Coe College to stage Belasco drama The Return of Grimm
Coe College Playhouse will present Belasco’s The Return of Grimm on Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26, directed by Kent Jews. The production, praised by critics for its atmosphere and fidelity to 1905 Dutch house setting, features a detailed authentic set and 1905 costume wardrobe with a large crew including Doris Fryer and Evelyn Fawcett.
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Peter Grimm
Iican
Grimm
Coe College Playhouse
Kent Jews
Orge Pierce Baker
47 Workshop
Harvard Yale
Peters
Moses
Belasco
New York
Mr. Andrews
Charles Garwood
Ge Siamis
Dorothy Faris
Er Metcalf
Caroline van R
Catherine van Meter
Nee Weatherton
Doris Fryer
Marian Hepner
Modestay
Mary Jo French
Viola En
Evelyn Fawcett
Ann Cress
Vanessa at Paramount with Hayes stars in romance and intrigue
A "Vanessa" romance features Helen Hayes with Robert Montgomery Otto Kruger and May Robson. The cast also includes Otto Er, Lewis e and others in a story about a woman drawn to a man amid tangled lives. The second feature "The President Vanishes" blends mystery with politics.
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Helenes
Robert Montgomery
Ottoer
May Robson
Lewise
Van
Paramount
Edward Arnold
Arthur
Paul Kelly
Andy de
Anessa
Hugh Walpole
Vanessa
Montgomery
Otto Kruger
Arthur Byron
Delaware River Outboard Marathon Returns May 25
The second Delaware River outboard marathon will be held in Philadelphia. May 25. Sponsored by the Delaware River Yachtmen's League the event follows last year's success. Boats from Trenton Yacht Club Philadelphia compete in a 64 nautical mile course from Trenton to Philadelphia and back.
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Hiladelphia
Delaware Or Yachtmen's League
Gue
Trenton Yacht Club
Philadelphia
Portray Farmer's Family In Community Play This Week
The Community Playhouse presents Winding Road by Donald L. Breed with a farmer family on stage Monday to Wednesday. Cast includes Mrs. B. E. Warner as the mother, Bedford P. Lattner as the farmer, Katherine Baxter and Howard Hoff as the children. George Middleton selected the play, winner of the Midwest Playwriting contest sponsored by Cedar Rapids Community Players. Breed, publisher of the Journal Standard of Freeport Illinois, is a former classmate of Eugene O Neill.
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Jere
Donald L. Breed
Community Playhouse
Fifth Street
B. E. Warner
Blake Boulevard
Bedford P. Lattner
Fourth Avenue
Katherine Baxter
Seventeenth
Street SE
Howard Hoff
Journal
Standard of
Freeport, Ill
Eugene O'Neill
Fields Crosby in Mississippi Coming
The piece previews a picturization of Sorrell and Son with Crosby joining Fields troupe The River Queen to escape taunts. It highlights Fields as a braggart commodore who molds Crosby into a gunfighter and dueler of the Mississippi with songs and a juvenile chorus.
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Warwick Deeping
Sorrell and Son
Crosby
Gail’” Patrick
Fields
Commodore
Mississippi
Queenie Smith
Jolson and Keeler Spark on Screen in Go Into Your Dance
Jolson and Ruby Keeler co star in the musical Go Into Your Dance coming to the Iowa theater next Saturday. The revue features dramatic moments Laughs romance and spectacular dance numbers plus an RKO vaudeville show on Saturday and Sunday. Jolson and Keeler share a romantic team dynamic with Jolson’s comeback tale and Miss Morgan Glenda Farrell in notable roles. Seven songs highlight the production.
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Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Iowa Theater
al Jolson
New York
Mid-West
Miss Keeler
Underworld
Helen Morgan
Glenda Farrell
Dog of Flanders Eight Bells at Iowa
The article previews two features with Ann Sothern and a debutante aboard a China-bound freighter. O P Heggie and Helen Parish lead supporting roles, with John Butler and Ralph Bellamy in top male parts and a cast including Pangborn Darrow Hohl Grapewin.
