Green Pastures as Movie at Paramount
Rex Ingram stars as De Lawd in The Green Pastures adaptation from Marc Connelly. Oscar Polk Gabriel and Hall Johnson choir supply the spirituals livening the Creation to the Flood scenes. The production blends reverent humor with significant biblical episodes and adds cartoons and news segments in a Paramount program.
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de Land
the Green Pastures
Paramount
Marc Connelly
Green Pastures
de Lawd
Rex Ingram
Northwestern University
Richard B. Harrison
Ingram
Egypt
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Earth
Hall Johnson
Oscar Polk
Gabriel
Moses
Frank Wilson
Eddie Anderson
Noah
Aaron
Pharaoh
Grantland Rice
Paramount News
F.C.H
omelet and creamed meat filling with custard and banana dessert
Instructions describe making a light browned omelet with a creamed meat or mushroom filling, then a custard based dessert and fruit ice cream. A separate banana vanilla ice cream base with milk eggs sugar and lemon juice is outlined along with a method to freeze.
Gary Cooper to star in What Ho a new Paramount picture
Hollywood notes reveal Gary Cooper set to star in What Ho a Richard Connell story to run serially and later in book form for Paramount. Deal involves Emanuel Cohen and Rosalie Stewart with bidding details hinted. Also previews Dick Powell singing project The Singing Marine and other cast moves at Paramount and Hal Wallis.
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Gary Cooper
Lotella O. Parsons
Universal Service
Los Angeles
Adolph Zukor
Paramount
Emanuel Cohen
Richard Connell
Rosalie Stewart
Manny
Gary
Mr. Deeds
Merrie England
Gertrude Michael Gaining Prominence With RKO Tie
Sam Briskin predicts stardom for Gertrude Michael after her Paramount release. He signs her for his agency and Briskin’s company aims to place her in leading roles within a year. The actress is praised for her talent and potential for top headline status.
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Sam Briskin
Gertrude Michael
RKO
Miss Michael
Paramount
Mr. Briskin
Feldman-Blum
Sam
Gertrude
Tennis Ace Chooses Acting Over Wimbledon
Frank Shields faced a choice between Wimbledon competition and pursuing acting after Sam Goldwyn signed him. He chose to work on his film career, accepting the role of Tony in Come and Get It. Ruth Chatterton offers support to Mary Astor amid a custody court battle, sacrificing rest to advise and comfort her.
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Frank Shields
Sam Goldwyn
Frank
Sam
Tony
Hollywood
Ruth Chatterton
Mary Astor
Ruth
Dodsworth
Mary
Franklyn Thorpe
Theaters Season Picks With Fred Stone And More
Granular listings show new stage works at AT THE THEATERS IOWA Paramount State Palace Rialto with casts led by Fred Stone Louise Latimer Owen Davis Jr Moroni Olsen Guy Kibbee Randoph Scott Frances Drake Stuart Erwin Lionel Atwell George Raft Rosalind Russell Gertrude Michael George Murphy Tom Tyler Ricardo Cortez Margaret Churchill.
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Iowa
Fred Stone
Louise Latimer
Owen Davis, Jr
Tom Tyler
Ricardo Cortez
Margaret Churchill
Rain and politics mix in a New Mexico view
Alice Longworth questions whether rain affects Landon and Roosevelt fortunes and mocks political gurus who claim weather control. She likens politicians to medicine men and warns drought will ruin crops only if leaders force nature into an assembly line.
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Albuquerque
N. M
West
Mr. Landon
Mr. Roosevelt
New Mexico
Pueblo
Tugwell
Wallace
Alice Longworth
Surrenders Driver's License After Guilty Plea
Cleo Larkin was fined 25 dollars and costs in police court after pleading guilty to reckless driving by speeding, with the fine suspended upon surrender of his license for sixty days. Virginia Tanner paid 10 dollars and costs for speeding, C W Becker 2 dollars and costs for driving without a muffler, Charles Jadrnicek 2 dollars and costs for blocking an alley. The group also included R C McIlwain Ann Bradley E D Bartosh and Texaco Oil with 1 dollar and costs for various infractions.
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Cleo Larkin
Larkin
Virginia Tanner
Tenth Street
C. W. Becker
Fourteenth Street
Charles Jadrnicek
Seventeenth Street
R. C. McIlwain
H Avenue
Ann Bradley
St. Luke’s Hospital
E. D. Bartosh
Second Street
Texaco Oil Company
George O. Sharp Accepts Elmhurst College Post
George O. Sharp, former chemistry teacher at McKinley Senior High School, accepted a position at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst Illinois. He attended the University of Iowa this summer and will begin duties at Elmhurst around September 9.
