Paramount Buys War Tale for Starry Cast and Ambitious Film
Paramount has acquired Beyond the Sound of a Machine Gun and will film with Fred MacMurray George Raft Randy Scott and Cary Grant in key roles. The story, a vocal antiwar indictment, rose from a national magazine to international fame and multiple translations.
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Los Angeles
Paramount
Fred MacMurray
George Raft
Randy Scott
Cary Grant
Para
Frank Borzage
MacMurray
Raft
Scott
Jeff Lazarus
Lazarus
Borzage
New del Mar
Warners
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallu
British International
John Boles
John
Radio
London Pronto
Hollywood party gossip and London connections cross paths
A stream of Hollywood socialites and production links spill from London and Los Angeles. Lew Pollack and Sidney Mitchell discuss a London transatlantic phone bill while Joe Sachs works on a new revue. Stars like Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Irene Dunne, Gene Buck, ASCAP chiefs, and many others appear in a brisk Hollywood London chatty roundup.
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Jan Garber
Para
Lew Pollack
Sidney Mitchell
London
Joe Sachs
Hollywood
Irene Dunne
Theodora
Schopenhauer
Gene Buck
ASCAP
Lawrence Tibbett
Connie Bennett
Sally
Soviet Plan for World's Largest Copper Plant in Siberia
The Soviet Union announces plans to construct the world's largest copper producing plant in eastern Siberia, signaling a major expansion of its metal industry and regional development efforts.
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Soviet Union
Siberia
Roaming Lady and The In
Fay Wray and Ralph Bellamy lead the Rialto double bill Roaming Lady based on a magazine story by Diana Bourbon and Bruce Manning. A debutante pursues her reluctant lover to a bandit camp in China, with hair raising escapes by armored car and airplane. Cast includes Thurston Hall Edward Gargan Roger Imhof and Arthur Rankin.
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Fay Wray
Ralph Bellamy
Rialto Theater
Diana Bourbon
Bruce Manning
China
Thurston Hall
Edward Gargan
Roger Imhof
Arthur Rankin
Mystery Serial Highlights In Custer’s Last Stand Program
The page notes a double feature with visible Ray and stars Boris Karlof Bela Lugosi and Frank Lawton. It mentions mystery and adventure scenes including scientific marvels not yet achieved by experimenters. The fourth chapter of the serial Custers Last Stand and The Cats and The Fiddle complete the program.
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Boris Karlof
Bela Lugosi
Frank Lawton
The
Paramount PICTURE Offers Superior Drama in Crime of Dr Forbes
A double feature presents The Crime of Dr Forbes a moody medical drama with Dr Forbes and his aide amid a mercy killing plot. Robert Kent and J Edward Bromberg lead a strong cast with Gloria Stuart Sara Haden and Henry Armetta delivering memorable turns. The other feature Three Cheers for Love stars Eleanore Whitney in a fast tapping musical comedy about vaudeville aspirants and a finishing school.
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Europe
Forbes
Paramount
Arizona
Robert Kent
Dr. Forbes
Eric Godfrey
J. Edward Bromberg
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Godfrey
Sara Haden
Anna Burkhart
Godfrey
Henry Armetta
Eleanore Whitney
Miss Whitney
Robert
Notable Cast Members Highlight Paramount Program
Cummings and William Frawley stand out as the masculine performers among the lineup. A Paramount feature completes the program.
Theaters Show New Films At Local Houses Tonight
Iowa theaters present china clipper with Pat OBrien at the AT THE THEATERS venue. Paramount offers Three Cheers for Love starring Eleanore Whitney and Robert Cummings. The Crime of Dr Forbes screens with Gloria Stuart. Bette Davis stars in Satan Met a Lady with Jack Holt in Crash Donovan. Palace features The Ex Mrs Bradford with William Powell and Jean Arthur and Song and Dance Man with Claire Trevor. Rialto shows Roaming Lady with Fay Wray and Boris Karloff in The Invisible Ray.
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Bette Davis
Satan
Jack Holt
Crash Donovan
Palace
William Powell
Jean Arthur
Bradford
Claire Trevor
West Union Couple Wed in Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Inez Barn Grimes of West Union married Harlan J. Wilson of Ripon Wisconsin on Wednesday at the Presbyterian church officiated by Rev. George DeF. Fisher. The ceremony was attended by immediate family and a few friends. A wedding dinner followed at the Grimes home with Mary Montgomery Una Montgomery and Mrs. T. H. Sturch in charge. After a brief stay with George Stamp at Lake Mills the couple will reside on a farm near Ripon Wisconsin. out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. George Grimes of Waterloo and Mr. Wilsons daughters Floriene Alice and Marion Wilson of Ripon.
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West Union
Inez Barnhouse
S. C. Grimes
Harlan J. Wilson
J. F. Wilson
Ripon
Wis
Presbyterian Church
George Def. Fisher
Grimes
Mary
Una Montgomery
T. H. Sturch
George Stamp
Lake Mills
Wilson
George Grimes
Waterloo
Floriene
Alice
Marion Wilson
Swing Time Brings Astaire Rogers to Iowa Screen
The new Astaire Rogers film Swing Time opens at the Iowa theater on Friday September 4. A comedy romance with rivals and friends providing the conflict, the picture features Victor Moore Helen Broderick and a team of supporting players in a Pandro S. Berman production with six Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields songs and a Swing Waltz dance number.
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Iowa Theater
Victor Moore
Helen Broderick
George Metaxa
Eric Blore
Betty Furness
Pandro S. Berman
Jerome Kern
Dorothy Fields
Film snippet hints at Harlem spectacle with Astaire
The fragment suggests a film feature titled Bo jangles of Harlem that allows Fred Astaire to portray a black-face role alongside the John Harkrider spectacle. The reading implies a multi-act program mixing dance and stage acts in a theater release.
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Ture
John Harkrider
Harlem
Astaire
Notice of Probate Hearing in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on September 1 1936 at 9 00 A M an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Mate Saxton deceased will come before the District Court for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa August 25 1936.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
District Court
Mate Saxton
Said County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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