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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1945

Page

15

A Song of America and The Very Thought of You at Paramount

This week at the Paramount showcases A Song of America a Ben Hecht described tribute to the American home front in World War II starring Claudette Colbert Joseph Cotten Jennifer Jones Shirley Temple and others. The Very Thought of You follows two soldiers and the girls they meet after returning from the Aleutians with Dennis Morgan Eleanor Parker Dane Clark leading the cast.

Ben Hecht David O. Selznick Paramount Selznick Lionel Barrymore Robert Walker Hattie McDaniel Nazimova Agnes Moorehead Albert Basserman Keenan Wynn Lloyd Corrigan Hilton Warners Dennis Morgan Eleanor Parker Dane Clark Faye Emerson Henry Travers Beulah Bondi The Aleutians

Bathing Beauty Tops Palace Twin Bill in Technicolor Show

Bathing Beauty, a technicolor musical comedy, plays at the Palace today through Wednesday. Red Skelton stars as the sole male student in a coed college with Esther Williams as his love interest. Numbers feature swimming girls, and music by Harry James and Xavier Cugat. Companion feature is Mystery Man with William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy.

Palace Theater Red Skelton Esther Williams Red Harry James Xavier Cugat William Boyd Hopalong Cassidy

Star-studded lineup tops Paramount and State openings

The page highlights multiple film openings this Thursday including Since You Went Away at the Paramount with Colbert Cotten Jones Temple Woolley Barrymore Walker and Minstry of Fear with Reynolds Milland at the State. The Very Thought of You at the Paramount features Parker Morgan. Tonight and Every Night at Iowa showcases Rita Hayworth and Lee Bowman. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo at the State stars Van Johnson Thaxter. House of Frankenstein at the Town features Verdugo Naish and Karloff.

Paramount Claudette Colbert Joseph Cotten Jennifer Jones Shirley Temple Monty Woolley Lionel Barrymore Robert Walker Marjorie Reynolds Ray Milland Ministry of Fear Eleanor Parker Andrea King The Eleanor Dennis Morgan Iowa Rita Hayworth Lee Bowman van Johnson Phyllis Thaxter Ted Lawson Lawson Tokyo Elena Verdugo J. Carrol Naish Boris Karloff

Ministry of Fear at State Theater Thursday

Ray Milland stars in Ministry of Fear opened at the State Theater with Marjorie Reynolds and Carl Esmond leading a spy ring plot. The feature includes a mystery arc as Milland unravels accidental entanglements, followed by My Gal Loves Music with Bob Crosby and Grace McDonald as a co feature.

Ministry of Fear Ray Milland Graham Greene Paramount State Theater Milland Marjorie Reynolds Carl Esmond Hillary Brooke Percy Waram Alan Napier Erskine Sanford Gal Bob Crosby Grace McDonald Walter Catlett Betty Kean Alan Mowbray Freddie Mercer

Destination Tokyo Leads Rialto Double Feature

Cary Grant and John Garfield star in Destination Tokyo at the Rialto for today through Tuesday. Grant is Captain Cassidy aboard the submarine Copperfin and Garfield is crewman Wolf. the two hour wartime drama follows a sub crew before the Tokyo bombing. Alan Hale, John Ridgely and Dane Clark also appear.

Cary Grant John Garfield Tokyo Rialto Theater Grant Captain Cassidy Copperfin Garfield Wolf Alan Hale John Ridgely Dane Clark

Iowa to Present New Rita Hayworth Musical Thursday

Rita Hayworth and Janet Blair star in Tonight and Every Night a technicolor Columbia musical comedy opening at the Iowa Thursday. Lee Bowman plays an RAF leader as Rita and Janet perform in the London Music Box theater show amid blitz chaos and romance.

Rita Hayworth Lee Bowman Janet Blair Columbia Iowa London Rita Janet Music Box Bowman R.A.F Marc Platt

Theaters Schedule Summer Time Features

The Gazette lists Sunday showtimes for Paramount State Palace Rialto Marion and short subjects with a mix of classic films and comedies. Titles include The Very Thought of You House of Frankenstein The Mummy's Curse Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Bathing Beauty Mystery Man Destination Tokyo Gun to Gun His Butler's Sister I Love a Soldier Arsenic and Old Lace The Singing Sheriff with multiple daily screenings.

Tokyo Palace Rialto Marion

Arsenic and Old Lace Opens at Marion Theater

A two day Marion showing presents the stage version of Arsenic and Old Lace, with Jo sephine Hull Jean Adair and John Alexander returning from the cast. The Hollywood lineup includes Cary Grant Raymond Massey Jack Carson Priscilla Lane and Peter Lorre. The plot centers on two elderly sisters who find amusement in murder, followed by The Singing Sheriff featuring Bob Crosby and Fay McKenzie.

Marion Theater Josephine Hull Jean Adair John Alexander Cary Grant Hollywood Raymond Massey Jack Carson Priscilla Lane Peter Lorre Sheriff Bob Crosby Fay McKenzie

Starlet Shines in The Harvey Girls Featured Role

Shirley Patterson, a promising starlet, is assigned an important featured role in the Technicolor musical The Harvey Girls. The announcement highlights her rising career and the film’s notable production details.

Shirley Patterson

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