State Books Bob Burns New Picture at New State Theater
Bob Burns leads in a colorful honest screen treatment of a vital American problem opening next Thursday at the New State theater. He plays a lawyer and thinker with democratic square dealing principles. Susan Hayward and Joseph Allen Jr. co-star as his daughter and partner. Elizabeth Patterson, Gene Lockhart, and Charles Bickford also appear. The second feature follows Bulldog Drummond in a bank robbery chase with Phyllis Clavering facing a marriage dilemma.
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Bob Burns
New State Theater
Bob
Square
Susan Hayward
Joseph Allen, Jr
Paramount
Elizabeth Patterson
Gene Lockhart
Charles Bickford
Bulldog Drummond
Jong Standing
Phyllis Clavering
Wizard of Oz Charms At Paramount In Color Spectacle
MGM presents a technicolor Wizard of Oz at the Paramount theater with Judy Garland as Dorothy. The film blends fantasy and reality, delivering song, color magic, witty dialogue, and emotional resonance that captivates audiences.
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Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer
Paramount Theater
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Dorothy
Stars and Films Shown at Local Theaters This Week
Ann Sheridan leads Angels Wash Their Faces at the Iowa theater with Dead End Kids and Donald Regan. Way Down South with Bobby Breen opens Tuesday at the Iowa. Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald with Spencer Tracy in San Francisco at the State. Our Leading Citizen starring Bob Burns and Susan Hayward opens next Thursday at the State. Wizard of Oz featuring Ray Bolger Bert Lahr Judy Garland and Jack Haley is at the Paramount Center. In Name Only with Carole Lombard Cary Grant and Kay Francis comes to the Love theater next Friday. Some Like It Hot with Bob Hope and Shirley Ross arrives at the Paramount Tuesday.
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Ann Sheridan
Donald Regan
Lowa
Louisiana Bayou Country
Bobby Breen
Clark Gable
Jeanette MacDonald
Spencer Tracy
San Francisco
State Theater
Bob Burns
Susan Hayward
Bob Hope
Shirley Ross
Paramount Theater
Strand Theater Reopens As Cedar Rapids Debuts
Preliminary work for reopening Cedar Rapids only neighborhood theater Strand is near completion. Decorators finished inside work and the new front is being prepared for the return of films to the community.
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Cedar Rapids
In Name Only at Iowa Theater
A vivid social issues drama shown Friday at the Iowa theater stars Carole Lombard Cary Grant and Kay Francis. Francis and Grant play an unhappy married couple amid wealth and romance, with Lombard entering the life of Grant and a young widow supporting a five year old daughter.
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Iowa
Carole Lombard
Cary Grant
Kay Francis
Miss Francis
Grant
Carole
Bobby Breen at the Iowa on Tuesday
Bobby Breen stars in Way Down South at the Iowa theater on Tuesday set on a Louisiana plantation with a New Orleans backdrop. The film features spirituals sung by Breen with a 50-voice Hall Johnson choir, a sugar-cane festival scene, and a large supporting cast led by Alan Mowbray Ralph Morgan and Clarence Muse. The co feature Behind Prison Gates stars Brian Donlevy and Jacqueline Wells.
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Louisiana
South
Bobby Breen
Iowa Theater
New Orleans
Bobby
Hall Johnson
Fifty Voices
Alan Mowbray
Ralph Morgan
Clarence Muse
Steffi Dunn
Sally Blane
Brian Donlevy
Jacqueline Wells
Some Like It Hot Opens At Paramount With Bob Hope
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross reunite in Paramount swing comedy Some Like It Hot with Gene Krupa Orchestra. A fast-talking promoter, a hard-boiled agent, and a ring financed show create antics as Hope loses a ring and a song. Also playing Inside Information with a supporting cast.
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Bob Hope
Shirley Ross
Paramount
Gene Krupa
Paramount Theater
Ben Hecht
Gene Fowler
Shirley
Bob
Bernard Nedell
Hope
Una Merkel
Rafe Davis
Inside Information
June Lang
Dick Foran
Mary Carlisle
Harry Carey
State Reshowing Two MGM Hits at New State Theater
Two MGM classics are being shown at the New State theater in Cedar Rapids. San Francisco stars Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald with Spen- Gable’s gambling king role, while A Night at the Opera features the famed comic duo.
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New State Theater
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids
Clark Gable
Jeanette MacDonald
A Night at the Opera and Oregon Trail serial at New State
Tracy plays a compassionate priest alongside Jack Holt and Ted Healy in A Night at the Opera the Marx Brothers film praised for its humor and musical interludes Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones are featured in a romantic subplot A new Universal serial The Oregon Trail is shown each Saturday at the New State on the first show.
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Cer Tracy
Jack Holt
Ted Healy
Marx Brothers
Hollywood
Kitty Carlisle
Bing Crosby
Allan Jones
Jean Harlow
Universal
Oregon Trail
My Son Is A Criminal heads Rialto double feature
The Rialto opens today for three days with My Son Is A Criminal described as human and dramatic. Alan Baxter Jacquelin Wells Gordon Oliver and Willard Robertson star as a gangster family tale with a detective plot. The bill also includes Spoilers of the Range starring Charles Starrett and his Sons of the Pioneers plus Flying G Men eleventh chapter and a news reel.
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My Son
Rialto Theater
Alan Baxter
Jacqueline Wells
Gordon Oliver
Willard Robertson
Robertson
Robert
Baxter
Charles Starret
Sons of Pioneers
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Miss Corporation of America
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