This Week at the Theaters in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids theaters present a mix of stage revues and films this week. Tiny Hill’s Village Barn Revue runs Tuesday through Thursday on the Paramount stage with Frankie Robinson and a cast including Harold Boyd and the Ladd Sisters. a cine colored Daughter of the West stars Martha Vickers and Philip Reed.
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Walt Disney
Cedar Rapids
Tiny Hill
Paramount
Pony
Harold Boyd
Ladd Sisters
Sonny Morgan
Martha Vickers
Philip Reed
Fred MacMurray
Maureen O’hara
Betty Lynn
Rudy Vallee
Clifford Goldsmith
Movie Schedules For Sunday Across Local Theaters
Paramount presents Home of the Brave with showings at 1 15? 3 15 5 25 7 40 10. Iowa screens Once More My Darling and Illegal Entry with matinees 1 35 4 10 6 40 10 10. State offers Scene of the Crime and The Big Fight with multiple daily times. Town features Pursued Skyliner. Palace runs John Loves Mary The Set Up Little Women Some of the Best. Strand shows Key Largo and King of the Bandits. Marion presents In the Good Old Summertime and shorts. Drive-In offers The Dude Goes West and short subjects.
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John
Mary
Ronald Reagan
Patricia Neal
Robert Ryan
Audrey Totter
Louisa Mae Alcott
June Allyson
Peter Lawford
Margaret O’brien
Key Largo
Humphrey Bogart
Edward G. Robinson
Lauren Bacall
Gilbert Roland
Judy Garland
van Johnson
S. Z. Sakall
Spring Byington
Marion
Paramount
Home of the Brave
Home of the
Brave
Iowa
Palace
Drive-In Closes Its Season Tonight in Cedar Rapids
The Tri-States Drive-In theater ends its first season after tonight’s show. It seats over 600 cars and drew audiences from across the region. It will reopen when weather allows next spring.
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Tri-States
Mystery Show At Town Friday
The Mighty Kara-Kum brings Arabian Nights Revue to Town theater Friday. The performer is Wladyslaw Michaluk, a former European film horror actor who served as a wartime flyer after escaping a concentration camp. He has staged in Australia Canada England and other places. Three performances are scheduled, one in the afternoon and two in the evening.
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Kara-Kum
Wladyslaw Michaluk
England
Greece
Australia
Canada
Film Newcomers Ready to Break Into Big Time in 1950
AP features a roster of rookie actors poised for stardom including David Brian Sally Forrest Peggy Dow John Derek Ruth Roman Keefe Brasselle Nancy Olson Colleen Townsend Colleen Townsend Colleen Townsend John Barrymore Jr Colleen Townsend. The article notes their background, age, origins, early work and potential studio support shaping their big league careers.
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Air Force
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Ohio
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Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Northwestern
UCLA
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Bing Crosby
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Sundowners
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Glendale
Calif
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Utah
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My Team
Next Vaudeville At Iawa Theater Opens Nov 21
The fourth RKO vaudeville unit comes to Iawa Theater for a three day engagement starting Monday November 21. Betty Jane Watson and Jerry Austen star as a husband wife duo alumni of Oklahoma. Acts include Vince and Gloria Haydock Artistry in Taps Carlton Emmy and his Mac Wags The Three Arnauts Slim Timblin Anthony Allen and Hodge Betty Jane Watson and Jerry Austen Pat Henning Herzog Wonder Aerial and screen feature Warner Baxter in Prison Warden.
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Jerry Austen
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Carlton Emmy
Mac Wags
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Timblin
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America
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Phy
Herzogs
Wonder
Warner Baxter
Marjorie Garland Joins Merry Macs and Mr Music
Marjorie Garland, the Merry Macs only woman singer and star of Mr Music, is introduced as a cousin of Judy Garland, linking notable entertainment families.
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Marjorie Garland
The
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