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Preview critics hail Columbia’s Only Angels Have Wings as 1939s greatest screen adventure. Cary Grant and Jean Arthur star in a South American aviation romance with a roguish plot and a colorful supporting cast including Rita Hayworth Thomas Mitchell Sig Ruman. The companion feature Fixer Dugan follows a traveling circus with Virginia Weidler and Peggy Shannon.
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Columbia
Iowa
Cary Grant
Jean Arthur
South America
South American
Panama
Grant
Cary
Rita Hayworth
Richard Barthelmess
Thomas Mitchell
Sig Ruman
Fixer Dugan
Lee Tracy
Virginia Weidler
Peggy Shannon
Adolph Menjou Stars In King Of The Turf At State Thursday
Adolphe Menjou and Roger Daniel lead the cast of the romantic drama King Of The Turf opening at the State theater Thursday. Dolores Costello, Alan Dinehart, Walter Abel, William Demarest and Harold Huber support, with Costello and Daniel singled out for strong performances as a married couple and son. The companion feature Prison Without Bars follows a French girl in a reform school near Paris, introducing Corinne Luchaire with Edna Best and Barry Barnes among the cast.
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Adolphe Menjou
Roger Daniel
Alan Dinehart
Dolores Costello
Walter Abel
William Demarest
Harold Huber
Menjou
Jim Mason
Paris
Corinne Luchaire
Edna Best
Barry Barnes
Lone Wolf Spy Hunt Heads Rialto Bill Lineup
The Lone Wolf is back in Washington in Lone Wolf Spy Hunt with Warren William and Ida Lupino as a motherless girl. Charles Starrett stars in Texas Stampede, a Western action drama. The Lone Ranger Returns serial and a Three Stooges short Disney cartoon and news reel round out the program.
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Lone Wolf
Washington
Warren William
Rialto Theater
Ida Lupino
Charles Starrett
Hollywood Jamboree comes to Iowa stage with all star cast
An all star revue features Stenins Fetchit antica at the Upper left stage show set for three days starting Tuesday at the Iowa theater. Gail Patrick and Richard Dix star in Man of Conquest currently at the Iowa theater. The Hardy family film The Hardys Ride High plays at the Paramount with Mickey Rooney Ann Rutherford and Virginia Grey. Bob Hope stars in Never Say Die opening Tuesday at the Paramount. Only Angels Have Wings arrives Friday at the Iowa theater led by Cary Grant Jean Arthur. Sergeant Madden with Burly Wallace Beery is showing at the State theater. King of the Turf a racing picture starring Adolphe Menjou begins at the State theater next Thursday.
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Antica
Stenin Fetchit
Iown Theater
Upner
Gail Patrick
Richard Dix
Iowa Theater
Paramount Theater
Mickey Rooney
Ann Rutherford
Virginia Grey
Marsha Raye
Funnyman
Bob Hope
Iowa
Cary Grant
Jean Arthur
Wallace Beery
Sergeant Madden
State Theater
Adolphe Menjou
Kentucky feud tale opens Civil War era film at Palace
The Palace screens Kentucky today with the prologue about the Dillons and Goodwins as feud history. Jack Dillon and Sally Goodwin fall in love amid Civil War divides, with the Kentucky Derby providing a dramatic climax. The second feature Say It In French stars Olympe Bradna and Ray Milland.
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Kentucky
Dillons
Goodwins
Jack Dillon
Richard Greene
Sally Goodwin
Loretta Young
Palace Theater
Olympe Bradna
Ray Milland
New Seats To Be Placed In Palace
The Palace theater will close Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to install new upholstered seats. The seats are the newest de luxe type called the Bodi form and said to have been developed.
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Palace Theater
Devel
Theater Reopens After Renovation With Kentucky and Say It In French
The theater will reopen by Thursday after renovation to end the weariness of current double features. Today’s show resumes with the films Kentucky and Say It In French, continuing the program.
Sergeant Madden A Potent Beery Drama At State
Wallace Beery stars as a veteran NYPD officer in Sergeant Madden at the State theater. Alan Curtis plays his hot headed son Dennis whose quick schemes clash with the law, while Laraine Day portrays the adopted daughter who marries Curtis. Tom Brown features as the conflicted adopted son.
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Wallace Beery
Josef von Sternberg
Sergeant Madden
State Theater
Beery
New York
Police Department
Dennis
Alan Curtis
Laraine Day
Curtis
Tom Brown
Inside Story of Society Smugglers Leads Cast Trio
The companion feature details a gigantic smuggling racket. Preston Foster Irene Jervey and Frank Jenks head the cast in this inside story of crime and loyalty themes.
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Preston Foster
Irene Jervey
Frank Jenks
Gay Comedy At The Paramount Tuesday
Bob Hope and Martha Raye star in Never Say Die at the Paramount as giddy newlyweds in a zany plot about a rich hypochondriac who travels to the Alps and marries to protect a fortune. Andy Devine arrives as a hometown suitor, complicating their plans on the eve of their honeymoon.
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Bob Hope
Martha Raye
Paramount Theater
Miss Raye
Andy Devine
Drummond’s Secret Police and Honeymoon Tale Featured
A Bulldog Drummond film titled Drummond's Secret Police stars John Howard Heather Angel Reginald Denny E E Clive and H B Warner. The piece mentions a couple on their honeymoon and a note about observing the crescent moon to gauge its phases.
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Bulldog Drummond
Drummond
Secret Police
John Howard
Heather Angel
Reginald Denny
E.E. Clive
H. B. Warner
Thornwood Ballroom Opens With Raeburn Band Thursday
Boyd Raeburn and his band will open the Thornwood dancing season next Thursday evening, after a six day Omaha Music Box engagement ending May 30. The redecorated Thornwood hosts Rhythm by Raeburn with Loraine and Duke Durbin on vocals and a 12 piece sweet swing outfit.
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Boyd Raeburn
Thornwood Ballroom
Hardy Family In Hit At Paramount
In the fifth or sixth chapter of the Hardy series at the Paramount theater the Hardy clan errors into a fortune of two million dollars and fly to Detroit to claim it only to discover it is not theirs and return to Carvel wiser. Aunt Milly falls for a passing businessman on the plane to Detroit. Mickey Rooney as Andy displays sudden wealth and courts a glamour girl. Marian shops lavishly with charges to the judge’s account while the judge and Mrs. Hardy stay balanced.
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Hardy Family
Paramount Theater
Detroit
Carvel
Milly
Sarah Haden
Mickey Rooney
Andy
Virginia Grey
Cecelia Parker
Marian
Lewis Stone
Stage Show Promises All Star Cast At Iowa Theater
Stage revue Hollywood Jamboree with Stepin Fetchit opens May 23 at the Iowa theater for six days. The program blends music and comedy with George Kang and his orchestra and guest acts. The screen feature Missing Daughters stars Richard Arlen Rochelle Nudson Isabel Jewell and Marian Marsh.
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Stepin Fetchit
Hollywood
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