State Theater Presents Ruggles of Red Gap and This Way Please
The State Theater offers two comedies Ruggles of Red Gap and This Way Please headlining a diverse week. Ruggles of Red Gap features Charles Laughton Mary Boland Charlie Ruggles Zasu Pitts and Roland Young in a wild west English valet tale. This Way Please stars Fibber McGee and Molly with Betty Grable Mary Livingstone and Ned Sparks in a musical comedy.
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Fibber McGee and Molly
Betty Grable
Mary Livingstone
Ned Sparks
Film of Ladies In Retirement Comes To Iowa On Friday
The drama based on the Broadway play arrives in Iowa Friday starring Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward with Evelyn Keyes Elsa Lanchester Edith Barrett and Isobel Elsom in supporting roles. Set around Estuary House the tale follows a retired actress and her companion as a blackmailing husband exploits the marriage.
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Iowa
Ida Lupino
Louis Hayward
Evelyn Keyes
Elsa Lanchester
Edith Barrett
Isobel Elsom
Estuary House
Miss Lupino
Elsa
Cinema Roundup at Local Theaters
The page previews upcoming film offerings at Paramount and State venues. Lady Be Good stars Ann Sothern Eleanor Powell Red Skelton and John Carroll with Robert Young. Sergeant York features Gary Cooper and Joan Leslie. Belle Starr headlines with Gene Tierney. Johnny Scat Davis tops a three day Paramount engagement. Ida Lupino appears with Louis Hayward in Ladies in Retirement at the Iowa. Ruggles of Red Gap casts Charles Laughton in a playful mood with Powell Sothern Carroll and Skelton, highlighted by Powell dancing with a trained dog.
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Hollywood
Belle Starr
Thursay
South
Gene Tierney
Randolph Scott
Dana Andrews
John Shepperd
Elizabeth Patterson
Lynn Barr
Alan Curtis
Sheila Ryan
Ann Sothern
Eleanor Powell
Red Skelton
John Carroll
Robert Young
The
Paramount
Miss Powell
Miss Sothern
Lionel Barrymore
Virginia O'Brien
Young
Strand Reopens Saturday With Two Movies and Vaudeville
The Strand theater at 1124 Third Street SE will reopen Saturday evening under H. A. Sodini with two features South of the Border and Outside the Three Mile Limit plus a two reel comedy and five vaudeville acts. Sunday offerings include Here Comes the Navy Charlie Chan in Panama a Disney cartoon and five vaudeville acts. The house will be redecorated with new policies four weekly program changes and Bohemian nights each Tuesday.
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Strand Theater
Third Street SE
H. A. Sodini
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
June Storey
Three Mile Limit
Jack Holt
Irene Ware
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Charlie Chan
Panama
Sidney Toler
Jean Rogers
Johnny Davis Band at Paramount Friday for three days
Johnny Scat Davis returns to Hollywood on stage at the Paramount theater for a three night run beginning Friday. The show features Julie Sherman and Joe Martin, Earl Randell, Jack Leonard as emcee, and The Lonette Sisters with dancing. On screen will be the mystery comedy Smiling Ghost with Alexis Smith and Wayne Morris. Also shown are short subjects and late news.
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Davis
Paramount Theater
Hollywood
Fred Waring
Waring
Brother Rat
Brooklyn
Julie Sherman
Joe Martin
Earl Randell
Jack Leonard
Lonette Sisters
Alexis Smith
Wayne Morris
Brenda Marshall
Morris
Broadway Gossip and Royal Romance Stir NYC Circles
Ed Cantor comments on Carole Landis and Joe DiMaggio amid Broadway chatter. Jock Whitney dates Sylvia D Olivera, daughter of a Brazilian ambassador. IZ DILLING attends Griffons’ party as Lizzy denounces a warmonger plan. Nelue Durocher, daughter of a Brook lyn manager, set to wed in October.