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George O. Sharp
McKinley Senior High
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst
Ill
University of Iowa
M'liss and Grand Jury Shine in Iowa Theater Showing
Review notes Anne Shirley in M'liss delivers unusually good entertainment with strong supporting turns from John Beal Guy Kibbee Moroni Olsen and Douglas Dumbrille. Fred Stone in Grand Jury impresses with energy for his years and lively performance as a crotchety gamekeeper of cops and robbers with a comic misread of racketeers. Iowa News Flashes and a vivid colored cartoon close the program per the critic.
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Bret Harte
Gene Stratton Porter
Harold Bell Wright
M’liss
Anne Shirley
John Beal
Guy Kibbee
Moroni Olsen
Douglas Dumbrille
Miss Shirley
Hollywood
Heaven
Will Rogers
Fred Stone
Grand Jury
Iowa
W. M
Mutual Insurance Leaders Meet At Cedar Rapids Dinner
E. L. Poor of the Journal of American Insurance traced progress of mutual fire and casualty insurance in America in an address to the 1752 club members and representatives from Iowa mutual insurers gathered at the Cedar Rapids Country Club after a golf event. Attendees included A. L. Pascal Jr., John W. Gunn, C. N. Rogers, R. W. Swanson, Robert Good, Leslie Blakely, J. Lindley Coon, H. L. Nehls, and L. P. Davis representing major state firms.
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Mutual Insurance
America
E. L. Poor
Journal of American Insurance
Mutual Fire and Casualty Insurance
Poor
Cedar Rapids
DeWitt
Iowa Mutual Insurance Company
A. L. Pascal, Jr
Iowa Insurance Companies
John W. Gunn
Employers Mutual Casualty Company of
Des Moines
C. N. Rogers
Farmers Union Automobile Insurance Association of
R. W. Swanson
Ace Mutual Casualty Company of
Robert Good
Allied Mutual Automobile Insurance Association of
Notice of Fairfax Incorporation Election in Linn County Iowa
District Court of Linn County orders an August 24 1936 election for Fairfax Town incorporation. Voters in described town territory will choose a Mayor Treasurer Assessor and a five member Council at the Fairfax schoolhouse between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm. Commissioners and attorney appointed to conduct the election.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
Fairfax
Linn
State of Iowa
District Court
A. D
Fairfax, Lowe
65Th
State of
Wm. Behle
Ch Aeckerbocker
M. E. As
J. Dvorak
John Wavra
Frank Moynihan
Wayne Boland
Hills of Destiny Forks Over a Family Ranch
Lee Hollister returns to the Circle V ranch to find neglect and tension. Virginia Blair, daughter of the late owner, clashes with Lawler over management as Stanley Bradish and Mrs Archer arrive seeking control. A charged romance with Lee deepens amid stakes of ruin, loyalty, and inheritance.
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Lee Hollister
Circle V Ranch
Joey
Matt Blair
Lee
Matt
Lawler
Virginia
The
Archers
New York
Milton Bradish
Circle V
Gano
Ellis
Mr. Bradish
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty To Pocket-Picking Charge
Walter Swan 22 of Holt Minnesota pleads guilty in justice court to pocket picking at Preston's street carnival Thursday night. He awaits district court action in Jackson County jail. The crime carries a maximum sentence of fifteen years and he claimed someone urged him to help.
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Maquoketa
Walter Swan
Holt, Minn
Jackson County
Justice Court
Leonard Brammelos
Preston
Three Killed Six Hurt In Auto Crash Near Alta Iowa
An auto collision three miles north of Alta Iowa left three dead and six injured Friday night. Victims include Albert Bennett 84 of Lincoln Nebraska and his daughter Maude Bennett Sawyer 55 plus Mrs. F W Ellis of Alta. The five youths racing to a farm fire crashed into the Bennett car.
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Alta
Here
Albert Bennett
Lincoln
Neb
Maude Bennett Sawyer
Bennett
F. W. Ellis
Ellis
Nine Scouts Start Two Week Canoe Trip in Superior National Forest
Nine Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts led by Robert L. Dill begin a two week canoe journey from Hibbard's lodge near Ely Minnesota on Moose Lake. They plan to reach Dunluth and travel north toward Ely then to Birch Lake and Emerald Knife and Carp lakes returning to Ely. The 200 mile trip includes a week in Canada with daylight travel and fishing as a major activity. Participants include Carl Spencer John Ely Robert Rummell Donald Ross George Ross William Holmes George Prastka James Ralston and George Fagen Jr all from Anamosa.
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Robert L. Dill
Boy Scouts
Cedar Rapids
Hibbard
Birch Lake
Emerald
Knife
Carp Lakes
Ely
Region 10
Carl Spencer
John Ely
Robert Rummell
Donald Ross
George Ross
William Holmes
George Prastka
James Ralston
George Fagen, Jr
Anamosa
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Atlanta
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