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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1944

Page

8

All-Star Movie at State Theater This Week

Universal's Follow the Boys debuts at the State with 36 stars including Sophie Tucker Dinah Shore and Orson Welles. Co features Allergic to Love and Pardon My Rhythm with Gloria Jean and Bob Crosby. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine revival also shows in technicolor.

Universal Thursdday Sophie Tucker Sophie Dinah Shore Jeanette MacDonald Vera Zorina George Raft Arthur Rubinstein Liszt Freddie Slack Andrews Sisters Charlie Spivak Ted Lewis Louis Gordon Orson Welles Marlene Dietrich Donald O'Connor Peggy Ryan W. C. Fields Love Martha O'Driscoll Noah Berry David Bruce Fuzzy Knight Franklin Pangborn Maxie Rosenbloom Henry Armetta Fred MacMurray Henry Fonda Sylvia Sidney Gloria Jean Patric Knowles Evelyn Ankers Bob Crosby Artur Rubinstein

Roy Rogers Western at Rialto Heads Busy Double Feature

Roy Rogers and Trigger star in Hands Across the Border a lively western on the Rialto double feature through Tuesday with Bob Nolan the Sons of the Pioneers and co stars Gavin Big Boy Williams Ruth Terry. The program promises action strategy and musical interludes as the cast pursues a bold pursuit.

Roy Rogers Trigger Bob Nolan The Sons of the Pioneers Rialto Theater Gavin Big Boy” Williams Ruth Terry Roy

Rainbow Island opens at Paramount with Dorothy Lamour

The color musical Rainbow Island debuts at the Paramount theater Thursday featuring Dorothy Lamour, Gil Lamb, and Eddie Bracken as shipwrecked sailors on a tropical island with musical numbers and a jungle romance. Also playing is Janie at Paramount with Joyce Reynolds and Robert Hutton in a Broadway transfer version of the hit.

Janie Paramount Robert Hutton Joyce Reynolds Gil Lamb Eddie Bracken Barry Sullivan Dorothy Lamour Rainbow Island Paramount Theater Bracken Lamb South Pacific Paradise Island Momo Bride To-Be Lamour Warner Brothers Edward Arnold Ann Harding Robert Benchley Alan Hale Hattie McDaniel Dick Erdman Jackie Moran Ann Gillis Ruth Tobey Virginia Patton Colleen Townsend Georgia Lee Settle Alex Gottlieb Michael Curtiz Brock Pemberton Es Christine Johnson Charles Hoffman

Isle of Forgotten Sins and Desert Hawk serial lineup

A tidal wave and an undersea quest for lost treasure drive the co feature Isle of Forgotten Sins with John Carradine Gale Sondergaard Sidney Toler Rita Quigley and Frank Fenton. Short subjects include a sports reel a cartoon news and chapter four of the Desert Hawk serial.

John Carradine Gale Sondergaard Sidney Toler Rita Quigley Frank Fenton

Buffalo Bill Tops New Palace Program

Western fans see a technicolor showing at the Palace today through Wednesday led by Joel McCrea Maureen O’Hara Thomas Mitchell and Linda Darnell in Buffalo Bill a drama and action laden tale of William F. Cody rising from hunter to frontier idol The companion feature A Night of Adventure a detective tale from Hat Coat and Glove stars Tom Conway Audrey Long and Edward Brophy.

Palace Theater Joel McCrea Maureen O’hara Thomas Mitchell Linda Darnell William F. Cady Tom Conway Audrey Long Edward Brophy

Abbott Costello Film Opens at Marion Today

Abbott Costello bring laughter in In Society at the Marion theater for a three day run. They play plumbers who trigger a bath room flood and ride a mansion stairway rapids. Marion Hutton sings four songs in the feature with Kirby Grant Arthur Treacher and others in the cast. Companion mystery Strangers in the Night stars William Terry and Virginia Grey. News completes the bill.

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marion Theater Marion Hutton Betty Kirby Grant Anne ,Gillis Arthur Treacher Thomas ‘Gomez Charles Coleman William Terry Virginia Grey

Broadway gossip and film woes sweep Miami winter crowd

News item compiles colorful notes on industry plans and publicity from Walter Winchell era. Mentions Miami Beach visitors, film bans, Night and Day troubles, Merry Fairy racehorse, custody rumors, premiere prices, and various entertainment figures plus political jabs and a comedy closing remark.

Miami Beach Greater Merry Fairy Lois Andrews Jessel

Weekend Theatre Schedules from Paramount to Marion

The Gazette lists Sunday showtimes for Paramount Bride by Mistake Shadows in the Night State The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Pardon My Rhythm Palace Buffalo Bill A Night of Adventure Rialto Hands Across the Border Isle of Forgotten Sins Times Tender Comrade Bahama Passage Marion In Society Strangers in the Night with multiple daily screenings across venues.

Gazette Paramount Janie Iowa Lonesome Pine Palace Buffalo Bill Rialto Border Marion

Music in Manhattan heads to Iowa Thursday

RKO Radio’s Music in Manhattan arrives at the Iowa theater with Anne Shirley Dennis Day and Phillip Terry starring. The romantic triangle centers on a struggling musical comedy as Miss Shirley plans to fly to Washington to raise funds to marry Day, faking a marriage to Terry to secure a plane reservation.

Anne Shirley Manhattan Iowa Anne Phillip Terry Dennis Day RKO Radio Iowa Theater Day Miss Shirley Terry Washington Terry, Cur

Danceland Hosts Bob Berkey Band This Tuesday Evening

Bob Tiny Berkey a famed trombonist and singer leads his orchestra to Danceland ballroom Tuesday evening. The group includes Walter Bloom on guitar and vocals Delores and the Three Jewels. Berkey's band is featured at the Melody Mill Chicago and on WBBM CBS networks.

Bob Tiny” Berkey Five Danceland Ballroom Walter Bloom Delores Three Jewels Berkey Melody Mill Chicago WBBM CBS

Broadway Films and Revelations at the Iowa

The Iowa shows a freestanding feature with a publicity stir as Miss Shirley departs and Terry suspects a stunt. It also presents Dead End in reissue with Humprey Bogart and Sylvia Sidney leading a strong cast. An additional feature is Bride by Mistake with Alan Marshal and Laraine Day, plus Shadows in the Night with Warner Baxter from Crime Doctor radio.

Laraine Day Alan Marshal Mrs Miss Shirley Terry New York Raymond Walburn Patti Brill Jane Darwell Charlie Barnet Nilo Menendez Sidney Kingsley Hum “Meee Eccert Sylvia Sidney Joel McCrea Bogart McCrea Miss Sidney Wendy Barrie Claire Trevor Allen Jenkins Iowa Marsha Hunt Allyn Joslyn Edgar Buchanan Slim Summerville Warner Baxter Max Marcin

Population Decline Marks Lower East Side Since 1905

Density in New York City's Lower East Side has fallen by more than 50 percent since 1905, indicating long term urban change and shifting resident patterns in the immigrant neighborhood.

New York City Lower East

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