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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1942

Page

6

Lady in a Jam and Town Theater Showcases at Iowa

Hollywood star Trene Dunne headlines Lady in a Jam a gay comedy directed by Gregory LeCava at the Iowa theater with Patric Knowles Ralph Bellamy and Eugene Pallette in key roles. Also on bill Parachute Nurse with Marguerite Chapman and William Wright. Town screens The Talk of the Town starring Cary Grant Jean Arthur Ronald Colman in a rom com. Ellery Queen feature with William Gargan Margaret Lindsay and Charley Grapewin.

Trene Dunne Hollywood Iowa Theater Gregory LeCava Theodora Miss Dunne New York Arizona Patric Knowles Ralph Bellamy Eugene Pallette Queenie Vassar Samuel S. Hinds Hardie Albright Russell Hicks Emmett Wogan Marguerite Chapman William Wright Kay Harris Cary Grant Jean Arthur Ronald Colman Grant Colman Miss Arthur Edgar Buchanan Glenda Farrell Tom Tyler Ellery Queen William Gargan Margaret Lindsay Charley Grapewin Inspector Queen

The Talk of the Town and Other Films at Local Theaters

Film listings highlight Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in The Talk of the Town at the Town with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Pard on My Sarong at the Paramount. Irene Dunne stars in Lady in a Jam at the Iowa, with Patric Knowles and Ralph Bellamy supporting. Wings for the Eagle features Jack Carson Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan at the Paramount. Twin Beds stars George Brent and Joan Bennett at the State, while Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main appear in Jackass Mail at the State.

Hollywood Bud Abbott Lou Costello Paramount Irene Dunne Gregory la Carya Iowa Patric

Axis Agents and Western at Rialto in double bill

Action and suspense pace the Rialto today through Tuesday with Wild Bill Hickok Rides and Unseen Enemy. Wild Bill Hickok Rides follows a frontier tale from the Chicago fire to a dam blast as cattlemen resist ranch takeovers with Constance Bennett and Warren William in key roles. Unseen Enemy centers on Axis agents plotting to seize an interned Japanese ship with Andy Devine Leo Carvillo Irene Hervey Don Terry and Jaionel Royce featured. Short subjects include a comedy cartoon news and Perils of the Royal Mounted chapter 10.

Rialto Theater Wild Bill Hickok Chicago Belle Andrews Constance Bennett Warren William Bruce Cabot Andy Devine Leo Carvillo Irene Hervey Don Terry Jaionel Royce Bill The Royal Mounted

State to Feature Twin Beds Farce On Thursday

Joan Bennett and George Brent star in the hi larious comedy farce Twin Beds at the State theater Thursday. Mischa Auer Glenda Farrell Una Merkel and Ernest Truex lead the supporting cast in a Broadway hit about a young married couple whose well meant deeds spark a string of misadventures ending in a dramatic reconciliation.

Joan Bennett George Brent State Theater Mischa Auer Glenda Farrell Una Merkel Ernest Truex Miss Bennett Mr. Brent

Movie Schedules for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Marion

The Gazette lists today’s theater showings. Paramount features Pardon My Sarong with short subjects at several daily times. Iowa runs Talk of the Town and Enemy Agent in double bills plus Jackass Mail Tough as They Come. Palace presents To the Shores of Tripoli Miss Polly. Rialto shows Wild Bill Hickok Rides and Unseen Enemy. Times Blues in the Night Penny Serenade. Marion presents Syncopation Blondie’s Blessed Event.

Paramount Iowa Tripoli

Old-Time Melodrama Smile Awhile Opens At The Barn

A barn theatre presents Smile Awhile an open air melodrama with a horse and buggy and a costumed driver meeting bus passengers at Seventeenth Street and Third Avenue to begin tonight near highway 149 two miles west of Cedar Rapids. The production continues.

Seventeenth Street Third Avenues Barn Theater Highway 149 Cedar Rapids

State Theater Features Spy Ship and Jackass Mail Double Bill

Co feature Spy Ship stars Irene Manning and Craig Stevens with a Nazi espionage plot and Pearl Harbor climax. State also shows Jackass Mail with Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main, plus Tough As They Come with the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys.

Dead End Kids Tough Atier Miss Farrell Miss Merkel Truex Irene Manning Craig Stevens Miss Manning Michael Ames Stevens Pearl Harbor Wallace Beery Marjorie Main J. Carrol Naish Darryl Hickman Beery Darryl Miss Main Naish Billy Halep Helen Parrish Ann Gillis Paul Kelly Virginia Brissac John Gallaudet Jimmy Butler

Palace Presents To The Shores of Tripoli at Palace Theater

Hollywood color war drama about the making of a marine toughie. John Payne as a recruit mentored by Sergt Randolph Scott at a San Diego base. Maureen O Hara as a navy nurse. Short comedy Miss Polly with Zasu Pitts and Slim Summerville.

United States Marine Corps Leatherneck Tripoli Palace Theater Montezuma San Diego Marine Base John Payne Sergt Randolph Scott Maureen O'Hara Miss Polly Zasu Pitts Slim Summerville

War workers at Paramount Friday in Wings for the Eagle

Paramount presents Wings for the Eagle starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan set largely at the Lockheed aircraft plant as war effort workers juggle loyalty and romance. Abbott and Costello headline Pardon My Sarong with a coastal yacht hijinks sequence and a Hawaii island finale. Also showing Divide and Conquer and a Popular Science feature amid a Cornell New York hospital study on cold hands and tension.

America Paramount Theater Ann Sheridan Kings Row Dennis Morgan Hollywood Lockheed United States Morgan Carson Miss Sheridan Ann Bud Abbott Lou Costello The Paramount Chicago Los Angeles Honolulu Robert Paige Virginia Bruce Leif Erickson Lionel Atwill Tip Saronga Warners Cornell New York Hospital

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