Firemen's Ball Set For Tuesday Night At Cedar Rapids
Firemen plan a Tuesday night ball in the Memorial coliseum Cedar Rapids with 800 dancing capacity and 3000 balloons. Tickets cost 1 per couple with 25 cents for extra ladies and profits fund the firemen toy fund for Christmas. The event features Roger Graham Fl Granada orchestra Vinc StoGola and a five piece band, with continuous dancing from 3 p.m. to late.
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Hobel
Capt
Firemen’s
Wayne Pennington
Clarence Gitt
Dick Vlach
Harry Gaskill
Clarence Carter
P. Floyd Byrnes
Hanford Post
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Post
Armory
Fred Cizek
Fais
George Hobel
Station No. 2
Hobe
Roger Graham
Fl Granada
Vinc Sto- Gola
Winterset Comes to Iowa with Three Original Broadway Stars
Acclaimed by New York critics as a top season Broadway hit Winterset stars Burgess Meredith Margo and Eduardo Cianelli from the original cast. The drama follows a young man seeking to clear his father amid gang plots and mob hysteria in New York with a key witness plot thread. Also featured is Beware of Ladies with Judith Allen and Donald Cook.
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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
Judith Allen
Donald Cook
Coe Play Macbeth Announces Tentative Cast
Kent Andrews at Coe College announced a tentative Macbeth cast adapted for the Playhouse. George Nelson is set as Macbeth, with Homer McDowell as Macduff and Robertson Little as Lennox under consideration. Lady Macbeth candidates include Katherine Stark and De Elda Smith, with Marian Dougan or Stark as Lady Macduff. total cast 29 with ten women and nineteen men.
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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
Ent
Zukor Jubilee To Be Celebrated By Outstanding Films
Adolph Zukor marks twenty five years in film with Paramounts four month Jubilee starting January 1937. Cedar Rapids Paramount theater leads nationwide celebration featuring Maid of Salem, The Plainsman, Waikiki Wedding, Swing High Swing Low and High Wide and Handsome with top stars Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Bing Crosby Carole Lombard Irene Dunne Randolph 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 a $1,000 cash offer for his old roadster the St Valentine gift from Carole Lombard. The car, valued under $300, carries equipment added by Gable, who says he has received several offers from dealers to swap the roadster for a new car for advertising and souvenir purposes.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
St. Valentine’s
Carole Lombard
Clark
Celebrities Develop Queer Quirks
A backstage peek at how famous writers and directors work. Rodgers and Hart write best in taxi rear compartments while Max Reinhardt avoids mornings and composes after 8 p.m. Thomas Wolfe writes in longhand with ledgers. Joe Cook works in a self built New Jersey house with a beer spigot door. Cornelia Otis Skinner favors train trips and chugging sounds. Moss Hart writes from midnight to 3 a.m. with a blindfolded quiet mood.
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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 Seidel to Appe ar Thursday Concert
Toscha Seidel the renowned Russian violinist will perform the third number of the Community Concert series at St. Paul’s church Thursday at 8 15 p m Admission is by membership ticket Seidel has long been celebrated for his virtuosity and rounds of tours and broadcasts with notable ties to Heifetz Brahms and Auer lineage.
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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 to Play Here January 28 at Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids hosts Paul Whiteman and his 28 member ensemble for an all dance program at the Memorial Coliseum. The show features Ramona and Judy Kanova and runs from 9 PM to 1 AM with advance tickets at local shops and box office sales beginning January 21.
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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 Royal Blue Upon Fashionable Silk
Jeanette MacDonald purchases a formal rain cape made of rubberized silk in royal blue. The cape drapes floor length with a Renaissance hood designed to cover the hairstyle, while matching royal blue galoshes with white fur trim protect evening slippers.
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Jeanette MacDonald
Gifts Arrive for Greta Garbo From Fans Worldwide
Fans from across the world send more gifts to Greta Garbo than to any other film star, though the star has never seen any of them.
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Greta Garbo
Laura Gainer: Janet Gaynor’s christening and early life
The piece explains Janet Gaynor’s birth name Laura Gainer and nickname Lolly. It notes she was born October 6 1906 in Philadelphia and worked as a theater usher before fame. It mentions her height five feet and age about thirty and hints at her fashion habits and screen career start.
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Laura Gainer
Gainer
Gaynor
Laura
Janet
Janet Gaynor
Star Lolly
Philadelphia
Joan Crawford Picks Etched Silver Sandals
Joan Crawford selects etched silver open toe sandals featuring floral design on metal treated kid. Narrow straps fasten with diamond studded buckles, completing her evening footwear.
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Joan Crawford
Powell Mustache Sparking Fan Requests For Sideburns
Hollywood reports show actor William Powell has inspired fans to seek his facial hair. Forty three requests for his now discarded mustache appeared for The Last of Mrs Cheyney. Seventeen more requests seek his sideburns as he keeps the mustache and adds sideburns.
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Hollywood
William Powell
Mrs. Cheyney
Screen spouses Myrna Loy and William Powell mock private Mr and Mrs Charles
In private life Myrna Loy and William Powell address each other as Mr Charles and Mrs Charles, the names of their famous Thin Man characters, revealing playful banter between the two screen stars.
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Myrna Loy
William Powell
Charles
Mrs. Charles
Irish Setter Show At Studios Sparks Dog Rivalry
In Hollywood the Irish setter is the favored studio dog with stars like Clark Gable Robert Taylor Jeanette MacDonald and Robert Montgomery planning a dog show to crown the best. Each claims his setter is superior and brings bones as proof.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Robert Taylor
Jeanette MacDonald
Robert Montgomery
Actor Into 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 Heads to Danceland Thursday Night
Maurie Sherman, a nationally known radio recording and dance band leader, will perform at Danceland on Thursday January 21 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. This marks the orchestra’s first Danceland appearance after years at Chicago’s College Inn. The group plays sweet hot swing and rhythm numbers led by Sherman a noted violinist director and composer. Court Hussey’s band will play tonight at Danceland.
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Maurie Sherman
Danceland
Frank Brookheiser
Sherman
College Inn
Chicago
Maurie
Court Hussey
Fond of Psychology Joan Crawford Read Many Thinkers
Joan Crawford has explored major psychologists and writers including Freud Adler Jung Bleuler Henderson Gillespie and Bernard. The note lists influences across psychoanalytic and psychiatric theory.
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Joan Crawford
Freud
Alfred Adler
C. G. Young
Eugen Bleuter
D. K. Henderson
A D. Gillespie
Bernard Art
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