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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1935
Page
7
Dan Thomas of the Newspaper Enterprise Association praises the Paramount film Les Miserables as a landmark in talking pictures. Charles Laughton is noted for his work in Ruggles of Red Gap at Paramount and for a new, starkly different role.
James Cagney stars as a U S government G Man in a dramatic film about his fight against criminals. The story follows his training, gun battles, and final capture of a kidnap gang, with Margaret Lindsay Ann Dvorak and Robert Armstrong in supporting roles. The Iowa venue hosts a five act vaudeville program on Sunday and Sunday.
State theater opens a policy of first run extended engagements headlined by Gary Cooper and Anna Sten in The Wedding Night. The engagement runs through Friday with a slate of weekly bookings including Folies Bergere with Ann Sothern and Maurice Chevalier and Bride of Pranendiein with Boris Karloff. Also scheduled are New York Nights with Franchot Tone and Una Merkel, The Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard, Mark of the Vampire with Bela Lugosi and Lionel Barrymore, Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, Four Hours to Kill Richard Barthelmess, and Stolen Harmony with Ben Bernie.
A further ten percent payment to Delaware County State Bank depositors will be issued Monday totaling $94,050.65. This fifth payment brings total deposits covered to 70 percent.
Jan Garber and his orchestra, among America's best known dance bands, will perform at Danceland Thursday from 9 to 1. Advance tickets close at noon Thursday with outlets in Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Iowa City. Garber's bio notes his rise from Indianapolis to formal study, Philadelphia Symphony experience, wartime service, and later fame at Coral Gables, Aragon, and radio venues.
In the hospital saga Sally recovers after a critical illness with Jane and Drummond guiding care. Charles and Myra's tensions resolve as Sally awakens, while Alec and the chief doctor grow closer through shared trials. The future for Sally and Alec remains uncertain as Myra's fate lingers.
Starting today for four days the Olympic theater presents two features. Call It Luck stars Pat Paterson Herbert Mundin Charles Starrett and Gordon Westcott in a roaring comedy about race track goings on. Catherine the Great features Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Elizabeth Bergner with a comedy cartoon and news.
Decorah County Superintendent Charles G. Steen names May 29 for Winneshiek county rural eighth grade exercises. Royal H. Holbrook of Iowa State College Ames will be the speaker.
Jackie Heller returns to Iowa for a two day vaudeville engagement after a prior appearance a month earlier. The Gazette lauds his chummy personality and generosity with songs and smiles. The show features an all new musical routine plus four other acts in the revue.
Due to strong audience response the Iowa theater will keep Go Into Your Dance on screen for a full week through Friday. The program locks in additional big features including Becky Sharp in three color technicolor and Captain Blood among others with stars Miriam Hopkins Warren William Dolores Del Rio and Grace Moore.
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