Melodrama Flares On Iowa Screen in Two Features
Mystery and melodrama flare in My Son is a Criminal and Navy Secrets. Retired chief of police returns to help solve gang crimes and faces his own son, while Navy Secrets pits spies against a ring with Fay Wray as a star. Action and suspense drive both features in classic western melodrama style.
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Iowa
My Son
Navy
Alan Baxter
Jacqueline Wells
Gordon Oliver
Fay Wray
Grant Withers
Craig Reynolds
Miss Wray
Tito Guitar and Hollywood’s Latin Lover Curse
Hollywood chatter notes Tito Guitar once hailed as a top Latin star falters in American versions after Latin market focus. He seeks breaks in American roles while studios chase Latin markets, leaving him underpaid and uncertain about his future. Also mentions Cherished names like Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby in playful chatter about Hollywood figures.
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Ollywood
Tito Guitar
Tito
Mexico
South America
Hollywood
Rio Grande
Vivas
Bolivar
Latin America
Peanuts
Dorothy Lamour
Sarong
Gene Raymond
Ozzie Nelson
Charlie Butterworth
Ruth Clark
Bing Crosby
Bob Taylor
Mr. Brugh
Claire Windsor
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Claudette Colberty
Don Ameche
Loretta Young
Loretta
Great Enemy Set Scene Features Andy Devine In Poker
On the Great Enemy set director Paul Sloane interrupts a lucky streak as Andy Devine plays a stud poker game with Preston Foster Ralph Morgan and Ellen Drew. Devine quips I will be back in a flash with a flash. Copyright 1939.
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Andy Devine
Preston Foster
Ralph Morgan
Ellen Drew
Paul Sloane
Andy
Two Die as Cattle Truck Hits Bus in Minn Night
In Litchfield Minnesota a bus and cattle truck collided on icy pavement killing Clyde Ball aged 33 of Morris and Clarence Hagen 34 of Atwater. Eleven others were injured including Arthur Haglund Alma Goldenstein and Percy Agnew who were listed as critical. Livestock scattered across the road and a sheep was thrown into the bus.
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Litchfield
Minn
Clyde R. Ball
Morris
Clarence Hagen
Atwater
Arthur Haglund
Minneapolis
Alma Goldenstein
Donnelly
Percy Agnew
Nothing Sacred at the Rialto with Fredric March and Carole Lombard
At the Rialto Wednesday and Thursday Carole Lombard and Fredric March star in Nothing Sacred in a hand to hand battle that draws big laughs. The second feature Held for Ransom stars Grant Withers and Blanche Mehaffey in a fast melodrama. A new serial Tim Tyler's Luck features Frankie Thomas Frances Robinson Jack Mulhall Norman Willis and Al Shean.
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Carole Lombard
Fredric March
Lombard
March
Grant Withers
Blanche Mehaffey
Tim Tyler
Frankie Thomas
Frances Robinson
Jack Mulhall
Norman Willis
al Shean
Thrill features at the Paramount
Paramount theater presents a double feature with Ambush a crime chase drama and Inside Story a sensational journalist thriller. Gladys Swarthout shines in Ambush alongside Lloyd Nolan Ernest Truex and a tense pursuit plot. Michael Whalen Chick Chandler star in Inside Story following a clip joint murder investigation. Jean Rogers leads the female role in the newsreel segment.
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Paramount Theater
Song
Gladys Swarthout
Lloyd Nolan
Ernest Truex
Michael Whalen
Chick Chandler
Inside Story
Whalen
Chick
Jean Rogers
Paramount News
Nc. IH
Theaters Hit With A Bandwidth of Vintage Stars
At the theaters Iowa features My Son Is A Crime vial with Alan Baxter Jacqueline Wells and Gordon Oliver Navy Secrets with Fay Wray and Grant Withers Paramount presents Inside Story with Michael Whalen and Jean Rogers Ambush with Gladys Swarthout and Lloyd Nolan State shows Trade Winds with Fredric March and Joan Bennett Pirates of the Skies with Kent Taylor and Rochelle Hudson Palace showcases The Crowds Roars with Robert Taylor and This Marriage Business with Victor Moore and Vicki Lester Rialto slides Nothing Sacred with Fredric March and Carole Lombard Held for Ransom with Grant Withers and Blanche Mehaffey
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Iowa
Alan Baxter
Jacqueline Wells
Gordon Oliver
Fay Wray
Grant Withers
Paramount
Inside Story
Michael Whalen
Jean Rogers
Gladys Swarthout
Lloyd Nolan
Fredric March
Joan Bennett
Kent Taylor
Rochelle Hudson
Palace
Robert Taylor
Victor Moore
Vicki Lester
Rialto
Carole Lombard
Blanche Mehaffey
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Hollywood Meeow Battalion
Gene Markey
Hedy Lamarr
Belle Baker
Sonja Henie
Bette Davis
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Paul Kelly
June Lang
Lyle Talbot
Billy Gilbert
Dave Seltz
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Womens
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Bink
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C. Fields
Bergen
McCarthy
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D’artagnan
Ritz Brothers
Athos
Porthos
Aramis
Three Musketeers
20Th Century-Fox
Alexander Dumas
State Theater
Binnie Barnes
Gloria Stuart
Pauline Moore
John Carradine
Lionel Atwill
Douglas Dumbrille
John King
Boy Trouble
Charlie Ruggles
Mary Boland
St. Joseph
St.Joseph
Wartagan
Donald O'Connor
Nectar Rapids
Lou Breese
Chez Parece
Chicago
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Frestry
Teh
Morth Singer Theatre
Theater Guild
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Rial
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Lée
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