This Week's Cedar Rapids Theaters Show Big Star Power
A wave of new films arrives in Cedar Rapids with Clark Gable in The Tall Men and a June Allyson Stewart tech Color musical The Glenn Miller Story. Also playing are Always a Bride with Peggy Cummins and Terence Morgan, Blood Alley with John Wayne, SpChasers with the Bowery Boys, The Seven Little Foys starring Bob Hope, and Romeo Holiday at The Twixt Town plus several other features at the Paramount Iowa State Palace and drive-in venues.
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Disney locks Davy Crockett star Fess Parker to film future
Hollywood reports Walt Disney will shape Parker's career beyond Davy Crockett. Offers to play other legends were declined to protect Parker's image, including a hillbilly songwriter and Daniel Boone. Ford producers were surprised by Disney's stance, noting Parker is now a marquee property.
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Broadway Opens With Mixed Reviews and Many New Shows
Broadway week brings six openings from heavy drama to nightclub style entertainment. Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge debuts with Van Heflin in a two by one-act pairing praised by John Chapman. Other premieres include Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in A Day by the Sea and Gilbert and Sullivan via D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
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Theater Showtimes Listed for Today in Multiple Theaters
Theaters including Paramount Iowa State Palace Marion and others announce today’s films with showtimes for Left Hand of God Blood Alley Gun That Won the West Francis in the Navy Spy Chasers Marciano Moore fight Always a Bride Glenn Miller Story Seven Little Foys Pirates of Tripoli I Confess Daddy Long Legs Roman Holiday and Strategic Air Command plus shorts and late slots.
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Chill Wills Talks Francis Films and Future Prospects
AP reports Chill Wills voices Francis and hopes the character continues. He notes Donald OConnor left Universal-International and calls a feud between actor and a jackass strange. Wills asserts the series should continue, citing earnings around 22 to 25 million dollars and profits on low budget films.
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Broadway gossip and World Series notes from a midtown page
Snappy column highlights social sightings on 57th Street and Park Avenue. Celebrities such as Shelley W. and Farley G. mingle with Roz R. at shops while Rita H. meets Joe DiMaggio at Dinty Moore's. Ezio P. shows a signed Dodgers photo. Barbara Hutton rumors link to Baron von Cramm. Also references to Clark Gable, the McGuire Sisters earnings, and baseball lore from Frankie Frisch.
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