Vaudeville and Screen Make Hit at Iowa Theater
Five strong acts mix vaudeville with film as Anne of Green Gables stars in a wholesome family program. Patsy O Connor leads a bold family act while Edith Griffith and Jack Pepper offer musical comedy and comedy orchestra. Additional features include Captain Smollett Sir Trelawney and other roles from Operator 13 and Treasure Island with a slate of stars across the Paramount and Imperial bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Doerel
L. M. Montgomery
Iowa Theater
Patsy O’connor
O'Connors
Donald
Patsy
Marc Lockford
Rixfords
Edith Griffith
Jack Pepper and Company
Anne Shirley
Dawn O’day
Anne of Green Gables
Anne
Matthew
Marilla Cuthbert
Gilbert Blythe
Imitation Of Life Opens At Paramount Today
Claudette Colbert stars in Imitation Of Life with Warren William Ned Sparks Rochelle Hudson and Henry Armetta. Paramount screens the film as the sole feature with shorts and news, to test drawing power of single vs double programs. Realism dictated production with pancake batter scenes and period apartment settings built for the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Fannie Hurst
Claudette Colbert
Warren William
Ned Sparks
Rochelle Hudson
Henry Armetta
Paramount Theater
Newton
Belasco
George Givot
Paramount
The
New York
Miss Colbert
Here Comes The Navy Headline Palace Bill Feature
A palace program today through Wednesday presents Here Comes the Navy with James Cagney Pat O Brien as rival sailors in romance and action. Gloria Stuart stars in romance with Frank McHugh in comic relief. Also featuring Phil Harris in So This Is Harris and a set of short subjects and news reels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Gloria Stuart
Frank McHugh
Phil Harris
Harris
Two Thrill Pictures On Double Rialto Program Today
Rialto presents two thrillers through Tuesday Return of the Terror stars Mary Astor Lyle Talbot Frank McHugh and others in a sanitarium poison mystery with a hidden escaped prisoner. The Fighting Trooper stars Kermit Maynard Barbara Worth and Leroy Mason in a Canadian northwest terror tale with a night riders motif. A Broadway Brevities Cats and the Fiddle rounds out the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
James Oliver Curwood
Mary Astor
Lyle Talbot
Ers
Frank McHugh
Robert Barratt
George E Stone
Irving Pichel
Carroll Naish
Fighting Trooper
Kermit Maynard
Canadian Northwest
Barbara Worth
Leroy Mason
Charles Delaney
Robert Frazier
Walter Miller
Lafe McKee
City
Victor Herbert's Babes In Toyland Arrives Thursday
The gay fantasy promises charm for all ages as Babes in Toyland screens at the Paramount for a three day engagement starting Thursday. Beautiful voices stirring music and Laurel and Hardy comedy add to the attraction for audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Herbert
Paramount Theater
Laurel and Hardy
Two No 1 Features On Olympic Bill Starting Today
Beginning today for four days the Olympic presents two No 1 features. Berkeley Square stars Leslie Howard Heather Angel Valerie Taylor and Beryl Mercer with a four star reputation and Three On A Honeymoon features Sally Eilers Zasu Pitts Henrietta Crosman and John Mack Brown. Be Loved with John Boles and Gloria Stuart adds dramatic romance with music. Selected shorts complete the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Square
Leslie Howard
Heather Angel
Nery] Mercer
Sally Killers
Zasu Pitts
Menrietta Croaman
John Mack Brown
Olympic
Valerie Taylor
Beryl Mercer
Sally Eilers
Zasu_ Pitts
Henrietta Crosman
John Boles
Gloria Stuart
Treasure Island and Operator 13 At State Theater
Lovers of adventure and romance have a treat at the State theater with Treasure Island featuring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper alongside Marion Davies and Gary Cooper in Operator 13. Beery plays Long John Silver and Cooper as Jim Hawkins, with Lionel Barrymore as Billy Bones delivering a standout performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
Marion Davies
Gary Cooper
Jealousy with Nancy Carroll Heads Iowa double bill
Nancy Carroll stars in Jealousy at the Iowa theater on Wednesday, paired with A Successful Failure starring William Collier Jr. The film follows a jealous prizefighter’s deadly rage and a reporter’s rise from humdrum work to humorous squibs sold to radio, with supporting casts including George Murphy and Inez Courtney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Carroll
Iowa
William Collier, Jr
Lee Ramage
Pacific Coast
Miss Carroll
George Murphy
New York Stage
Donald Cook
Arthur Hohl
Inez Courtney
William Collier
William Janney
Gloria Shea
Lucille Gleason
George Breakston
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Dr. Livesey
Lewis Stone
Captain Smollett
Nigel Bruce
Trelawney
Ben Gunn
Robert W. Chambers
Miss Davies
Cooper
Jean Parker
Katharine Alexander
Ted Heal
Russell Hardie
Henry Wadbworth
Sidney Toler
Douglas Dumbrille
Willard Robertson
Mills Brothers
Charlotte Henry
Wynne Gibson
Victor McLaglen
State
Lee Tracy
Helen Mack
John Roles
Gloria Stuart Sun
C. S. P. S. Hall
Skersick
Orchestra
Machacek
Jack Pepper & Company
Naro Lockford
Pam
Ike
Navy
New Palace
Ton
Club Ro
Noonday Sun
Uncle Sam
This IS
Andy Clyde
Return of
Weeek
Joan Halliday
Treasure Island
BEANE
Catherine Alexander Russell Hardie
Tho Healy
Lafayette Cafe
Second Avenue SE
John Thomas
Mer
Emil Flindt
ORCH
Danceland
Gents
Flindt
Louis Panico
Panico
Cellini
Frank Simon
King
Woc-Who
Brabbit-Taylor Music Co
Kresge
Bellasco
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