The Keys of the Kingdom at Paramount cinema
This week at the Paramount a film adaptation of A. J. Cronin novel The Keys of the Kingdom opens. Gregory Peck stars as Father Francis Chisholm with a distinguished cast. director John M. Stahl and producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Also shown Winged Victory, Moss Hart stage adaptation about Army Air Forces, led by Lon McCallister and Edmond O Brien with Jeanne Crain and Judy Holliday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Cronin
Paramount Theater
Twentieth Century-Fox
Francis Chisholm
Gregory Peck
Father Chisholm
Thomas Mitchell
Vincent Price
Rosa Stradner
Roddy McDowall
Edmund Gwenn
Cir Cedric Hardwick
John M. Stahl
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Paramounts
Moss Hart
United States Army Air Forces
Lon McCallister
Edmond O'Brien
Mark Daniels
Don Taylor
Lee J. Cobb
Peter Lind Hayes
Alan Baxter
George Reeves
Jeanne Crain
Jane Ball
Jo-Carroll Dennison
Judy Holliday
Disney Musical to Open at Iowa Theater Thursday
The new Walt Disney feature The Three Caballeros opens Thursday at the Iowa theater with 70 plus songs. Donald Duck joins Joe Carioca and Panchito along with Aurora Miranda Carmen Molina and Dora Luz in a tale spanning the South Pole to Acapulco. Co feature is The Crime Doctor's Courage with Warner Baxter. Murder, My Sweet continues at Iowa with Dick Powell Anne Shirley and Claire Trevor. Tahiti Nights screens as the South Seas musical.
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Walt Disney
South Pole
Acapulco
Pablo
Smokey Joe
Antarctic
Tropics
Donald Duck
Nature
Joe Carioca
Iowa
Raymond Chandler
Dick Powell
Anne Shirley
Claire Trevor
Otto Kruger
Mike Mazurki
Douglas Walton
Don Douglas
E J. Machado
Panchito
Three Caballeros
Disney
Film Highlights At Local Theaters This Week
Reel notes from Iowa showings feature Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet with Detective Powell, Meet Me in St. Louis with Margaret OBrien Judy Garland and Tom Drake, Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom at Paramount, Walt Disney’s The Three Caballeros in technicolor, and Winged Victory with Judy Holliday Jeanne Crain and Jo Carroll Dennison.
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Margaret O’brien
Judy Garland
Tom Drake
St. Louis
Margaret
Judy
Tom
Francis Chisholm
Gregory Peck
Maria Veronica
Rosa Stradner
A. J. Cronin
Paramount
Pacific
Judy Holliday
Jeanne Crain
Jo-Carroll Dennison
The
The Desert Song at Rialto Tops New Program
The Desert Song, Sigmund Romberg operetta, screens at the Rialto today through Tuesday featuring Dennis Morgan Irene Manning Bruce Cabot Lynne Overman and Gene Lockhart. Co feature Follow the Leader stars East Side Kids led by Leo Gorcey in a warehouse theft tale. Short subjects include a comedy cartoon news and chapter 10 of Mystery of the River Boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Romberg
Rialto Theater
Dennis Morgan
Irene Manning
Bruce Cabot
Lynne Overman
Gene Lockhart
East Side
Leo Gorcey
An American Romance Opens at Palace Today
An American Romance is playing today through Wednesday at the Palace theater. The technicolor feature follows a Polish immigrant played by Brian Donlevy as he rises in America’s automotive industry amid drama and history. Cast includes Ann Richards Walter Abel John Qualen Horace McNally. short color cartoon and late news accompany the program.
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Palace Theater
America
Brian Donlevy
Ann Richards
Walter Abel
John Qualen
Horace McNally
Richard Whorf Directs Laugh Focused Finale for Hidden Eye
Richard Whorf favors ending the MGM murder mystery The Hidden Eye with a light finale. He saved all the comedy sequences for the last days of shooting to leave audiences with a laugh.
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Richard Whorf
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Meet Me in St Louis at State theater Cedar Rapids
The musical Meet Me in St Louis starring Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien enters its second Cedar Rapids week at the State theater. The film follows the Smith family in pre World Fair St Louis with songs like The Trolley Song. Also featured are Mary Astor Lucille Bremer Tom Drake and Leon Ames.
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St. Louis
Sally Benson
State Theater
Cedar Rapids
Judy Garland
Margaret O'Brien
Smith
Mrs Parkington Opens at Marion with Star Cast
Mrs Parkington a Bromfield novel adaptation starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon opens at Marion theater for a two day engagement. Garson plays Susie Parkington with Pidgeon as her empire building husband in a tale of small town romance turning to New York society. Also featured are Edward Arnold Agnes Moorhead Gladys George Tom Drake Peter Lawford and Frances Rafferty. Co feature is Dancing in Manhattan with Jeff Donnell and Fred Brady. newsreel completes the bill.
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Mrs. Parkington
Louis Bromfield
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Marion Theater
Miss Garson
Susie Parkington
Pidgeon
Susie
New York
Beanie
Edward Arnold
Agnes Moorhead
Gladys George
Tom Drake
Peter Lawford
Frances Rafferty
Manhattan
Jeff Donnell
Fred Brady
Broadway with Walter Winchell in Our Town
Gossip page rounds up idiosyncratic scenes on Broadway. Clark Gable and others loom in Versailles and St Regis spots while Daly, Kilgallen, Hoover, Shay, and Walters mingle with headlines of sedition, reviews, and social flurry across Fifth Avenue to Forty fourth and beyond.
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Clark Gable
Versailles
Supreme Court
F. Murphy
Dorothy Shay
St. Regis Maisonette
Selene Walters
Veronica Lake
Patsy Ruth Miller
Fifth Avenue
Toni Eden
Grand Central Deppo
John Edgar Hoover
Dorothy Kilgallen
Broadway
Fifieth
Weekend Show Times at Paramount Palace Rialto Marion and More
Sunday film schedule lists Winged Victory Murder My Sweet Tahiti Nights Meet Me in St Louis An American Romance The Desert Song Follow the Leader Woman of the Town Henry Aldrichs Little Secret Mrs Parkington Dancing in Manhattan with multiple daily showings at Paramount Palace Rialto Marion and others.
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Gazette
Paramount
Winged Victory
Iowa
St. Louis
Henry Aldrich
Marion
Gifts For Star From Husband In New Guinea Hospital
Captain Jerry Hopper, recovering in a New Guinea hospital from injuries in the Philippines, sent Marsha Hunt a costume jewelry set he crafted from tiny sea shells and stones gathered on Pacific islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsha Hunt
Jerry Hopper
New Guinea
Philippines
Screen Star
Pacific Islands
Hollywood Wax Figures and War News Mix In Hollywood Lights
Hollywood fans learn Madame Tussauds plans life-size busts of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope shown without toupees as Paramount asks for multiple photos and measurements. The piece ties in wartime buzz with Jerry Lewis style updates on Shirley Temple, John Payne, Ida Lupino, Gene Autry fans, John Beal, and others amid studio shifts and release delays.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Mme. Tussaud’s
London
Paramount
Bing
Bob
J.g
John Howard
Cornell
Ida Lupino
Louis Hayward
Gene Autry
June Storey
John Beal
Emil Coleman
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