This Week at Paramount Features Song of the Islands
Twentieth Century Fox technicolor musical Song of the Islands opens Thursday at the Paramount with Betty Grable Victor Mature and Jack Oakie in a Pacific outpost tale. Paris Calling heads Tuesday's Paramount lineup with Elizabeth Bergner Basil Rathbone and Randolph Scott. Bernie Cummins orchestra and Melody Lane run as key program features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
South Sea
Paramount Theater
Jack Oakie
Thomas Mitchell
George Barbier
Pacific
Mitchell
Miss Grable
Barbier
Mature
Betty
Mack Gordon
Harry Owens Cohn
Lynn Barr
Joseph Allen, Jr
Elizabeth Bergner
Randolph Scott
Basil Rathbone
Paris
Paramount
Miss Bergner
Rathbone
Scott
Brenda Joyce
Cobina Wright, Jr
Bernie Cummins
the Paramount
Hotel New Yorker
Edgewater Beach Hotel
Beverly Hills Country Club
Walter Cummins
Horace Perazzi
Gordon Heiderich
Therman Sheeler
Melody Lane
Kiss the Boys Goodbye at Palace Theater with Mary Martin
The Broadway comedy Kiss the Boys Goodbye starring Mary Martin and Don Ameche runs today through Wednesday at the Palace theater. Connie Boswell Oscar Levant Barbara Allen and Rochester are in featured roles with a southern girl seeking a star role. A companion feature Marry the Boss Daughter stars Brenda Joyce and Bruce Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theater
Mary Martin
Don Ameche
Connie Boswell
Oscar Levant
Barbara Allen
Rochester
Brenda Joyce
Bruce Edwards
Technicolor Gems and Stars Appear in Local Theaters
Betty Grable dazzles in Song of the Islands while Michele Morgan debuts in Joan of Paris and Paul Henreid joins her in Paris under Gestapo. Lawrence Welk leads Rhythm Revue on Friday. Frank Morgan and Kathryn Grayson star The Vanishing Virginian at the State. Max Fleischer’s Mr Bug Goes to Town opens Thursday. James Cagney and Dennis Morgan in Captains of the Clouds continue at the Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michele Morgan
Paul Henfeld
Paris
Iowa
Frank Morgan
Kathryn Grayson
James Cagney
Dennis Morgan
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Opens at Strand
Mickey Rooney delights audiences in Andy Hardy's Private Secretary at the Strand theater with Ann Rutherford and the Hardy cast. Also shown Babies for Sale a thriller style short and the Buck Jones serial White Eagle. Jerry Smith appears on stage March 24 and 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
Strand Theater
Mickey
Ann Rutherford
Hardy
Rochelle Hudson
Glenn Ford
Buck Jones
Jerry Smith
Strand
Local Theater Schedule Highlights for Paramount and Nearby Rooms
Theater listings show continuous timed features at Paramount IOWA STATE PALACE RIALTO STRAND MARION and TIMES venues. Notable titles include Go West Young Lady The Vanishing Virginian Kiss the Boys Goodbye Hold That Ghost Texas Babies for Sale Andy Hardys Private Secretary Honky Tonk The Gay Falcon One Foot in Heaven Private Nurse among many showtimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Brooklyn
Palace
Marion
Heaven
Mr Bug Goes to Town Opens at State Theater This Week
The State theater brings the technicolor musical comedy Mr Bug Goes to Town to town thursday featuring Hoppity the grasshopper and Honey Bee in a romantic plot with C Bagley Beetle as the villain. The film includes five new songs and a 4 H clubs themed feature Young America with Jane Withers. Also showing is The Vanishing Virginian with Frank Borzage and a co feature Brooklyn Orchid starring Bendix Sawyer and Woodworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bug
State Theater
Broadway
Hoppity
Honey Bee
C. Bagley Beetle
Frank Morgan
Spring Byington
Kathryn Grayson
Rebecca Yancey Williams
Bob Yancey
Frank Borzage
Brooklyn
William Bendix
Joe Sawyer
Marjorie Woodworth
Helen Hayes to Perform Candle in the Wind at Iowa Theater
Actress Helen Hayes will make her Cedar Rapids stage debut on May 13 at the Iowa theater in Maxwell Andersons Candle in the Wind. She opens the show tomorrow night in Chicago before touring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hayes
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Maxwell Anderson
Chicago
On Broadway with Walter Winchell
A compilation of Walter Winchell quotes on liberty happiness and human behavior. The remarks touch on loneliness freedom praise friendship and duty. The speaker notes the cost of liberty and the misuses of freedom amid social dynamics and political struggle.