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O. P. Heggie
Helen Parish
Ann Sothern
The Enchanted Village Opera by Ceska Lipa Club
South Side News reports a single performance of The Enchanted Village a three act opera by Frank Hanzelka to be staged at St. Wenceslaus hall on Sunday May 5. The Ceska Lipa dramatic club directs with W C Drahozal guiding the play and Rev Father August Vojacek directing songs. Principal cast includes A Jandl Joseph Ehrenberger John Popelka and several others with about thirty total participants and a chorus of fifteen wearing Czech costumes.
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Enchanted Village
Ceska Lipa Dramatic Club
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Frank Hanzelka
W. C. Drahozal
August Vojacek
A. Jandl
Joseph Ehrenberger
John Popelka
John Matyas
John Dryms
Anna Severa
Helen Dvorak
Mary Matyas
Marian Hart
Ed Kuba
Ed Filipy
Trene Severa
Bernice Zak
South English Masons Host District Instruction Night
South English district 24 E S members held a school of instruction in Winfield on Thursday. Initiatory work occurred in the evening with acting candidates Mrs. Marie Brown and Miss Roey Butler. Visiting chapters included Sigourney Keota North English and Columbus Junction.
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Mozelle Russell
Winfield
District 24
Marie Brown
Roey Butler
Russell
Harry Snakenberg
Sigourney
Palmer
Keota
Dexter Saxton
North English
Columbus Junction
John Sigafoose
Methodist Aid
Donald Sigafoose
Otha Huber
H. M. Price
A. H. Ferris
A. Sigafoose
Gertrude Fitzsimmons
Clark Wenger
Marjorie
Helen Evens
House Of Rothschild And Chu Chin Chow Open Olympic Run
The Olympic theater opens a four day run featuring two four star pictures. House of Rothschild stars George Arliss Loretta Young Boris Karloff and Robert Young with a story of five brothers united by a dying father. Chu Chin Chow stars Anna May Wong George Bobey and Fritz Kortner in a tale set in Bagdad's famed temple. A comedy and news will also be shown.
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Olympic Theater
House of Rothschild
George Arliss
Loretta Young
Boris Karloff
Robert Young
Chu Chin Chow
Anna May Wong
George Bobey
Fritz Kortner
Bagdad
Roman Scandals and Babbitt at RialtoCinema
Eddie Cantor stars in Roman Scandals at the Rialto with Ruth Etting Gloria Stuart and David Manners. Veree Teasdale Edward Arnold Allan Mowbray Jack Rutherford Grace Poggi also appear. The second feature Babbitt stars Aline McMahon and Guy Kibbee offering further laughs. Cats and the Fiddle closes the program for children.
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Rome
Eddie Cantor
Rialto
Ruth Etting
Gloria Stuart
David Manners
Eddie
Veree Teasdale
Edward Arnold
Allan Mowbray
Jack Rutherford
Grace Poggi
Babbitt
Aline McMahon
Guy Kibbee
Strawberry Point Social Club Gatherings and Garden Meeting
Straw berry Point activities include Recreation Club at Mrs. Lillian Gill home hosted by Mrs. Hugh Busboom with Miss Kate Newberry high scorer and Mrs. Otto Gipper traveling prize. Garden Club met with Mrs. F. H. Howard and Chapter ER PEO met at G. J. Gill home with children guests. Moving pictures shown by Mr. Gill.
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Hugh Busboom
Recreation Club
Lillian Gill
Kate Newberry
Otto Gipper
Alex Schmidt
Kate Westfall
W. H. Magdefrau
Garden Club
F. H. Howard
Fred Lundt
Nell Westfall
P. E.O
G. J. Gill
Gill
Surprise party honors What Cheer J A Cowan on birthday
Friends hosted a hotel surprise party Monday for What Cheer J A Cowan on his birthday. Mrs. Cowan, helped by Dorothy George, served refreshments. The article notes several local club meetings and hosts across town.
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J. A. Cowan
Cowan
Dorothy George
The
Legion Auxiliary
C. H. Witt
Minnie Allai
Roy Shellady
Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society
Netta Schleiter
H. M. Morrow
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Iowa
Dog OF Flanders
South Side News
Ceska Lipa Club
New Olympic
Lafayette Cafe
Lafayette
Second Avenue SE
Prune Tree Alley
Bohemian Dramatic Society
Vaclav Picek
St. Ludmila
Francis Joseph Beckman
Sokols
Sokol
Karel IV Lodge
Bohemian Dramatic Association
Hall
M. L. Hromadka
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Strawberry Point
Building Service
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