Holiday Week Theaters Feature Bob Hope and More
The Paramount headlines The Great Lover with Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming opening Saturday and running through New Year’s Eve, with Dancing in the Dark and The Outlaw also on district screens. Iowa shows Holiday Affair, and State offers Dear Wife preview at New Year’s, plus Fighting Man of the Plains and Jackpot Jitters. Other venues feature Fighting Redhead, Call of the Forest, My Dream is Yours, Pitfall, Miracle on 34th Street, A Connecticut Yankee, and I Was a Male War Bride across local theaters.
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Joyce Reynolds
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Janet Leigh
Wendell Corey
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Mona Freeman
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James Dunn to star in Harvey at the Iowa Theatre
James Dunn will headline Mary Chase’s Harvey at the Iowa theatre in February. Manager A. H. Talbot confirms Dunn, a former Oscar winner for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, takes the lead role after previous Broadway performances. Show runs February 6 and 7 with ticket sales to be announced later.
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Betty Grable Opens New Film With Famous Icon Shot
Hollywood reports the opening scene of Betty Grable’s new film My Blue Heaven features a close shot of the actress. Publicity staff christen the moment as putting the studio’s best foot forward.
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Times Theater Books Quartet coming to Cedar Rapids
The art film Quartet based on four stories by W Somerset Maugham will play at the Times Theater Cedar Rapids from Sunday through Tuesday January 8 to 10. Manager Roy Metcalfe announced the J Arthur Rank presentation, which has drawn strong scores in the East.
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Screen Writers Return to Work Amid Holiday Burst
Hollywood AP reports Christmas brings cheer for 111 screen writers who are back at work, ending a stoppage and resuming productions.
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Screen Writers' Guild Reports 20 Percent Rise in Writers
The Screen Writers' Guild reports employment of scenarists up 20 percent from last year. Five hundred thirty nine scribes work in studios, vs 428 a year ago, says SWG president Valentine Davies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer leads with 44 writers, Twentieth Century Fox has 39, and Warner Brothers follows.
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Footlighters Plan Traer Show Of A Young Man's Fancy
The Cedar Rapids Footlighters will present a special performance of A Young Man's Fancy in Traer Thursday evening. The comedy was staged earlier this month to a rosy reception and will travel for this engagement.
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Holiday Affair shines as Christmas gift for Cedar Rapids
Nadine Subotnik reviews Holiday Affair featuring Janet Leigh Robert Mitchum in a New York Christmas romance. Leigh is a war widow with a son, Mitchum a salesman, Corey a loyal friend, and Gebert a sincere child. The film blends warm scenes and festive imagery with a gentle romance and holiday charm.
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Sunday Theater Showings at Paramount and Other Theaters
The listing details matinee and evening runs for Paramount Iowa State Town Palace Times Strand Marion and more. Titles include Dancing in the Dark Holiday Affair Riders in the Sky Fighting Man of the Plains Jackpot Jitters Call of the Forest My Dream Is Yours Pitfall Miracle on 34th Street A Connecticut Yankee I Was a Male War Bride and other short subjects with multiple daily showtimes.
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Frieda Inescort, Hollywood’s Noted Movie Mother
Frieda Inescort is described as Hollywood's top film mother for years, known for stylish and sophisticated maternal roles across multiple productions.
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Cowgirl Outfit Sparks Ranch Boom in Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports Jack Carson built a 60 acre ranch after buying a cowgirl outfit for his daughter. The outfit sparked a pony for the daughter and a horse for the son, leading to land purchase for the animals. Now he keeps cows riding horses turkeys chickens and alfalfa.
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Randolph Scott Stars in New Action Packed Western
Randolph Scott leads dangerous life in Fighting Man of the Plains outside of law and order. He pursues the man who killed his brother, shoots the wrong man, and faces mounting peril through a boom town sequence and Quantrell Raiders ride. Jane Nigh stars as heroine with Bill Williams as villain, Victor Jory in support, Dale Robertson in debut, Cinecolor keeps cropping up.
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Marion Schedules Late New Year Show
The Marion theater will present a New Year's Eve midnight show featuring Keep Em Flying with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Early attractions include The Wizard of Oz in technicolor with Judy Garland and The Big Cat with Lon McCallister and Peggy Ann Garner.
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