Priscilla Lane Newsreel at State This Week
State theater begins Priscilla Lane film Next at State Silver Queen with George Brent. Lane portrays a self sufficient heiress who bankrolls debts by playing cards, then Brent helps reveal the truth. Co feature Good Morning Judge stars O’Keefe Allbritton Hughes. Also Lady of Burlesque with Stanwyck O’Shea and High Explosive.
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George Brent
Priscilla Lane
State Theater
Priscilla
Bruce Cabot
Cabot
Brent
Lynne Overman
Eugene Pal Jette
Janet Beecher
Guvnn
Big Boy” Williams
Dennis O’keefe
Louise Allbritton
Mary Beth Hughes
O'Keefe
Five Graves to Cairo heads to Paramount for Friday
The new adventure film Five Graves to Cairo opens at Paramount Friday. Franchot Tone stars as a sunstruck British corporal who uncovers Rommel s secret while aided by Akim Tamiroff and Anne Baxter. Erich von Stroheim returns to Hollywood in the Rommel role.
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Cairo
Paramount Theater
Eighth Army
Rommel
Africa Corps
Franchot Tone
Field Marshal
Akim Tamiroff
Anne Baxter
Erich von Stroheim
Hollywood
Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Love
Ninotchka
Paramount Showing Stars Loretta Young In War Romance
Ladd and Loretta Young headline a wartime romance set in the orient with William Bendix supporting. Bendix, known for Wake Island, plays a robust marine as the plot unfolds against battle and adventure.
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Paramount
Ladd
Loretta Young
William Bendix
Wake Island
Orient
Major and the Minor at Palace Theater Today
The Major and the Minor stars Ginger Rogers Ray Milland and a strong supporting cast. Ginger poses as a 12 year old to travel half fare and causes comic trouble for Milland a Major who accepts her as a child. Rita Johnson Robert Benchley also appear. Companion feature Calaboose a western comedy with Jimmy Rogers and Noah Beery Jr.
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Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
Palace Theater
Ginger
Milland
Rita Johnson
Robert Benchley
Theater Schedule Highlights Today's Showings
Paramount screens China at 1 55 and 4 05 with late runs to 10 10. Towa presents Bombardier and Redhead from Manhattan with multiple daily showings. Palace shows The Major and the Minor and Cala Boose, Rialto offers Saboteur and Shadows on the Sage, among others.
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Gazette
Paramount
China
TOWA
Bombardier
Manhattan
Stars and films headlining at local theaters this week
The Iowa shows Bombardier with Pat O'Brien Anne Shirley and Randolph Scott in a Army Air Forces backed air story. Tons of Fun with Billy Buster Mouse opens June 22 for a three day stand. Alan Ladd exits with China starring Loretta Young at the Paramount. Barbara Stanwyck pursues Michael O'Shea in Lady of Burlesque at the State. Frances Dee stars in I Walked with a Zombie at the Town Friday. Five Graves to Cairo opens at the Paramount with Franchot Tone Anne Baxter and Erich von Stroheim. Priscilla Lane and George Brent lead Silver Queen at the State Thursday.
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Pat O’brien
Anne Shirley
Randolph Scott
Army Air Forces
Iowa
Billy Mouse
Alan Ladd
Hollywood
China
The
Paramount
Loretta Young
Barbara Stanwyck
Michael O'Shea
Franchot Tone
Anne Baxter
Erich von Stroheim
Rommel
Africa
Cairo
von Stroheim
Priscilla Lane
George Brent
Tokio
Eddie Albert
Robert Ryan
Barton MacLane
Walter Reed
Redhead
Manhattan
Lupe Velez
Billy House Revue to Bring Headline Artists to Iowa
Billy House leads the Tons of Fun musical revue coming to the Iowa theater Tuesday through Thursday June 22 to 24. The 12 scene show features The 12 Lovely Ladies and acts like Baron Nowak George Bernard dancers McNallie Sisters Libonati trio Three Pretenders and more. Dorothy Ates and Jesse Mack join the cast from a Broadway production priced at $3.30.
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Billy House
Hellzapoppin
Iowa Theater
New York
Baron Nowak
George Bernard Dancers
McNallie Sisters
Muscatine
Libonati
Three Pretenders
Ted
Flo Vallet
Dolly Dawson
Babs Boyden
al Golden
Frances Wyman
Harriet Comstock
Jeanne Bingden
Dorothy Ates
Stand By for Action at Marion Theater
Stand By for Action, a sea drama filmed with the navy, opens at Marion Theater. Robert Taylor stars as a young lieutenant with Charles Laughton as an admiral and Brian Donlevy as his superior, supported by Marilyn Maxwell and others. The Devil with Hitler pairs the program.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Charles Laughton
Brian Donlevy
Marion Theater
United States Navy
Pacific
Taylor
Donlevy
Laughton
Walter Brennan
Chill Willis
Richard Quine
Douglas Fowley
Marilyn Maxwell
Inez Cooper
Hitler
Iowa to Present Tl Walked with a Zombie Thriller
Iowa theater opens with I Walked with a Zombie featuring James Ellison Frances Dee and Tom Conway on an island in the West Indies. A nurse accompanies a sick wife who becomes a voodoo zombie as native magic unsettles medical expectations. A co feature Sarong Girl adds songs and dance.
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Frances Dee
James Ellison
Tom Conway
Iowa Theater
West Indies
Ann Corio
Tim and
Irene
Bill Henry
Robert Cummings Stars In Saboteur at Rialto
Robert Cummings stars as an aircraft worker who becomes fugitive and sleuth to clear his name in Saboteur. Priscilla Lane and Cheryl Walker lead female roles with The Three Mesquiteers in Shadows on the Sage. The Rialto opens a three day double feature with Daredevils of the West chapter ten, a color cartoon, and a newsreel.
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Rialto Theater
Robert Cummings
Priscilla Lane
Tom Tyler
Jimmie Dodd
Bob Steele
Cheryl Walker
Abbott Costello Comedy Tops Strand Program
Abbott and Costello comedy Rio Rita headlines the Strand double feature for today through Tuesday. The duo play two vaudeville artists mistaken by foreign agents in a coded broadcast. Kathryn Grayson and John Carroll star in the romantic leads.
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Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Rio Rita
Strand Theater
Kathryn Grayson
John Carroll
Axis
Wire
Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake
Robert Preston
Michael Crane
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VMOU
Diana Lynn
Silly Wilder
Cheries Brocken
Jimmy Rogers
Noat Beery, Jr
Calaboose
Rialto
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Lipp
Tastryt Tavern
Marion
Don ‘Roberts Orch
State
Roscoe Ates
Jesse Mack
House
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Lovelies
Piet
Tava Laiion
Bill Swano
For Action
Mutiny On the Bounty
Mantan Moreland
Johnny “Scat” Davis
Tokyo Co
Rama
ST Orien Randolph Scott
Eddie Albert Coo
Lupe
Ea Rand
Irene Dunn
Patric Knowles
Lady IN A Jam
Lloyd Nolan
Donna Reed
Robert Cummings Stars
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Paas
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Sons of Nippon
Reliaae
William
John Agila
North Africa
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