Mystery of the Brian murders unfolds at isolated estate
In a tense broadcast style scene, detectives Larry and Sutton probe the Brian household after two killings. Miss Hunt and Julian offer alibis while Mark and Peter describe locking doors and a fearsome look. A missing key and hush of the suspect’s movements hint at a calculated inside job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Holbrook
Brians
Larry
Alexander Brian
Miss Hunt
Brian
Peter
Mark
Julian
Cora
Frank
Lee Sen
Jean
Bob
Peter Brian
Sutton
Anyy
Two Of Season's Best Pictures To Open On Friday
The Iowa theater welcomes Swing Time with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers bringing two songs The Way You Look Tonight and A Fine Romance and dances Swing Waltz and Bojangles of Harlem with Astaire in blackface. The cast includes Eric Blore Helen Broderick and Jerome Kern wrote the tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Iowa Theater
Harlem
Astaire
Eric Blore
Helen Broderick
Jerome Kern
Iowa
Walter Abel
Gertrude Michael
Patricia Ellis
Hugh Herr
Hussy
Joan Crawford
Peggy O’neal
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Paramount Theater
Timberlake
Robert Taylor
John Randolph
Melyon Douglas
John Eaton
Franchot Tone
Paramount
Jane Withers
Ralph Morgan
Postal Inspector
Ricardo Cortez
Robert Montgomery
Robert Benchley
State Theater
Francis Lederer
Ann Sothern
New Astaire Rogers Picture Opens At Iowa Next Friday
A sparkling musical romance titled Swing Time brings Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to the Iowa theater next Friday. The film features a blackface solo by Astaire, the new swing waltz, dazzling settings, and seven Jerome Kern tunes. Supporting stars Victor Moore Helen Broderick join a lively plot of love and rivalry with a cast including Eric Blore George Metaxa Betty Furness Pierre Watkins John Harrington and Landers Stevens. An aerial nightclub scene atop Manhattan’s tallest skyscraper showcases Astaire and twenty four dancing girls in the Bojangles of Harlem number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Theater
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Astaire
Jerome Kern
Miss Rogers
Victor Moore
Helen Broderick
Eric Blore
George Metaxa
Betty Furness
Pierre Watkins
John Harrington
Landers Stevens
Tower
Manhattan
John Harkrider
Harlem
My American Wife at State Theatre Next Saturday
The State Theatre opens its new season with My American Wife starring Francis Lederer Ann Sothern and Fred Stone. A count marries an American heiress and travels to Arizona where social pretensions clash with ranch life. Charlie Chan at the Race Track with Warner Oland also screens as the second feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lederer
Ann Sothern
State Theater
Ruggles
Red Gap
Saturday Evening Post
Fred Stone
Lederer
Miss Sothern
Arizona
Charlie Chan
Warner Oland
Helen Wood
Dance Orchestra for Cedar Park Scheduled
This week at Cedar Park features Robinson Brothers Orchestra on opening night with Eugene and Homer on trumpet. The Commanders play Tuesday and Wednesday, Rodger Graham Orchestra Thursday, and Doc Lawson returns Friday for his first appearance this season.
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Cedar Park
Robinson Brothers
Eugene
Homer
Rodger Graham
Doc Lawson
Second Wife at Iowa Tuesday with Abel and Michael
Walter Abel and Gertrude Michael star in Second Wife coming to the Iowa theater Tuesday a screen adaptation of All The King’s Men exploring the pains and joys of a widower’s second marriage. The feature also presents Love Begins at Twenty a light romance with Patricia Ellis Hugh Herbert and Ada Hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Abel
Gertrude Michael
Iowa
Iowa Theater
Thomas Lennon
Fulton Oursler
Miss Michael
Abel
Patricia Ellis
Hugh Herbert
Ad Hull
Jane Withers Double Bill at Paramount Tuesday
Two major film hits appear at the Paramount starting Tuesday. Jane Withers in Little Miss Nobody with Jane Darwell and Ralph Morgan leads the bill, followed by Postal Inspector featuring Ricardo Cortez Bela Lugosi and Patricia Ellis.
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Jane Withers
Paramount
Ricardo Cortez
Patricia Ellis
Robert Montgomery
Madge Evans
State Theater
Paramount Theater
Jane Darwell
Ralph Morgan
Bela Lugosi
Orphan Asylum
Michael Loring
Joan Crawford Stars In The Gorgeous Hussy At Paramount
Joan Crawford leads The Gorgeous Hussy with Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Melvyn Douglas and James Stewart in a Paramount four day run starting Friday The drama follows Peggy O Neal through Washingtons political storm during Andrew Jacksons nomination fight and a series of loves and sacrifices amid national turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Crawford
Robert Taylor
Lionel Barrymore
Franchot Tone
Hussy
Paramount Theater
Melvyn Douglas
James Stewart
Peggy O’neal
Washington
Andrew Jackson
John Randolph
Joan
Bon” Timberlake
Randolph
Jackson
Timberlake
Peggy
John Eaton
Spain
Shirley Temple Stars In Captain January At Palace
Shirley Temple leads Captain January shot on a Maine coast setting with Guy Kibbee and Slim Summerville as guardians of a lighthouse waif. The second feature Brides Are Like That stars Ross Alexander and Anita Blaise in a romance as the Palace screens both today through Wednesday.
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Captain January
Shirley Temple
Palace
Maine
Shirley
Guy Kibbee
Slim Summerville
Kibbee
Laura E. Richards
Ross Alexander
Anita Blaise
Trapped By Television at Rialto Double Bill
The Rialto presents Trapped By Television featuring Lyle Talbot Mary Astor and Nat Pendleton about a young inventor hampered by funds who partners with a willing bill collector and meets a racketeer leading to a thrilling climax. Sundown Saunders stars Bob Steele as he outwits bandits terrorizing border towns and recovering loot. Broadway Brevities and Cats and the Fiddle with today’s news complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Lyle Talbot
Mary Astor
Nat Pendleton
Bobby Blake
Sundown Saunders
Bob Steele
Broadway
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Marilyn Hunt
Dad
Dance Orchestra
Perpetual Savings & Loan Association
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Third Street
Michael
Diamonds
Rialto Double
First Trust
12Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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