SITTING PRETTY AT PARAMOUNT THEATER REVIEW REMARKS
A lively Paramount feature blends tunes and dance numbers led by Pat Haley and Ginger Regina with Jack Oakie. It follows Pat and Oakie from New York to Hollywood as romance and song interweave with spectacle. The chorus and eighty fan dancers provide lavish photography and feather fan choreography.
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Cedar Rapies
Paramount Theater
Miranda
Ice Man
Hollywood
Pat Haley
Ginger Regis
Jack Oakie
Thelma Todd
New York City
Pat
Jack
California
Ginger Rogers
Hollywood musical comedy stars and song hits headline
Jack and Pat star in a musical comedy filled with adventures in Hollywood and a picture hit of the season. Ginger leads in the finale as the film promises a peppy after feeling. Paramount also shows Cedar Rapids Police Ball footage with guests and dancers.
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Jack
Hollywood
Pat
Ginger
Paramount
Cedar Rapids
N. D
Mystery in an orderly way at the Iowa theater
A review of the film Before Midnight notes a calm murder mystery with a pool of blood and a stopping clock signaling the crime. Detective Trent uncovers clues but a banker is jailed briefly, while the true culprit remains uncertain.
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Iowa
Trent
A. T
Iowa to Present Four Major Stage Shows in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids theatergoers will see four top attractions as Iowa theater manager A. H. Talbot reports an itinerary of big Broadway and screen stars. Anatole Friedland's Fifty Million Frenchmen opens, followed by Kate Smith in a Swanee revue, Morton Downey with fifty on tour, and Olsen and Johnson in Take a Chance with a cast of fifty.
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Cedar Rapids
A. H. Talbot
Iowa Theater
Iowa
Anatole Friedland
Venita Gould
Richard Lane
al Norman
Susan Jayne
Esther Lloyd
Annette Hoffman
Eddie Michaels
Kate Smith
Morton Downey
Towa
Olsen and Johnson
Chicago
Schwab
DeSylva
the Gazette
These Thirty Years at Majestic Sponsored by Rude Auto Co
The talking picture These Thirty Years opens Wednesday at the Majestic for two days, afternoon and evening. More than 1 000 requests have been received for complimentary tickets from The title Auto company. The Ford Motor company presents a romance tracing a town’s rise to a city today with K Elmo Lowe Armand Donald McDonald and Frederick Forrester in the lead and a supporting cast of more than 100.
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Talking Picture
Majestic Theater
Rude Auto Company
Title Auto Company
Ford Motor Company
K. Elmo Lowe
Juliet
Armand
Jane Cowl
Robert Strange
Narrow Corner at the Rialto Headlines Midweek Screening
The Rialto presents Narrow Corner as the headline attraction for Wednesday and Thursday. The film features Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Dudley Digges in bold character roles amid an exotic East Indies romance and adventure. Supporting acts include Arthur Hohl, William V. Mong, Reginald Owen, Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy and a Tom Howard comedy with Mother-In-Laws Day and other serial chapters.
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Many & Day
Rialto
Somerset
Maugham
East Indies
Douglas Fairbanks
Dudley Digges
Arthur Hohl
William V. Mong
Reginald Owen
Patricia Ellis
Ralph Bellamy
Tom Howard
Theaters Listings at Paramount Majestic Rialto
At the theaters listings notes show Paramount presenting Sitting Pretty with Jack Oakie Ginger Rogers and Jack Haley plus Pictures of Policemen. Other venues include Before Midnight at Iowa with Ralph Bellamy and June Collyer and a corn husking contest. Majestic offers Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March in Merrily We Go to Hell and These Thirty Years. Palace features Bondage with Dorothy Jordan and Alexander Kirkland and Broadway Bad with Joan Blondell and Ricardo Cortez. Rialto presents The Narrow Corner with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Patricia Ellis. Olympic shows Diplomanics Secrets of the French Police with Wheeler and Woolsey.
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Paramount
Jack Oakie
Ginger Rogers
Jack Haley
Iowa
Ralph Bellamy
June Collyer
Rod la Rocque
Ernst Udet
Majestic
Sylvia Sidney
Fredric March
Phil Stong
Palace
Dorothy Jordan
Alexander Kirkland
Joan Blondell
Ricardo Cortez
Rialto
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Patricia Ellis
Wheeler and
Woolsey
Bondage and Broadway Bad At Palace
Palace screens two features Wednesday and Thursday. Bondage stars Dorothy Jordan and Alexander Kirkland in a stark youth tale of love and disillusionment with adult themes. Broadway Bad features Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers, Victor Jory, Allen Vincent and Adrienne Ames with humor and dramatic songs.
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Palace
Dorothy Jordan
Alexander Kirkland
Joan Blondell
Ricardo Cortez
Ginger Rogers
Victor Jory
Allen Vincent
Adrienne Ames
New York
Edible Round Appetizers and Classic Oysters Dish
A jumble of recipe fragments includes buttered toast rounds with sardine ham tuna dressing and relish, corn pudding baked in a water bath with pears as bells and olives, and scalloped oysters with crumb sauce. The Monticello funeral of Henry Rickless and Tama Civic Improvement league elections are noted.
Untitled Dance Era Dilemma Ends With Departure
Jan finances a sudden move as she plans to return to California after a chaotic New York period with Hunter and Ted in flux. Facing loneliness and limited work, she writes Ted a note and prepares to leave, while Francine warns her of heartbreak and questions her choices.
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Randine
Jan
Hunter
New York
Ted
Francine
California
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The
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Rude Auto Co
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Danceland
Wit Thoms
Betty Blythe
Edward G. Robinson
Kay Francis
Gatto’s
Second Ave
Mrs
Alexander George
Virginia Corn Pudding
Monticello
Henry Rickless
Lovell Township
Mr. Rickless
Germany
Henry
Elizabeth Lerier Rickless
United States
Conradine Grondevelde
Wayne Township
Rickless
Gerd Poppe
Fred Poppe
Langworthy
Lewis Zimmerman
Wyoming
Thomas Kula
Fred Cords
Elkader
George Rickless
Clarence Rickless
Castle Grove Township
Herman
Ernest
Carl Rickless
Ernest Rickless
Haswig
Dietrich Rickless
London
Herman Rickless
Scotch Grove
Armin H. Tendick
Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemeery
TAMA
F. W. Ingersoll
Tama Civic Improvement League
R. L. Quintard
Chalmers Johnston
Ben Hill
J. W. Croskrey
C. M. Shaw
Rose Merritt
Sylvia Sidney Fredric March
State Fair
Mickey Mouse
Little Lady
Kansas
Herelf
Rialtosis
Doug
Fairbanks, JR
Malay Islands
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