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Carole Landis
Joe DiMaggio
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Jock Whitney
Sylvia D’olivera
Court of St. James
Rio
IZ Dilling
Griffons
Lizzy
Yeed
Walter Winchell Gossip and Variety Notes from St Louis
Walter Winchell notes recall a get together for Joe Connolly at Mr Waldorf's bar and grill with jokes by Art Baer Lem E Lewis and Zeb Cantor as Bob Hope attends Sunset Hills country club appearance in St Louis. Mentions Miles Ingalls arranging a Peru girl to Miami with 900 dollar fares and Olsen and Johnson's show visit in 1938. Oley and Chick send a telegram about an all time annuity for Scandinavians and requests for passes.
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Res
Miles Ingalls
Showfolks
Peru
Miami
Mr. Ingalls
Astor
Olsen and Johnson
Oley
Chick
Here Comes Mr. Jordan and Sergeant York shown at the town theater
The program features Here Comes Mr Jordan with Lanchester Edith Barrett Evelyn Keyes and Harmon of Michigan starring Tom Harmon as himself in a tale of a post graduate All American. Sergeant York headlines the bill with Gary Cooper Joan Leslie and a notable supporting cast. Also shown is The Heckling Hare color cartoon.
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Lanchester
Edith Barrett
Evelyn Keyes
Mr. Jordan
Harmon
Michigan
Tom Harmon
Anita Louise
Lrown
Sergeant York
Gary Cooper
Alvin C. York
The
Cumberlands
Pastor Pile
Walter Brennan
York
America
Joan Leslie
George Tobias
Margaret Wycherly
Ward Bond
Noah Berry, Jr
Stanley Ridges
Heckling Hare
Henry Busse
News
Edward G. Robinson Stars in Sea Wolf at Rialto
The three day Rialto program opens with Edward G. Robinson as Wolf Larsen in The Sea Wolf based on Jack London. Ida Lupino co stars as the captive girl with John Garfield as the cabin boy, amid a bill that includes Flying Wild and Riders of Death Valley with Buck Jones and Leo Carrillo.
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Jack London
Rialto
Edward G. Robinson
Larsen
Frisco Bay
Ida Lupino
John Garfield
East Side
Leo Gorcey
Bobby Jordan
Veloz and Yolanda Open Road Season at Iowa Theater
Veloz and Yolanda top ballroom dancers will begin the winter road show season at Cedar Rapids Iowa Theater on Wednesday Oct 29 manager A H Talbot announced. The duo have appeared at prestigious venues including Memorial Opera House San Francisco Carnegie Hall and London and Monte Carlo.
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Yolanda
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Iowa
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New York City
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London
Monte Carlo
Europe
Talbot
Cubs Rookie Vallie Eaves Hurls For Bruins
Vallie Eaves, rookie pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, pitched for the Bruins in a multi season span, marking a notable early career appearance and contributing to the team’s pitching efforts.
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INS
Vallie Eaves
Chicago Cubs
Bruins
Light Shines on Misa Sothern in Singing Role
Misa Sothern appears in a singing part as the program closes with an MGM cartoon Little Cesario and two short subjects The Battle and This Is the Bowery.
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Misa Sothern
MGM
Little Cesario
the Bowery
Strawberry Blonde Heads Bill At Palace
The Strawberry Blonde at the Palace theater runs today through the week. James Cagney stars as a timid man with Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth as competing love interests. Supporting cast includes George Tobias Jack Carson and Alan Hale. The second feature is Scotland Yard with Nancy Kelly Edmund Gwenn and John Loder in a mystery romance comedy mix.
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Palace Theater
James Cagney
Olivia de Havilland
Rita Hayworth
George Tobias
Jack Carson
Alan Hale
Theater Time Schedules From Paramount IOWA STATE Palace Rialto
The Gazette lists today’s showings, with feature times and short subjects at Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto. Features include Lady Be Good Sergeant York This Way Please The Rug giles of Red Gap Strawberry Blonde Scotland Yard Les Wolf Flying Wild and more with multiple daily showings.
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Gazette
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Iowa
York
Red Gap
Palace
Scote Land Yard
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