Around the World and Sheltered Thrills Dominate Local Theaters
This week at the Iowa and State theaters features Kay Kyser’s Around the World with Mischa Auer Joan Davis and Marcy McGuire plus a co feature The Ghost Ship and the comedy What a Woman with Rosalind Russell. Also on view are Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case Minesweeper and Hi Diddie Diddie along with Hopalong Cassidy Bar 20.
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Kay Kyser
Iowa Theater
Mischa Auer
Joan Davis
Marcy McGuire
Georgia Carroll
Harry Babbitt
Ish Kabibble
Sully Mason
Kyser
Australia
Chungking
Cairo
Tunis
Monrovia
Jimmy McHugh
Harold Adamson
Shamokin
Richard Dix
Russell Wade
Edith Barrett
Ben Bard
Iowa
Rosalind Russell
Brian Aherne
Willard Parker
Carol Ainsley
Boris Karloff Stars in Arsenic and Old Lace at Note-Ne Show
The Note-Ne Picture Program presents a Monday stage show featuring Boris Karloff in Arsenic and Old Lace. The performance continues the theatre’s autumn lineup with a Friday curtain call and audience laughs.
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Boris Karloff
Thousands Cheer Heads to Paramount With Stars
MGM presents Thousands Cheer at Paramount with Gene Kelly Kathryn Grayson and John Boles in a musical comedy. The XUSO sequence features Judy Garland Iturbi and a parade of stars in skits while Mary Astor Red Skelton Mickey Rooney and others appear in関連 segments.
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MGM
Paramount Theater
Gene Kelly
Kathryn Grayson
John Boles
Mary Astor
Jose Iturbi
Judy Garland
Eleanor Powell
Red Skelton
Mickey Rooney
Virginia O’brien
Ann Sothern
Lucille Ball
Buck
Songbird
He Kelly
Hollywood
Kathryn
Iturbs
George Gershwin
Mickey
Rooney
Paramount
Tommy Dorsey
Arizona
Judy
the Paramount
Red Skelton Returns as The Fox in Whistling at State
Red Skelton stars as Wally Benton The Fox in Whistling in Brooklyn at the State theater starting Thursday. The comedy features Ann Rutherford Rags Ragland Jean Rogers and a police murder plot with Red tangled in publicity and danger.
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Red Skelton
Anne Rutherford
Dolly
Red
Brooklyn
the State
Fox
MGM
State Theater
Wally Benton
Ann Rutherford
Ann
Rags
Ragland
Jean Rogers
Collins
Sam Levene
Henry O'Neill
William Frawley
Salute to the Marines opens today at Marion theater
Wallace Beery stars as a tough Marine sergeant in the Philippines in a Technicolor action tale produced with the United States Marine Corps. Fay Bainter plays his wife urging retirement before Japan invades. The three day run includes the musical Thumbs Up as the companion feature.
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United States Marine Corps
Wallace Beery
Marion Theater
Philippines
Reginald Owen
Roy Collins
Keye Luke
Marilyn Maxwell
William Lundigan
Donald Curtis
Brenda Joyce
Richard Fraser
Cary Grant Stars In Mr Lucky At Palace
Cary Grant and Laraine Day headline the Palace engagement through Wednesday in Mr Lucky a tale of adventure love and finance pitting a self made gambler against a Manhattan socialite The cast includes Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Colt Comrades with William Boyd also shown as a solid Hopalong Cassidy entry.
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Palace Theater
Cary Grant
Laraine Day
Manhattan
Charles Bick
Gladys Cooper
Alan Carney
Henry Stephenson
Bud and Lou at Rialto It Ain't Hay Feature
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello headline a Rialto three day double feature starting today with It Ain't Hay. The comedy duo stumble into a gang of racetrack swindlers while trying to replace a cabby's horse in a riotous farce on screen.
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Bud
Lou
Rialto
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Handicap Mixup Sparks Boisterous Run at Local Meet
Erroneous acquisition of the handicap favorite leads to a chaotic finish in the running of the handicap. Damon Runyon figures Grace McDonald Eugene Pallette and Leighton Noble appear among featured personalities. Buster Crabbe stars in Fugitive of the Plains with Ozzie Nelson's band, a Disney cartoon, a news reel and Secret Service in Darkest Africa chapter 11.
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Damon Runyon
Grace McDonald
Eugene Pallette
Leighton Noble
Buster Crabbe
Ozzie Nelson
Secret Service
Africa
On Broadway with Walter Winchell swept up in showbiz chatter
The column lists stars and socialites in playful gossip across Broadway. Brian Aherne, Joan Fontaine, Russell Crouse, Anne Erskine, Peter Donald, J. J. Shubert, M. Todd, Buddy Rogerson, Mary Pickford, Rita Hayworth, Garbo, Gail Patrick, and Mary Alice Collins appear in brief mentions of marriages, proposals, collaborations, and movements.
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Brian Aherne
Joan Fontaine
Russell Crouse
John Erskine
Anne
Peter Donald
J. J. Shubert
M. Todd
Broadway
Buddy Rogerson
Mary Pickford
O’brien
Driscoll
Raftery
C. Chaplin
United Artists
Garbo
St. Moritz
Rita Hayworth
Weekend Theater Schedule Roundup From Local Theaters
Sunday showtimes listed for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Strand venues. Films include Girl Crazy What a Woman Hi Diddle Diddle Colt Comrades It Ain't Hay Fugitive of the Plains Mr Lucky Clancy Boys Here We Go Again and others with multiple daily screenings.
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Rialto
TIMES
Clancy
Winwes Ace
Name of Author Recalled as Mark Twain in Film Project
A fragment notes a person adopting the name Mark Twain for a film project and cites a researcher who uses the alias Mrs. C Gabrilowitsch. It references memories of H Nemo’s tune from years past and hints at a biographical context. May imply a literary figure and archival research.
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Mark Twain
C. Gabrilowitsch
H. Nemo
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