Cream of Film Entertainment Offered This Week in Iowa Theatres
The first of the week brings a rich vaudeville and film program to Cedar Rapids theaters. Paramount screens Sylvia Shrev a George Raft and True Fame in False Faces while Buster Crabbe and Frances Dee star in Kare of the Jungle at the State. Other bills include Eddie South and his orchestra at the Iowa, Prosperity at the Palace with Marie Dressler and Polly Moran, and The Last Man with Charles Bickford and Constance Cummings at the State.
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Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
George Raft
Vina Demars
Byork
Nick Lucas
Iowa
Iowa Theater
Eddie South
Lowell Sherman
Peggy Shannon
Buster Crabbe
Frances Dee
Kare
Paul Muni
Scarface
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Palace Theater
Charles Bickford
Constance Cummings
Pick Up headline stars Raft and Sidney in romance
George Raft and Sylvia Sidney deliver strong performances in the Paramount program's Pick Up. Sidney plays Mary Richards, released from prison, who wins a taxi driver's heart and helps him become a garage owner. Raft embodies his trademark tough but capable taxi driver.
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George Raft
Sylvia Sidney
Paramount
Miss Sidney
Mary Richards
The Last Man Opens At Rialto In Sea Adventure
The Last Man a three day Rialto feature stars Charles Bickford and Constance Cummings in a sea adventure full of romance piracy and mutiny A drifting tramp steamer picked up by a freighter leads to a chain of deadly and dramatic events with Alec Francis Alan Roscoe Robert Ellis Jimmy Wang Kit Guard plus a comedy News and Mer
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Rialto
Charles Bickford
Constance Cummings
Howard Higgins
Keene Thompson
Foreign Legion
Alec Francis
Alan Roscoe
Robert Ellis
Jimmy Wang
Kit Guard
Eddie South and Orchestra at Iowa program stars
Eddie South and his international orchestra head four day engagement in Iowa starting Monday. South brings a continental flavor with rhythms and overseas study influences from Budapest to Venice. The act features three violinists a pianist a string bass player a clarinetist a guitarist a drummer and a rhumba dancer with South on violin and vocal. A film featurette False Faces stars Lowell Sherman with a cast including Lila Lee and Joyce Compton.
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Eddie South
Iowa
Chicago
Ecclim
Budapest
Vienna
Madrid
Paris
Venice
Heideberg
Nate
Soutth
South
Guillard
Lowell Sherman
Pege
Shannon Lila Lee Nance Owen
David Landau
Joyce Compton
Mailian Seegar
Berton Churchill
Joe Hicksa
Ctv
James Dunn Stars in Handle With Care at State Theater Wednesday
James Dunn and Bonis Mallory headline Handle With Care at the State theater Wednesday. Dunn plays a young assistant district attorney who falls for a shop girl played by Muse Matters Pwuice. their romance meets obstacles from menacing forces before a happy ending. Directed by David Butler, the film features songs Around You and Throw a Little Salt On The Blue Birds Tau.
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James Dunn
Bonis Mallory
Funns
Dunn
Vouug
Muse Matters
Pwuice
David Butler
Marie Dressler Stars in Prosperity at the Palace
Marie Dressler brings Prosperity to Cedar Rapids for a three day Palace engagement with Polly Moran. Dressler plays a small town bank president who hands over the business to her son played by Norman Foster amid a series of comic and sentimental situations ending in marriage to Moran’s daughter Anita Page. The program also includes Palace shorts and runs through Tuesday.
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Marie Dressler
America
Palace Theater
Polly Moran
Miss Dressler
Cedar Rapids
Marie
Norman Foster
Anita Page
Palace
George Arliss Stars In The King's Vacation At Paramount
George Arliss brings The King's Vacation to the Paramount for a three day engagement starting Wednesday. The film blends humor and drama with romance and features a strong cast including Dick Powell Patricia Ellis and Dudley Digges.
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George Arliss
King
Paramount
Paramount Screen
Mr Arliss
Ariss
Dick Powell
Patricia Ellis
Dudley Digges
O. P. Heg
Star and Florence Arliss Lead Mature Roles
A strong program features The Baron Munchausen with Jack Pearl in Meal Ticket. Burns and Allen perform in Let's Dance and Little Jack Little plays Married or Single in this program segment.
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Gie
Florence Arliss
Baron Munchausen
Jack Pearl
Burns and Allen
Little Jack Little
Scarface on Racketeering Opens at Olympic Starring Paul Muni
Howard Hughes epic Scarface depicts illegal racket activity centered in liquor and illegal markets. The film presents a powerful drama about organized crime and its impact, with previews praising its authenticity and forceful portrayal.
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Howard Hughes
Olympic Theater
Paul Muni
Deer put down after horn entanglement with dead opponent
In San Angelo Texas a starving deer with its horns locked in the horns of a dead rival was ordered shot by a deputy game warden after attempts to separate them failed. The living deer showed signs of a weeklong battle and the slain deer appeared dragged for several days.
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San Angelo
Tex
Love and Revenge Intersect in Courtroom Drama
A man falls for a rich playgirl as Mary faces a vengeful husband and a secret past surfaces in a trial. The tale ends happily amid a pistol shout in court. Also featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a comedy "Twice Two" with a masked sister premise. Vincent Lopez and his orchestra perform a moonlit aesthetic.
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Mary
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Paramount
Vincent Lopez
F.C.H
Gander Watch Dog Dies After Twenty Years
Beaver Dam Wisconsin reports George Tillema's pet gander lived twenty years after being found as a stray gosling. The bird served as a neighborhood watchdog, honking at strangers and guarding the property until its death.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
George Tillema
Tillema
Say It Isn t So Hotel Ad Sparks Local Hype
Promoter touts Magnus Hotel as centrally located and inexpensive. Frank Wood offers to evaluate rooms and service, inviting readers to call around and compare. Shakespeare quote underscores customer satisfaction mindset.
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Magnus
Frank Wood
Shakespeare
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