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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1944

Page

9

Impatient Years and Marianas A Brilliant Pair

A film review pair: Impatient Years with Jean Arthur and Lee Bowman features a witty farce on war marriages as a couple replays their four days together. The Battle of the Marianas praises Marine Corps photographers and a stark documentary style covering Saipan Guam and Tinian with striking battlefield imagery.

Virginia van Upp Jean Arthur Janie Smith Sgt Andy Anderson Lee Bowman San Francisco Bay Phil Brown Henry Murgatroyd Janie Charles Coburn Andy Columbia MGM Irene Dunne Ginger Rogers The Marianas Marine Corps Navy Marines Coast Guard Saipan Guam Tinian Tarawa

Population figures before the war for major cities

Just prior to the war New York City and suburbs reached 10,901,000, London 9,600,000, Tokyo 5,311,000, Berlin 4,288,000, Chicago 4,264,000, and Paris 3,783,000. The data highlights urban scale differences among these capitals and metropolises.

New York City Suburbs London Tokyo Berlin Chicago Paris

Hearing on adding territory to Linn County Soil District

State Soil Conservation Committee schedules a hearing on October 18 1944 at Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce rooms to consider adding land within Linn County to the district. The notice urges landowners and interested parties to attend and present testimony on necessity and propriety of the expansion. Chairman Christ H. Jensen presides.

Iowa Embrechrg Landering Rey Shester Code of Linn County Penton Greek Spring Grove Washon Linn At & Am Chamber of Commerce Cedar Rapids Sbore Christ H. Jensen

Hollywood columnist novel to film early next year

Louella Parsons reports Jimmie Starrs’s The Corpse Came C. O. D. will be filmed in January on a percentage deal with Warner backers. Orsatti’s presence aids star access while Bacon’s deal with 20th Century Fox shakes out The Sullians project. Hedy Lamarr plans housework in blue jeans in a mountain shoot October 15 with John Loder. Irving Stone’s Immortal Wife about Jessie Fremont heads to So Gallantly Gleaming with Joan set as Jessie.

Tollywood INS Jimmie Starr Boeen Warner Orsatti Bacon the Sullivans 20Th Hedy Lamarr John Loder John Hedy RKO Dan Bennett Walter Wanger Irving Stone Jessie Fremont John C. Fremont California Joan Wanger Lee Barker Doubleday Doran Jessie Gen. Fremont

Weekend Theater Schedule Highlights

The Gazette lists Friday showings across theaters PARAMOUNT IOWA STATE PALACE TIMES MARION. Highlights include Dragon Seed and The Impatient Years with multiple daily screenings, plus dramas like Man from Frisco and Broadway Rhythm.

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Not of Appointment of Executor

Notice of probate in Linn County Iowa lists John B Bernatz as Executor of Mary Bernatz estate. Creditors urged to settle debts and present claims at the county district court. Carl Hendrickson is attorney for the estate.

Iowa Linn County Mary Bernatz John B. Bernatz Carl Hendrickson

Man from Frisco movie review summary

A Pleasant hour and a half film about modern shipbuilding centered on prefabrication before Pearl Harbor. Michael O’Shea plays a blunt engineer facing resistance from old bosses and workers while a romance with the former manager’s daughter unfolds. Anne Shirley, Gene Lockhart, and Tommy Bond co star.

Michael O’shea Frisco Hollywood O’shea Pearl Harbor Ager Tually Anne Shirley Gene Tommy Bond

Free Movie Ducats For Clothing Drive In Cedar Rapids

Rennie announces free movie tickets issued at schools to donors of two pounds of clothing shoes or blankets. Tickets list a specific theater Paramount Palace Rialto or Times and must be presented at that theater to see the 10 a.m. Saturday showings. Collections have exceeded expectations, with donations growing.

Cedar Rapids Orville Rennie Paramount Iowa Palace Rialto The Times

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