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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1939

Page

21

Hotel For Women Tops The Year In Film Nods

Elsa Maxwell’s Hotel For Women leads the year’s top ten films with sharp humor glamour and romance. Cast includes Ann Sothern Linda Darnell James Ellison and others. plot centers on Linda’s rise as a model amid love jealousy and nightlife at The Sherrington hotel. Lew Lehr’s newsreel tops the campus antic.

Elsa Maxwell Ann Sothern Linda Darnell James Ellison Jean Rogers Lynn Barr June Gale Joyce Compton John Halliday Alan Dinehart Sidney Blackmer Syracuse New York City Linda Sherrington Betty Grable Jackie Coogan Miss Grable Lew Lehr

Adventures Of Tom Sawyer At Rialto

Tommy Ryan a 12 year old boy is chosen to star as the naive American boy in Adventures Of Tom Sawyer the headline attraction at Rialto Friday and Saturday. This technicolor feature is drawn from Mark Twain incidents in Hannibal Missouri. May Robson Walter Brennan Victor Jory are in the cast. The second feature is Zane Grey Born To The West starring John Wayne Marsha Hunt and Johnny Mack Brown. The serial Daredevils of Red Circes will be shown in the third chapter with a Comedy and Cartoon.

Tommy Ryan Rialto Mark Twain Hannibal, Mo May Robson Walter Brennan Victor Jory Zane Grey John Wayne Marsha Hunt Johnny Mack Brown

Warner's wartime rewrite reshapes WWII era film slate

Warner's production plan pivots to nine comedies led by Hal Wallis and James Cagney with Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh. Weary of prestige pictures, the studio trims budget expectations, shifting to lighter fare and sequels while wartime scenes shift toward common sense and humor.

Ollywood INL Warner Hal Wallis James Cagney Pat O'Brien Frank McHugh Lloyd Bacon Edward G. Robinson Smiling Corpse Rat

Marry Lee Russell as soon as he is free

War era gossip notes recount Tilly Losch marrying Lord Carnarvon in London as troops loom in Europe. Hollywood items mention Bob Hopes returning, Baby Sandra’s name change, and several stars in and out of favor with marriages rumors and party chatter.

Lee Russell Batier Hollywood Europe Tilly Losch Lord Carnarvon England Eugenie Losch Tilly Santa Monica Claridge’s London Ireland Egypt

Theaters Show Premieres Across Iowa State and Palace

Paramount screens The Man in the Iron Mask starring Louis Hayward and Joan Bennett. Iowa showcases The Old Maid with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins, Soldiers With Wings, and March of Time. State presents Hotel for Women with Ann Sothern Elsa Maxwell and Lynn Bari, plus Million Dollar Legs with Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan. Palace features Wife Husband and Friend with Loretta Young Warner Baxter and One Third of a Nation with Sylvia Sidney. Strand offers Three Loves Has Nancy with Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone, Spawn of the North with Dorothy Lamour George Raft and Henry Fonda. Rialto shows Adventures of Tom Sawyer with May Robson Tommy Ryan and Walter Brennan, Born to the West with John Wayne and Marsha Hunt.

Paramount Louis Hayward Joan Bennett Iowa Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins Ann Sothern Elsa Maxwell Lynn Bari Betty Grable Jackie Coogan Palace Loretta Young Warner Baxter Sylvia Sidney Strand Nancy Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery Franchot Tone Dorothy Lamour George Raft Henry Fonda Rialto Tommy Ryan May Robson Walter Brennan John Wayne Marsha Hunt

10 20 30 Years Ago In The Gazette Item

A compilation notes Cambridge plans for A. Marvin Braverman entering Harvard Law after Dartmouth, two Hendrickson sisters southern trip, a fourth floor fall injury at Killian store, local markets with grain and livestock prices, an opera house attraction, and several residents heading to St Mary Kan for school. Chester Allen named principal of Jackson school.

A. Marvin Braverman Cambridge Mass Harvard Law School Dartmouth College Alma Hilda Hendrickson Kentucky Tennessee Georgia North Carolina John Montgomery Killian Greene's Opera House Forest McCook H. J. Hiller A. Z. Limback Charles A. O'Connor St. Mary Kan Chester A. Allen Ross, Mich Jackson School A. L. Mathews

Community notes and market data from September 8 1909

John Shomiler leaves today for eastern points on an extended trip. Frank Larimer, city paving inspector, suffers two fractured ribs and other injuries when struck by a hopper at a paving job. Mrs. Laura Bell Walker departs for Columbus Ohio for the G A R encampment. Market prices listed for wheat corn oats barley hay straw hens eggs hogs steers lambs with dated context. The Third Degree was the

John Shomiler Frank Larimer Laura Bell Walker Columbus

2536 Long Distance Calls Here Tuesday Highest Since 1931

The Cedar Rapids exchange of Northwestern Bell reports 2536 toll calls Tuesday, the highest since March 28 1931 when 3017 occurred during a heavy snow. The all time Cedar Rapids peak hit 3030 in the 1929 spring flood. Former employees returned to assist. four more girls were hired this week.

Cedar Rapids Northwestern Bell Telephone Company United States M. H. Morrison Morrison

Orange tree bearing age figures for four states

Of the 34 638 000 orange trees in California Florida Texas and Arizona 45 per cent are not yet in full bearing being from 5 to 15 years old. Production will gradually increase as they reach maturity.

California Florida Texas Arizona

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