Silver Screen (Jun-Oct 1940)

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"Virginia City" Takes Virginia City ! It cost Warner Brothers $2 5,000 to throw the rip-roaring premiere of "Virginia City," right in the Nevada town of the same name. Above: Ken Murray, master of ceremonies of the trip, and Rosemary Lane on the platform of the special 18 car train as it left Burbank. Right: Whooping it en route are Jack Krindler, Leo Carrillo, Gilbert Roland and charming Patricia Ellis. Above: Train made a two-hour stopover at Norden, California, prompting a snow fight with Errol Flynn losing to Frances Robinson and Mary Astor. Left: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Mary Astor, Ken Murray and Bill Boyd at ball honor of premiere. Upper left: Weary Carole Parker gets some shuteye on Jeffrey Lynn's shoulder. Left: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Cabot and Mayo Methot in front of Piper's Opera House, Virginia City. Right: Wayne Morris and wife blow smoke rings at the gay, premiere ball.