The Opposite Sex Adds to The Women’s Spotlight
A star filled, CinemaScope treatment of Clare Boothe Luce’s satire opens with June Allyson Joan Collins Dolores Gray Ann Sheridan and Ann Miller among the glamorous cast. The narrative shifts from sharp caricature to a tangled web of marriages with lively music by Harry James Art Mooney and Dick Shawn backing a parade of Hollywood names in a light musical that runs out of steam.
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Clare Boothe Luce
Luce
Kay
June Allyson
Crystal
Joan Collins
Sylvia
Dolores Gray
Amanda
Ann Sheridan
Gloria
Ann Miler
Agnes Moorehead
Edith
Joan Blondell
Miss Allyson
Leslie Nielsen
Hollywood
Jeff Richards
Romeo Cowboy
Harry James
Art Mooney
Dick Shawn
Gable to Star in Band of Angels at Warners
Hollywood rumor notes Clark Gable signs for Band of Angels with Raoul Walsh directing at Warner Bros. Penn Warren’s Pulitzer winning All the King’s Men authoring story. Feldman eyed for MGM production role. Gleason slated for The Last Hurrah. Ladd party hopes for Christmas home if weather cooperates.
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Hollywood
INS
Clark Gable
Warners
Raoul Walsh
Clark
John Hancock
Raoul
Louisiana
Band of Angels
Kay
Daughter of Joan Davis to have a baby in May
A daughter of Joan Davis and Cy Wills revealed by phone that she will have a baby in May. Cy Wills and his wife Betty Todhunter are reportedly dating the stork. Charlie O Curran travelled to New York to celebrate Patti Page's birthday with a gold and dog choker. Rumors place Keefe Brasselle and Arlene DeMarco planning a Christmas time middle aisle. The writer received a personal telegram and letter from President Eisenhower.
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Joan Davis
Cy Wills
Betty Todhunter
The
Stork
Charlie O’curran
New York
Patti Page
Keefe Brasselle
Arlene DeMarco
DeMarco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
November Film Family Night at Cedar Rapids Library
A family film night is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. in the Cedar Rapids Public Library auditorium. The program includes The Sad Duckling Colonial Children Ti Jean Goes Limbering and The Adventures of A Baby Fox. All children are invited with parents and friends.
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
Lightning strikes through roof endangers child in Buffalo
Nine year old Gordon Rowe Jr. slept in a second floor room when a lightning bolt ripped through the roof and bounced off three walls setting his pillow blanket and sheets on fire but he escaped injury.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Gordon Rowe, Jr
Ekberg condemns beauty contests as harmful to women
Anita Ekberg denounces beauty contests saying they reward the wrong type of girl and fuel false hopes. She notes winners often lack drive and may be pressured by men seeking favors, while starlets face coercion and limited career paths.
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J. P. Morgan
Miss Ekberg
Sweden
Victoria Risk Set for Lineup Appearance Friday
Victoria Risk, former Cedar Rapids actress now based in California, is scheduled for a role on CBS TVs Lineup Friday night at 9. The show focuses on cases drawn from police files.
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Victoria Risk
Cedar Rapids
California
Theater Time For Thursday lineup
The listings announce today’s showtimes for several downtown theaters. Paramount features Opposite Sex and shorts. Iowa screens Male People and Curacy Beast of the Amazon. State presents Power and the Prize and Kings of the Coral Sea. Times shows Gate of Hell and shorts. Palace offers Lisbon and Naked Hills. Marion plays Cockleshell Heroes and Raw Edge.
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Paramount
Iowa
Coral Sea
Hitchcock Shadow of a Doubt opens Coe Film Classics
The 1956 Coe Film Classics season begins Friday at 8 p.m. in the Coe auditorium with Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt. Teresa Wright co stars with Joseph Cotten as Uncle Charlie. Three Norman McClaren experimental films accompany the feature.
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Coe Auditorium
Alfred Hitchcock
California
Hitchcock
Charlie
Joseph Cotton
Teresa Wright
Norman McClaren
la Poulette Grisse
Stars and Stripes
McClaren
Notice of Will Probate for Roy Bailey in Linn County Iowa
The District Court of Linn County Iowa notices that on November 17 1956 at 9 o clock a.m. an instrument claimed to be the last will and testament of Roy Bailey will be heard at Cedar Rapids Court House for proof and admission to probate. Arthur Axmear Clerk. Thomas L Woods Attorney.
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Peasate
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Roy Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Film series tickets go on sale at Armstrons Coe office
Season and 12 admission tickets are offered for a film series featuring titles such as Shadow of a Doubt Murderers Among Us The Louisiana Story Henry V Man in the White Suit Never Give a Sucker an Even Break Colonel Chabert Breaking the Sound Barrier All Quiet on the Western Front No Resting Place Seven Deadly Sins. Tickets are $4 and available at the box office before Friday’s show.
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Armstrong’s
Coe
Henry Vu
Chabert
Upcoming Foreign Film Showings Listed by May Dates
The notice lists film titles in foreign languages with scheduled dates May 3 and May 10, including Sins in French and Little World of Don Camillo in Italian, signaling a cultural screening series.
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Sins
Don Camillo
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Claude Rains
Lisbon
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Keenan Wynn
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Saratoga
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