Automobile Safety Campaign Launched Nationwide Push
The National Safety Council announced a campaign aiming to cut motor vehicle deaths by 35 percent within five years. Charles Marousek of the American Legion Second Town district and local officials pledged support, with police urging co operation to promote cautious driving and reduce accidents.
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National Safety Council
Charles Marousek
American ‘Legion
Marousek
American Legion
Legion
St. Marousek
Gordon Hughes
Police Department
Britton Orchestra and Lorraine Sisters Aim for Police Ball
The Britton brothers bring their orchestra and the three Lorraine sisters known as the Three Blondes to headline the Cedar Rapids Policemen’s Protective association ball at the Shrine temple on Wednesday December 4. The Lorraine trio, famed from NBC Chicago broadcasts, join the act after legal ties with a Chicago station ended. Leta Eileen and Marion Lorraine win praise for harmony and stage presence.
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Britton Orchestra
Frank
Milt Britton
Cedar Rapids
NBC
Chicago
Radioland
Britton Brothers
Lorraine Sisters
Brittons
Leta
Eileen
Marion
Lorraine
NBC Fame
Three Blondes
Ballet Star Teaches Slim Discipline For One Night Only
S Hurok brings Monte Carlo Ballet Russe to the Iowa theater for a single Monday December 9 performance. Dancer Inna Baronova and Tamara Toumanova are highlighted as models of strict dieting and endless rehearsal, with daily schedules from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. practice and 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. rehearsals, leaving little time for rest or nights off.
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S. Hurok
Monte Carlo Ballet Russe
Iowa Theater
Inna Baronova
Tamara Toumanova
Tamara
Dancer Performs in All Company Shows at Iowa Theater
A company dancer takes part in every performance while all seats remain reserved and on sale at the Iowa Theater box office.
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Iowa Theater
Call Of The Wild Leads Palace Double Feature
Palace presents a two film bill headlined by Call Of The Wild with Clark Gable Loretta Young and Jack Oakie in rugged Alaskan drama. The second feature One New York Night stars Franchot Tone and Una Merkel in a murder mystery with light comedy and romance.
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Palace
Jack London
Clark Gable
Loretta Young
Jack Oakie
Gable
Jack Mthornton
Miss Young
Buddy
New York
Franchot Tone
Una Merkel
Crime And Punishment at Iowa Theater This Friday
One of the most famous stories ever brought to the screen Crime and Punishment stars Edward Arnold and Peter Lorre and arrives at the Iowa theater next Friday. Fyodor Dostoevsky’s tale is a dramatic, heart stopping study of crime and punishment with a large supporting cast. The second feature Hitch Hike to Heaven follows, starring Anita Page and Polly Ann Young.
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Edward Arnold
Peter Lorre
Iowa
Fyodor Dostoievsky
Marian Marsh
Tara Birell
Robert Allen
Douglas Dumbrille
Gene Lockhart
Patrick Campbell
Heaven
Hollywood
Anita Page
Polly Ann Young
Russell Gleason
Herbert Rawlinson
Henrietta Crosman
Marx Brothers New Opera Comedy At Paramount Friday
The Marx Brothers return to Paramount for a four day run with A Night at the Opera. The comedy promises romance music and fast moving laughs well timed in previews on the west coast.
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Marx Brothers
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Wheeler and Woolsey
Marx Brothers New Picture Delivers Silent Laughter
Seventy minutes of solid laughs mark the Marx Brothers first film in over a year. Groucho Chico and Harpo depart into romance music and original humor around two young opera hopefuls Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones. From Italy to an ocean liner and New York they stage grand opera with a big splash. Carlisle’s voice shines and Jones debuts as a film actor.
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Groucho
Chico
Harpo
Chuck
Kitty Carlisle
Allan Jones
Marxes
Italy
New York
Kitty! Carlisle
The Last Outpost at State Theater
Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Gertrude Michael star in The Last Outpost a World War I era drama set in Mesopotamia amid Turkish British clashes. Two British officers bond under peril and love as vengeance and war collide in a tense desert jungle program.
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Cary Grant
Claude Rains
Gertrude ‘Michael
State Theater
Mesopotamia
Gertrude Michael
Cairo
Grant
Rains
Antense
Buster West
Tom
Patriccla
Fox News
Public reacts to film stars and studio quirks
The piece recalls Boris Karloff facing fans in a restaurant, notes on on screen advertising, and industry limericks about gum chewing and love scenes. It cites Mae West on dating sins, King Victor on film kissing length, and Twentieth Century Fox seeking Jeeves casting.
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King Victor
Publicity Release Details Salaries and Perks Mentioned
A publicity release lists five lawyers three ex producers seven scenario writers and fifteen wrestlers paid 3.50 per day plus a box lunch. The note adds that belief is optional and not required.
Olympic Theater Presents Two Ace Features This Weekend
The Olympic Theater starts Sunday a two day bill headlined by Anne of Green Gables starring Anne Shirley Tom Brown O P Heggie and Helen Westley. Also Mills of the Gods with May Robson Fay Wray and Victor Jory a tale of a mother who disowned her children. The program includes The Big Bad Wolf a technicolor cartoon and a news reel.
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Olympic ‘Theater
Gable Convicted in Federal Case Involving Real Estate Fraud
Edward R. Gable a market research specialist was found guilty in federal court of violating the stolen property act and sentenced to five years. The case involves Lydia Welker a 78 year old widow of Wayaconda Missouri alleging Gable and five others sold her deeds to Liberty Ponds worth 7000 dollars.
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Chicago
Edward R. Gable
Lydia Welker
Wayaconda
Gable
Liberty Ponds
Flindt's Band Set to Play at Danceland Thursday Night
Emil Flindt brings his dance band to Danceland for 9 to 1 dancing Thursday. His group, praised for modern band organization and crowd appeal, features young musicians trained under the director. His style mirrors Wayne King with waltzes and lively rhythms.
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Flindt
Danceland
Emil Flindt
Cedar Rapids
Wayne King
Ray Alderson
Alderson
Films Of Il Duce Barred In Portuguese Cinema
In Portugal government censors order cuts to news and war films showing Mussolini to curb protests. Ethiopian flag pins among Portuguese schoolchildren are checked by authorities. Olhao from fishing port reports halted fish exports to Italy due to money transfer restrictions.
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Gibraltar
Portugal
Mussolini
Ing
Olhao
Italy
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Club Royale
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Lynne and
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Lura
Don Both
Ralph Slade
Slade
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Ned Sparks
Presbyterian College
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Informer
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Rosenbaum
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Davenport
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Jane Foreman
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