State theater features Reagan wartime caper and town comedy
This week at the State theater presents War ner Brothers' Nine Lives Are Not Enough starring Ronald Reagan as a hard charging reporter with James Gleason and Joan Perry. Lloyd Nolan leads Buy Me That Town a screwball comedy about gangsters in a New England village. Married Bachelor with Robert Young and Ruth Hussey runs with Whistling in the Dark stars Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford and Eve Arden in a second bill mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theater
Ronald Reagan
Warner Brothers
Lloyd Nolan
Reagan
Star
James Gleason
Joan Perry
Edward Brophy
Rickey Dean
New England
Goofy
Robert Young
Ruth Hussey
Red Skelton Skelton
Seaboard
Washington
Ann Rutherford
Conrad Veidt
Virginia Grey
Henry O'Neill
Eve Arden
Honky Tonk at the Paramount Stars Gable and Turner
At the Paramount theater the Western romance Honky Tonk stars Clark Gable and Lana Turner in their first pairing. The film centers on a gold camp story with an unusual romance and features Gable in a standout role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Theater
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Gable
Miss Turner
Film lineup at local theaters features Youll Never Get Rich
The Iowa theater shows Youll Never Get Rich with Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire, plus companion pictures including International Squadron at the Iowa and Law of the Tropics at the same venue. Also on bill is Married Bachelor at the State and Smiling Through at the Paramount with Jeanette MacDonald and Brian Aherne. A Bohemian night program travels with stage and screen acts, including Ad vokatka Vera and the Czech quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Hayworth
Fred Astaire
Iowa
Paramount
Lana Turner
Clark Gable
Albert Dekker
Ruth Hussey
Robert Young
Ronald Reagan
Olympe Bradna
Howard de Shiva
Paramount Will Be “Smilin’ Through,” With Jeanette MacDonald
Brian Aherne
Gene Raymond
Lucille Ball
James Ellison
Oldrich Novy
T. Grosslichtova
Ted Hlubucek
WMT
Mildred Mahring
Helen Sykora
Henrietta Kubik
Helen Melsha
Rit Hayworth
Robert Benchley
John Hubbard
Osa Mussen
Freda Inescort
Donald McBride
Cole Porter
Astaire
Miss Hayworth
T. Groastichiova
Staxe
Ted Wlubucek
Paramount and Palace Showings Today at Local Theaters
Daily schedule lists film titles and showtimes at Paramount Palace Rialto Strand and more. Highlights include Honky Tonk Jowa Law in the Tropics and Whistling in the Dark with times across matinee and evening slots.
International Squadron Comes to Iowa in RAF Tale
The feature tells the adventures of Salant men in International Squadron a RAF unit of pilots from Poland Czechoslovakia Norway France and the Americas Ronald Reagan stars with Olympe Bradna William Lundigan Joan Perry and Reginald Denny Byron Kennerly serves as technical adviser The companion feature Ive Capades showcases top skating champions led by Dorothy Lewis with James Ellison as a newsreel cameraman narrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vno “International Squadron
R.A F
Iowa
Ronald Reagan
Olympe Bradna
William Lundigan
Joan Perry
Reginald Denny
International Squadron
RAF
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Norway
France
North
South America
Yankee Flier
London
Byron Kennerly
Dorothy Lewis
New York
James Ellison
135 Lieutenant Colonels Promoted On Records
Washington AP says 135 regular army lieutenant colonels were promoted to temporary colonel status. Most had been acting as colonels and the promotions align with assigning officers to their current roles. An earlier June list of 214 promotions followed, with more expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Department
Colone
Sinc
Burglar Steals Eggs Instead of Cash at Dallas Café
In Dallas a burglar broke into a cafe and stole four dozen eggs rather than money. Police note the loss plus no cash was touched. The incident highlights rising living costs and food price pressures reflected in local crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Romantic stars headlined in a packed Paramount bill
