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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1944

Page

7

Story of Nora Bayes Comes To Paramount

Warner Brothers musical Shine on Harvest Moon about Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth comes to the Paramount Friday. Ann Sheridan stars as Bayes with Dennis Morgan as Norworth. Irene Manning, Jack Carson, S Z Sakall, Marie Wilson and Robert Shayne also star. Le Roy Prinz choreographs and three new songs are featured.

Warner Brothers Nora Bayes Paramount Theater Ann Sheridan Miss Bayes Dennis Morgan Jack Norworth Ziegfeld Irene Manning Jack Carson Z Sakall Marie Wilson Robert Shayne Norworth Milwaukee Golden Horseshoe le Roy Prinz

This Is the Army at Palace Theater Today Through Wednesday

Irving Berlin's This Is the Army screens at the Palace theater for the Army Emergency Relief benefit. The film presents the stage show with Joan Leslie Lt Ronald Reagan George Murphy and others providing new material. Kate Smith sings God Bless America along with nineteen Berlin songs. The program includes news a color cartoon and a two reel featurette.

Irving Berlin Boys In the Army Palace Theater Army Emergency Relief Berlin Joan Leslie Ronald Reagan George Murphy Kate Smith

Paramount Playhouse Screens New 1934–35 Stage and Film Starships

Ginger Rogers stars as a stressed career woman in Lady in the Dark at the Paramount with Ray Milland as her lead. Fired Wife opens Tuesday at the Paramount with Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, and Walter Abel in the cast. Memphis Belle docu and Jack London feature at State Center. Adventures of Mark Twain coming to Town Friday. Shine on Harvest Moon arrives at the Paramount Friday with Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. Chip Off the Old Block debuts at the State Thursday starring Donald O’Connor with Peggy Ryan and Ann Blyth. Flesh and Fantasy stars Charles Boyer and Barbara Stanwyck at the Iowa.

Ginger Rogers Paramount Ray Milland Louise Allbritton Robert Paige Walter Abel Memphis Donald O’connor Don Peggy Ryan Ann Blyth Charles Boyer Barbara Stanwyck Julien Duvivier The Iowa

Ann Blyth Signs With Universal After Stage Run

Newcomer Ann Blyth, after two years in the stage success Watch on the Rhine, signs with Universal Studios. The actress gains film exposure following the noted Broadway engagement and joins the studio’s roster for future productions.

Ann Blyth Universal Studios

Gung Ho at Marion theater portrays Carlson Raiders saga

Walter Wanger presents Gung Ho the Marine Corps raid on Makin Island based on Carlson's Raiders with Randolph Scott as Col Thorwald. The three day Marion run opens today with Alan Curtis Grace McDonald Noah Beery Jr J Carrol Naish Sam Levene and David Bruce in the cast. Companion feature Sailor's Holiday with Arthur Lake and Jane Lawrence headlines the bill.

Walter Wanger Marine Corps Japherd Makin Island Marion Theater Carlson Randolph Scott Thorwald Evans F. Carlson Makin Island United States Col Carlson Alan Curtis Grace McDonald Noah Beery, Jr J. Carrol Naish Sam Levene David Bruce Arthur Lake Jane Lawrence News

Sunday theater schedule of Paramount Rialto Palace and others

The Gazette lists Sunday showtimes for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Marion. Films include Lady in the Dark Flesh and Fantasy Passport to Destiny Jack London Memphis Belle This Is the Army There’s Something About a Soldier Frontier Law Hangmen Also Die Tornado Gung Ho Sailor's Holiday and short subjects with multiple daily screenings.

Gazette Paramount Iowa Jack London Memphis Rialto

The Adventures of Mark Twain in Iowa Friday

Warner Brothers presents a 130 minute roadshow of The Adventures of Mark Twain with Fredric March and Alexis Smith. The biographical portrait follows Samuel Clemens from birth to death, including his boyhood, river pilot days, and Civil War interlude, with a large supporting cast and Irving Rapper directing.

Warner Brothers Mark Twain Iowa Theater Fredric March Alexis Smith Twain Samuel Clemens Bret Harte Mississippi March Miss Smith Livvy Donald Crisp Alan Hale Aubrey Smith John Carradine William Henry Robert Barrat Walter Hampden Joyce Reynolds Irving Rapper Mark Twain Company Harold M. Sherman

March of Time on Postwar Jobs at Paramount Theater

A short subject on Postwar Jobs in the March of Time series will show at the Paramount theater Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday matinee. The film draws attention for its role in postwar job planning efforts and featured in the series lineup.

Paramount Theater

Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan Star at State Theater

Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan headline Chip Off the Old Block at the State Theater on Thursday. The pair deliver comedy and dance with O'Connor as a bright American youth and Ryan adding graceful nimble dancing to the musical comedy.

Donald O’connor Peggy Ryan State Theater Donald Peggy

There’s Something About a Soldier opens at Rialto

Army picture combines romance and action in behind the scenes story of an Army Officers Candidate School. Bruce Bennett and Tom Neal duel for Evelyn Keyes in a tale of life in the service and sacrifice. Frontier Law co features Russell Hayden and Fuzzy Knight in a cattle war with Johnny Bond and his Red River Valley Boys providing musical interludes.

Rialto Theater Bruce Bennett Tom Neal Evelyn Keyes Russell Hayden Fuzzy Knight Johnny Bond Red River Valley Boys

Theaters to Hold WAC Recruiting Week

The motion picture industry will observe a Women’s Army Corps Recruiting Week from May 11 to 17. Cedar Rapids theaters will cooperate as part of a nationwide campaign in 16 000 theaters. Col Oveta Culp Hobby urged exhibitors to support the effort noting the industry’s prior bond and Red Cross work.

Women’s Army Corps War Activities Committee Cedar Rapids Oveta Culp Hobby WAC American Red Cross

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