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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1944

Page

11

Bette Davis Eyes European Stolen Life Plan and More Hollywood News

Louella Parsons reports Bette Davis eyed Elizabeth Bergner in Stolen Life a European film as her next project after The Corn Is Green She may twin roles and co produce with Jack Chertok Also Gregory Ratoff touts two Metropolitan Opera stars Leonard Warren and Blanche Thebou joining When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Turhan Bey linked to Return of the Sheik

Tollywwood Bette Davis Elizabeth Bergner Warner Bette Jack Chertok Mr. Skeffington Regory Ratoff Metropolitan Opera Beegest Greg Leonard Warren Blanche Thebou Met Hollywood LiSireRsal Turhan Bey Turhan Valentino Maria Montez Susanna Foster

Berry, Main Pair Leads State Twin Bill At The State

At the State theater a double bill features Rationing with Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main and Three Russian Girls with Anna Sten and Kent Smith. Rationing follows Beery as a small town grocer who clashes with a ration board and schemes in wartime Washington. Three Russian Girls centers on a volunteer nurse group in Leningrad during 1941 as the Nazi siege begins.

Wallace Beery Marjorie Main Donald Meek Dorothy Morris Anna Sten Kent Smith Mimi Forsaythe The State Theater Leningrad

Threat to the City and the Front Line Love Triangle

American aeronautical engineer Kent Smith is shot down and seriously wounded in a dogfight as Russians push to break Nazi lines. Nurse unit commander Anna Sten tends him, while a bold 15 year old Russian girl defies limits to join the front. The critic lauds the youth performance as the highlight.

Kent Smith Anna Sten Bruce Fishwild

Friday Theater Schedule Highlights and Times

The Gazette lists Friday showings across theaters Paramount Iowa Palace Rialto Times Marion with titles including Broadway Rhythm Up in Arms The Falcon Out West Rationing Three Russian Girls The Iron Major The Rains Came Outlaws of the Desert Two Tickets to London Hi Buddy Sweet Rosie O Grady Crazy House Rookies in Burma and more with multiple daily start times.

the Gazette Paramount Iowa West Rialto London Buddy Sweet Rosier O’grady Marion Burma

Chicago City Council Eulogizes Col. Frank Knox

The Chicago city council adopted a resolution honoring Col. Frank Knox, former secretary of the navy and publisher of the Chicago Daily News, in a Thursday session.

Chicago INS Chicago City Council Col Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy Chicago Daily News

Danceland Welcomes Ray Pearl Band for Tuesday Night

Ray Pearl's Band, one of Chicago's CBS regulars, will perform at Danceland ballroom Tuesday evening led by Eddie Santini Tiny Berky Walter Bloom and Dolores. The orchestra will first play for Aircrew at Coe College where Dolores was previously named ASWOL girl. Gibraltar noted as a British crown colony under 2 square miles with about 22 000 residents.

Ray Pearl Chicago CBS Network Eddie Santini Cedar Rapids Tiny Berky Walter Bloom Dolores Pearl Orchestra Coe College Pearl Asw.o.l Gibraltar 3 Jewels

Peter ousts Yugoslav Ministry in Exile and names Subasic

King Peter dismissed the Yugoslav government in exile in London and invited Dr. Ivan Subasic to form a new ministry to end internal and external conflict. Subasic reportedly agreed on condition that Gen. Draja Mihailovic not be kept as war minister, as factions clash with Germans and each other.

London England Peter Ivan Subasic United States Yugoslavia Lubasic Draja ‘Mihailovitch Josip Broz Tito

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