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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1936

Page

16

Lily Pons At Iowa Starting New Year's Eve

Lily Pons stars in That Girl From Paris at the Iowa theater for a four day engagement starting New Year’s Eve with a midnight show. Jack Oakie Gene Raymond lead a strong cast including Lucille Ball Mischa Auer and others in a romcom musical adventure with immigration twists and romance.

Paris Iowa Theater Lily Pons Jack Oakie Gene Raymond Herman Bing Mischa Auer Frank Jenks Lucille Ball Miss Pons United States Ralph Bellamy Joan Perry Blue River Douglass Dumbrille Henry Mollison Gene Morgan George McKay Iowa Paramount

Champagne Waltz Pretends New Year At Paramount

Jack Oakie and Fred MacMurray star in Champagne Waltz at the Paramount New Year's Eve only. The plot follows a swing band from the states brought to Vienna by Oakie, upsetting a Strauss dynasty orchestra led by a Strauss descendant as his daughter tries to win MacMurray.

Fred MacMurray Jack Oakie Texas Rangers Paramount Vienna Oakie Strauss MacMurray

Love and Laughter in an Entertaining Viennese Night

A bustling program features a romance in Vienna with Oakie solving the love issue in a humorous way. Supporting acts include Veloz and Yolanda the dance team Benny Baker and Herman Bing. The show promises fun favors noisemakers and all seats reserved.

Vienna Oakie Veloz Yolanda Benny Baker Herman Bing

Laurel And Hardy Open At New State On New Year's Day

Laurel and Hardy debut dual roles in Our Relations at the New State Theater on New Year’s Day. The pirate ship cafe sequence features 150 costumed extras in elaborate action with Betty Healy Daphne Pollard Sidney Toler James Finlayson Iris Adrian in support. The second feature Charlie Chan at the Opera stars Warner Oland with Boris Karloff as the formidable adversary.

New State Theater Laurel and Hardy Betty Healy Daphne Pollard Sidney Toler James Finlayson Iris Adrian Charlie Chan Warner Oland Chan Boris Karloff

George Brent Jean Arthur On Program At Iowa On Tuesday

George Brent and Jean Arthur star in More Than A Secretary a comedy drama about a shy beauty and her branded boss. The Iowa theater features a hand-picked cast including Lionel Stander Ruth Donnelly Reginald Denny Dorothea Kent Charles Halton. The plot follows a secretarial school's proprietress devoted to business and romance-starved. Continued on Page 5 this Sec.

Jean Arthur George Brent Iowa Theater Lionel Stander Ruth Donnelly Reginald Denny Dorothea Kent Charles Halton

Banjo On My Knee to Play New State New Year's Eve

The Twentieth Century Fox musical drama Banjo On My Knee starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea heads the New Year’s Eve midnight show at the New State theater. The program features songs such as Where the Lazy River Goes By and With a Banjo On My Knee, plus a strong supporting cast and added screen divertisements.

Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Katherine DeMille New State Carol Hughes Joe E. Brown Martha Raye Jack Benny Paramount Twentieth Century-Fox New State Theater Sippy Helen Westley Walter Catlett Buddy Ebsen Walter Brennan Anthony Martin Hall Johnson

Gene Autry Ride Ranger Ride Headlining Rialto Bill

Gene Autry the singing radio star leads the Rialto bill today through Tuesday in Ride Ranger Ride. The Tennessee Ramblers contribute hillbilly songs with washboard and hand saw, while Smiley Burnette supplies comedy. The second feature They Met...

Gene Autry Rialto Tennessee Ramblers Smiley Burnette

In A Taxi Headlined by Morris Wray and Stander

A Taxi features Chester Morris Fay Wray and Lionel Stander in the leading roles. The farce melodrama has just enough spice to keep the audience engaged. A Cats and the Fiddle complement the show as a companion comedy.

Chester Morris Fay Wray Lionel Stander

Jungle Princess opens at Paramount with Tibbetts film

In a Malayan jungle romance a girl who has never seen a white man meets a lost explorer. The Jungle Princess stars Dorothy Lamour with a tiger and a chimp for company while Ray Milland plays the explorer saved by the girl. A second feature stars Larry Tibbett in a comic romance with a cowboy opera singer and a socialite.

Paramount Theater Lawrence Tibett Dorothy Lamour Ray Milland Tibbett

Three Stars At The Palace In Wife Versus Secretary

Clark Gable leads as husband Myrna Loy stars as wife with Jean Harlow as the secretary in a famed romantic triangle from MGM. The Palace show today through Wednesday presents this smart dialogue driven drama.

Clark Gable Myrna Loy Jean Harlow MGM

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