Entertaining Bills at Local Playhouses This Week
Local theaters start the week with vaudeville at the Iowa, five top RKO acts, the feature Vanity Street, and Cervenka and his orchestra. Mon shows Men Are Such Fools with Carrillo Merkel and Osborne. Rain at Paramount heads to talkie era. The Sport Parade at State stars Joel McCrea. Rialto features Buck Jones Hello Trouble. Olympic presents Frankenstein for four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cervenka
Leo Carrillo
Ana Merkel
Vivienne Osborne
Rain
Paramount
Joan Crawford
Sadie Thompson
Jeanne Engels
Gloria Swanson
Joel McCrea
William Gargan
Marian Marsh
Rialto
Buck Jones
Arizona
Frankenstein
Rain and Sadie Thompson on Paramount screen
The current Paramount program presents the stage play Rain with Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson and Walter Huston as Davidson. Dramatic rains, drums, and tense moral conflict frame a story of bigotry, reform, and desire. A short comedy cartoon Three’s A Crowd and a Notre Dame vs. Southern California newsreel round out the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Sadie Thompson
Joan Crawford
Horn
Davidson
Notre Dame
Southern California
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Vaudeville and screen program features at Iowa Iowa
The Iowa program showcases the corbett Twins Convey in Glad Rags Revue and Vanity Street on screen with Charles Bickford and Helen Chandler leading. Also featured are the Belmont brothers hoops and diabolos act and The Six Saxonettes. Supporting players include Mayo Methot George Meeker Arthur Hoyt and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Corbutt Twins
Convey
Helen Chandler
Charles Bickford
Cervenka
Belmont Brothers
Lake
Harris
Hayes
Corditt
Chariie Wilson
England
Ce- Gar Rapids
Vanity Street
Iowa Sreen
Wall Street
Mayo Methot
George Meeker
Arthur Hoyt
Raymond Hatton
Dutch Hendmian
Claudia Morgan
Ruth Channing
Men Are Such Fools Comes To Iowa On Monday
Leo Carrillo stars in Men Are Such Fools at Town Theater for three days starting Monday with Vivienne Osborne Una Merkel and Joseph Cawthorn in the cast The film centers on Joe Darrow a nightclub proprietor who feigns foolery to hide his schemes Tony Mello is the real fool Vivienne Osborne sings No No Monsieur The program includes Fish Feathers and a Pathe news reel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Carrillo
Thomas Lennon
Carrillo
Town Theater
Vivenne Osborne
Una ‘Merkel
Joseph Cawthorn
Tom Moore
Earl Foxe
Paul Hurst
Eddie Nugent
Tony Mello
Tony
Lilli
Vivienne Osborne
Ikigar Kennedy
Paramount
Pathe Sound News
Farewell To Arms Special Show At The Paramount
A Christmas day program at the Paramount features Farewell To Arms starring Helen Hayes Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou under manager Ted Emerson. The film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway novel follows the love story of an American lieutenant and an English nurse amid war.
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Gary Cooper
Helen Hayes
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Paramount
Theater
Adolphe Menjou
Ted Emerson
Paramount Theater
Ernest Henmingway
Leutenant
Miss Hayes
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Madelon Claudet
Frank Borzage
Cedar Rapids
Of Thee I Sing Thrills Chicago via Satire and Song
The Broadway hit Of Thee I Sing arrives at Shrine Temple Friday December 30 after record crowds in Chicago. George Kaufman Morrie Ruskind and George Ira Gershwin craft sharp political satire with catchy music and dancing led by a strong company including Oscar Shaw Harriette Lake Donald Meek and others. The plot follows John P Wintergreen’s campaign to a landslide victory on the slogan Put Love in the White House amid mock party politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam H. Harris
New York
Vienna
Shrine Temple
Chicago
Harris
George Kaufman
Morrie Ruskind
George
Ira Gershwin
National Committee
John P. Wintergreen
White House
Frankenstein at the Olympic thrills Cedar Rapids crowds
The Olympic theater shows a powerful screen adaptation of the Frankenstein legend. Carl Laemmle Jr. is credited with producing the film which audiences may still see before Wednesday night’s close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Olympic Theater
Carl Laemmle, Jr
Joel McCrea Leads The Sport Parade At State Theater
Joel McCrea stars as a college athletic hero in The Sport Parade now showing at the State theater. The program pairs him with William Gargan in a film line contrasting new masculine screen types amid cartoons and newsreels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Clark Gable
Ricardo Cortes
Rc March
Gary Cooper
Joel McCrea
Joel
William Gargan
New York Stage
McCrea
Clark and McCullough
Paramount Sound News
Buck Jones Stars in Hello Trouble at Rialto Today
Buck Jones, the he man western star, headlines the Rialto for three days in Hello Trouble. He plays a Texas sheriff who quits after a deadly act, finds trouble on a Arizona ranch with a silver cache, and battles desperadoes to protect a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Jones
Rialto
Buck
Texas
Arizona
Lina Banquette
Wallace MacDonald
Allan Rosecoe
Morgan Galloway
Ruth
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Danceland
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PE Oetan
Lee
Prirages
Nor Council
Thomas Powell
David Love
Fred Schweitzer
Winthrop Mutual Telephone
Nels Hott
Liberty Township
James Carmody
Middlefield
W. H. Merrill
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Byron
Jay Schweitzer
Fremont
Oscar Shaw
Harriette Lake
Donald Meek
Cecil Lean
Al’Sexton
Alberta Robinson
Rece
Paul Everton
Adrian Ley
John Cherry
Francis Pierlot
William Pringle
Abe Reynolds
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Imorrie Ryskind
George Gershwin
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Diamond & Silver Tap Ballet
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Charlie Wilson
Saxonettes
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Leo Carillo
Una Merkel
Joseph Cawthorne
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Lina Basquette
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Boris Karloff
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