordan.
Hollywood Chatter Sparks Fashion Critique Of Celebrities
JIMMIE FIDLER comments spark a critique of Hollywood style as visiting easterners mock a famed actress in casual slacks and a jersey. The column notes public figures' images affect the film industry and cites stars like Jeanette MacDonald Ida Lupino Bonita Granville and others while lampooning trends in comfort wear and publicity.
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Ollywood
Boulevard
Biddy O'Halloran
Hollywood
Hollywood Boulevard
Jeffrey Lynn
Jeanette MacDonald
Santa Claus
Edward G. Robinson
James Cagney
Frank Lloyd
Coleridge
Stoppeth
Jimmy Durante
Bert Lahr
Bonita Granville
George Brent
Tom Kennedy
Hollywood Scandals and Starmaking Sparks in 1940s Circuit
Tale recalls Robert Shaw from Dallas being tested by Paramount then Ray Milland’s intervention leads to a contract with Twentieth Century Fox. John Howard earns Phi Beta Kappa honor at Western Reserve and varsity letters in three sports. Catalina isthmus unit recalls a rattlesnake prank on Margaret Lockwood during shooting, prompting sharp English composure.
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Robert Shaw
Dallas
Texas
Paramount
Ray Milland
Shaw
Ray
Milland
Twentieth Century-Fox
John Howard
Hollywood
John
Western Reserve
Catalina Isthmus
Margaret Lockwood
Margaret
Miss Lockwood
Was the Original Dog Black and Tan
The text muses on whether the first dog was black and tan with caution and doubt. It cites claims about the fox terrier’s color evolution and references Darwin’s puzzlement at dog coloration. It questions historical origins and color lineage without firm proof.
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Charles Darwin
What Was His Color A Question About Dingoes
Albert Payson Terhune discusses dog color as speculative lore from Tail-Wagger Magazine. He notes the dingo as the oldest known dog type, often dusty light brown with rumors of black varieties, and questions whether such color variation reflects the original wild dog.
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Great Britain
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Barlowe Borland
Beryl Mercer
Ralph Forbes
Morton Lowry
Snow
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LMAR
Cecil
DeMille
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Ewell
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Danceland
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Carl F Jordan, Attorney
Pair OG Ciel
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Ally
Baskervilles
Seesuo Cws
Oshean DS
ORCC
Jackie Cooper
Freddie Bartholomew
Spirit OF Culver
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Henry Hull
Universal Hit
Jimmie Fidler
Donald Woods
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Terhune
Ftowa
Mortha
Theathe
GEO
Brent
Humphrey Bogart
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Henry Travers
Ronald Reagan
Cora Witherspoon
Janet Shawace
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Edw. G. Robinson
George Sanders
Henry Oneill
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Smulekoff's
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