Broadway Bill shines in Capra preview at Iowa theater
Frank Capra delivers a human romantic comedy featuring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy in Broadway Bill. Dan Brooks clashes with Higginsville’s power while his horse Broadway Bill and Alice stir a mix of drama and warmth. Opens December 31 at the Iowa Dee.
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Frank Capra
Columbia
Iowa Theater
Mr. Capra
Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
Dan Brooks
Alice
Dan
Iowa Dee
Hilarious Mystery On Screen At Iowa With Vaudeville Saturday
A vaudeville double bill opens Saturday in Iowa featuring The Cuastrain Hates the Sea with Vic tor McLaglen John Gilbert Wynne Gibson and a crook busting shipboard plot. Joe Morris leads the vaudeville, Dorothy Ryan and others provide comedy with tunes by Harry Pease and Ed Nelson. Joyce Remmer offers a pocket edition of Lillian Leitzel and Steps and Tunes perform a rapid dance number. The Gazette will announce the fifth act in Friday’s issue.
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Victor McLaglen
John Gilbert
Wynne Gibson
Joe Morris
Dorothy Ryan
Larry Jason
Ann Fink
Harry Pease
Ed Nelson
Joyce Remmer
Lillian Leitzel
the Gazette
Theaters listings show 1940s film pairings and stage event
Paramount presents Imitation of Life with Claudette Colbert and Warren William while Iowa and state venues feature Jealousy with Nancy Carroll Donald Cook A Successful Failure with William Collier Caravan Catherine the Great at State and Here Comes the Navy So This Is Harris at Palace From Headquarters and Marrying Widows at Rialto Berkeley Square and 3 on a Honeymoon at Olympic with multiple stars including Leslie Howard Elizabeth Bergner and James Cagney plus a college theater Yesterday and Today at 8 15 by the College Players
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Paramount
Claudette Colbert
Warren Wiliam
Iowa
Nancy Carroll
Donald Cook
William Collier
Loretta Young
Phillips Holmes
Catherine the Great
Elizabeth Bergner
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Navy
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Harris
Phil Harris
Rialto
George Brent
Margaret Lindsay
Gua Allen
Minna Gome
Berkeley Square
Leslie Howard
Heather Angel
Sally Eilers
Zasu Pitts
John Boles
Gloria Stuart
Fs Sys ‘Coe
Little
The
College Players
Ida Lewis Silent Film Actress Signs 7 Year Ince Contract
Ida Lewis, famed for 100 silent pictures and many Charles Ray roles, signs a seven year deal with Tom Ince under the impression of an AI year. She played Julia in The Drunkard seventy years ago and later starred as Mrs Wicsondane, daughter to Julian, in 1934.
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Charles Ray
Tom Ince
Julia
Wicsondane
Julian
King Features Syndicate
Toc
Great Britain
Police Picture Heads Rialto Double Bill
Rialto presents From Headquarters with George Brent and Margaret Lindsay a police procedural drama about criminals and romance. A second feature Marrying Widows stars Judith Allen and Minna Gambill in a brisk comedy. Also featured are Hugh Herbert Eugene Palette Dorothy Burgess and Henry ONeil.
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Rialto
George Brent
Margaret Lindsay
Hugh Herbert
Eugene Pallette
Dorothy Burgess
Henry O'Niel
Judith Allen
Minna Gambell
Burn Em Up Barnes on Track Leads Cast Return
The second chapter will feature Jack Mulhall Lola Lane and Frankie Darrow in principal roles as Burn Em Up Barnes continues on the race track serial.
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Barnes
Jack Mulhall
Lola Lane
Frankie Darrow
Film Chiefs Offer Aid In Crime Drive
Washington AP Carl E Milliken secretary of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America offered to cooperate in a national war on crime. He proposed five lines of attack for industry help and defended using good versus evil as plot material while proposing a national crime research institute under the attorney general's supervision.
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Washington
Carl E. Milliken
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Attorney General
Milliken
Maine
National Crime Research Institute
Oxford Odd Fellows elect Grauer as noble grand
At the Oxford lodge meeting George Grauer Jr was chosen noble grand. Other officers named include Virgil Harker as vice grand Charles E Oakes as secretary Carl Painting as trustee and Lou Mueller as treasurer.
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Oxford
Oxford Odd Fellows
George Grauer, Jr
Virgil- Harker
Charles E., Oakes
Mind and Morality in Scientific Inquiry
An author's note discusses limits of science in answering moral questions and the priority of societal rights. It cites women's historic roles shaping labor division and notes that economic policies like placing German students in poverty aim to recalibrate incentives and social conditions.
Bow To Judge FOUR PROBABLE SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
A twenty eight page booklet by Dr Harry W Kepner of Syracuse University offers tests to aid business success. It is sold with Lets Explore Your Mind by Albert Edward Wickcam, Sc D as a reader service through The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Request Business Success with a stamped self addressed return envelope and ten cents.
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Harry W. Kepner
Syracuse University
Albert Edward Wickcam
Albert E. Wiccam
Cedar Rapside
Political institutions shaped by merchant interests in history
The text argues that political institutions evolved to serve trade and economic power. It traces this through medieval guilds to Renaissance cities, noting merchants drove state frameworks, with feudal bonds proving weak for rising commerce demands.
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John Randall
Ito
Darling Triggered: Willie Willis Responds to Public Slur
Willie Willis questions how to avoid fighting after being called darling in front of his fellow players. The exchange highlights tensions and gendered taunts in the locker room setting.
Commercial Law Underpins Social Order and Governance
The statement asserts that commercial law forms the foundation of all law and sustains social order through regulation of commerce, contracts, and disputes, implying legal frameworks shape economic activity and societal stability.
10 20 30 Years Ago In The Gazette December Clippings
Dec 12 1924 John Cook named night captain of police force succeeding L S Morrison Samuel Gompers seriously ill in Mexico Karl H Rehnberg resigns Cedar Rapids bank post to lead Chicago Cotton Exchange Clearing House Eddie Collins named manager of Chicago White Sox succeeding Evers Dec 12 1914 federal income tax yield 28253535 stock exchange reopenings service of appreciation for Rev E R Burkhalter after forty years at First Presbyterian Fire Chief Mohrbacher denial of horse slips on creosoted streets Dec 12 1904 The Village Postmaster at Greene's opera house Col Charles A Clark to plead in upcoming court action
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John Cook
L. S. Morrison
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mexico
Karl H. Rehnberg
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Chicago Cotton Exchange Clearing House
Eddie Collins
Chicago White Sox
Evers
New York Stock Exchange
E. R. Burkhalter
First Presbyterian Church
Mohrbacher
Snouffer
Saturday Record
Greene's Opera House
Charles A. Clark
Soldiers' Preference Law Before Supreme Court in Iowa Case
Grand Army department of Iowa in Rockford Illinois seeks ruling on soldiers' preference law. Three-Eye baseball league reports a member dropping out while Roosevelt's official plurality in the recent election hits 2 526 470, a new record.
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Supreme Court
Grand Army Department of Iowa
Rockford
Ill
Roosevelt
Mixed planetary influences on this day noted
The article describes mixed planetary configurations with some adverse and some beneficial aspects. It predicts sudden changes of benefit, increased possessions through labor or fidelity, and potential workplace doubt, duplicitous schemes, and secret enemies. It cites Rev. Phillips Brooks as a notable nativity.
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Phillips Brooks
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