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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1936

Page

16

One Way Passage At Iowa Theater This Saturday

William Powell and Kay Francis star in the tragedy of thwarted love set aboard a Pacific voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Dan and Joan fall fast in love as her illness looms, with a Honolulu stop and comic relief from a fake countess and a pickpocket. The feature also presents Gene Autry in The Big Show with four orchestras backing.

William Powell Kay Francis Iowa Theater Pacific Hong Kong San Francisco Joan Dan Honolulu Aline Macahon Frank McHugh Gene Autry

Can This Be Dixie at New State theater with Jane Withers

Jane Withers stars in Can This Be Dixie opening at the New State theater for a three day engagement. The comedy features Southern charm and songs as she saves the homestead and unites lovers with a riotously amusing cast including Summerville Wood Beck Haden Gillingwater Cook. The program also presents Along Came Love with Irene Hervey and Charles Starrett.

Jane Withers New State Theater Jane Slim Dixie Summerville Helen Wood Thomas Beck Sara Haden Claude Gillingwater Donald Cook Irene Hervey Charles Starrett

Lee Tracy Gloria Stuart Star In New Iowa Bill Tuesday

Lee Tracy and Gloria Stuart headline a romantic sleuth adventure "Wanted Jane Turner" opening Tuesday at the Iowa theater. The pair probe the Crowley mob while behind a post office window grill, with Stuart as a Sherlock Holmes style aide and a romance developing.

Lee Tracy Gloria Stuart New Iowa United States Postal Department Jane Turner Iowa Theater Miss Stuart Sherlock Holmes Tracy Lee Crowley Mob Ursula Parrott Redbook Magazine Joan Marsh Ray Walker Inez Courtney Jo Marlowe Iowa Slim Summerville Jane Withers Dixie New State

Safe Vehicle Control on Steep Downhill Grades

Guidance for drivers on long steep hills: shift to low gear and use foot brake as needed to maintain control and prevent speed buildup.

Dancing Pirate on Rialto Program With Western Film

Rialto shows Dancing Pirate starring Charles Collins with Steffi Dunn and a Spanish dance cast in Technicolor comedy and romance set in California pirates. Also featured is Bob Steele in Brand Of The Outlaws and a Cats and the Fiddle comedy. continuous program notes list additional titles at the Iowa and Paramount theaters through Tuesday.

Rialto Charles Collins Boston California Steffi Dunn Frank Morgan Luis Alberni Jack LaRue Victor Varconi The Royal Cansinos Bob Steele

Wedding Present Heads Paramount's Tuesday Double Bill

Paramount brings Wedding Present as the top feature on Tuesday with The Luckiest Girl in the World as the second half of the double bill. The madcap romance follows the lovers of Big Brown Eyes in a lively comedy set against a news driven backdrop.

Paramount Theater Universal Jane Wyatt Louis Hayward

Stars Cast in Wedding Present and The Luckiest Girl in the World

Hollywood notes spotlight Cary Grant and Joan Bennett in Wedding Present a Chicago to New York farce where a stunt halts a wedding. Also featured is Jane Wyatt in The Luckiest Girl in the World a comedy about choosing love over wealth as a rich father tests a budding romance.

Paper Life Joan Bennett Cary Grant George Bancroft Conrad Nagel Chicago New York Grant Miss Bennett Jane Wyatt

Jeanette MacDonald in Rose Marie at the Palace

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy headline the Palace feature Rose Marie through Wednesday. The musical includes The Indian Love Call and Rose Marie I Love You as part of a tender love story set against an exotic backdrop.

Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy

Walking On Air Stars Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond in a Riotous Tale

The second feature Walking On Air follows a headstrong heiress who tries to bluff her way through love and marriage with comic mishaps. Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond headline in a lively romance-comedy.

Canadian Northwest Ann Sothern Gene Raymond

Midsummer Night’s Dream at New State theater

A lavish production of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream screens at the New State with a star filled cast including James Cagney Joe E Brown Dick Powell Olivia de Havilland Anita Louise Victo r Jory and Mickey Rooney. The program also features Three Married Men with Lynn Overman William Frawley Roscoe Karns and Mary Brian.

William Frawley Roscoe Karns Lynne Overman New State Theater Mendelssohn Erich Wolfgang Korngold James Cagney Joe E. Brown Duke of Athens Dick Powell Olivia de Havilland Jean Muir Ross Alexander Puck Anita Louise Titania Cagney and Brown Hugh Herbert Frank McHugh Otis Harlan Dewey Robinson Arthur Treacher Victor Jory Oberon Verree Teasdale Ian Hunter Mickey Rooney Lynn Overman Mary Brian

Evolution of the orange from pear shape to modern fruit

A note recalls how oranges once appeared pear shaped and roughly the size of a cherry. It describes a historical perch in early cultivation and notes the notable change to the current round citrus form over time.

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