Touchdown Army and Thanksgiving War On Screen
Paramount presents Touchdown Army featuring John Howard and Robert Cummings as West Point heroes Jimmy Howal and Brandon Culpepper with Mary Carlisle as the colonel’s daughter. Raymond Hatton delivers a standout performance while a skating romance and a New York lecture by Rube Goldberg round out the program ahead of Men With Wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrigan
Army
Paramount
John Howard
Robert Cummings
West Pointers
Cummings
Jimmy Howal
Brandon Culpepper
Mary Carlisle
Howas
Raymond Hatton
Battle of
Shiloh
New York
Rube Goldberg
Paramount News
F.C.H
Stand Accused Dramatic Story of New Lawyers
A dramatic story explores the burden on new lawyers facing disillusionment after graduation. It follows a cohort of young professionals as they confront ethical choices between honest practice and questionable avenues. The piece questions the security and prestige promised by legal careers.
I Stand Accused and Adventure in Sahara at Town Theater
Robert Cummings plays a young law graduate who betrays his principles to aid a gangster, while his partner joins the DA’s office. Lyle Talbot stars as the slot machine racketeer Eastman. Glaringly artificial scenery mars Adventure in Sahara set in a French Foreign Legion desert. Paul Kelly leads a revolt and seeks vengeance in a perilous desert trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cummings
Town Theater
Cummings
Tom Beck
Underworld
District Attorney’s Office
Lyle Talbot
Eastman
Mars
Hollywood's wealthy wives seek movie stardom amid debate
The piece weighs the case of Mrs. Whitney and other heiresses pursuing film careers, arguing talent versus fortune. It notes actors, directors, and industry figures weighing art against access, with anecdotes on Hedy Lamarr and Nan Grey, and ends citing 1938 copyright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollywood
Hollywood
Jack Whitney
Whitney
Dodge City
Mrs. Whitney
Hope Hampton
Jules Brulatour
Geraldin Spreckels
Theaters in Iowa Offer Adventure and Romance
Movie listings show Adventure in Sahara with Paul Kelly and Lorna Gray at AT THE THEATERS Iowa. I Stand Accused stars Robert Cummings and Helen Mack. PARAMOUNT presents Touchdown Army with John Howard and Mary Carlisle. STATE features Mars Attacks the World and Torchy Gets Her Man with Glenda Farrell Berton Mac Lane and Tom Kennedy. PALACE presents Doctor Rhythm with Bing Crosby Mary Carlisle Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne and Merrily We Live. STRAND showcases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. RIALTO shows Hurricane with Dorothy Lamour Jon Hall and Mary Astor and Accidents Will Happen with Ronald Reagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sahara
Paul Kelly
Lorna Gray
Robert Cummings
Helen Mack
Paramount
John Howard
Mary Carlisle
Mars
World
Torchy
Her
Glenda Farrell
Berton MacLane
Tom Kennedy
Doctor Rhythm
Bing Crosby
Constance Bennett
Brian Aherne
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Shirley Temple
Bert Lahr
Joan Davis
Bill Robinson
New State Theater
Twentieth Century-Fox
Amanda Duff
Charles Farrell
Franklin Pangborn
Cora Witherspoon
Bennie Bartlett
Tom Brown
Andy Devine
Constance Moore
Robert Wilcox
Iere
America
Toms
With Andy Devine
Ae Fire Kay Bartlett
Wonder Ballroom
Thur
Ray Alderson
Fuancélane
Henry Busse
Jimmie. Fidler Hollywood
Charles Bickford
Java
SP. C. A
Donald Crisp
Carlyle Blackwell
Cafe Society
Leo Carrillo
California
Boris Karloff
Jesse James
Gene Lockhart
Ernest Seitz
Delovely
Paul Muni
John Carradine
Preston Foster
Phonograph
Hedy Lamarre
Hedy
Nan Grey
Loria Stuart
Syssia
James Cagney
Ann Sheridan
Pat O’brien
Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
George Bancroft
Walt Disney
Ferdinand, the Bull
Sonny Sss
the Flaming Et Vai
Fred Macmurray
Ray Mill
Louise Campbell
Lynne Overman
Porter Hall
Walter Abel
Enda Wednesday
Robert Benchly
Strand
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Rialto
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Mary Astor
Ronald Regan
Jon Wall
Trature No
Dick Tracy
Quaker Oaty Co
Lynn
Eas
Jane Withers
Jarold Lloyd In
Plamor
NBC
Dick Hendricks
Davis Turkey Farm
Fame and Fortune
YOM Studios
Paramount Theater
Wat
Pat O'Brien
Dead End
Michael Curtiz
Warner Bros
Ferdinand the Bull’ IN Technicolor
Cedar Rapids
THE
Seven Dwarfs
Theater Dial
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