This Week at the Theaters Promises Action Packed Schedule
The State theater debuts A Yank on the Burma Road with Laraine Day and Barry Nelson as a convoy aid to China amid bombing raids. Second feature Riders of the Timberline with Hopalong Cassidy joins Mr. Bug Goes to Town cartoon and the co feature Young America with Jane Withers. 4-H club theme anchors the program.
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Hollywood
Laraine Day
Barry Nelson
State Theater
China
New York
Nelson
Rangoon
Miss Day
Broadway
Jane Darwell
William Tracy
Keye Luke
the State
Cagney O Brien Team In Rialto Attraction
The Rialto theater presents Torrid Zone as one of its two feature attractions for today through Tuesday, spotlighting a Cagney O Brien team in a period Rialto program.
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Cagney-O Brien
Rialto
Rialto Theater
Jerry Smith To Be On Strand's Stage
Jerry Smith the Yodeling Cowboy and composer singer will perform at the Strand theater on Tuesday and Wednesday following a Hollywood trip. He appears with Glen Berkland and Zelda Scott as part of the Strand program alongside Abbott and Costello in One Night in The Tropics and the companion drama The Great McGinty starring Brian Donlevy.
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Jerry Smith
Strand Theater
Hollywood
Pinto Basin
Strand
Smith
Glen Berklund
Zelda Scott
Tropics
Allan Jones
Nancy Kelly
Robert Cummings
Mary Boland
Leo Carrillo
McGinty
Brian Donlevy
Tropical Adventure Pair Reunites Cagney and O’Brien
The page describes a jungle set adventure featuring James Cagney and Pat O’Brien in virile roles alongside Ann Sheridan. Supporting turns come from Andy Devine and George Tobias with Kay Harris Tillie and others in a lively bill that also includes Captain Midnight and a Tillie the Toiler feature.
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James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Latin America
Ann Sheridan
Andy Devine
George Tobias
Tillie
Russ Westover
Tommy Dorsey to headline Danceland engagements
Swing star Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra will perform at Danceland Thursday night with 24 entertainers including Frank Sinatra Buddy Rich Ziggy Elman Connie Haines and the Pied Pipers. Earlier dates feature Skippy Anderson Paul Moor and Dorsey set to headline.
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Tommy
Skippy Anderson
Danceland
Paul Moorhead
Tommy Dorsey
Frank Sinatra
Buddy Rich
Ziggy Elman
Connie Haines
The
Pied Pipers
Hotel Astor
New York
Toronto
Paramount Theater
Dorsey
Norma Shearer in We Were Dancing at Paramount
Norma Shearer returns to comedy in We Were Dancing at the Paramount with Melvyn Douglas opposite her. Supporting cast includes Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman, Marjorie Main, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray and Florence Bates. The film, partly based on Noel Coward Tonight at 8 30, traces a aristocrat daughter and her rich but broke lover and how their marriage strains under adversity.
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Norma Shearer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Theater
Melvyn Douglas
Gail Patrick
Lee Bowman
Marjorie Main
Reginald Owen
Alan Mowbray
Florence Bates
Noel Coward
Miss Shearer
Douglas
Norma
Bowman
Look Who's Laughing Heads Bill at Palace
Wistful Vista, the Fibber McGee and Molly locale, hosts the comedy feature Look Who's Laughing at the Palace theater today through Wednesday. Fibber McGee heads the town chamber of commerce while his blundering efforts to attract an airplane manufacturer drive the plot.
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Wistful Vista
Palace Theater
Fibber
Wistful Vista Chamber of Commerce
Weekend Cine Schedule Amid Pageant of Screen Classics
The Gazette lists theater lineups with multiple showings. Paramount presents Song of the Islands and Night Before the Divorce. Iowa screens Joan of Paris and Lady for a Night. State features Mr Bug Goes to Town and Young America. Palace offers Look Who's Laughing and Dude Cowboy. Rialto shows Torrid Zone and Tillie the Toiler. Strand runs The Great McGinty and One Night in the Tropics. Times presents Father Takes a Wife and One Foot in Heaven. Marion showcases They Died with Their Boots On and Charlie Chan in Rio.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Tillie the
Great McGinty
Heaven
Marion
Charlie Chan
Rio
Lawrence Welk Band To Head Rhythm Revue On Iowa Stage
The Lawrence Welk Band will headline a three day Rhythm Revue on the Iowa stage Friday with The Stadlers Jimmy Rae Jayne Walton Bill Kaylor Parnell Grina Tommy Sheridan Everett Olson Leo Fortin Jerry Burke and Red Howe in the lineup. The show includes Lupe Velez Leon Errol in The Mexican Spitfire at Sea and a June 1940 era film pairing Michele Morgan Paul Henreid in Joan of Paris alongside a second feature Lady for a Night.
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Lawrence Welk
Iowa Theater
Stadlers
Jimmy Rae
Jayne Walton
Bill Kaylor
Parnell Grina
Town
Tommy Sheridan
Everett Olson
Leo Fortin
Jerry Burke
Red” Howe
North Dakota
Welk
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
William Penn Hotel
Pittsburgh
Aragon and
Trianon
MBS
WGN
Lupe Velez
Carmelita
Leon Errol
Uncle Matt
Charles
Buddy” Rogers
ZaSu Pitts
Elisabeth Risdon
Florence Bates
Honolulu
Rogers
Iowa
Joan of Paris
Michele Morgan
Paul Henreid
Thomas Mitchell
Laird Cregar
May Robson
Henreid
France
Miss Morgan
Joan
Joan of Arc
South
Joan Blondel
John Wayne
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Men OF Rhythm
Walter
Jean Brown
Errol Flynn
Olivia DeHavilland
Charlie Chanin
Uae
Fredric March
Martha Scott
Hartzeh Spence
Adolphe Menjou
Gloria Swanson
Upper Center
Mr. Bug
Betty Grable
Harry Owens
Royal Hawaiian Orchestra
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Lucille Ball
Tim Holt
Jane Withers
Young America
Lucille
Jowa
Jerry
Glen
Berklund
Minnesota Nightingale
Stooges
March of
Sourpuss
Abbott and Costello
Robin Gummings
the Great McGinty
Hollywood's
Wonty
APG
Romance OF the South
Lady For
Joan Blondell
Kitty Foyle
Oakie
Too
ROYAL
Lynn Bari sJoseph Allen
Columbia
Sheridan O'Brien
RIN Nl
Lowo
Grand Cafe
Tonite
Skippy Anderson Orch
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Lipp
First Street
the Foxhead
General Amusement Corp
Boyd Atkins
Taft Grill
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