Tender Comrade at Iowa Theater Promises War Time Drama
The Iowa theater opens Tender Comrade starring Ginger Rogers with Robert Ryan as the lead, a poignant drama of war and home front life as Rogers’ Jo Jones helps her husband and fellow war wives adapt to community living. Co feature Klondike Kate and Tarzan’s Desert Mystery also show with Pistol Packin’ Mama in the program.
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America
Ginger Rogers
Robert Ryan
Iowa
Ginger
Jo Jones
Chris
Ryan
Chris Ruth Hussey
Patricia Collinge
Kim Hunter
Mady Christians
Richard Martin
Jane Darwell
Ann Savage
Tomacai Glenda Farrell
Lesteren
Sahara Desert
Tarzan
Iowa Theater
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Sheffield
Roy
Cheta
Chimpanzee
Nancy Kelly
Ruth Terry
Robert Livingston
Rogers
Sweet Rosie O Grady Opens at Marion for 3 Day Run
Betty Grable stars in the tuneful technicolor comedy Sweet Rosie O Grady at the Marion theater for a three day engagement. Robert Young and Adolphe Menjou co star as a reporter and a duke in a tale of romance and revenge with musical numbers. Reginald Gardiner and Virginia finish the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie O'Grady
Betty Grable
Robert Young
Adolphe Menjou
Marion Theater
Betty
London
Young
Brooklyn
Sam
Reginald Gardiner
Virginia
Cast List and Comedy Feature on Current Bill
The bill features Grey and Phil Regan with Sig Ruman and Alan Dinehart in the main cast. A companion comedy titled Yanks Ahoy stars William Tracy and Joe Sawyer. News completes the program with additional entertainment.
Movie Previews Return: The Cross of Lorraine and More
The page previews film offerings at two local theaters with cast notes. Aumont and Kelly play French soldiers escaping a Nazi prison for De Gaulle in The Cross of Lorraine at the State. Madame Curie stars Curie and Walter Pidgeon at the Paramount. Rogers and Ryan headline Tender Comrade at the Iowa, while Weissmuller leads Tarzan’s Desert Victory at the same theater. Henry Aldrich and Destination Tokyo headline at the State and Paramount respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Pierre Aumont
Fighting
Gene Kelly
Gen. de Gaulle
Nancy Kelly
Tarzan
Nancy
Johnny Weissmuller
Iowa
Shantytown at Rialto with Shantytown and Riders of the Rio Grande
Mary Lee stars in Shantytown at the Rialto a tale of an impressionable girl amid a young couple John Archer and Marjorie Lord. The co feature Riders of the Rio Grande stars The Three Mesquiteers Bob Steele Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd in a western to save a banker mayor and family from gamblers.
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Mary Lee
Gene Autry
Rialto Theater
John Archer
Marjorie Lord
Sunshine and
Main
Bob Steele
Tom Tyler
Jimmie Dodd
Destination Tokyo and Madame Curie At Paramount
Paramount opens two major films. Destination Tokyo stars Cary Grant and John Garfield as crew members aboard the submarine Copperfin fighting Japan under Navy supervision. Madame Curie, with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, follows Marie and Pierre Curie from student days to radium discovery.
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Pierre
Marie Curie
Madame Curie
Paramount
Walter Pidgeon
Greer Garson
Pierre and
Marie
Garfield
Grant
Tokyo
Japan
Paramount Theater
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Vu. &. S. Copperfin
Alan Hale
John Ridgely
Dane Clark
Navy
Comdr
Dudley Walker Morton
Delmer Daves
Hollywood
Eve Curie
Paris
Pierre Curie
Dame May Whitty
Henry Travers
Albert Basserman
State Presents Cross of Lorraine with Aumont and Kelly
State theater opens Thursday with Aumont Kelly and Hardwicke in The Cross of Lorraine from Hans Habe novel adaptation. The film follows French soldiers held in a Nazi camp and their fight for freedom, alongside Hitler Dead or Alive on the same program featuring American gangsters.
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Metro - Goldwyn- Mayer
Hans Habe
Lorraine
Jean Pierre Aumont
America
Gene Kelly
Cedric Hardwicke
France
Peter Lorre
Aumont
Brittany
de Gaulle
Richard Wharf
Joseph Calleia
Hume Croyne
Wallace Ford
Billy Roy
Hitler
Sonja Henie Picture Tops Palace Program
Music glamor and skating highlight the fun in Wintertime at the Palace theater today through Wednesday. Sonja Henie stars with elaborately staged numbers and a wealth of comedy talent led by Jack.
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Sonja Henie
Picture Tops Palace Program
Palace Theater
Sonja
Jack
This Is the Army Comes to Iowa Theater
The screen version of This Is the Army will show at the Iowa theater starting Friday February 25. It features service men from the stage show plus a few Hollywood leads and returns to regular pricing after prior cancellations. The score includes American favorites like This Is the Army Mr Jones and I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen.
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Army
Irving Berlin
Iowa Theater
Hollywood
Iowa
Mr. Jones
Henry Aldrich Boy Scout leads at State with Donat in Adven tures
Ward Bond Warren Hymer and Paul Fix head the cast in Henry Aldrich Boy Scout at the State where Jimmy Lydon and Joan Mortimer star. The co feature is Robert Donat in Adventures of Tartu.
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Hitler
Germany
Ward Bond
Warren Hymer
Paul Fix
Aldrich
Henry Aldrich
Henry
Jimmy Lydon
Joan Mortimer
Robert Donat
Tartu
Local Theater Schedules For Sunday Showings
Paramount presents Madame Curie and Paiont Subjects with showings at 1 43 4 13 6 43 9 13. Iowa features Tarzan's Desert Mystery Pistol Packin Mama Henry Aldrich Boy Scout Adventures of Tartas 2 36 5 40 8 44. Palace runs Wintertime Hitler's Madman at 3 6 30 9 55 and 1 35 5 05 8 30. Rialto shows Shantytown Riders of the Rio Grande Times Destroyer The Powers Girl and Silent Witness. Strand screens Road to Morocco Silent Witness with multiple times. Marion offers Sweet Rosie O Grady Yanks Ahoy across several times.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Henry Aldrich
Palace
Hitler
Rialto
TIMES
Morocco
Marion
Rosie O'Grady
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Rosie O’grady
Sonia
Henie
John Carradine
Patricia Morison
Hitler's
March OF Time
Cartoon — News
Dorothy Lamour
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Frank Albertson
Maris Wrlson
Darryl Hickman
John Litel
Minor Watson
Olive Blakeney
Boy Scout
Warner Brothers
Kelly
UCSC
Mieker
Hey Travers
Bomot Walk van Johnson
Margaret
BRL
Almoat Easserman
Dame May Whitty Madane Cinie
Paramount News
Seven Seas
Benny Goodman
Os Glenn For
Mmarguerte Craphan
Edgar Buchanan
Sen
Scrial
Secret Service
Africa
The
Bob Steele Tyler Dood
Jens Aery
Johnny
Sot Roy Wn
Pacey Prama
With Ruth Terry
Robt
Livingston
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