A rundown of upcoming film and stage features at the Paramount includes Smilin Through starring Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond with a Technicolor romance and music by Herbert Stothart, plus Orrin Tucker and Bonnie Baker in Jim and a variety show with The Bodsguards and others, and the film Private Nurse with Brenda Joyce and Robert Lowry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Creek
Frank Morgan
Claire Trevor
Marjorie Main
Albert Dekker
Paramount
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Brian Aherne
Ian Hunter
Patrick O'’Moore
Frances Robinson
Jackie Horne
Sir John Cateret
Moonyean
Miss MacDonald
Kathleen
Sir John
Jeremy
Kenneth Wayne
Frank Borzage
Orrin Tucker
Bonnie Baker
Jim
Johnny
Orrin
Bonnie
Bodsguards
Ghezzis
Jack Bartell
Ruth
Billy Ambrose
Brenda Joyce
Robert Lowry
Buck Benny Rides Again at Strand Theater Today
Jack Benny the radio star brings Buck Benny Rides Again to the Strand for today and Monday. He plays a range riding hero with his usual troupe including Rochester Andy Devine Dennis Day and Phil Harris. Ellen Drew stars as the female lead with added comic climaxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Benny
Buck Benny
Strand Theater
Benny
Rochester
Andy Devine
Dennis Day
Phil Harris
Ellen Drew
Lucille Ball
Jas
Ellison
Veloz and Yolanda Stage Romantic Ballroom Dance Show
Renowned dancers Veloz and Yolanda deliver a two hour divertissement of dance, comedy and melody at the Iowa theater on a Wednesday night. The program includes jazz numbers, waltzes, tangos, the chaco and several lively group pieces plus solo acts by Yolanda. Mail orders with remittances are being accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Stinson
Chicago Daily News
Veloz
Yolanda
Iowa Theater
Alexander
Mark Of Zorro Shines At Rialto For Three Days
Tyrone Power stars as the masked defender in The Mark of Zorro at the Rialto for three days. Basil Rathbone, Linda Darnell, Eugene Pallette and Montagu Love co star with Power in a vintage swashbuckling tale. Also shown is Mutiny in the Arctic with Richard Arlen and Andy Devine and the Riders of Death Valley serial with Buck Jones and Leo Carrillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Tyrone Power
Los Angeles
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Power
J Edward Bromberg
Linda Darnell
Eugene Pallette
Montagu Love
Chris Pin Martin
J. Edw. Bromberg
Gale Sondergaard
Montague Love
Chris-Pin Martin
The Great Lie Stars Bette Davis at Palace
Bette Davis headlines The Great Lie at the Palace in a modern New York society drama. Davis plays an unusual wholesome American girl amid a Wallington social backdrop in the feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Davis
Palace Theater
New York and Wallington
Xfiss Davis
CIO Wins Bargaining Rights at Omaha Stock Yards
The CIO packinghouse workers organising committee was designated sole bargaining agent for Union Stock Yards Company employees in Omaha after an NLRB election. The vote was 23 for CIO and 57 against. no other union appeared on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
INS
CIO Packinghouse Workers Organising Committee
Union Stock Yards Company
NLRB
CIO
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dutch Reagan
Pete A el
Benchley
Ota Masse Sones
Sy Cole Porter
Columbia Picture
BS KV
Marion Sun
Rae
Vurtsen
Tommy Dorsey
Las Vegas
George Brent
Mary Astor
Lynn Roberts
Ted North
Belita
Vera Hruba
Lois Dworshak
Megan Taylor
Phil Taylor
Cathy
Jerry Colonna
Vera Vague
Strand
Edgar Kennedy
Geo. Brent
Latta
Edmund Goulding
Veloz and
Bachelo Serring
Ruth Young
Hussey
Paliz Gressart
Lie Bowman
Sheldon Leonerd
Sem Levene
Pet ‘A Pop
Aly EL - Wee
Red Skelton
Mark of Zorro
Honky Jone
Paramounts
Ted Husing
Ery
Death Valley
Paramount News World
Ren
BIS
Srasil
Wary
Jowan Vincent
Jerry Shelton
Hynda Gomez
Bromant
Roo
Richard Arten
Mutiny IN the
Arctic
Anna Nagel
Buck Jones
Ers OF
Carrillo and
Dick Foran
the Foxhead
and Music Corporation OF America Present
Nord Richardson Pianorganist
Maureen Canavan
Don Forbes
Edith Atkinson
Danceland
Larry Herman
Orch
Featuring Rocky Donavan
TINY
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!