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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1938
Page
16
In a column from Hollywood, Jimmie Fidler criticizes film studios for late title changes and inconsistent publicity. He notes Dolores del Rio’s Mexico visit and a Rivera portrait detour, then contrasts stunt and extra pay with star compensation for injuries.
A playful fortune puzzle explains a name letter count and numerical key to reveal a hidden message. The page also recounts anecdotes about Carole Lombard on Made For Each Other and a Burns tale of hillbilly talk overheard in Ozarks with a radio line about learning the speech.
Theaters in Iowa list new releases including Marx Brothers Room Service Rita Hayworth in Juvenile Court Paramount Campus Confessions Three Loves Has Nancy Freshman Year with Dixie Dunbar and Ernest Truex Palace presents Gold Is Where You Find It Cocoanut Grove with MacMurray De Havilland Lindsay Rialto features Jack Holt Flight Into Nowhere Tex Ritter Rolling Plains Strand screens Irene Romanek and Czech stars including Rolf Wanka and Jirina Steimarova
An all talking Czech film Ivcin Romanek Irene's Romance is showing at the Strand through Wednesday. Based on a famous novel and play, it is regarded as a year’s highlight in Czechoslovak cinema. Beginning Thursday, the Strand continues the run.
Don Terry and Jacqueline Wells star in When G Men Step In while Charles Starrett leads Law of the Plains in a second Western package. Descriptions emphasize action, frontier justice, and classic ranch drama paired for a single bill.
Capra directs a star studded Columbia film version of the Pulitzer Prize play. Jean Arthur Alice Sycamore James Stewart Tony Kirby Lionel Barrymore Grandpa Vanderhof Edward Arnold and a strong supporting cast headline the heartwarming comedy of family freedom and happiness to open at the Iowa theater Friday.
An author notes science can guide moral choices but cannot dictate them. He argues men should ignore fashion to influence style, cautions against self blame, and explains wars arise from power holders using patriotism to inflame national anger.
The piece recalls how World War I entered through appeals to the better angels of our nature and the drive to secure freedom of the seas and democracy. It notes that the outcome did not meet those lofty promises and suggests a critical reexamination of national honor and welfare ideals.
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