Mystery and melodrama head to Iowa theater program
This week at the Iowa theater presents Hawthornes The House of Seven Gables plus Black Friday with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Also on the bill are Forgotten Girls, Chasing Trouble, Information Please, Primrose Path with Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea, and other features at the Town, State, and Paramount theaters.
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Iowa
Hawthorne
Pyncheon
Matthew Maule
Margaret Lindsay
Hepaibah
Clifford
Vincent Price
George Sanders
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Louise Platt
Donald Woods
Wynne Gibbson
Jack LaRue
Eduardo Crannell
Frankie Darro
Of Mice and Men at State Theater Thursday
The State Theater opens Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck with Burgess Meredith Betty Field and Lon Chaney Jr. The program also includes Double Alibi with Wayne Morris and Margaret Lindsay and William Gargan. Also showing are Over the Moon and Slightly Honorable with notable casts.
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Donald Woods
Louise Platt
Eduardo Ciannelli
Betty Field
Lon Chaney, Jr
Merle Oberon
Robert Douglas
State Theater
Burgess Meredith
Hal Roach
John Steinbeck
Mae
Charles Bickford
Roman Bohnen
Bob Steele
Noah Beery, Jr
Oscar O Shea
Wayne Morris
Cargaret Lindsay
William Gargan
United Artists
Europe
Rex Harrison
Pat O Brien
Edward Arnold
Ruth Terry
Wizard of Oz at Strand plus The Lady and the Mob
The Strand shows The Wizard of Oz today and Monday with Judy Garland Frank Morgan and Lew Lahr. The second feature is The Lady and the Mob starring Fay Bainter and Ida Lupino, plus a Krazy Kat cartoon The Lone Mountie.
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Strand Theater
Judy Garland
Frank Morgan
Lew Lahr
Lady and the
Fay Bainter
Ida Lupino
Lone Mountie
Leap Year Lady ends in tragedy after sudden marriage
The scene closes with Clancy's death during childbirth and Dayne Olsen's hurried marriage to Karl Hetrick. Ross fears Smoky will hate Dayne as he contemplates the ruined Hetrick house and the blazing O'Toole residence. The town mourns a double blow.
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Dayne Olsen
Shamrock O'Toole
Ross
Clancy
Smoky
Dayne Hetrick
Tex
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O'Toole
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Chief
Herbie Kay to Play at Danceland With Jean Webb Soloist
Herbie Kay and his dance band visit Danceland next Thursday with Jean Webb as soloist. Kay formed the group while at Northwestern University and still uses Violets as a college flavored theme. Also on tap Tuesday night Ralph Slade and his band perform for residents of Independence Manchester Toddville and Conroy as guests. Tonight Nat Towles and his 14 Southern Gentlemen play.
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Herbie Kay
Danceland
Jean Webb
Kay
Northwestern U
Ralph Slade
Independence
Manchester
Toddville
Conroy
Nat Towles
Palace Screens Four Wives With Lane Sisters Cast
The Palace theater presents the film Four Wives starring Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Lola Lane and Gale Page through Wednesday. Jeffrey Lynn May Robson Frank McHugh and Dick Foran are also in the cast in this sequel to Four Daughters.
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Priscilla
Rosemary
Lola Lane
Gale Page
Jeffrey Lynn
May Robson
Frank McHugh
Dick Foran
Fighting Gringo Action Drama in the Southwest
George O'Brien leads the action drama Fighting Gringo set in the Southwest portraying a rugged frontier tale with peril and confrontation as the central sequence.
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Southwest
George O’brien
Northwest Passage and Ad venture in Diamonds at Paramount
Spencer Tracy stars in Northwest Passage with Robert Young and Walter Brennan filmed in Technicolor on Idaho locales. The Rangers perform daring feats as they fight to safety. Also opening is Ad venture in Diamonds set in Kimberly Cape Town with George Brent and Isa Miranda.
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Walter Brennan
Spencer Tracy
Robert Young
Ginger Rogers
Joel McCrea
Towa Theater
Northwest Passage
Idaho
Kenneth Roberts
King Victor
Rangers
Puss
Paramount News
Kimberly
South Africa
Cape Town
George Brent
Isa Miranda
Robbery Plot Tangles in Fabulous Kimberly Diamond Cache
A young couple’s happiness shatters when the wife’s former husband kills a detective and they are accused. Supporting cast includes Elizabeth Patterson John Loder and Nigel Bruce. Ellen Drew Robert Page and Judith Barrett headline the companion feature Women With Out Names.
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Kimberly
Elizabeth Patterson
John Loder
Nigel Bruce
Ellen Drew
Robert Page
Judith Barrett
Rialto Presents Cagney O’Brien Film With Western Duo
Rialto frames Angers with Angels with Dirty Faces starring James Cagney and Pat O’Brien plus Dead End Kids through Tuesday. Ken Maynard stars Phantom Rancher, plus Zero’s Fight Legion chapter one, a vaudeville reel, and a cartoon. Also notes owners should re shoe horses every four to five weeks.
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James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Rialto
Ken Maynard
Zero
Fight Legion
Karl Rushes to Hospital After Wife Taken to St Agnes
Karl hurries to the hospital after Ross tells him his wife has been taken to St Agnes hospital Hetrick. The scene ends with a note that the story continues tomorrow.
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Karl
Ross
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Hetrick
Ledger Syndicate
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