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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1940

Page

26

Paramount Theater Week Shows Crosby and Rivera Debuts

Crosby and Crosby Jean debut in It's a Pair of Specials at the Paramount with "I Had My Way" and "I See 1 Time to Be a Millionaire" duets. The program features a young soprano, Donald Woods and Brendel. Cesar Romero stars in Cisco Kid with Miss Rogers. Also on view are Half a Summer and a cartoon with "Home on the Range."

Crosby Gloria Jeanne Paramount Wan F' Brendel Donald Woods Gera Woods Bing Brendr New York Nen Brendel Cervades Giena Crosbo Giora April Ss Mits Miss Ida Eddie Leonart Blanche Charles Winnever Chure Dodd Miior Heather Angel John King Walter Catlett Constance Collier Upner Cesar Romero Jean Rogers Paramount Theater San Francisco Sondra O'Moore Kemp Starbuck Mrs Liane Cap Liane Bootrin Lotus Club

President Roosevelt Sails to Escort Refugees from Britain

The United States liner President Roosevelt sailed on Saturday toward Galway Ireland to return American war refugees gathering in Britain and France to safer shores.

New York INS United States President Roosevelt Galway Ireland Britain

Movie listings tease starry weeks at local theaters

Local pages advertise upcoming film runs with major stars. Viva Cisco Kid comes to Para mount Tuesday while 20 Male Team with Wallace Beery and Leo Carrillo tops State theater. Sty Favorite Wife features Irene Dunne and Cary Grant Thursday at Town. I Had My Way at Paramount shows Charles Winninger Gloria Jean Bing Crosby El Brendel. Island of Doomed Men stars Rochelle Hudson Peter Lorre Robert Wilcox at Lawn Tuesday. Gillian Russell opens Paramount with Edward Arnold Alice Faye. 21 Days Together with Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh runs at Iowa.

Irene Dunne Cary Grant Gail Patrick the Paramount Charles Winninger Gloria Jean Bing Crosby el Brendel Rochelle Hudson Peter Lorre Robert Wilcox Paramount Theater Gillian Russell Edward Arnold Alice Faye

Dynamite Danny O Moore Returns to Sitka Seiner Saga

Fifty years ago Captain Dynamite Danny O Moore hunted along the Alaska coast for poachers and wooed Jac queline Resnall before marrying Tanya Karminova and retiring to Seattle. Now he runs O Moore Seiners Ltd in Alaska while family memories resurface amid intrigue with Baranov Packers and a noted cast including Sondra, Kemp Starbuck, and Liane Bootrin as they confront a dangerous past and present plots.

Dynamite Danny O'Moore Alaska Rampy Resnall Danny Resnall Jacqueline Tanya Karminova Sitka Aud U Dynamite Seattl Ech House Auecestral O'Moore Seinors, Ltd Sondra Jace Aueline Siika Alec Sears Jean Reynall Kempo Starbuck American Packers Cally Kemp Ramos Reynall Hich Uncle Sam Japan O'Moore Baranov Packers Moore John Bates Clyle Kemp Polens

Stanwyck and MacMurray Star in Remember The Night at Palace

At the Palace theater the feature Remember The Night stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in a homey romance about a district attorney’s bid to convict a femme thief with supporting work by Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, and Sterling Holloway. The second feature Nick Carter Detective features Walter Pidgeon Rita Johnson Henry Hull and Donald Meek in an action mystery.

Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Palace Theater Beulah Pondi Elizabeth Patterson Sterling Holloway Nick Carter Walter Pidgeon Rita Johnson Henry Hull Donald Meck

New Higher Octane Aviation Fuel Powers Planes Like a Third Engine

A newly developed higher octane aviation fuel supplies added power to aircrafts, equaling the effect of installing an extra engine on a two-engine transport plane.

Carnival Thrill Acts and All Star Film Lineup

Pauline Crawford performs speed and trick riding in Kemp's Thrilldrome at Hennies Bros. Shows as Rochelle Hudson and Robert Wilcoxon lead a varied cast. The program at Cedar Park includes The Higgins Family comedy Grandpa Goes To Town, The March of Time Philippines feature, Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in 21 Days Together, and The Lone Wolf Meets A Lady with Warren William and others.

