This Week at the Theaters in Cedar Rapids
The British film The Fallen Idol opens at the Times as a Graham Greene story about a boy witness to a murder starring Bobb Henrey with Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan. Francis at the Paramount features a talking m ule with Donald O’Connor Patricia Medina Zasu Pitts and Ray Collins. Other listings include Twelve O’Clock High at the Paramount with Gregory Peck and Oscar-nominated cast, You Were Meant for Me and A Dangerous Profession at the Iowa, Blondie’s Hero co feature, The Nevadan and And Baby Makes Three at the State, Siren of Atlantis at the State with Montez Aumont and O’Keefe, Miss Grant Takes Richmond at the State, Stampede and There’s a Girl in My Heart at the Town, Joan of Ozark and Jeepers Creepers at the Town, Colorado Territory and Make Mine Laughs at the Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Film Academy
Carol Reed
Bobb Henrey
Ralph Richardson
Michele Morgan
Graham Greene
Francis
Paramount
David Stern
Donald O'Connor
Patricia Medina
Zasu Pitts
Ray Collins
Eighth Air Force
Gregory Peck
Hugh Marlowe
Gary Merrill
Dean Jagger
Peck
Jagger
Dan Dailey
Jeanne Crain
George Raft
Ella Raines
Pat O’brien
Iowa
Bill Williams
James Backus
Blondie
Arthur Lake
Penny Singleton
Larry Simms
Bumsteads
Randolph Scott
Baby
Robert Young
Barbara Haile
Continent
Miss Montez
Aumont
O'Keefe
Robert Rockwell
Dorothy Patrick
Miss Grant
Richmond
Lucille Ball
William Holden
Mary Ryan
Marsha Hunt
Rod Cameron
Gale Storm
Lee Bowman
Elyse Knox
Gazetts
Joan of Ozark
Palace
Colorado Territory
Marion
Bowery Boys at Strand and Seabiscuit with Varieties
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall and the Bowery Boys appear at the Strand today through Tuesday. The Marion screens The Story of Seabiscuit in technicolor with Shirley Temple Barry Fitzgerald and Lon McCallister plus Hollywood Varieties, a vaudeville style program, today and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
The
Bowery Boys
Strand
Marion
Seabiscuit
Shirley Temple
Barry Fitzgerald
Lon McCallister
Hollywood Varieties
Busse at Armar Saturday Night
Henry Busse and his orchestra bring the famous trumpet show to Armar Saturday night. The “Hot Lips” maestro has appeared on networks and in films and played top venues in Los Angeles New York and St. Louis. Tonight Ray Anthony also performs at Armar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Busse
Armar
Exploding switchboard scene dazzles in The Fuller Brush Girl
In Hollywood AP reports one of this season’s most elaborate gimmicks as sparks flames and writhing cords erupt during a scene in The Fuller Brush Girl Lucille Ball plays a switchboard operator who absentmindedly plugs in her lipstick container triggering the fiery display for the film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Lucille Ball
Broadway with Winchell reveals a parade of stars and gossip
A vivid collage of Broadway lampoon and society notes featuring Mary Pickford with her chauffeur toys John Gunther Garbo and more. Eleanor Roosevelt Libby Holman Eileen Barton Kate Hepburn Byron Talbot and others appear in lively vignettes set against New York City scenes with legal jests and training buzzes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
John Gunther
G. Garbo
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hicks
Libby Holman
Billingsley
Eileen Barton
Kate Hepburn
Vth Avenue
Byron Talbot
Pierre
Hope Miller
Footlighters Hold Try-Outs At YMCA Theater Today
Footlighters director Burt French conducts two exploratories at the YMCA Little Theater to cast local roles for Broadway comedies Two Blind Mice and Heaven Can Wait. Readings at 2 and 7:30. He notes Blind Mice requires 12 men aged 45 to 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt French
Y.M.C.A. Little Theater
Horace Heidt In Cedar Rapids Monday Night
Horace Heidt and his variety revue perform tomorrow at 8 30 in Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids. The show features acts from the radio program including Alice Sisco Norman Murfield and Mary Lou Elliott with several performers making their Cedar Rapids debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Heidt
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Alice Sisco
Norman Murfield
Anamosa
Mary Lou Elliott
University of Iowa
Weekend Theater Schedule Wide Run At Several Theaters
Sunday listings show Paramount Iowa State Town Palace Times and others with film titles such as 12 O Clock High The Nevadan Stampede and The Great Gatsby plus comedies Make Mine Laughs and There's a Girl in My Heart across venues. Multiple showtimes listed including matinees and late runs ahead of Monday changes.
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Maria ‘Montez Jean Pierre Aumont
Dennis O’keefe
Judy Canova
Joe E. Brown
the Weaver Brothers
Roy Rogers
Joel McCrea
Virginia Mayo
the Palace
Alan Ladd
Ruth Hussey
Busse
Prien En ES
Johnny Mack Brown
Don Castle
Montez-Aumont
Ckeefe
Siren OF Atlantis
Blonde Bandit
Army
Spade Cooley
Ihare Teo
Ternational
P Te Mla
Walter Winchell
New York
Ederal
Portia and Sarccasm
P.S
Bobby Clark
White House
Eddie Condon
Cecil Brown
Israel
America
Cecil
Don Meade
Florida
Casey Stengel
Yanks
Mgr
Sigmund Spaeth
Floradora
Yankee
Mel Allen
Babi Ruth
Grace Downs
Penguin Checkroom
Ezio Pinza
Pacific
Mr. Winchell
Inno Bergman
Rome
Janette Hackett
Berle
J. Kofoed
Imogen ‘Coca
Blue Angel
John Hersey
Wayne King
D. Stutz
Melissa
Roz Russell
Ray Milland
Jane Harvey
the Shelburne
Kid Gavilan
the Garden
Ted Saucier
the Waldorf
al Dinhofer
Mirror Copy
Idailies
Ayer
Davin O. Selznick
Erat
Sonia Dresdel
Denis O'Dea
Jack Hawkins
Bobby Henrey
Columbia Pictures
Ranooer Scott
Henevadan
RKO
Elsios Cae
Dorothy Malone
Forrest Tucker
Frank Faylen
George Macready
Hutton
Carter
Burke
George Raftella Raines
Pat O'Brien
Warner Bros Present
Shirey Tempe
Barry Gerad
McAlister
REO
Irene M. Selznick
Judith Evelyn
Elia Kazan
Desire Éy
Tennessee Wiliams
Ana Ralph Vim Meeker
Curtright " Nolan
C.R
Back Hills
Ozarks
Laurel and Hardy
Hogwild
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