Fun Thrills and Romance Highlight Local Theater Bills
Local theaters offer varied entertainments this week with stars like Marie Deesster, Pols Moran, Joe McCrse, Janet Garnee, and Charles Ferrell. Paramount features Prosperity and The Most Dangerous Game, Rialto screens War ner Take All, State's Attorney, and The First Year, while the Shrine temple hosts The J Sing on December 30.
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Marie Deesster
Pols Moran
Paramount
Iona
Amo
RK O Vaider
Joe MiCrse
Fav Wray
Leslie Banks
Combinaton
Janet Garnee
Charles Ferrell
Miss Gasnor
Farrell
Rialto
James Cagney
Marian Moon
Cedar Rapids
Siemity
Chicago
J Sing
Sam Harris
Shrine Temple
Clever Humor Marks Paramount Picture
Marie Dressler stars in a Paramount program with Polly Moran and Anita Page in a comic drama about a family banking scheme. A lively musical comedy with light romance and multiple songs, framed by a homey western atmosphere.
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Marie Dressler
Paramount
Miss Dressler
Polly Moran
Miss Moran
Anita Page
Norman Foster
Anita
Maries Bank
Ayun
Marie
Bhe Teg Smenth
Pouwan Stoe
Bomar
Matte
Po v Das
M Ueters
Hatroy
Theatrical Combination In Of Thee I Sing At Shrine Temple
A leading theatrical team behind the Pulitzer winning Of Thee I Sing brings a top revue to the Shrine Temple on Friday December 30. The 105 member company, including Oscar Shaw Harriette Lake and Cecil Lean, promises a sharp Broadway satire on Washington politics and presidential campaigns.
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Sam H Harris
Shrine Temple
Dee
New York
Santa Harris
George Kaufman
Morris Ryskind
George and
Ira Gershwin
Washington
Atlantic City
America
Apeal
Chicago
Oscar Shaw
James Cagney and Marian Nixon Star in Rialto Feature
James Cagney headlines the Rialto for three days in Winner Take All as a prizefighter with health woes and a romance with Marian Nixon. Virginia Bruce plays the society belle alongside a large cast including Guy Kibbee Pickle Moore Clarence Muse Allan Lane and more amid a rapid comedy climax and short subjects.
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James Cagney
Rialto
Cagney
New Mexico
Marian Nixon
New York
Jim
Fifth Avenue
Virginia Bruce
The First Year at The State with Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell star in The First Year at the State for a three day run. The romantic comedy features Minna Gambell Lelia Bennett Dudley Digges George Meeker Robert McWade Maude Eburne and Henry Kolker with William K Howard directing. Also on the program are On The Loose with Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd and the Paramount sound news.
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State Theater
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Frank Craven
Hollywood
Minna Gambell
Lelia Bennett
Hattie
Janet
Charlie
Dudley Digges
Iowa to Stage Evenings for Sale With Notable Cast
Iowa theater opens Monday with Herbert Marshall Sari Maritza Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland headlining Evenings for Sale a Viennese musical romance based on I A R Wylie story Music by Johann Strauss Junior and clever camera work drive the tale of a penniless Austrian nobleman and a wealthy American widow amid a middle class girl The program also features The Bride's Bereavement and Pathe sound news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Marshall
Sari Maritiza
Charlie Ruggles
Mary Boland
I. A. R. Wylie
Iowa
Maurice Chevalier
Johann Sutauss
Marshall
London
Marlene Dietrich
Ernst Lubitsch
Paramount
Pathe Sound News
Vaudeville and Film Program Delights Audiences
A lively bill features Burke Ludlow Chiccos headlining a versatile vaudeville show with Fan ton and company delivering a thrilling teeterboard act. Merrick and Alien perform Accordionly Yours, while Bert Nagel and the English Tivoli girls dazzle in Midnite Serenaders. The screen feature The Most Dangerous Game stars Joel McCrea Fay Wray and Lealie Banks as a perilous hunt unfolds.
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Burlie Ludlow
Chiccos
Burke Ludlow
Joe Fanton
Fanton
Merrick and
Alien
Tom Cat
Bert Nagel
Ted Leary
Auriole Craven
Leary
Miss Craven
AL Jolson
Riviera
Burlle
Ludlow
Abe Lyman
Caribbean
Joel McCrea
Fay Wray
Lealie Banks
Robert Armstrong
Banks
McCrea
Armstrong
Death
Cervenka
Wayne King and His Orchestra at Danceland December 22
Wayne King and his orchestra, popular in the middle west, will appear at Danceland the night of December 22 for dancing from 9 to 1. The band is praised for refined music and waltz arrangements, meeting modern dancers desire for better music over rowdy jazz.
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Wayne King
Danceland
Middle West
King
Barrymore Stars in State's Attorney at Olympic Theater
John Barrymore headlines the Olympic for three days starting today in State's Attorney a film promising thrills suspense action and romance. The big star's presence signals high acting quality with Barrymore delivering one of his finest roles.
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John Barrymore
Olympic Theater
A Barrymore
John
Proof In Eating. Tommy and Mother Discuss Toothache
Tommy complains of a severe toothache while his mother notes he has not been eating candy. He insists the problem is not from candy and claims he has "exit candy with all my teeth" and one tooth aches, according to theAnswers.
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Tommy
Tay
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