Firemen's Ball Tuesday Night At Cedar Rapids Coliseum
The Hanford Post Drum and Bugle corps will run concessions at the Cedar Rapids Firemen's ball in Memorial Coliseum Tuesday night. Over 800 couples are expected as tables are arranged around the walls for dancing in the center. Tickets are $1 per couple with 25 cents for extra ladies. Proceeds support the firemen toy fund and Christmas distributions.
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Hanford Post
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Post
Armory
Fred Cizek
George Hobel
Station No. 2
Hobe
Roger Graham
el Granada
Vine Sto@ola
Hobel
Capt
Firemen’s
Wayne Pennington
Clarence Gitt
Dick Vlach
Harry Gaskill
Clarence Carter
P. Floyd Byrnes
Winterset heads to Iowa Friday with three star leads
Acclaimed Broadway drama Winterset brings Maxwell Anderson’s tense tale to the Iowa stage Friday starring Burgess Meredith Margo and Eduardo Cianelli from the original Broadway cast. The plot follows a young man seeking to vindicate his father amid mob justice and a cold hearted judge with a key witness brother of a girl blocking his path. Also featured are John Carradine Edward Ellis Paul Guilfoyle Helen Jerome Eddy Maurice Moscovitch and Stanley Ridges with Judith Allen and Donald Cook in Beware of Ladies as the added feature.
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New York
Winterset
Maxwell Anderson
Iowa Theater
New York Dramatic Critic's Circle
Anderson
Burgess Meredith
Margo
Eduardo Cianelli
John Carradine
Edward Ellis
Paul Guilfoyle
Helen Jerome Eddy
Maurice Moscovitch
Stanley Ridges
Beware of
Judith Allen
Donald Cook
Coe Play Macbeth Names Tentative Cast
Kent Andrews announced a tentative cast for Coe College's Macbeth adaptation set for the Playhouse. George Nelson is cast as Macbeth. Homer McDowell and Robertson Little considered for Macduff and Lennox. George Hennessey and John Parks for Ross and Angus. Katherine Stark and De Elda Smith to be considered for Lady Macbeth. Marian Dougan or Stark for Lady Macduff. The cast totals twenty nine with ten women and nineteen men, with nine men doubling.
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Kent Andrews
Coe College
Macbeth
Playhouse
Coe
George Nelson
Bever Avenue SE
Homer McDowell
Searsboro
Macduff
Robertson Little
Lennox
George Hennessey
Ross
John Parks
Angus
Katherine Stark
Linden Drive
de Elda Smith
Third Avenue SE
Kent
Lady Macbeth
Marian Dougan
Traer
Miss Stark
Lady Macduff
Zukor Jubilee Marking 25 Years Of Paramount Hits
Adolph Zukor turns visionary producer as Paramount Pictures marks 25 years in film. A four month Cedar Rapids and national celebration begins in January 1937 featuring hits like Maid of Salem with Colbert and MacMurray, The Plainsman with Cooper and Arthur, Waikiki Wedding with Crosby and Raye, Swing High Swing Low with Lombard and MacMurray, and High Wide and Handsome with Dunne and Scott.
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Adolph Zukor
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
Waikiki
Bing Crosby
Bob Burns
Martha Raye
Carole Lombard
Irene Dunne
Randolph Scott
Gable Refuses Cash for Flivver Roadster
Hollywood star Clark Gable turned down an offer of 1000 dollars for his old roadster. The car, a Valentine gift from Carole Lombard, is valued under 300 dollars though modified by Gable. He notes prior bids from dealers and souvenir collectors seeking the car for advertising or display.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
St. Valentine’s
Carole Lombard
Clark
Celebrities Develop Queer Quirks
Backstage portraits reveal eccentric habits of famous writers and directors. Rodgers and Hart prefer taxicab rear compartments for composing tunes while Max Reinhardt works late and eats late. Thomas Wolfe writes in giant ledgers and Joe Cook builds a beer spigot house in New Jersey.
