Movies on Thanksgiving Day

Tues., November 26, 1935 - Foggy today.  I came home early from school because it acted as if it might rain any minute.
Wed., November 27, 1935 - Snowed about all day.  Ray took me to school this a.m.  Mr. Nieman put on storm windows. Howard took me home in the "puddle jumper", rather a breezy ride.
Thurs., November 28. 1935 - Thanksgiving Day.  Ray worked this a.m.  Annie, Ola, kids and Howard here for dinner.  This evening Ray, Howard and I went to the show at Wayne.  We saw Gary Cooper in "Peter Ibbetson" and "Moonlight on the Prairie."

Turns out our recent movie-going on Thanksgiving has it roots back in 1935. 

I found quite a bit of information about the one movie, but not nearly so much on the other.  From wikipedia about "Peter Ibbetson":

     The picture is based on a novel by George du Maurier, first published in 1891. In 1917, du Maurier's story was adapted into a very successful Broadway play starring John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Constance Collier and Laura Hope Crews. The story had also been filmed in 1921, as a silent film called Forever (1921), directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring the popular Wallace Reid. In the years that followed, a Ford Theater television Peter Ibbetson (1951) starring Richard Greene, and a Campbell Playhouse radio Peter Ibbetson (1951) directed by and starring Orson Welles were produced.

     Gogo is a young boy of English extraction growing up in Paris. He is friendly with the neighbor girl, Mimsey. After his mother dies, Gogo is taken to England by his uncle who gives him an English name based on his mother's maiden name, transforming Gogo into Peter Ibbetson.

     Now an adult Englishman, Ibbetson (Gary Cooper) is an architect working in Yorkshire on a restoration job for the British Duke of Towers (John Halliday). He falls in love with Mary, Duchess of Towers (Ann Harding), and she with him, although she is already married. When the duke discovers this, he callously demands they explain themselves. Peter then realizes that Mary is his childhood sweetheart. All these years, Mary has kept, in the dresser beside her bed, the dress she wore at their last childhood meeting.

     The Duke becomes jealous and pulls a gun on Ibbetson. Ibbetson manages to kill the Duke in self-defense.  Ibbetson is unjustly convicted of murder, sentenced to life in prison, and despairs that he will never see Mary again. However, the lovers are reunited in one another's dreams, which connect them spiritually. Peter can leave prison to join Mary in sunlit glades and meadows, but only in his slumbers.


     Though the years pass, Peter and Mary remain youthful in their dreams. Mary eventually dies of old age, but she goes to her usual dream rendezvous one last time and speaks to Peter from beyond. Then Peter joins her there.

Imdb.com revealed the following about Moonlight on the Prairie, and states it is a musical:

     Ace returns to the town where he is suspected of murder. He quickly become involved in the scheme to keep Barbara Roberts from reaching her ranch. To inherit the ranch she must reach it by midnight. Ace agrees to get her there knowing she is the widow of the man he supposedly killed.

Sounds a bit grim for a musical, but what do I know?

Movie poster images from the above-referenced websites.