Old West star Richard Dix leads State Thursday program
A film lineup at the State theatre features Richard Dix as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone The Town Too Tough to Die with Kent Taylor and Frances Gifford Also on the program are Tombstone’s true tale and a World War II era documentary World at War The shows run Thursday through Friday with other titles including Men of Texas and a Ships With Wings feature starring John Clements and Jane Baxter
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George Montgomery
Ann Rutherford
Cesar Romero
Nicholas Brothers
Maltese Falcon
Pacific
Iowa
Gary Cooper
Lou Gehrig
Samuel Goldwyn
Gehrig
Yankees
Teresa Wright
Cooper
Mrs. Gehrig
Texas
State
Anne Gwynne
Robert Stack
Ralph Bellamy
Jackie Cooper
Wake Island
Brian Donnevy
Robert Preston
MacDonald Carey
Paramount
Frances Gifford
Richard Dix
Kent Taylor
Tombstone
Ari
Wyatt Arp
State Theater
Wyatt Earp
West
Earp
Virgil
Ariz
Edgar Buchanan
Don Castle
S of Law and Order
Dix
Miss Gifford
Clem Bevans
Victor Jory
Rex Bell
United States
War Activities Committee
Lone Star
Chicago
Jane Darwell
Gwynne
Bellamy
John Litel
Richards
John Clements
Leslie Banks
Jane Baxter
Ann Todd
England
H.M.S. Ark Royal
Across the Pacific at Iowa theater with Bogart and Astor
Bogart reprises his army captain role in Across the Pacific directed by John Huston after The Maltese Falcon. Miss Astor and Dr. Lorenz figure in a plot to destroy the Panama Canal locks aboard a freighter to Yokohama. Co feature Moonlight Masquerade stars Dennis O Keefe and Jane Frazee with Betty Kean and others.
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Humphrey Bogart
Mary Astor
Sidney Greenstreet
Iowa Theater
John Huston
Panama Canal
Bogart
Pacific
Yokohama
Miss Astor
Garg
Miss
Robert Carson
Saturday Evening Post
Dennis O'Keefe
Jane Frazee
Betty Kean
Eddy Foy, Jr
Franklin Pangborn
Forrester-Bennett Oil Company
Victoria Forrester
Miss Frazee
John Bennett
O'Keefe
Victoria
John
The Pride of the Yankees on Iowa Stage with Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper stars as Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees at the Iowa. Teresa Wright plays Eleanor Twitchell amid Gehrig’s rise from poverty to fame. Walter Brennan portrays Sam Blake. Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, and Bob Meusel appear with Lupe Velez and Leon Errol in a Mexican Spitfire comedy as the feature.
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Iowa
Yankees
Gary Cooper
Lou Gehrig
Teresa Wright
Eleanor Twitchell
Gehrig
New York
Walter Brennan
Sam Blake
Gehrigs
Babe Ruth
Bill Dickey
Robert “Bob” Meusel
Baseball
Velez
Yolanda
Ray Noble
Lupe Velez
Leon Errol
Samuel Goldwyn
Lou Genic
Bat Boble
Orcrecter
Sam Wood
RKO Bede Pictures, Inc
Lowe Gargan Star in Flying Cadets at Rialto
Edmund Lowe and William Gargan headline the Rialto double feature with Flying Cadets a WWI era air story where Lowe mentors his younger brother Frank Albertson amid romance and heroism Roy Rogers and George Hayes co star in Man from Cheyenne as the western alongside.
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America
Rialto Theater
Edmund Lowe
William Gargan
Lowe
Frank Albertson
Olan
Roy Rogers
George “Gabby” Hayes
Cheyenne
Sally Payne
Lynne Carver
Storm
Wake Island at Paramount Friday opens with Marine defense tale
The Wake Island story, told as a factual day by day record co produced with the Marine Corps, screens at the Paramount Friday with Brian Donlevy Robert Preston and others in an all star cast. The program also offers Pierre of the Plains with John Carroll Ruth Hussey and Careful Soft Shoulders with Virginia Bruce plus Orchestra Wives and Whats Cookin with musical acts.
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United States
Wake Island
Marine Corps
Paramount Theater
Little Pacific
Wake
William Bendix
Brian Donlevy
Major Caton
Robert Preston
MacDonald Carey
Albert Decker
Walter Abel
Damian O'Flynn
Frank Albertson
Caton
Carey
Pierre
Rogue
Canadian Northwest
Plains
Paramount
John Carroll
Ruth Hussey
Virginia Bruce
Captains of Clouds Plays Palace for Four Day Run
The Royal Canadian Air Force themed feature Captains of Clouds will screen at the Palace theater for four days starting today. James Cagney leads the cast in this wartime aviation drama produced with cooperation from the RCAF.
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Captains of the Clouds
Royal Canadian Air Force
Palace Theater
James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy stage show booked in Iowa
The musical Yankee Doodle Dandy featuring songs like The Yankee Doodle Boy and Give My Regards to Broadway is set for Iowa. An all star cast performs with James Cagney in the role of Cohan alongside Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf Irene Manning and others.
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Cohan
Broadway
Mary
James Cagney
Jimmy
Jeanne
Joan Leslie
Walter Huston
Richard Whorf
Irene Manning
George Tobias
Rosemary de Camp
Langford
Catlett
Eddie Y
Theatre Schedule Highlights Across Local Theaters
The Gazette lists today’s showings for Paramount Iowa Palace Rialto Times Marion and state venues. Notable films include Orchestra Wives Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant Pride of the Yankees and The Magnificent Dope with multiple daily showtimes.
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Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Pride of the Yankees
Texas
Palace — “Captains of the
Rialto — “Flying Cadets
Cheyenne
Rio Rita
Burma
Marion
Pearl
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