Pauline Crawford Kemp Pauline Cedar Park el Kahir Shrine Temple Rochelle Hudson Robert Wilcoxon Higgins James Lucille Russell Gleason Harry Davenport Tommy Ryan Maxie Rosenbloom Arturo Godos Ledda Godoy U.S Philippines Vivien Leigh Scarlett O'Hara Laurence Olivier Rebecca

My Favorite Wife and The Saint Takes Over At Town Theaters

Irene Dunne and Cary Grant star in My Favorite Wife a comedy about a man whose wife returns after seven years making him a bigamist dilemma Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick also star The Saint Takes Over features George Sanders and Wendy Barrie in a thriller double bill at the Town theater Island Of Doomed Men with Peter Lorre closes the program

Irene Dunne Cary Grant Iowa Randolph Scott Gail Patrick Miss Dunne Grant South Seas Irene Scott Gail Ms Bride Leslie Charteris George Sanders Wendy Barrie Town Theater Peter Lorre

My Son My Son Opens At State Theater This Thursday

Edward Small presents My Son My Son from Howard Spring with Madeleine Carroll Brian Aherne Louis Hayward in the lead cast. Director Charles Vidor and a supporting lineup highlight the film while a companion feature And One Was Beautiful screens with Robert Cummings Lorain Day and Billie Burke. Also on program 20 Mule Team with Wallace Beery and Leo Carrillo plus The Lion Has Wings starring Merle Oberon.

Edward Small Howard Spring United Artists State Theater Madeleine Carroll Brian Aherne Louis Hayward Henry Hull Josephine Hutchinson Laraine Day Sophie Stewart Bruce Lester Charles Vidor William Essex Oliver Livia Vasnel William Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer Robert Cummings Loraine Day Jean Muir Billie Burke Wallace Beery Brimstone Death Valley Mojave Beery Bill Bragg Leo Carrillo Piute Pete Lion Merle Oberon

War department awards contracts for light observation planes

The War Department issued contracts to three light plane manufacturers totaling 2,500,000 dollars for short-range observation planes. The procurements cover two-place, single-engined monoplanes equipped with full radio gear.

War Department

Countess Hanewitz Reventlow Seeks U S Citizenship Return

Hollywood report says former Barbara Hutton, Countess Hanewitz Reventlow, wants to regain American citizenship. She says she renounced it to protect her son Lance in Honolulu, and now wishes to buy a home in California to raise him there. She denies influence over Woolworth stores.

Hollywood Countess Hanewitz-Reventlow Barbara Hutton Denmark Kurt von Haugwitz-Reventsou Lance Honolulu California Woolworth

Mysterious visitor arrives as Sondra calls name

A tall dark girl enters, cocky and stylish, with gardenias on a black coat. She proclaims herself and greets the room with a bold, flirtatious air as Sondra exclaims a name.

Sondra Polena Sondar

Inventor Lindberg dies during final air bomb test effort

Chicago inventor L. F. Lindberg collapsed from a heart attack while hurrying to complete an air bomb test for U S defenses. He had worked long hours despite medical warnings as Nazi successes in Europe spurred renewed effort. He died en route to a suburban Algonquin testing field with an assistant.

Chicago INS L. F. Lindberg America Norway Low Countries Algonquin

Rudy Rudisill to Headline Danceland Tonight

Rudy Rudisill with his orchestra performs at Danceland tonight. Sponsored by Jan Garber, the act includes singers and a glee club and comes from the Netherlands Plaza hotel in Cincinnati. Guest night Tuesday welcomes residents of Mount Vernon Lisbon and Solon with Red Servers and his orchestra.

Rudy Rudisill Danceland Jan Garber Rudisill Netherlands Plaza Hotel Cincinnati Mount Vernon Lisbon Solon Red Servers

Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette at Rialto

Gaucho Serenade, new Gene Autry western, opens at the Rialto today and runs through Tuesday. It centers on a transcontinental romance with a Mexican fiesta. Smiley Burnette supplies comedy and June Storey is the female lead. Also shown is Little Accident with Hugh Herbert and Baby Sandy. The serial Zero's Fighting Legion presents its eighth chapter with a band short and a cartoon.

Rialto Smiley Burnette June Storey Hugh Herbert Baby Sandy Zero

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