Lady Be Good at Paramount Opens With Powell Sothern Young
This week at the theaters Eleanor Powell Ann Sothern and Robert Young star in Lady Be Good opening Friday at the Paramount. Powell dances with a trained doe and shares a tap number as the plot centers on a song writer wife and reconciliation amid humorous situations. Also shown is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner under Victor Fleming.
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Eleanor Powell
Ann Sothern
Robert Young
Paramount Theater
Must Powell Agar
Miss Sothern
Gershuims
Jerome Kern
Young
Miss Powell
John Cartell
Red Skelton
Norman McLeod
Arthur Freed
Paramount
Paramount News
Spencer Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Lana ‘Turner
M-G-M
Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde
Victor Fleming
Dr Jekyll
Tracy
Jekyll
Hyde
Miss Bergman
Miss Turner
Dr. Jekyll
Donald Crisp
Sir Donald Emery
Tan Aunter
Lanyon
Aubrey Smith
Bishop
Barton MacLane
Sam Higgens
Higgens
Dr. Jeckyll
Man
State Will Return Two Comedy Hits For Thursday Bill
The State theater resumes its Thursday program with two comedy hits. This Way Please stars Fibber McGee and Molly with Buddy Rogers Betty Grable and Mary Livingston, paired with a second feature to follow.
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State
State Theater
Fibber McGee and Molly
Buddy Rogers
Betty Grable
Mary Livingston
Film listings snapshot from local theaters with multiple features
The page catalogs current film offerings at the State the Iowa and the Paramount plus a Disney backed preview. Notable titles include Charlie Chan in "Charlie Chin in' Rie" and The Reluctant Dragon with Clara Cluck and Donald Duck voices. Also shown are Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at the Paramount and Sergeant York with Gary Cooper at the Iowa plus This Way Please at the State and Lady Be Good at the Paramount.
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Charlie Chan
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chin
Florence Gui
Clarence Nash
Clara Cluck
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
Reluctant Dragon
Iowa
Stevenson
Spencer Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Lana Turner
Paramount
Gary Cooper
York
Joan Leslie
Walter Brennan
Jim
Marion Jordan
Fibber McGee and Molly
Ann Sothern
Robert Young
Eleanor Powell
Ruggles Of Red Gap on State Isle of Comedy
Laughton stars as an English valet in a Paris poker game tale with Mary Boland Roland Young and Zasu Pitts. The comedy comes from British reserve clashing with rugged pioneer life. Also showing two Charlie Chan mysteries featuring Sidney Toler in Rio with co stars.
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Ruggles
Red Gap
America
Charles Laughton
Mary Boland
Roland Young
Zasu Pitts
Laughton
Paris
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan In
Rio
Sidney Toler
Mary Deth Mughes
Ted North
National Dog Week Focuses on Defense Roles
Chicago press release notes National Dog week highlights dogs in defense work. Medium and large breeds are seen as plant guards at night, while in warfare dogs aid locating wounded carrying messages and providing warnings. Capt Will Judy emphasizes dogs in daily living.
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Chicago
Will Judy
Germans Use Portable Heater To Warm Bombing Planes
To conserve fuel, Germans heat engines with a portable unit that delivers hot air via flexible ducts.
Gary Cooper stars in Sergeant York at Iowa theater Friday
Gary Cooper portrays the World War hero in Sergeant York, based on Yorks diary, with Joan Leslie and Walter Brennan in supporting roles. The film opens in Tennessee then follows his draft and France exploits including the famed singlehanded capture of 132 German soldiers. A group of short subjects will precede the feature.
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Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Iowa
York
Tennessee
Cumberland Valley
America
France
Joan Leslie
Walter Brennan
Margaret Wycherly
June Lockhart
Dickie Moore
Scat Davis Orchestra Opens Paramount Stage Show Oct 3
Johnny Scat Davis and his orchestra, new dance favorites of Hollywood, bring scat singing and music to the Paramount theater stage Friday October 3. The group rose to fame with the Fred Waring organization before forming its own act.
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Paramount Theater
Davis
Hollywood
Paramount
Scat
Fred Waring
Kassels in the Air Comes to Danceland September 30
Art Kassel brings his band Kassels in the Air to Danceland for a Tuesday night show on September 30 marking his last vocal appearance this year before a Chicago engagement. Featured are Marion Holmes Cub Higgins Harvey Crawford the Doodlers and a sax sextet. Also noted are Ladies night with reduced admission and Beat the Clock events with a get acquainted scamper line.
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Art Kassel
Evening Film Schedule Delivers Classics and Shorts
Paramount presents Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with showings at 1 42 4 20 6 58 9 36. Iowa shows The Reluctant Dragon 1 20 4 20 7 20 10 25 and Parachute Battalion 3 6 9 05. State offers Bullets for O Hara 1 28 3 31 5 34 7 37 9 40 with Charlie Chan in Rio 2 19 4 22 6 25 8 28. Palace screens Blood and Sand 2 15 6 60 9 25 Cyclone on Horseback 1 15 4 50 8 20. Rialto lists Maryland 2 45 6 33 10 01 and Beyond the Sacramento 1 20 5 17 8 45.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Iowa
Parachute Battalion
O’hara
Rio
Palace
Rialto
Maryland
Sacramento
Maryland Story Heads Rialto's Current Bill
Maryland rides onto a Rialto double feature in technicolor as the Maryland story centers on racing stock and climaxes in the Maryland Hunt Cup race. The program plays for three days presenting the dramatic tale amid horse racing lore.
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Rialto
Bill
Racing Romance Tops Bill Elliott Western Pair in Theater
Academy Award winner Walter Brennan stars in a romance with John Payne and Brenda Joyce amid racing action. Fay Bainter Charlie Ruggles Marjorie Weaver and Hattie McDaniel also appear. Bill Elliott stars as Wild Bill Hickok in a six gun tale Beyond the Sacramento. Serial Riders of Death Valley features Buck Jones Leo Carrillo Dick Foran.
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Walter Brennan
Kentucky
John Payne
Brenda Joyce
Fay Bainter
Charlie Ruggies
Marjorie Weaver
Hattie McDaniel
Bill Elliott
Wild Bill Hickok
Sacramento
Wild Bill
Death Valley
Buck Jones
Leo Carrillo
Dick Foran
Blood And Sand At Palace With Power And Hayworth
The Palace presents Blood And Sand starring Tyrone Power Linda Darnell and Rita Hayworth as a famed matador amid a vivid Spanish backdrop filmed in technicolor. Na zimova Anthony Quinn John Carradine J Carroll Naish and Lynn Bari also appear. The accompanying feature Cyclone on Horseback stars Tim Holt and showcases his trick riding and a cross country telephone line build. Marpre Reynolds is listed in a feminine role.
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Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Rita Hayworth
Palace Theater
Nazimova
Anthony Quinn
John Carradine
J. Carroll Naish
Lynn Buri
Tim Holt
Tim
Mar
Pre Reynolds
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