Hollywood Notes On Stage Hits And Studio Moves
Hollywood reports Hunt Stromberg plans more United Artists projects after buying properties and valuing the stage hit Guest in the House for 850000. Mary Anderson will reprise her 18 year old menace role as Stromberg eyes a morbid touch in his films. Carol Bruce returns to the U for Off the Beaten Track while Lou Costello and Anne Gwynne intrigue on Pardon My Sarong. John Barrymore’s serious illness surprises studios as Diana Barrymore stays by his side.
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New York
United Artists
Hagar Wilde
Dale Bunson
Mary Anderson
Hunt
Robert Montgomery
Lionel Barrymore
Htten Lone
INS
Hunt Stromberg
al Jolson
Hollywood
Alaska
Joe E. Brown
Chapeau
Lou Costello
Anne Gwynne
Nan Wynn
Lou
Universal
John Barrymore
Diana
Barrymore
Caroline
Bramwell Fletcher
Local items recall 10, 20 and 30 years ago in Cedar Rapids
10 20 30 years ago Donald Pratt won a National Music contest in Marion Indiana. The Trevelyans arrive from Haiti to visit Mrs Trevelyan and Fern. Mrs James W Good visits from Washington to spend summer with C J Deacon. Local markets list varied prices for wheat corn oats rye barley hay straw hens eggs calves lambs. Maxwell to speak at Coon Rapids Memorial Day for American Legion preparations. Property sold on Third avenue and First street to Smulekoff and Doubrasky for about 100000 dollars. Clarks depart for San Francisco for coastal weeks. Misses Frances and Mae Wolf plan summer in Europe. Hi Oven Stove elects J E Leonard president. Market prices updated including hogs and lambs. Maximum heat reaches 89 degrees.
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Donald Pratt
F. W. Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Ind
Ray Trevelyan
Thornton
Allan
Haiti
C. J. Deacon
A. W. Maxwell
Coon Rapids
American Legion
Third Avenue
First Street
Higley
T. J. Lowell
Henry Smulekoff
W. V. Doubrasky
Paul N. Clark
San Francisco
Frances
Mae ‘Wolf
Europe
J. E. Leonard
G. H. Illen
The Poet of the People by Edgar A Guest
A reflection on how hardship and toil forge character and honor. The poem argues progress comes through struggle and that riches and leisure can breed laziness, while need and labor strengthen virtue and resilience. It emphasizes self-denial as a path to glory and the idea that toil is a natural, improving force for humanity.
Evening Theater Schedule Keeps Busy This Week
Paramount shows Born to Sing at 1 25 4 48 8 20 and Ship Ahoy at 3 03 6 35 9 58. Iowa screens Juke Girl at 1 00 4 05 7 15 10 25, Remember Pearl Harbor at 2 45 5 55 9 05. Saboteur at 1 15 4 13 7 11 10 09 and Bullet Scars at 3 09 6 07 9 05. Palace offers Swamp Water at 3 00 6 20 9 40 and Scattergood Meets Broadway at 1 50 5 10 8 30. Rialto presents Sleepers West at 1 04 05 07 10 and Tonight at 2 56 6 00 9 05. Times lists Tarzan's Secret Treasure at 1 25 4 27 7 29 10 31 and Blondie in Society at 2 45 5 47 8 49. Marion shows Mr Bug Goes to Town at 7 05 9 45 and Sign of the Wolf at 8 35.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Pearl Harbor
Palace
Scattergood
Rialto
TIMES
Marion
Mr. Bug
Sign of the Wolf
Appointment of an auxiliary executor in Linn County Iowa
Notice of appointment states that on May 14 1942 Charles ciliary Executor has been appointed and qualified to administer the estate of E C Stevens deceased of Linn County Iowa. Creditors are asked to pay debts promptly and file claims with the Linn County District Court clerk through attorneys Grimm Elliott Shuttleworth Ingersoll.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
E. C. Stevens
Iowa
Ose
Linn County, Iowa District
Saboteur on State Screen Builds Hitchcock suspense
Gene Farmer reviews Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur at the State theater starring Robert Cummings Priscilla Lane and Otto Kruger. The columnist cites Hitchcock's mastery of melodrama noting a blood tinged chase ending atop the Statue of Liberty with Kruger Lloyd and Lane delivering strong turns while Cummings shows flaws yet remains engaging. The second feature Bullet Scars follows with heavier gunplay and lighter class.
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Robert Cummings
Priscilla Lane
Norman Lloyd
Otto Kruser
Alfred Hitchcock
State Theater
Hollywood
Rebecca
Hitchcock
Cummings
California
Kruger
FBI
Lloyd
Gene Farmer
First Civilian Gas Masks Experimental
The Office of Civilian Defense announced that the initial civilian gas masks will be experimental and issued only to protective services. A later general distribution is not yet decided whether the government will provide or require payment.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
Protective Services
New York
James M. Landis
On Broadway with Walter Winchell About Well Known People
A collection of short anecdotes about famous figures including F D Roosevelt, H L Mencken, Alfred Lunt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Hu Shih, Marie Dressler, Louis B Mayer, Alexander Dumas, Calvin Coolidge and other notable names. The items recount court cases, early careers, personal traits, and witty exchanges that illustrate public figures' personalities and histories.
Standard Oil reveals faster method for rubber and aviation fuel
W. S. Farish of Standard Oil of New Jersey announced a new process by Standard Oil Development to simultaneously produce raw materials for synthetic rubber and higher quality aviation gasoline from petroleum. The system would license to other firms and could boost butadiene output by about 24 times, increasing annual raw materials for over 400 000 tons of Buna rubber and 240 000 tons of butyl rubber.
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New York
W. S. Farish
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Development Company
Farish
Puerto Rican Demands Tugwell Ouster Over Regime Claim
Bolivar Pagan, Puerto Rican resident commissioner in Washington, urged Thursday that Rexford Tugwell be ousted as governor of Puerto Rico. Pagan accused Tugwell of establishing a communist regime on the island and called for removal.
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Washington
INS
Rexford
Guy Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Bolivar Pagan
Pittsburgh pastor elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Stuart Nye Hutchison of Pittsburgh was chosen moderator of the Presbyterian church in the United States on Thursday.
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Milwaukee
Stuart Nye Hutchison
Pittsburgh
The
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Warn Against Loose Talk on U S Positions
Washington AP The War Department warns civilian employees returning from overseas assignments to avoid discussing their observations or locations abroad. Secretary Stimson lists 12 topics off limits including embarkation ports convoy routes ship names and battle casualties. American troops remain spread across dozens of overseas outposts, including the Philippines, Mindanao, and northern Luzon, as part of a U N strategy to pressure the Axis.
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United States Army
War Department
War Stimson
Department
Philippines
Corregidor
Mindanao
Visayan
Luzon
United Nations
Axis
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