Stage Hit Comedy Coming to Iowa Theater Next Week
The film version of Arthur Kober’s Having Wonderful Time debuts at the Iowa theater Friday after next starring Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as two young lovers in a vacation camp with Peggy Conklin Red Skelton Lucille Ball Ann Miller and Donald Meek in the cast. The co feature Gangs of New York stars Charles Bickford and Ann Dvorak with Alan Baxter Wynne Gibson and Harold Huber in supporting roles.
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Arthur Kobet
Iowa
Ginger Rogers
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Fairbanks
Peggy Conklin
Richard “Red” Skelton
Lucille Ball
Lee Rowan
Ann Miller
Donald Meek
New York
Charles Bickford
Ann Dvorak
Alan Baxter
Wynne Gibson
Harold Huber
Jane Withers Stars In Gypsy Story at Paramount
Jane Withers stars in the comedy Rascals at the Paramount with Rochelle Hudson as a young heiress who encounters a gypsy camp after an auto accident. Robert Wilcox joins a breezy romance while Borrah Minevitch and his harmonica gang provide music and laughs. New songs by Sidney Clare and Harry Akst bolster the film.
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Paramount Theater
Jane Withers
America
Rochelle Hudson
Robert Wilcox
Jane
Miss Withers
Borrah Minevitch
Minevitch
Sidney Clare
Harry Akst
Hollywood Help Wanted Columns Full Of Laughs
Promoters tout gold mine and oil well gambles while yachts and hilltop palaces are pitched as terrific bargains. Under Personals one note reads Suze and I are washed up and you all can stop trying to reconcile us. Another ad seeks an amateur actor rider and boxer and notes a blond young beau.
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Hollywood Reporter
Suze
H. S
Chance
Exper
Two Favorites At The New State
The New State theater resumes daily screenings with two features David Copperfield and Treasure Island. Casts include W C Fields Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Wallace Berry Jackie Cooper Lewis Stone Otto Kruger Nigel Bruce and Dorothy Peterson. Doors open 11 45 a m with first show at noon.
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Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Robert Lewis Stevenson
W. C. Fields
Freddie Bartholomew
Frank Lawton
Madge Evans
Lionel Barrymore
Lewis Stone
Edna May Oliver
Basil Rathbone
Maureen O’sullivan
Roland Young
Elizabeth Allen
Herbert Mundin
Treasure Island
Wallace Berry
Jackie Cooper
Otto Kruger
Nigel Bruce
Charles “Chic” Sale
William V. Mong
Charles McNaughton
Dorothy Peterson
State Theater
Blockade at New State Wednesday brings wartime romance to screen
Walter Wanger's Blockade with Madeleine Carroll and Henry Fonda opens at the New State on Wednesday. Norma travels to Spain as war erupts. Marco becomes a spy killer and captures her, while espionage and romance unfold amid the Civil War. Companion feature One Wild Night adds a brisk mystery comedy with June Lang and others.
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Walter Wanger
New State Theater
Madeleine Carroll
Henry Fonda
Miss Carroll
Fonda
Norma
Spain
Marco
William Dieterle
Emile Zola
Louis Pasteur
Leo Carrillo
John Halliday
Reginald Denny
Robert Warwick
Katharine de Mille
June Lang
Dick Baldwin
J. Edward Bromberg
Lyle Talot
Tone Family Eyes Broadway Debut for Autum Return
The Tones Joan and Franchot plan stage work in New York next autumn. Her contract allows theater. he wants to quit screen roles he dislikes. Luise Rainer and Deanna Durbin moves loom as Universal reshuffles stars and projects.
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Joan
Franchot
New York
Luise Rainer
Metro
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Cinderella
Technicolor
These Cousins Are Hard To Satisfy
Dick Powell entertained a country cousin at the Trocadero, where a Arkansas visitor studied a vast menu before deciding on meat and potatoes. The item reflects a social scene with a comic exchange about dining.
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Dick Powell
Arkansas
Mr. Powell
Cumie
Romance On Run at Iowa theater with Woods and Ellis
Donald Woods portrays a private investigator on the trail of jewel thief Grace Bradley as Patricia Ellis aids him while secretary to Andrew Tombes. William Demarest is police lieutenant. The feature Mystery House follows Detective Lance O Leary and Ann Sheridan. Louis Schmeling fight films shown as added attraction.
