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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1936
Page
36
Virginia confronts the unraveling finances of the Archer family as overwhelming debts and hidden gifts threaten her home. An aunt reveals the extent of the generosity that masked the father’s ruin, while Virginia faces scandal and a possible future with Hollister amid a restless night and distant hoofbeats.
Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck lead in His Brother's Wife arriving at the Paramount theater next Friday. The romance follows a scientist torn between love and duty as he stays for a jungle expedition to seek a fever cure, while Stanwyck plots revenge by wed to his brother.
The new air thriller China Clipper opens at the Iowa Friday starring Pat O’Brien Beverly Roberts Ross Alexander Humphrey Bogart Marie Wilson and Henry B Walthall. Screenplay by Commander Frank Wead follows pioneering transoceanic aviation and a driven ace who fights fog and storms to launch a world spanning air service. The lone pioneer endures personal loss but perseveres to a victorious finale.
Bette Davis stars in Satan Met a Lady at the State theater next Saturday in a Warner Brothers production with Warren William Alison Skipworth Arthur Treacher Marie Wilson and Winifred Shaw. The film based on a Hammett novel blends mystery humor and intrigue as crooks hunt a legendary ivory trumpet and murder follows. Jack Holt appears in Crash Donovan as the second feature on the bill.
Katharine Hepburn and Fredric March headline a tense romance of Scotland in Mary of Scotland at the Iowa theater. The queen's bold love for the daring Earl of Bothwell drives a dramatic historical narrative amid period setting and strong performances.
The comedians ride into a western spoof with stagecoach holdup and Indians in Silly Billies at the Palace today through Wednesday. The second feature The Melody Lingers On stars George Houston and Josephine Hutchinson in a romance and drama blend.
Lee Hollister returns from abroad to find Circle V ranch crumbling while foster father Matt Blair is dead by his own hand. Virginia Archer returns to save the ranch as her uncle schemes to sell to Milton Bradish. Stanley loves Virginia and Lee faces accusations, a mine collapse, and a fight to clear his name as Virginia sorts through her family records and memories.
Walter Huston stars as Cecil Rhodes in Rhodes the Diamond Master detailing Rhodes empire building in Africa with clashes against Paul Kruger and Matebele. filmed largely in southern Rhodesia. Also showing at the State are 36 Hours to Kill Nobody's Fool and a Glenda Farrell Horton comedy.
Two major features head the program at the Paramount theater on Tuesday. The Devil Doll stars Lionel Barrymore as a female impersonator in a tale of a scientist who shrinks humans to one sixth size, based on A Merritt's Burn Witch Burn. Supporting cast includes Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton and Henry B Walthall. The second feature brings
Frank Capra directs Mr. Deeds Goes To Town a Rialto feature running today through Tuesday. Jean Arthur stars with a cast including George Bancroft Raymond Walburn and H B Warner as Longfellow Deeds gains wealth and heads to New York for comic misadventures. The bill also offers Avenging Waters an outdoor western and Cats and the Fiddle.
Dance fans will hear Freddie Mauck featured over WOI at Cedar Park ballroom tonight in a modern swing interpretation. On Tuesday Joe Shreeves and his orchestra perform novelties including a singing trio and a standout trumpet player. Ladies admitted free Tuesday. The grocers and butchers picnic is set for Cedar Park on Wednesday.
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