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New York
Ben Hecht
Charles McArthur
Rodgers and Hart
Max Reinhardt
Thomas Wolfe
Joe Cook
New Jersey
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Moss Hart
Noel Coward
Broadway
Famed Violinist Toscha Seidel To Play Thursday Concert
Russian virtuoso Toscha Seidel, student of Leopold Auer, will perform the third piece in the Community Concert series at St. Pauls church Thursday at 8 15 p.m. An acclaimed soloist, he has toured Europe and America, recorded for radio and stage, and counts Brahms among favorites. Admission by membership ticket only.
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Toscha Seidel
St. Paul’s Church
Leopold Auer
Seidel
Oslo
Norway
Europe
Carnegie Hall
New Zealand
Australia
Hawaii
South Africa
Brahms
Jascha Heifetz
Paul Whiteman Ensembl to Play Here January 28
Cedar Rapids invites a premier all dance program at Memorial Coliseum by Paul Whiteman and his 28 member ensemble. The show features Ramona and Judy Kanova as radio stars. Dance music runs from 9 to 1 with advance tickets at Lyman’s cafe and Belden Hill’s cigar store.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Whiteman
Memorial Coliseum
Whiteman
New York City
Coliseum
Ramona
Judy Kanova
Lyman
Belden Hill
Evening Rain Cape in Silk Wears Royal Blue
In anticipation of the wet season Jeanette MacDonald purchases a formal rain cape made from rubberized silk. The cape drapes from shoulders to floor with a Renaissance hood to cover the coiffure. Matching royal blue galoshes with white fur trim shield evening slippers.
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Jeanette MacDonald
Gifts Pile Up for Greta Garbo Worldwide
Fans send more gifts to Greta Garbo than any other film star but she has never personally seen any of them. The outpouring spans the globe as admirers mail presents.
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Katherine Hepburn
Greta Garbo
Laura Gainer Janet Gaynor Born October 6 1906
The article notes actress Laura Gainer born October 6 1906 in Philadelphia and known on screen as Janet Gaynor. It describes her early job as a theater usher, nickname Lolly, and a slender five foot stature with a life in fashion and film.
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Laura Gainer
Gainer
Gaynor
Laura
Janet
Janet Gaynor
Star Lolly
Philadelphia
Joan Crawford Buys Etched Silver Sandals
Actress Joan Crawford selects etched silver open toe sandals. Made from treated kid metal with floral etching and narrow straps. Diamond studded buckles secure the foot for evening wear.
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Joan Crawford
Powell Keeps Mustache and Sports Sideburns in Film
Hollywood reports say William Powell has kept his mustache for The Last of Mrs. Cheyney and now also wears sideburns. Seventeen fans have requested the sideburns after he discards them, following forty three requests for the mustache.
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Hollywood
William Powell
Mrs. Cheyney
Screen Names from Real Life Mr Charles Mrs Charles
Myrna Loy and William Powell reportedly refer to each other as Mr Charles and Mrs Charles in private life, echoing their Thin Man characters. The nickname underscores their on screen chemistry and long running partnership.
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Myrna Loy
William Powell
Charles
Mrs. Charles
Irish Setter Show Declared In Hollywood
Hollywood studios host a dog show among stars like Clark Gable Robert Taylor Jeanette MacDonald and Robert Montgomery to crown the best Irish setter with bragging rights and rib bones as prizes.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Robert Taylor
Jeanette MacDonald
Robert Montgomery
Frank Morgan Expands Into Palm Springs Business
Frank Morgan has become a substantial Palm Springs businessman. He recently purchased a site, built a furniture store which has just opened for business, and Mrs. Morgan is operating it.
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Frank Morgan
Palms Springs
Maurie Sherman Band to Perform at Danceland Thursday
Maurie Sherman a nationally popular radio and recording band leader will play at Danceland Thursday night January 21 from 9 to 1. Frank Brookheiser notes this as the band’s first Danceland appearance after entertaining Chicago’s College Inn patrons.
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Maurie Sherman
Danceland
Frank Brookheiser
Sherman
College Inn
Chicago
Maurie
Court Hussey
Fond of Psychology Letter Cites World of Theorists
Joan Crawford has read every leading writer on psychological and psychiatric subjects. The list includes Freud Adler Jung Bleuler Henderson Gillespie and Bernar art.
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Joan Crawford
Freud
Alfred Adler
C. G. Young
Eugen Bleuter
D. K. Henderson
D. Gillespie
Bernard Art
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