Miss Annie Rooney Leads State Theater Bill in New York Comedy
The program at State Theater features Miss Annie Rooney a Shirley Temple comedy drama with William Gargan and Guy Kibbee plus Michael Shayne mystery Just Off Broadway with Lloyd Nolan. Also showing Mister V with Leslie Howard and a Laurel and Hardy feature A Haunting We Will Go with Sheila Ryan and John Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Temple
New York
Annie Rooney
State Theater
Shirley
William Gargan
Guy Kibbee
Dickie Moore
Peggy Ryan
Roland Dupree
Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver
Lloyd Nolan
Mike
Lloyd
Janis Carter
Shayne
Leslie Howard
Germany
Berlin
Gestapo
Mary Morris
Francis Sullivan
Hugh McDermott
A. E. Matthews
Roland Pertwee
Dante
Sheila Ryan
John Shelton
Guy Kibbie
Local Theater Previews Five Films and a Wartime Adventure
The Paramount features Desperate Journey with Errol Flynn Ronald Reagan Alan Hale and Arthur Kennedy. Miss Annie Rooney and My Sister Eileen play at the State and Town respectively. The Big Street stars Henry Fonda Lucille Ball. Mister V unfolds at the State. plus a Popeye cartoon and Football Thrills of 1941. The origin of Uncle Sam is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Flynn
R.A.F
Ronald Reagan
Alan Hale
Arthur Kennedy
Ronald Sinclair
Raymond Massey
Reagan
Germany
Holland
Berlin
Gestapo
Kaethe Brahms
Nancy Coleman
England
New Serial and Two Features Head Rialto Three Day Run
A three day Rialto program opens today with a new serial Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys in Junior G men of the Air first chapter Wings Aflame. Sing Dance Plenty Hot features Ruth Terry Johnny Downs Billy Gilbert and Barbara Vera Vague Allen. West of Tombstone stars Charles Starrett Russell Hayden in a stagecoach robbery mystery. Also on the bill are a color cartoon and a musical number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto Theater
Ruth Terry
Johnny Downs
Billy Gilbert
Barbara “Vera Vague” Allen
Charles Starrett
Russell Hayden
Iowa to Present Screen Version of My Sister Eileen
The Iowa stage screens the comedy My Sister Eileen starring Rosalind Russell Briane Aherne and Janet Blair opening Wednesday. Based on Ruth McKenney stories the plot follows two Columbus sisters Ruth aspiring author and Eileen chasing stage fame in Greenwich Village with a bustling basement apartment and a cast of quirky visitors. A second feature Counter Espionage stars Warren William amid London Nazi spy intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Janet Blair
Rosalind Russell
Eileen
Brian Aherne
Sister Eileen
Briane Aherne
Iowa
Ruth McKenney
Columbus, Ohio
New York City
Ruth
George Tobias
Allyn Josylin
Jeff Donnell
Donald MacBride
Grant Mitchell
The Big Street at the Iowa shines with star power
Hillary Brooke leads a feminine cast alongside Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball in The Big Street a dramatic comedy adapted from Damon Runyon’s work. The film follows a busboy who protects a crippled Broadway beauty as a former nightlife world idol loses purpose. Supporting players include Sam Levene Barton MacLane Eugene Pallette and Vera Gordon with Ozzie Nelsons band. The Spirit of Stanford features Marguerite Chapman Shirley Patterson and Robert Stevens in a companion football drama about college life and the joy pain and purpose beyond the gridiron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Damon Runyon
Henry Fonda
Lucille Ball
Sam Levene
Barton MacLane
Eugene Pallette
Vera Gordon
Ozzie Nelson
Frankie Albert
Stanford
Marguerite Chapman
Shirley Patterson
Robert Stevens
Furniture trends shift away from metal materials
Metal scarcity drives new furniture styles that minimize metal use. Drawer pulls vanish in favor of wood glass or plastic handles and grooves. Bedroom suites rely on grooves and louvers, while lamps favor wood plastics glass and pottery with inventive designs and colors.
