Cafe Metropole heads Paramount with Young Power romance
Otetta Young and Tyrone Power star in Cafe Metropole a love and comedy drama at the Paramount starting Friday Adolphe Menjou also in the cast and Gregory Ratoff helped adapt the screen story. Also featuring Shall We Dance at Town theater with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and other big acts in town listings.
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Oretta Young
Tyrone Power
Paramount Theater
Adolphe Menjou
Charles Winninger
Helen Westley
Cmg.t
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Loretta Young
Paramount
Racketeer tale leads Iowa theater double feature
George Bancroft stars in Racketeers In Exile as Big Bill Waldo a public enemy who preaches religion for profit. Evelyn Venable Wynne Gibson co star. G men pursue the mob to a small town where Waldo’s past and church ties fuel the drama. Navy Blues follows with Mars Brian and Dick Purcell.
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Waldo
Evelyn Ven
Mars Brian
Dick Purcell
Warren Aylmer
Lucille Gleason
Apselor
Wake Up And Live faces radio fame and comic mishaps
Walter Winchell Ben Bernie Alice Faye Patsy Kelly Ned Sparks Jack Haley Walter Catlett star in the new film Wake Up And Live at the Paramount. Haley, a nervous radio hopeful, becomes a secret singing sensation after an on air audition. Faye uncovers his identity and Bernies plans to book him while Winchell pursues the mystery. Kidnapping twist tests rescue by Faye as the plot folds toward comic resolution.
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Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Alice Faye
Patsy Kelly
Ned Sparks
Jack Haley
Walter Catlett
Paramount Theater
Mr. Haley
Mike Fright
Radio Center
Mr. Bernie
Bernie
Mr. Catlett
Grace Bradley
DE Maat
Winchell
King Of Hockey Headliner At Rialto Screens This Week
Dick Purcell stars in King of Hockey a tense human drama set on the ice with a romance between a top player and a society girl. Anne Nagel Wayne Morris Marie Wilson and George E Stone co star. The second feature Dodge City Trail stars Charles Starrett with Donald Grayson singing. Marion Weldon Russell Hicks Si Jenks Al Bridges featured. A musical vaudeville and Cats and the Fiddle complete the program.
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Dick Purcell
Rialto
Anne Nagel
Wayne Morris
Marie Wilson
George E. Stone
Charles Starrett
Dodge City Trail
Donald Grayson
Marion Weldon
Russell Hicks
Si Jenks
al Bridges
Realistic Horror Headsline At The New State
The New State shows Internet Can't Take Money with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea in a taut suspenseful drama praised for its realism despite doctor visuals. The second feature The Man Who Could Work Miracles stars Roland Young with whimsy and thoughtful fantasy.
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Barbara Stan Wyck
Joel McCrea
McCoy
Hippocrates
Cosmopolitan
Barbara Stanwyck
Roland Young
H.G Wells
H. G Wells
Thorne Smith
C. D
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H G. Wells
United Artists
Top of the Town musical opens Friday at New State
The Gay musical Top of the Town opens at the New State Friday for a week long engagement. Doris Nolan plays a rich owner who tries to join a night club life for artistic uplift, with a supporting cast including George Murphy and Hugh Herbert.
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Gregory Ratoff
Doris Nolan
New State
George Murphy
Hugh Herbert
Henry Armetta
Ray Mayer
Mischa Auer
Three Sailors
Gertrude Niesen
Ella Logan
Dolores del Rio
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Shirley Vemple In Stowaway Palace Theater Feature Film
Local listings note Shirley Vemple stars in the Stowaway feature at the Palace Theater running through Wednesday. The review highlights romance danger and intrigue with a hint of action and disputed romantic tension involving a lead character.
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Shirley ‘Vemple In “Stowaway
Palace Theater
Shall We Dance stars Astaire and Rogers on screen romance
The new Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers musical Shall We Dance arrives at the Iowa theater this Friday. The film blends romance with dazzling dances and songs, featuring three dances by the duo plus a skating number and a finale by Astaire and Harriet Hoctor. George and Ira Gershwin provide six songs with a notable supporting cast including Edward Horton, Eric Blore, Betti Galhan, Jerome Cowan and William Brisbane.
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Fred Asture
Ginger Rogers
Iowa
Frias
Presious Ven Hicles
Tors
Astaire
Mise Roger
Astaire-Rogers
Harriet Hoctor
America
Miss Hoctor
George
Ira Greshwin
Edward Foerett Horton
Eric Blore
Betti Galhan
Jerome Cowan
William Brisbane
Lounging Ensemble Designed for Peggy Bates
An intriguing lounging ensemble by Howard Shoup for Peggy Bates features heavy white satin pajamas with side-split trousers and scalloped edges. A floor length negligee in the same material echoes the scalloped detailing for a coordinated set.
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Howard Shoup
Peggy Bates
Bette Davis Receives Clever Birthday Gift
Hollywood star Bette Davis got a quirky birthday present from husband Harmon Nelson. A small gold plate engraved Finder Please Return Bearer and her social security number sits on a charm bracelet she wears, making the keepsake both practical and amusing.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
Harmon Nelson
Bette
Bryant Washburn To Lead Play At Local High School
Renowned stage and film star Bryant Washburn will lead the production The Man From Nowhere at Benjamin Franklin high school auditorium opening May 17 at 7, with additional shows May 19. The show is produced by the junior American Czech lodge No 388 and features lodge home talent actors rehearsed for weeks. Washburn serves as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent scout and may sign promising performers for contracts. He will arrive in Cedar Rapids days before opening for final dress rehearsals.
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Bryant Washburn
Benjamin Franklin High School
Hollywood
Lodge
Washburn
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Cedar Rapids
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Pam Eng &Ko Radio
King of Hockey
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Doewell
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MD Yu
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Ghorpe Ae
Shall We Dance
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Romance
Astaire, Rogers
Cornell College
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Holmes
Shrine Temple
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Ta Ista Theatre
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Robert Young
Herbert Marshall
Anne Shirley
Gertrude Michael
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