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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1939

Page

8

The Pirates of the Stage and Screen at Paramount Theater

This week at the Paramount theater features Phil Spitalny and his orchestra with thirty two girl musicians from seventeen states and acts like Evelyn Kay Maxine Rochelle Lola and the glee club Tuesday through Thursday. Better Davis and Errol Flynn star in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex a Technicolor production with Olivia de Havilland Vincent Price and Donald Crisp. On Borrowed Time will be staged Monday evening at the Paramount with a fantasy from Lawrence.

Phil Spitalny Paramount Theater Elizabeth Essex Robert Devereaux Earl of Essex Miss Davis Flynn Olivia deHavilland Vincent Price Donald Crisp Alan Hale Ralph Forbes Lawrence Bobbe Arnst Town Theater Bette Davis Errol Flynn Elizabeth and Loretta Young David Niven State Theater Otto Kruger Ona Munson Iowa Theater Blondie Larry Simms Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Daisy Evelyn Phil Spitaing Hour of Nan Grey Robert Cummings

Triangle play with boy old man and Death in tree

Edward Watkin's novel by Paul Osborn presents a new type of triangle drama. A boy and an elderly man host Death personified as Mr. Brink, kept in an apple tree until the moment of release.

Edward Watkin Paul Osborn Death Grandpa Mr. Brink Grim Reaper

Dramatic Love and Justice Spark In Town Theaters

A British doctor resists his wife’s strict discipline of their son while a governess enters. A tragic outcome stems from the boy’s mischief as suspicions rise. Meanwhile co feature explores riot in a prison. Local listings show I Married An Angel and Elizabeth and Essex among notes.

Ith Jane Bryan Flora Robeson Una O'Connor Raymond Severn Montague Love Edmund Goulding Barton MacLane Charles Bickford Bickford Patric O'Neil

I Married An Angel Brings Big Musical to Town Theater

Dwight Deere Wiman's I Married An Angel arrives at Town Theater Tuesday Nov 21 with a cast of Dennis King Vivienne Segal Karen van Ryn and 90 performers. The show previously drew large crowds in New York Chicago and Philadelphia. Jo Mielziner provides innovative stage settings and effects.

Dwight Deere Wiman New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia Angel Town Theater Dennis King Vivienne Segal Karen van Ryn Bobby Arnst Norman Roland Dan Dailey, Jr Broadway Shubert New York City Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart John Vaszary Mr. Wiman Jo Mielziner

Tailspin Tommy Now In Film At Rialto

The Sky Patrol featuring John Trent as Tailspin Tommy runs at the Rialto today through Tuesday. Uncle Sam's air police chase smugglers in air battles. Marjorie Reynolds plays Lou, Milburn Stone Skeeters. Also showing Man From Sundown with Charles Starrett and the Sons of the Pioneers. Hawk of The Wilderness eighth chapter. Includes a comedy and a Disney cartoon.

Sky Patrol John Trent Tommy Rialto Uncle Sam Marjorie Reynolds Lou Milburn Stone Skeeters Charles Starrett Sons of the Pioneers Texas Rangers

State Feature To Star David Niven And Loretta Young

The State theater presents Walter Wanger's modern day comedy Yours starting Thursday with Loretta Young and David Niven in the leads. Niven plays a famed magician and his wife and assistant. Supporting cast includes Billie Burke Hugh Herbert ZaSu Pitts Broderick Crawford Virginia Field Ralph Graves.

Walter Wanger Loretta Young David Niven Niven Miss Young Billie Burke Hugh Herbert ZaSu Pitts Broderick Crawford Virginia Field Ralph Graves Arturo

Uncle Sam trains 20000 collegians yearly in new flying courses

The feature 20 000 Men A Year stars Randolph Scott and Margaret Lindsay and others. The State theater presents The Under Pup through Wednesday with Robert Cummings Nan Grey and Gloria Jean leading. The companion Heaven With A Barbed Wire Fence stars Eddie Collins Jean Rogers and Glenn Ford.

Uncle Sam Randolph Scott Margaret Lindsay Mary Healy Preston Foster Maxie Rosenbloom Raymond Walburn State Theater Robert Cummings Nan Grey Gloria Jean Virginia Weidler Beulah Bondi Co. Aubrey Smith Ann Gillis Eddie Collins Jean Rogers Glenn Ford

Claudette Colbert Stars In It's A Wonderful World At Palace

Claudette Colbert and James Stewart lead the comedy thriller It's A Wonderful World at the Palace today through Wednesday with hairbreadth escapes and jokes as they pursue a killer. Supporting players include Guy Kibbee Nat Pendleton Edgar Kennedy Ernest Truex and Andy Clyde. A second feature Renegade Trail stars Hopalong Cassidy with William Boyd George Hayes and Russell Hayden.

Claudette Colbert James Stewart Palace Theater Guy Kibbee Nat Pendleton Edgar Kennedy Ernest Truex Andy Clyde Hopalong Cassidy William Boyd George Hayes Russell Hayden

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