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Donald Woods
Patricia Ellis
Iowa Theater
Grace Bradley
William Demarest
Andrew Tombes
Woods
Edward Brophy
Wood
Lance O’leary
Dick Purcell
Ann Sheridan
Louis Schmeling
Broadway Hits and Stars At Local Theaters This Week
The Town theater brings Having A Wonderful Time with Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Romance On The Run stars Patricia Ellis and Donald Woods at the Iowa theater. Rascal s with Jane Withers opens Tuesday at the Paramount. Wallace Berry and Jackie Cooper headline Treasure Island at New State. The Toy Wife with Melvyn Douglas Luise Rainer and Robert Young plays at Paramount. Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll co star in Blockade opening Wednesday at New State.
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Town Theater
Ginger Rogers
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Iowa Theater
Patricia Ellis
Donald Woods
Jane Withers
Paramount Theater
Wallace Berry
Jackie Cooper
New State Theater
Paramount
Melvyn Douglas
Luise Rainer
Robert Young
Nenry Fonda
Madeleine Carroll
The Toy Wife at the Paramount
The Toy Wife blends 1850s New Orleans plantation life with strong characterizations led by Luise Rainer. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer offers a satisfying film with Rainer as the frivolous Frou Frou Brigard, supported by Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young. Popeye cartoon and Paramount newsreel complete the program.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Luise Rainer
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
Paramount Theater
Miss Rainer
Brigard
Melvyn Douglas
Robert Young
Paramount
Cain And Mabel Heads Strand Bill At The Strand
Clark Gable stars in Cain And Mabel an encore at the Strand today and tomorrow with Marian Davies in the cast. The bill also features Charlie Chan at the Olympics with Warner Oland and Katharine De Mille in the mystery.
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Clark Gable
Strand Theater
Cain
Mabel
Marian Davies
Charlie Chan
Palace brings Dead End and Thrill of a Lifetime
The Palace presents the drama Dead End with Sylvia Sidney Joel McCrea Humphrey Bogart and Claire Trevor alongside a lively musical comedy Thrill of a Lifetime led by the Yacht Club Boys Judy Canova and Ben Blue. Next Thursday The Good Earth with Paul Muni Luise Rainer opens.
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Palace Theater
Sylvia Sidney
Joel McCrea
Hollywood
Miss Sidney
McCrea
Humphrey Bogart
Wendy Barrie
Claire Trevor
Allen Jenkins
Yacht Club Boys
Judy Canova
Ben Blue
Eleanore Whitney
Johnny Downs
Betty Grable
Leif Erikson
Larry Crabbe
Paul Muni
Luise Rainer
Smugglers Defy X Rays In Southwest Africa
Smuggling of diamonds rises despite X-ray machines at the mining district. A Consolidated Diamond Mines employee was indicted for inciting other workers to smuggle gems. X ray equipment was installed at the exits.
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Africa
Consolidated Diamond Mines
Smuggling Grows as Workers Sickened by X-Ray Room
In Pomona on the only district road workers at Ovambo quit briefly after claiming the X ray area caused illness. They returned to work as Windhoek officials report rising smuggling activity.
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Pomona
Ovambo
Windhoek
You're A Sweetheart at the Rialto with Alice Faye
The Rialto opens with You're A Sweetheart starring Alice Faye who plays a waiter turned millionaire for a week winning the Broadway star's love. George Murphy dances, while The Western Trail with Bob Baker offers action and thrills. Added are The Lone Ranger chapter eleven, a Three Stooges short, and Cats and the Fiddle.
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The
Rialto
Alice Faye
George Murphy
Bob Baker
Alice Brady Receives Brace Of Dogs Complicating Life
In Miss Brady's large home, five steady dogs and four or five transient guests create constant tension as jealous animals clash. She relies on a push button servant system but cannot keep signals straight, repeatedly waking the chauffeur to summon a maid.
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Alice Brady
Brady
Accent All The Syllables In Her Name
A press agent argues to promote a newly imported foreign actress by emphasizing every syllable in her name. The executive insists the star is great and implores boosting her recognition across all syllables.
Broadway Hits Set for National Road Tour Expansion
Broadway producers plan a larger road season next year inspired by Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina. Jed Harris will tour Our Town with its full Broadway cast, and George M. Cohan as Roosevelt leads I’d Rather Be Right to Washington and Chicago. Ethel Barrymore will headline Whiteoaks with a Canada-wide tour. Tobacco Road will appear in two touring companies this fall.
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Mark. Barron
New York
Helen Hayes
Victoria Regina
Los Angeles
Theater Guild
Gilbert Miller
Miss Hayes
Katharine Cornell
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Jed Harris
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Frank Craven
Martha Scott
George M. Cohan
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Ethel Barrymore
Mazo de la Roche
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