Shanghai Gesture opens at State with star lineup
The Shanghai Gesture film debuts Thursday at the State theater with Gene Tierney Walter Huston Victor Mature Ona Munson Phyllis Brooks and Eric Blore. Josef von Sternberg directs lavish sets including a spectacular casino and a Shanghai street scene. Co feature Dudes Are Pretty People stars Jimmy Rodgers Noah Beery Jr and Marjorie Woodworth. Also playing The Lady Has Plans and Jailhouse Blues. music halls of England employ 3 000 musicians and 6 000 others in normal times.
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Shanghai
Gene Tierney
Walter Huston
Victor Mature
Ona Munson
Phyllis Brooks
Eric Blore
State Theater
Mature
Josef von Sternberg
Mother Gin Sling
Shanighai
Jimmy Rodgers
Noah Beery, Jr
Marjorie Woodworth
Hal Roach
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Iowa to screen The Male Animal at Iowa theater with Fonda
The Elliott Nugent James Thurber comedy The Male Animal opens Friday at the Iowa theater starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland with Joan Leslie and Jack Carson in supporting roles. A companion feature Adventures of Martin Eden with Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes follows, plus return engagements of The Kennel Murder Case and Gambling Lady. The current slate includes Bill Robinson and Ernie Fields on stage and Judy Canova Sleepy Time Gal on screen. Cleopatra’s day note ends the item.
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Elliott Nugent
James Thurber
Iowa Theater
Olivia de Havilland
Henry Fonda
Fonda
Joan Leslie
Jack Carson
Eugene Pallette
Herbert Anderson
Don DeFore
Cedar Rapids
Martin Eden
Jack London
Glenn Ford
Claire Tre
Iowa
William Powell
Philo Vance
Mary Astor
Ralph Morgan
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Pat O’brien
Bill
Robinson
Ernie Fields
Estelle Edson
Mcl Moore
Jimmie Smith
Fields
Movie Listings Preview at Local Theaters This Week
Maureen O Hara and Randolph Scott clash in To the Shores of Tripoli opening Friday at Paramount. Olivia de Havilland leads The Male Animal with Henry Fonda at Iowa Friday. Jimmie Smith dances atop a xylo phone in Bill Robinson Ernie Fields show at the Iowa. Mickey Rooney Lewis Stone Donna Reed star in The Courtship of Andy Hardy at Paramount. Paulette Goddard Ray Milland seek clues in The Lady Has Plans at the State. Gene Tierney Victor Mature headline The Shanghai Gesture opening Thursday at the State.
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Jimmie Smith
Bill Robinson
Ernie Fields
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Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Donna Reed
Andy Hardy
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Paulette Goddard
Ray Milland
Manpower at Rialto features Robinson Raft and Dietrich
Edward G. Robinson and George Raft star as power linemen Hank and Johnny in Manpower at the Rialto through Tuesday. Marlene Dietrich appears as the object of Hank’s marriage and shifting loyalties. The double bill includes The Great Train Robbery with Bob Steele Claire Carleton and Milburn Stone plus a Donald Duck cartoon and Captain Midnight.
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Edward G. Robinson
George Raft
Marlene Dietrich
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Robinson
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Marlene
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Bob Steele
Claire Carleton
Milburn Stone
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Marines Film Heads Bill at Paramount Friday
Twentieth Century Fox technicolor feature To the Shores of Tripoli shows Marine training at the San Diego base with John Payne and Sergt Randolph Scott leading a Navy nurse romance amid a cast including Maureen O’Hara Nancy Kelly and Roddy McDowall. Also on the bill are On the Sunny Side The Courtship of Andy Hardy and Mr and Mrs North with Gracie Allen.
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Randolph Scott
John Payne
Tripoli
United States Marine Corps
Paramount
Twentieth Century-Fox’ Technicolor
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William Tracy
Maxie Rosenbloom
Henry Morgan
Edmund MacDonald
Russell Hicks
Minor Watson
Roddy McDowall
Jane Darwell
Stanley Clements
Katharine Alexander
Ann Todd
Powell Loy Team Lights Up Strand in Love Crazy
Powell and Loy star in Love Crazy at the Strand with William Powell feigning madness to win back his wife Myrna Loy. The second feature, Christmas in July, follows Dick Powell as a department store worker misnamed as a $25,000 slogan contest winner amid a chaotic aftermath through Tuesday.
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Myrna Loy
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Powell
Miss Loy
Dick Powell
Frontiersman Buck Jones in White Eagle on Screen
Ellen Drew headlines alongside a short subjects program featuring the frontier serial White Eagle starring Buck Jones and a comedy. The listing highlights a featured presenter and the movie lineup for an upcoming screening.
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Ellen Drew
Buck Jones
Palace Film Run Delights Abbott Costello Duo
Palace program shows Abbott and Costello in Keep Em Flying at the Palace today through Wednesday with Martha Raye Carol Bruce William Gargan and Dick Foran in support plus songs and aerial sequences. Companion feature The Perfect Snob stars Lynn Barr Cornel Wilde Charlotte Greenwood and Charlie Ruggles in lead roles.
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Abbott and Costello
Lynn Barr
Cornel Wilde
Charlotte Greenwood
Charlie Ruggles
Daily Theater Schedule Highlights and Notable Note
The Gazette lists current showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Strand Times Marion and more with titles such as The Courtship of Andy Hardy Mr. and Mrs. North Sleepytime Gal The Lady Has Plans Jailhouse Blues Keep Em Flying The Perfect Snob Manpower The Great Train Robbery Love Crazy Christmas in July Dive Bomber Moon Over Her Shoulder Son of Fury Shadow on the Stairs. Also notes the annual cost of about ten million dollars to infuse beauty products with fragrance.
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