day celebration  that drew 250,000 people, doubling the population of the city and  requiring the National Guard to help keep order. The special train  en route from Hollywood to Omaha, carrying Cecil B. DeMille (qv)  and stars Barbara Stanwyck (qv) and Joel McCrea (qv), took three  days and made stops along the way, drawing large crowds. The film  was shown in three theaters simultaneously; President  Franklin Delano Roosevelt (qv) was reported to have started the  premiere proceedings by pressing a button in Washington, DC, which  opened the civic auditorium. An ad stated that the premiere, which  involved parades, radio broadcasts and a banquet, was the biggest in  motion picture history. An antique train continued on a 15