Movie lineup and star captions for local theaters
A window scene of The Dark Angel stars Merle Oberon Fredric March and Herbert Marshall highlights a Paramount showing through Monday. Annapolis Farewell with Richard Cromwell Rosalind Keith and Tom Brown arrives Tuesday. Bill Hogan’s Hollywood Californians tour Iowa Oct 1. Kay Francis in The Goose and the Gander plays Iowa Friday. Spencer Tracy Virginia Bruce star in The Murder Man at State. Big Broadway 1936 galaxy adds Jack Oakie Burns and Allen Bing Crosby Lyda Roberts Amos n Andy Ethel Merman Jessica Dragonette Mary Boland Charlie Ruggles at Paramount Friday. Melvyn Douglas Claudette Colbert in She Married Her Boss at Iowa.
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Merle Oberon
Fredric March
Herbert Marshall
Paramount Theater
Richard Cromwell
Rosalind Keith
Tom Brown
Annapolis
Unner
Bill Hogan
Hollywood
Kay Francis
Iowa
Spencer Tracy
Virginia Bruce
Murder Man
State Theater
Galaxy of
Paramount
Jack Oakie
Burns and Alten
Bing Crosby
Lyda Roberts
Amos ’N Andy
Ethel Merman
Jessica Dragonette
Mary Boland
Charlie Ruggles
Melvyn Douglas
Claudette Colbert
George Burns
Gracie Allen
United States Naval Academy
Jean Arthur
George Murphy
Tenth Avenue
Palace
Rialto
Paradise Canyon
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Fast Moving Comedy Drama In Movie Bills
The week brings several top films with stars like Jack Oakie George Burns Gracie Allen Lyda Roberts and others. Announced titles include Annapolis Farewell The Dark Angel Murder Man Private Worlds Girl From Tenth Avenue The Gay Divorcee and Million Dollar Baby across Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto and Olympic houses with upcoming March of Time releases.
She Married Her Boss at Iowa Theater Delights Crowds
Claudette Colbert stars in She Married Her Boss at the Iowa theater where audiences enjoy a light Columbia comedy. She plays a competent private secretary who falls for her boss Melvyn Douglas as his demoralized household and office become the scene of comic complications. Michael Bartlett provides a foil as the witty suitor.
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Iowa
Claudette Colbert
Columbia
Claudette
Melvyn Douglas
Michael Bartlett
Miss Colbert
Spencer Tracy in Murder Man at State Theater
Spencer Tracy and Virginia Bruce star in the MGM melodrama Murder Man at the State theater. Tracy plays a headline grabbing reporter who helps police crack a sensational murder case amid a romance with Bruce. Supporting cast includes Lionel Atwill and Harvey Stephens.
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Spencer Tracy
Virginia Bruce
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
State Theater
New York
Tracy
Miss Bruce
Lionel Atwill
Harvey Stephens
Robert Barrat
Paramount Varieties
Fox News
Grace Moore in Love Me Forever at Rialto
Grace Moore stars in Love Me Forever at the Rialto for three days. The film features scenes inspired by La Boheme and Rigoletto and aims to outshine the stage with a dramatic tale of Margaret.
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Grace Moore
Love Me Forever
The
Rialto
Margaret
Private Worlds Heads Double Bill at Palace
Claudette Colbert stars as a woman doctor in a hospital for the insane who idealizes a war dead lover. Her passion brings her into conflict with Charles Boyer the stern hospital superintendent who loathes women. The Palace shows the film today and through Tuesday.
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Claudette Colbert
Charles Boyer
Triple Headline Program Brings New Films to Iowa Next Friday
The triple feature showcases Kay Francis in The Goose and the Gander, Jean Arthur and George Murphy in The Public Menace, and the March of Time issue with coverage of the Ethiopian war, CCC, and Pennsylvania bootleg coal. Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, and Bill Robinson provide musical and dance numbers.
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Kay Francis
Jean Arthur
George Murphy
Iowa
Kay
Genevieve Tobin
No 2
Civilian Conservation Corps
Pennsylvania
Big Broadcast 1936 at Paramount Friday Engagement
The Big Broadcast of 1936 heads to Paramount for a four day run starring Jack Oakie George Burns Gracie Allen Lyda Roberts Wendy Barrie and newcomers Bing Crosby Amos n Andy Ethel Merman Ray Noble and his band Mary Boland Charlie Ruggles and Bill Robinson. A riotous musical comedy with radio and stage stars features laughs romance and a lively cast in a breezy backstage plot.
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Paramount Theater
Jack Oakie
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Lyda Roberts
Wendy Barrie
Bing Crosby
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Ethel Merman
Ray Noble
Mary Boland
Charlie Ruggles
Bill Robinson
Oakie
Burns and Allen
Olympic Theater Friday Feature Showcases Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
The Olympic Theater opens a four day program headlined by The Gay Divorcee starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with Alice Brady and Edward Everett Horton. The pair perform celebrated dances including The Continental and present a lavish musical production. Also featured is Million Dollar Baby with Ray Walker Arline Judge Jimmy Fay and George E Stone in a fresh adventure comedy cartoon and news segment rounding out the program.
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Ray Walker
Arline
Jimmy Fay
George E. Stone
Olympic Theater
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Alice Brady
Edward Everett Horton
Carioca
Astaire
Rogers
Arline Judge
Iowa Stage Show Opens Season With Hollywood Acts
The Iowa theater presents Bill Hogan and his Hollywood Californians with a 24 member troupe for a three day engagement starting Oct. 1. The lineup includes Jackson and Nedra dance duo, Dixie Debs, Leslie Hunt the mime magician, Jack McBride and Co. comedy act, and the film Two Sinners starring Otto Kruger and Martha Sleeper.
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Iowa Theater
Bill Hogan
Hollywood
Dixie Debs
Leslie Hunt
Jack McBride
Otto Kruger
Martha Sleeper
Annapolis Farewell film at Paramount for three days
A documentary style drama portrays life at the U S Naval Academy from plebe arrival to dress parade. Sir Guy Standing delivers a superb retirement officer role while Richard Cromwell and Tom Brown play roommates and rivals. Rosalind Keith plays the romantic interest. Plus Our Gang Sprucing Up and Betty Boop A Little Soap and a Little Water.
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U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Paramount Theater
Guy Standing
Manila Bay
Richard
Cromwell
Tom Brown
Rosalind Keith
Our Gang
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SUN
Ginger Astaire
Roger
Gorgeous
E. Brady
Edward Everest Horton
Dan EE
Russo
Walt _Disney
Silly Symphons
Kitten
Dark Angel
Merle Coiron
Fhidusicr
Tues
Betty Boop
Trite Rosalind Meith Yey Wy
Paramount Screen
Singer Theater
Walls of
Jericho
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Stephen Foatert
Harmony Lane
Montgomery Evelyn Venable
Edith Fellows
Hell
Paradise
EXIEA
Lady IN Black
Naval Academy
Tan Bennett
Helen Vinson
Joel McCrea
Bette Davis
Girl
10Th Avenue
Colin Cive
Leo Carillo
Robert Allen
John Wayne
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