Night and the City at Paramount Cedar Rapids This Week
Cedar Rapids theaters feature Richard Widmark in Night and the City with Gene Tierney at the Paramount. Doris Day appears in Tea for Two, with Gordon MacRae, and a slate of British and American titles plays at the Iowa, State, Town, and Drive-In venues including The Petty Girl, The Skipper Surprised His Wife, and Shadow on the Wall among others.
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Ichard Widmark
John Garfield
Doris Day
Robert Walker
Cedar Rapids
Richard Widmark
Gene Tieray
Paramount
London
Hollywood
Gordon MacRae
Gene Nelson
Patrice Wymore
Eve Arden
Billy de Wolfe
S. Z. Sakall
Story
Doris
MacRae
Jimmy Stewart
Jeff Chandler
Debra Paget
Patricia Neal
Iowa
Garfield
Miss Neal
Ernest Hemingway
Phyllis Thaxter
Juano Hernandez
Wallace Ford
Margaret Lockwood
Maxwell Reed
Kathleen Byron
Paul Dupuis
The
Joan Caulfield
Robert Cummings
Elsa Lanchester
Bill Williams
Joan Leslie
Edward Arnold
Spring Byington
Leon Ames
Jan Sterling
Ann Sothern
Zachery Scott
Gigi Perreau
State
Tim Holt
Gordon Macrab Ide
the Paramount
Gene Tierney
Welcome Back Skippy at Danceland Bandstand
Skippy Anderson and his orchestra return to Danceland for a Saturday night dance billed as Welcome Back Skippy. The group, heard on WGN from the Chicago Trianon, features Singing Song Titles Thrilling Trumpets and instrumental novelties with Anderson leading since 1931.
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Skippy Anderson
Skippy
Danceland
Anderson
WGN
Chicago Trianon
Iowa to Present Another Season of Vaudeville
Iowa will present a second season of vaudeville at the Iowa theater next month jostling revival momentum from last year after a Palace debut and road shows. The first anniversary bill October 16 to 18 features Helen Kane Peggy Ryan and Ray McDonald Lee Davis Alphonse Berge Yonely Al Gordon Martez and Lucia Fred and Fae with eight acts and a screen feature.
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Cedar Rapids
Towa
A. H. Talbot
Iowa
Palace
Helen Kane
Boop-Boo
Yesteryear
Peggy Ryan
Ray McDonald
Lee Davis
Alphonse Berge
Yonely
Prince
al Gordon
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Lucia
Fred and
Fae
Movie shots will be historical record at Broad Street station
Hollywood AP reports the Pennsylvania railroad requests several thousand feet of film shot in Philadelphia's Broad Street station for the film Lights Out. The footage is sought as a historical record of the landmark before it is razed, with producer Robert Buckner preparing edited reels for the company after release.
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Hollywood
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Robert Buckner
Buckner
They Have Just the Thing For Cleopatra To Wear
Hollywood costume magnate Bradon B. Howe runs the Western Costume Company with a vast stock of authentic film wardrobes. The firm supplies outfits from Adam and Eve to Stone Age, serving majors, independents, theaters, and private events, while housing thousands of period garments, armor, and props.
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Cleopatra
Jack Quigg
Ollywood
Hollywood
Bradon B. Howe
Paramount to Offer Bonus Film Wednesday
The Paramount theater will return show Fury of Furnace Creek with Coleen Gray and Victor Mature Wednesday night, in addition to the regular Night and the City. Encore Monday nights will shift as return features join the bill under Bonus Movie title, dates set by moviegoers requests.
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Furnace Creek
Coleen Gray
Victor Mature
Last Puff Ends Smoky Sue's Run in The Great Missouri Raid
Smoky Sue, an 81 year old locomotive trooper, makes her final run before retirement in The Great Missouri Raid, marking a notable retirement event for a veteran rail worker.
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Smoky Sue
Theater Time Schedules From Local Theaters
Movie listings for Paramount Iowa State Town Palace Times Strand Marion and Drive In showings today. Feature films include Broken Arrow Petty Girl Riders of the Range Paid in Full Home of the Brave Rebecca I ll Be Seeing You Wake of the Red Witch Jackie Robinson Story Chicago Deadline with short subjects and times across venues.
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James Edwards
Joyce McKenzie
Stanley Clements
Hurd Hatfield
the Palace
Rebecca
Joan Fontaine
Laurence Olivier
Joseph Cotten
Ginger Rogers
John Wayne
Gail Russell
Tim Holt
Gazette
Paramount
Iowa
Broken Arrow
Mabel
Gertie
Palace
Brave
Marion
Jackie Robinson
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Soldier Wins Army Talent Hunt Title
Pfc. Floyd Slaman of Cedar Rapids was among three winners in an Army Talent Hunt in Nuernberg. The award is a Twentieth Century Fox film test. Nearly 400 entrants competed. Slaman is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam Slaman of 616 Seventh Street SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Pfc
Floyd Slaman
Army Special Activities Division
Nuernberg
Twentieth Century- Fox
Slaman
Sam Slaman
Seventh Street SE
Barrymore Jr Avoids Dad on Screen Despite Fame
John Barrymore Jr 18 resists watching his father Jack Barrymore on film fearing imitation. He points to dusty reels in his Hollywood home noting Sea Beast 12 years unseen. Dolores Costello urges study of Dad’s work while Johnny pursues his own acting, mainly in westerns.
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John Barrymore, Jr
Johnny
Barrymore, Jr
Barrymore
Jack
John, Sr
Father
Ethel
Barrymore, Sr
Hollywood
John Vruwink
Dolores
Jack, Jr
San John
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