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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1944

Page

13

Hitchcock Film Lifeboat Opens At State Theater This Week

Alfred Hitchcock presents Lifeboat from John Steinbeck starring Tallulah Bankhead William Bendix Walter Slezak and others. The shipboard drama unfolds in a 26 by 8 foot boat with nine roles and pure nautical peril. The State Theater screens the film Thursday amid high critical praise as an artistic achievement.

Alfred Hitchcock John Steinbeck Tallulah Bankhead William Bendix Walter Slezak Mary Anderson John Hodiak Henry Hull Heather Angel Hume Cronyn Canada Lee State Theater Hitchcock Stein

Watch on the Rhine Opens at the Palace Today

The film adaptation stars Bette Davis and Paul Lucas with Geral dine Fitzgerald Beulah Bondi Lucile Wilson George Coulouris and Donald Woods. Lucas is Academy Award winner for his role. A companion feature Gangway for Tomorrow stars Margo John Carradine Robert Ryan and Amelita Ward.

Bette Davis Paul Lucas Palace Theater Germany United States Geraldine Fitzgerald Lucile Wilson Beulah Bondi George Coulouris Donald Woods Lucas

New Movie Showings Stock Up in City Theaters

Irene Manning and Dennis Morgan star in The De Song a Sigmund Romberg musical now playing at the own. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves opens Friday at the Iowa with Jon Hall Maria Montes Turhan Bey as leads. Lifeboat starring Tallulah Bankhead arrives with John Hodiak opening Thursday at the State. Irene Dunne and Spencer Tracy headline A Guy Named Joe arriving Friday at the Paramount with Van Johnson. Frances Langford and the Ritz brothers lead Never a Dull Moment at the State. Franchot Tone Deanna Durbin and Pat O’Brien star His But ter's Sister at the Paramount.

Irene Manning Dennis Morgan Sigmund Romberge Lower Center Frances Langford Ritz Brothers Franchot Tone Deanna Durbin Pat O’brien The Paramount

Maria Montez Stars in Ali Baba at Iowa Theater

Maria Montez leads the technicolor Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves at the Iowa theater opening Friday. Jon Hall co stars with Montez and Turhan Bey appears as the slave. The action unfolds in ancient Bagdad with romance, intrigue, and a climactic ousting of the khan. Co feature is My Best.

Maria Montez Iowa Theater Maria Jon Hall Turhan Bey Bagdad Hall Bey Miss Montez

Sonja Henie Lights Rialto Bill In Iceland Double Bill

Sonja Henie and John Payne star in the military musical skating romance Iceland, paired with Jack Oakie Sterling Holloway and Sammy Kaye's orchestra. The co feature Silver City Raiders stars Russell Hayden with Bob Wills and Dub Taylor. Short subjects include a vaudeville specialty cartoon news and chapter seven of The Phantom.

Sonja Henie John Payne Iceland Rialto Theater Jack Oakie Sterling Holloway Sammy Kaye Russell Hayden Bob Wills Dub Taylor Silver City

Weekend Theater Time Schedule Headlines

Sunday showtimes listed for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Marion venues. Feature films include His Butler's Sister Desert Song Never a Dull Moment Watch on the Rhine Gangway for Tomorrow Iceland Silver City Raiders Lassie Come Home Natty Nuisance with multiple daily matinees and late shows.

the Gazette Paramount

Lassie Come Home in Marion Opens Today

Lassie Come Home a three day Marion theater run opens today. Roddy McDowall and Donald Crisp star in the Technicolor tale of a boy and his dog with scenic photography.

Eric Knight Marion Theater Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp

Collie Tracks Thousand Mile Journey To Find Master

Roddy McDowall and Crisp co star with Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester Elizabeth Taylor and Ben Webster in this English countryside drama. Co feature Natty Nuisance with Bobbie Watson Joe Devien Johnny Arthur and Jean Porter. News completes the bill.

Roddy McDowall Crisp Green Was My Valley May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester Elizabeth Taylor Ben Webster Bobby Watson Joe Devien Johnny Arthur Jean Porter

California Eldorado State Nickname Mentioned

A brief note highlights California's reputation as an Eldorado state. It references the idea of abundant wealth and opportunity associated with the region, echoing historical and cultural portrayals of the state.

Paramount Offers Tracy Dunne in A Guy Named Joe

Paramount brings A Guy Named Joe to the Paramount Theatre this Friday. The film pairs Spencer Tracy as a daring air force pilot with Irene Dunne as the ferry command pilot who loves him, weaving realism with touches of fantasy. Irene pleads for him to return to the states as danger gathers.

Joe Paramount Theater Air Force Spencer Tracy Irene Dunne Tracy Ferry Command Irene States

Pilot’s death leads to surreal pilots heaven

The excerpt follows an instructor who agrees to a dangerous mission and is killed while bombing an enemy carrier. He awakens in a strange pilots’ heaven and is brought before the figure known as the General, portrayed by Lionel Barrymore, hinting at a broader tale continued on page 5.

Lionel Barrymore

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