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NOTEBOOK: Did you know this about the Varsity?

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The Varsity Theater recently announced it intends to close. Longtime Des Moines movie fans may wonder what was the name of the first movie shown there on Christmas Day 1938.

Here it is: It was a double bill featuring “Three Loves Has Nancy,” starring Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery and “Sinners in Paradise,” featuring John Boles and Madge Evans. 

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