Ice land opens at Paramount with Henie Payne star power
Twentieth Century Fox presents Ice land at the Paramount featuring Sonja Henie and John Payne with Jack Oakie, Sammy Kaye orchestra, and tunes by Gordon and Warren. Bruce Humberstone directs. LeBaron produced. Reykjavik setting, lavish production numbers, and Joan Merrill vocals headline. Sherlock Holmes and The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe also on bill with Errol Flynn in the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henie-Payne
Paramount
Twentieth Century-Fox
Sonja Henie
John Payne
Paramount Theater
Jack Oakie
Sammy Kaye
Mack Gordon
Harry Warren
William LeBaron
Bruce Humberstone
America
Reykjavik
Iceland
Sonja
Sherlock Holmes
Voice of Terror
Basil Rathbone
Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr. Watson
Evelyn Ankers
Reginald Denny
Edgar Allen Poe
Linda Darnell
John Sheppard
Morning Premiere for Edgar Bergen Comedy in Iowa
The Iowa theater hosts a morning world premiere next Saturday with RKO nationwide. The program starts 9:30 a.m. and features Here We Go Again with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, Ginny Simms, Tim Holt outdoor action, and a new Disney color cartoon. No adults admitted without a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
RKO
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Gildersleeve
Ginny Simms
Tim Holt
Walt Dis
The Fleet’s In Tops Palace Program
The Fleet’s In a nautical romance opens at the Palace with Dorothy Lamour and William Holden leading the cast. Lamour plays a ballroom entertainer while Holden is a shy sailor entangled in a bet winning plot. Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra back the musical numbers. The second feature Mokey stars Donna Reed Bobby Blake and Dan Dailey Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theater
Dorothy Lamour
William Holden
Lamour
Holden
Jimmy Dorsey
Mokey
Angel
Rascal
Donna Reed
Bobby Blake
Dan Dailey, Jr
Theater Schedule Highlights From Paramount and Nearby Theaters
The Gazette lists today’s runtimes and showings. Paramount presents Desperate Journey with multiple daily times. Iowa features The Big Street and The Spirit of Stanford. State shows Mister V and A Haunting We Will Go. Palace screens The Fleet’s In and Monkey. Rialto offers Sing Dance Plenty Hot and West of Tombstone. Times shows The Man Who Came to Dinner and Joan of Paris. Marion offers Footlight Serenade and Scattergood Rides High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Stanford
Fleet
Tombstone
Man
Marion
Scattergood
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Jimmy ‘Dorsey Orchestra
Bob Ederly and
Melen Connell
oe Chana _ _ Betts
Jane Rhottes Lert Erickson
the Foxhead
Saxop
Vietor
Columbia Recording
CGT
Sonja Henle
Jack Oakle
Errol Flynn
Risht
The
Towa
Mister V
Uncle Sam
Rialto Bill
Howe WS
Lews
Favind Leslie
Howard
Tan
Are
Hillary Brooke
Loume
Ok TV
Tim Holt Prete
War Ure
cCaareca
Lena Rivers
Ned Albert
Times Theatre
Bette Davis
Ann Sheridan
Monte Woolley
Killian’s
Enzler's and Times Theater
Atwaya
Kaye Orchestra
Joan Merrill
Sterling Holloway
Fritz Feld
Felix Bressert
Reagan x
ASON
Swingy Songs — I Betty
John Grable Payne
Footlight
High Speed
Milarity
Victor Mature
Erenade
Guy Kirbee
John Boles
World News
Cen Ee
Rockies
Gazette
Attra Toom
Sewer
Eugene Pallatte
Anford
Grankie Albepy
Eae
Columbia
Russel Aherne
Tia
AY Joslyn
Lone Wolf
Warren William
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Lipp
Lipp's
Tastryt Tavern
First Street
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