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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1938
Page
21
A broken-down veterinary Terry and stable boy Mickey care for Lady Bird a horse lovable by Mickey. Gale the owner plans to destroy the injured Gale. Mickey trades wages for the horse and Terry repairs it. Lady Bird begins to win races forcing Gale to return the horse to Mickey after a dramatic finale.
Hilarity and romance unfold as Freddie Bartholomew and Judy Garland scheme to marry within a road trip trailer plot. Mary Astor Walter Pidgeon Gene Lockhart co star with songs The Bumpy Road to Love and Zing Went the Strings of My Heart amid fast paced family comedy and musical numbers. The Road to Reno appears as a companion feature.
Wallace Beery returns to a fame making role in Stablemates paired with Marie Dressler. The film opens Friday at Paramount with authentic race-track scenes shot at Santa Anita Inglewood and Del Mar using thoroughbreds Seabiscuit Lloyd Pan Dauber Specify and Indian Broom. Much of the action unfolds behind the scenes of a modern race track.
Peter B Kyne in Color at Paramount stars Wayne Morris and Claire Treavor headlining the technicolor drama based on Kyne's novel. Set in turn of the century California, the battle against eastern lumber interests unfolds with dramatic rescue and dam-topduel sequences. Supporting players include Charles Bickford Frank McHugh Alan Hale Jack La Rue Donald Cushy John Litel and Dick Purcell.
Errol Flynn stars as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood at the Palace with Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian. Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains portray villainy, and Bar 20 Justice appears as a second feature in the Hopalong Cassidy cattle country lineup.
Leading parts are played by William Boyd Russell Hayden and Gwen Gaze in a frontier production. The trio headlined performances promise strong chemistry and action packed scenes.
The Strand shows the epic In Old Chicago with a cast including Alice Faye Tyrone Power Don Ameche Alice Brady Brian Donlevy Phyllis Brooks Tom Brown. The film recounts Chicago's early days and the Mrs O’Leary cow shed blaze that started the great fire. Also on the bill is Some Blondes Are Dangerous with Dorothea Kent Nan Grey and Noah Beery Jr.
Two horror films are booked for the Iowa theater during Halloween weekend starting Friday October 28. Dracula's Daughter stars Bela Lugosi and The Bride of Frankenstein features Boris Karloff in two of the era’s eeriest productions.
Nearly 1000 piles of standard gauge track were laid in France in the World War I effort, with materials shipped from the United States.
Wayne Morris and Claire Trevor lead Valley of the Giants at the Paramount. Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney star in Stablemates arriving Friday at the Paramout. Judy Garland and others open Listen Darling at the State Thursday. Joe Penner and June Travis headline Mr Doodle Kicks Off at the Iowa. Kay Kastie performs in Stars Over Broadway at the Iowa Tuesday. Jackie Cooper Deanna Durbin and Melvyn Douglas star in That Certain Age at the State.
Berni Vici brings Stars Over Broadway to the Iowa theatre for a three day run with fifty cast members. The show features twenty two spectacles including Perisphere and Pylon living cameos and a screen feature Crime Takes a Holiday starring Jack Holt as district attorney. The revue includes Hollywood Ingenues, a versatile chorus, and dance numbers plus a romance motif with luck symbolism for June roses and moonstones.
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