Coney Island at Paramount with Betty Grable musical
Paramount opens Coney Island a technicolor musical starring Betty Grable George Montgomery and Cesar Romero with lively songs written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger plus nostalgic tunes. George Seaton adapted a colorful Coney Island plot while William Saroyan’s The Human Comedy screens starring Mickey Rooney with a large supporting cast.
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Coney Island
Betty Grable
George Montgomery
Cesar Romero
Paramount Theater
Charles Winninger
Phil Silvers
Leo Robin
Ralph Rainger
Lulu
Louisville
Miss Grable
George Seaton
New York
Paramount
Yanks Are Coming Tops Rialto Western Bill
The Yanks Are Coming a gay musical comedy about a band troupe joining the army leads Rialto’s program through Tuesday with Henry King and his orchestra Mary Healy Little Jackie Heller and others in the cast Five song hits are featured Also in the lineup Riders of the West with Rough Riders Buck Jones Tim McCoy and Raymond Hatton plus a Three Stooges short Dizzy Detective a cartoon news and the final Daredevils of the West chapter. Action in the North Atlantic starring Humphrey Bogart and Julie Bishop comes to the Iowa Friday with Raymond Massey and Alan Hale Also at the State Laurel and Hardy Air Raid Wardens with Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy At the Paramount Homer Macaulay telegraph boy heads Comedy family drama Blondie It s a Great Life opens at the Iowa Monday Jon Hall Sabu in White Savage at the State Thursday.
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Macauley
Paramount
Mickey Rooney
Mickey
Frank Morgan
Fay Bainter
James Craig
Marsha Hunt
Donna Reed
van Johnson
Dorothy Morris
Jack Jenkins
Mary Nash
Darryl Hickman
Rita Quigley
Barry Nelson
Henry O'Neill
Katherine Alexander
Ann Ayars
John Craven
Clarence Brown
Rialto Theater
Henry King
Mary Healy
Little Jackie Heller
Slapsie Maxie” Rosenbloom
Dorothy Dare
Parkyakarkus
Rough Riders
Buck Jones
Tim McCoy
Raymond Hatton
Evening Showtimes From Paramount and More
The Gazette lists today’s theater schedule with Paramount The Human Comedy and shorts, Iowa Jimmy Joy stage acts, State Air Raid Wardens and Buckskin Frontier, Palace Hitler's Children and Sherlock Holmes, Rialto The Yanks Are Coming and Riders of the West, Times Wings for the Eagle and Mrs. Wiggs, Marion Andy Hardy’s Double Life and Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood.
Bogart Film Opens at Iowa Theater Friday
Humphrey Bogart stars in Action in the North Atlantic with Raymond Massey Alan Hale and Julie Bishop opening Friday for four days. The co feature is Gildersleeve’s Bad Day with Harold Peary. Also Blondie It’s a Great Life begins Monday with Prevailing War Service PSA Prelude to War shown on the same bill. Jimmy Joy and his orchestra headline with Two Senoritas from Chicago as the screen feature.
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Humphrey Bogart
North Atlantic
Raymond Massey
Alan Hale
Julie Bishop
Iowa
United States Merchant Marine
United States
Merchant Marines
Lloyd Bacon
Blondie
Chic Young
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Bumstead
Hugh Herbert
Special Service Division
War Department
Army Signal Corps
Jimmy Joy
Bette Burns
Jesse and
James
Gil Robinson
Ruton
Chicago
Joan Davis
Jinx Falkenburg
Ann Savage
Leslie Brooks
Andy Hardy's Double Life opens at Marion theater today
The new Andy Hardy comedy stars Mickey Rooney as Andy in three misadventures before college. A girl misreads his romantic signals, a jalopy sale leads to greenhouse damage, and Mr Hardy plans the college sendoff. Esther Williams appears with a supporting cast including Lewis Stone and Fay Holden. Companion feature Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood.
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Andy Hardy
Hardy
Andy
Marion Theater
Mickey Rooney
Esther Williams
Lewis Stone
Fay Holden
Cecilia Parker
Sara Haden
Ann Rutherford
Boston
Hollywood
Wings for the Eagle Opens at Times Theater Today
Ann Sheridan Dennis Morgan star in Wings for the Eagle set at the Lockheed Aircraft plant. The film blends action and romance as workers clash until Pearl Harbor changes everything.
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Ann Sheridan
Dennis Morgan
Times Theater
Lockheed Aircraft
Miss Sheridan
Morgan
Jack Carson
Pearl Harbor
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Screen Feature
One of America’s beloved tales adapted for the era streams at the tempo of the times. Fay Bainter Hugh Herbert Carolyn Lee and Vera Vague lead in a story that blends pathos with earthy humor as its companion feature.
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Times
America
Mrs. Wiggs
Fay Bainter
Hugh Herbert
Carolyn Lee
Vera Vague
Hitler's Children Tops Palace Program
Palace theater presents Hitler's Children today through Wednesday featuring Tim Holt Bonita Granville and Kent Smith. Based on Education for Death by Gregor Ziemer the film explores Nazi indoctrination of German youth through a love story threatened by officials ending in tragedy. Companion feature Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
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Hitler
Tim Holt
Bonita Granville
Kent Smith
Palace Theater
Gregor Ziemer
Berlin
Germany
Otto Kruger
H. B. Warner
Sherlock Holmes
The
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Watson
Modern weapons vastly increase firepower over World War I
Modern weapons give today's soldier a firepower volume about ten times that of World War I, reflecting advances in calibers, automation, and protective gear that reshape battlefield dynamics and casualty risk.
Clifford to Present Midnight Spook Show at Iowa Theater
Clifford the master of all that's eerie brings a special midnight spook show to the Iowa Theater next Friday night at 11 30 p m. The act features ghosts that walk spooks that talk and spirits that move objects with some spooks entering the audience. A special attraction will be offered.
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Clifford
Iowa
Ciford
State to Present New Montez Hall Technicolor Film White Savage
The State theater opens Thursday with Montez Hall and Sabu in White Savage a technicolor romance set on a South Seas island. Hall plays a fisherman wooing a native princess played by Maria Montez. A quake ends the couple’s village life and a hopeful union follows.
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