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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1937
Page
31
Tomorrow at 2 and 8 p.m. the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus brings India to town at Wilson avenue and Sixth street SW with 31 tents and a vast parade of acts. The show features Tim McCoy and world famous aerial troupes, elephants, horses, and exotic pageantry, billed as the Greatest Show on Earth.
Hollywood Gateway Magazine pages and billboards forge a new try-out route into the film colony. Former camera models like Mershe Hunt Janice Jarrett Betty Wyman and Ethelyn Holt become star players, with models gaining national influence and lucrative opportunities to set style trends.
A short note on Gloria developing charm and screen presence. The piece tracks her progress from plain to glamorous as she tests personality and style in pursuit of stardom.
The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Circus arrives on Rock Island trains from Oskaloosa with 1,600 people, 800 performers, seven elephant herds, and 700 horses. Performances begin at 2 and 8 p.m. at Wilson Avenue and Sixth Street SW with Europe and Asia acts and a 16 000 seat tent layout. Reserved seating available at The Killian Co. before departure to Dubuque after the night show.
The program features Agenos the Spurgats and world famous Yacopis plus Fu Wong and others. Dorothy Herbert performs reckless rides on reinless horses while Mile Gillette offers novelty aerials. Wallenda troupes thrill and Zacchini brothers perform from a cannon. Rudy Rudynoff headlines free running feats as a 60 girl aerial company joins the lineup.
A star filled review of You Cant Have Everything opening next Friday at the New State for a week long engagement. Alice Faye Don Ameche Ritz Brothers Louise Hovick Rubinoff Tony Martin and others headline a vibrant musical with flying fiddles hot trumpets and honey crooners. Lyle Talbot Polly Bowles lead West Bound Limited as a companion feature.
Actress Joan Bennett stars with Henry Fonda in I Met My Love Again and generates tears on cue. Six takes require the makeup man to blow menthol air into her eyes through a penlike tube to simulate real crying while a crew of five supports her entrance.
Danceland ballroom to open Thursday September 2 with Freddy Martin and his band, fresh from top venues. Dancers can expect 9 p m to 1 a m sessions and a newly redecorated, cooler hall. After opening week, Court Hussey's NBC act fills Sept 4 5 6, Emil Flindt Sept 9, plus Little Jack Little later. regular dancing set for Tue Thu Sat Sun.
Paramount showcases Broadway Melody of 1938 featuring Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor. The film includes George Murphy Buddy Ebsen Judy Garland Sophie Tucker and a strong supporting cast. Powell dazzles as a tap dancer and the story centers on a horse-raising father and a hopeful playwright amid lavish sets and catchy songs.
A technicolor romance stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March as a country girl rising to fame amid Hollywood icons like the Trocadero and Grauman's Chinese. Supporting cast includes Adolph Menjou May Robson and Lionel Stander. The second feature Off To The Races follows Uncle Slim Summerville and his daughter Ann Gillis in a comical Jones family misadventure.
A high speed modern musical romance headlines The Life Of The Party starring Gene Raymond Jane highlighted by six songs and three dance numbers. The plot follows Raymond heir to a fortune pursued by a detective to stop him marrying before twenty while Miss Hilliard aims for musical stardom and true love despite obstacles.
Hollywood report notes Mae West as America’s most famous feminine figure. Measurements listed include height five feet four inches, bust 38 inches, waist 27 inches, hips 38 inches, and shoe size 4B.
The future star Gary Cooper trained as a illustrator and worked as a cartoonist on a Helena Montana newspaper before his rise in film. He originally aimed to be an illustrator, shaping an early career in drawing.
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