This week at the theaters
This week at the State theater features Jack London with Michael O She a Susan Hayward and a notable cast as the author s life unfolds from oyster pirate to writer Also Memphis Belle a Wyler documentary drama of the Eighth Air Force in Technicolor co stars Col Wyler and crew Crazy House Olsen and Johnson comedy with Patric Knowles Cass Daley and more co features The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler fronts the program
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Jack London
Michael O'Shea
Susan Hayward
Charmian London
Ernest Pascal
London
San Francisco Bay
Yukon
Virginia Mayo
Frank Craven
Ralph Morgan
Harry Davenport
Louise Beavers
Regis Toomey
Morgan Conway
Germany
Hollywood
William Wyler
Memphis Belle
Eighth Air Force
Wyler
Patric Knowles
Cass Daley
Martha O'Driscoll
Thomas Gomez
Adolf Hitler
Ludwig Donath
Gale Sondergaard
Predicts Future Movies No Better Than Today's
Hollywood report cites David Wark Griffith predicting tomorrow's films will be about as weak as today's. He notes occasional good works may appear but overall quality unlikely to improve.
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Hollywood
David Wark Griffith
Griffith
Film Stars and Shows Highlight Weekend Screenings
An interview discusses why a great film should ease trouble and inspire thought, naming Churchill and D Annunzio as sharp writers. The Iowa circuit showcases Lady in the Dark at Paramount with Ray Milland and Ginger Rogers, The Curse of the Cat People at the Iowa, Vanities at the Iowa, Jack London at the State with Michael O Shea and Susan Hayward, Crazy House at the State, and Flesh and Fantasy at the Town with Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Edward G Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and others.
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Griffith
Winston Churchill
Gabriel D’annunzio
Churchill
D'Annunzio
Little Ann Carter
Simone Simon
Iowa
Kay Reed
Earl Carroll
Michael O’shea
Jack Landon
Susan Hayward
Jack London
Ramsay Ames
Betty Field
Robert Cummings
Edward G. Robinson
Charlies Boyer
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Benchley
Vanities to Open Stage Engagement At Iowa Tuesday
Earl Carroll presents the new Vanities revue at the Iowa theater for a three day run starting Tuesday with elaborate numbers and special lighting. The show features Costello twins and a lineup of dancers and comedians, plus a screen feature The Whistler starring Richard Dix and a cast including Jo an Woodbury and Cy Kendall.
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Earl Carroll
Iowa
Carroll
Costello Twins
The
Three Sailors
Seiler and Seabold
Barney Grant
Barbara LaRene
Barbara
Dardy Moffett
Burt Jason
Harry Blue
Bob Robson
the Whistler
Richard Dix
J. Carrol Naish
Gloria Stuart
Alan Direhart
Don Costello
Joan Woodbury
Cy Kendall
Roz Russell Comedy At Palace Today Through Wednesday
Rosalind Russell stars as a career woman who boosts potential celebrities into real stars in What A Woman, a lively romantic comedy at the Palace theater today through Wednesday. Brian Aherne adds caustic wit with Williard Parker as a newcomer. Co feature Bar 20 stars Hopalong Cassidy in a western thriller with band act, cartoon and news events completing the program.
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Rosalind Russell
Palace Theater
Rosalind
Brian Aherne
Williard Parker
Hopalong Cassidy
Victor Jory
Johnny Come Lately heads Marion theater program
Johnny Come Lately, based on a Louis Bromfield story, tops the Marion program today through Tuesday. James Cagney stars in the title role as the theater’s first feature from the new Cagney brothers producing film. Co feature is Victory through Air Power, a Disney cartoon parody of Major Alexander de Seversky’s aviation theories.
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Johnny Come
Louis Bromfield
Marion Theater
James Cagney
Cagney Brothers
Alexander de Seversky
Iowa to Present Flesh and Fantasy at LeW Theater
The film Flesh and Fantasy, co produced by Charles Boyer and Julien Duvivier, opens at the LeW Theater Friday. Based on stories by Wilde Vadnay and St Joseph it weaves three dramatic episodes with an all star cast led by Boyer Stanwyck and Robinson.
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Hollywood
Charles Boyer
Julien Duvivier
Lews Theater
Screen Entertainment
Allstar
Boyer
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Benchley
Betty Field
Robert Cummings
Edward G. Robinson
Oscar Wilde
Laslo Vadnay
Ellis St. Joseph
Paramount Offers Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark
Ginger Rogers stars as a fashion magazine editor in Lady in the Dark a Technicolor spectacle at Paramount. The film based on Gertrude Lawrence’s stage success opens Thursday night highlighting lavish color and elaborate production. Rogers portrays a restless elevated journalist with nerves frayed in a high-gloss Hollywood presentation.
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Hollywood
Ginger Rogers
Paramount Theater
Ginger
Is Everybody Happy Heads Bill at Rialto
Rialto theater presents Is Everybody Happy as the top feature in a double bill today through Tuesday. The program features Ted Lewis with Michael Duane Nan Wynn Larry Parks Lynn Merrick Bob Haymes and the Lewis band using flashbacks to trace his jazz to swing career and rise from adversity.
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Ted Lewis
Rialto Theater
Michael Duane
Nan Wynn
Larry Parks
Lynn Merrick
Bob Haymes
Lewis Band
Lewis
Charles Starrett
Texas Rangers
the Rangers
Three Stooges
Weekend Theater Schedule Listings by Paramount Rialto and More
The Gazette lists Sunday showtimes for Paramount Theaters Lady in the Dark and multiple short subjects, plus Iowa Palace Rialto Times and Marion View through Air Power. Films include The Lady and the Monster Crazy House Adolf Hitler, What a Woman Bar 20 and Watch on the Rhine Juke Girl Johnny Completely detailed by venue with staggered start times.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Adolf Hitler
Rialto
Hall
the Rangers
Marion
Johnny Come
Tory
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Bar
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Danceland
Cal Meyers and His Orchestra
Iowa Ramblers
Billie Rogers
del Courtney
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Ray Milland
Olsen and Johnson
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Edith
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Dickie Tyler
Joan Shepard
Ashton Stevens
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Shirley Temple
Howard Vincent Qarien
Chicago
Daly Mewe
Claudia Cassidy
Chicago Tribune
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Roz Russell
Johnny
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Rogers
Warner Baxter
Jon Hall
Technicolor
Triumph
Irialto
Columbia Picture
Stooges
Ryles
Edgar Barrer
Thomas Mitchell
C. Aubrey Smith
Anna Lee
Dame May Whitty
Charles Winninger
Iil
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Pchad
Arlen Erich So Strohem
ETN
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Aman
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Tiger Srald
von Ry Oe
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Alan Wale
George Tosiar
Dark
Startling
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Hattie McDaniel
PLU
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JIN Technicolor
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