Abbott Costello Comedy Texas on Rialto in Double Feature
Bill Abbott and Lou Costello star in Hold That Ghost a haunted tavern tale while Texas a frontier cattle saga appears in the Rialto double feature Also appearing are The Andrews Sisters Ted Lewis and his band Joan Davis and Mischa Auer in the comedy lineup The pair inherit a haunted tavern through a gangster's will and launch their usual tomfoolery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Screen
Air
Rialto Theater
Andrews Sisters
Ted Lewis
Joan Davis
Mischa Auer
Abbott and Costello
Abbott Costello
Texas
Old Southwest
Filmprogram Highlights William Holden and Colleagues
The short subjects program features stars William Holden Claire Trevor Glenn Ford George Bancroft and Edgar Buchanan. It includes the spy serial Captain Midnight a color cartoon and the news segment for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Holden
Claire Trevor
Glenn Ford
George Bancroft
Edgar Buchanan
Captain Midnight
Michele Morgan Stars In Joan of Paris At Iowa
Michele Morgan and Paul Henreid headline Joan of Paris at the Iowa with a tense Nazi era romance as they plot escape after RAF flyers land in France. Supporting cast includes Thomas Mitchell and May Robson. Co feature Lady for a Night with Joan Blondell and John Wayne. Also Captains of the Clouds and Go West Young Lady on the same program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michele Morgan
Paul Henreid
America
Iowa
Paris
Miss Morgan
Henreid
R.A.F
Messerschmitts
England
Joan
Joan of Arc
Paul
Thomas Mitchell
Laird Cregar
May Robson
Joan Blondell
John Wayne
James Cagney
Brenda Marshall
Dennis Morgan
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Woods
Cagney
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Heads Palace
Ameche
Martin Paramount
Datong
Walouan
Virgia Bale
Juarbara Allen
Elizabeth Patterson
Jerome Cowar
Victor Echertiingi
Brenda Joyce Bruce Edwards
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Honky Tonk
George Sanders
Wendy Barrie
Gay
Lawrence Welk
Max Flietscher
Thursay
Strand Screen
Yancey'’s
Virginia
Amere- Jean
Natalie Thompson
Nouear
BY Tiasty
Taft Grill
Second Avenue
Sen
Joelle
White Eagle
Ferson
Mar. Stein
the Foxhead
General Amusement Corp
Boyd Atkins
Walter Winchell
Rome
K Jr
Young Lady” Penny Glenn Ann Singleton Ford Miller
Hell-Riders OF the Heavens
Flaming Technicolor
Owens
Fredric March
Martha Scott IN
Hartzell Spence’s
One Foot IN
Saris
Lipp's
Pabst Bine Ribbon
Lipp
Tastryt Tavern
First Street
Rialto
Joan of Paris
Merry Macs
Sandy Leon Errol Anne Gwynne
Adrene Holland
Jackson
Nedra
Danceland
Gene Pieper Orch
Mel Dunn
St. Patrick’s
Paul Arthur
Orch
Cliff Eyes Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey
Hayes Music Box
Don Forbes
Men OF
Rhythm
Cliff & Carmody
ST. Patrick's Bance
Louie Deklotz
Trick Seay
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