Alexis Smith Lands Lead Opposite Whorf in The Smiling Ghost
Hollywood gossip notes Alexis Smith, the Dive Bomber alumna, lands the lead opposite Richard Whorf in The Smiling Ghost. Warner Bros plans big for her after the San Diego premiere, while other stars like Connie Bennett and Elizabeth Bergner pace their own projects and shifts in Hollywood.
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Smiling Ghost
Wharf
Hollywoop
INS
Errol Flynn
Alexis
San Diego
Warners
Richard Whorf
Theater Time Schedules and Payroll Update
The Gazette lists daily film showtimes for Iowa Paramount State Palace Rialto Marion and notes a shift from cash to checks for Brooklyn Navy Yard payroll of about $1,000,000 weekly. Films include My Life with Caroline, Ringide Maisie, The Bride Came C.O.D. and Love Crazy among others.
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Iowa
Caroline
Brooklyn Navy Yard
On Broadway With Walter Winchell’s August Guests
A Walter Winchell column note says August editions will be by guest writers while Winchell is away. Recollections trace first meetings with Tyrone Power as a child, Tom Mix near a Brown Derby site, Rudolph Valentino with olive oil credit, and Paul Whiteman in Santa Barbara. It recalls Hall’s credit nearly predicting future stars and Janet Gaynor’s early Los Angeles encounter at a newspaper office.
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Richard Ainley
Ainley
Connie Bennett
Gilbert Roland
al Woods
Assistance League Playhouse
Broadway
Connie
Warner Brothers
Andy Lawlor
Wild Bill Hickok
Mr. Winchell
Hollywood
Highland Avenues
Tyrone Power
Old Hollywood
Tyrone Senior
Tom Mix
Rudolph Valentino
Hall
Hollywood Boulevard
Cahuenga
Drama Desk Portraits and Hollywood Firsts
A reminiscence of film era encounters. The author recalls a shy drama desk worker finally getting a break, a journalist losing his job over a persistent pursuit, and a romance fading. It also recounts meeting the Talmadge sisters, Joseph Schenck’s engagement, and first sightings of Wallace Beery, Gloria Swanson, Irving Thalberg, Carl Laemmle, Cecil B. DeMille, and a dramatic bear rug moment.
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Wallace Beery
Hollywood Boulevard
Sennett
Gloria Swanson
Irving Thalberg
Carl Laemmle
Cecil B. DeMille
Lasky
Vine Street
Praise Program Of Tree Renovating And Arborist Hire
Park Commissioner Ed Stefan receives daily commendations for a Cedar Rapids tree renovation plan. Richard K Alman, forestry graduate, appointed city arborist, trims Ellis park and Greene square trees removing dead limbs and hazards to children. Alman offers free personal tree consultations.
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Ed Stefan
Cedar Rapids
Stefan
Richard K. Alman
Alman
Ellis Park
Greene Square
Let's Explore Your Mind by Albert E Wiggam Q&A
Wiggam argues learning from others fuels originality while the few truly original ideas come from personal insight. He notes nations falter when they ignore past examples and restraint while suggesting tearful evolution among land animals traces to moist eyes from their aquatic origins.
Evolution and manners in public commentary
A psychologist argues that teaching good manners to youths is more vital than sex education. Dr Henry Link says manners express tolerance and social ability and that while sex education remains, it alone cannot guarantee happiness or proper behavior.
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Henry Link
The
Psychological Corporation
Hew Roberts to address Cedar Rapids junior farm group
T Hew Roberts of SUI will speak to Junior Farm Bureau members from 16 eastern Iowa counties at the Cedar Rapids chamber of commerce annual picnic dinner. The event, in Hawk Eye Downs judging tent, is tied to the All Iowa fair and features Roberts, a University of Western Australia and Oxford graduate with studies across France Germany Italy and Russia.
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Iowa
T. Hew Roberts
University of Iowa College of Education
Cedar Rapids
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
The
University of Western Australia
Towa
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