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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1944

Page

9

Hollywood Producers Eye London as Next Film Hub

Louella Parsons reports producers and directors plan to move projects to London for greener fields with a Technicolor musical London Town and a British cast. Richard Greene leaves Hollywood on discharge to entertain troops in France, while Humphrey Bogart remains unavailable for months. John Considine resigns from MGM after long service. Jackie Coogan Ramsay Ames may announce. Shirley Temple to speak in French at a Montreal bond rally.

England Wesley Hollywood London Ichard Greene 20Th Century-Fox France Richard Virginia Fields Virginia Paul Douglas Israrshots of Jackie Coogan Ramsay Ames Here Shirley Temple Montreal Maria Montez

OPA Sets Price Ceiling for Concord Grapes

The OPA established price ceilings for Concord grapes delivered to processors. The new price is 85 dollars per ton for area one covering Iowa Nebraska Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Washington OPA Area One Iowa Nebraska Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota

Bride by Mistake. Middling Good Romantic Comedy

The Town theater screens Bride by Mistake with Laraine Day and Alan Marshal in a light romantic comedy about a rich heiress pretending to be a nobody to test a flyer’s love. Comedy shines when Allyn Joslyn’s amusing misfits steal scenes. Shadows in the Night with Warner Baxter follows as the second feature.

Laraine Day Alan Marshal Marsha Hunt Allyn Joslyn Edgar Buchanan Warner Baxter Norah Hunter Sylvia Norah Norat Lucre Alan Marshall White Cliffs Sylvia Allyn Joslyn Slim Summerville Marshal

Neighbors Help Build the Nation During Wartime

In wartime days the spirit of neighborliness drives support for the war effort. Citizens provide rides to strangers, collect salvaged paper for Boy Scouts, and manage deliveries despite shortages. Anheuser-Busch lists materials it produces for the war, including rubber, aluminum, medicines, vitamins, hospital diets, baby foods, bread, fortified cattle feeds, batteries, paper, soap, and textiles.

Anheuser-Busch

Spectacular Rites for Aimee Semple McPherson

Los Angeles reports a funeral planned to match the evangelist’s famed life. One thousand Four Square ministers will attend and carry her 1200-pound bronze casket to Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A 600-foot cross and an avenue of sorrow will adorn the hillside, with a 150-voice choir and 50-piece band establishing a grand, ceremonial tribute amid unresolved questions about her disappearance.

Los Angeles Aimee Semple Mc Pherson Square Gospel Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mrs. McPherson Aimee Oakland

Dr Ordway radio creation praised by Nadine Subotnik

A viewer notes the radio creation by Dr Ordway, praising Baxter pictures for quality and effectiveness while finding it still quite scary. The comment highlights the remembered chilling effect and overall strong production.

Dr. Ordway Baxter Nadine Subotnik

Dogwood Tree to Honor Irvin Cobb in Paducah Monument

A dogwood tree fertilized with the ashes of Irvin S. Cobb will be planted in Paducah in a simple memorial service for the Kentucky humorist. Cobb, born June 23, 1876, in Paducah, died March 10 in New York City and asked for no mourning and only the Twenty third Psalm.

Paducah Irvin S. Cobb Kentucky Cobb New York City

Friday Theater Schedules From Paramount to Marion

The Gazette lists Friday showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Marion venues. Feature films include Janie Bride by Mistake Shadows in the Night The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Pardon My Rhythm Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble The Uninvited Devil Riders Waterfront This Is the Army and The Mask of Dimitrios Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid with varied starting times across theatres. An earthquake and Tokyo fire note closes the piece.

Paramount Janie Iowa Trail of the Lonesome Pine Palace Andy Hardy Rialto Waterfront TIMES Army Marion Mask of Dimitrios Henry Aldrich Cupid

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