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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1936
Page
16
A Saturday morning preview at the Paramount theater offered Dickens classic A Tale of Two Cities. Ronald Colman leads a strong cast including Basil Rathbone and Blanche Yurka, praised for refined acting and staging though some background players rise above mediocrity.
Two hours of entertainment offered a Herculean challenge for the typewriter and space. The page notes the coming week will feature a must see picture, drawing preview audiences who woke up yesterday morning with eagerness.
James Cagney and Pat O'Brien star in Ceiling Zero at the Iowa theater next Friday. The drama follows three war buddies in commercial aviation with action, romance, and tragedy as Cagney battles to save a love interest and dies in a deadly flight, after a fog disaster and a renewed effort to protect a friend.
Cedar Rapids patrons glimpse the new 1936 stage show Cocktails of 1936 featuring Ada Leonard and her studio at the Iowa theater for a three day engagement starting Tuesday January 21. The act boasts a large company and two baggage cars of scenic effects with stars Hal Sherman Ralph Cook Migiofie Beth Miller Vickey McNeely Tex Chapman and Irene and Martha Evatis among others.
A local program features titles including Minstrel Girls on Parade Vents Comé to Life Goddess of the Sun Dance Cigarets in the Dark A Study in Blue and White and Hi Ho for the President. On screen Another Face plays with Wallace Ford and Phyllis Brooks in the cast.
Paris Paris. A proposed bill before parliament would require French husbands to follow their wives to a new home if the law passes. Currently a wife may be divorced for leaving the legal domicile if she dislikes the house, and she cannot rent without her husband’s consent. The law would allow a wife to have her own home if she has a good reason to retire to one.
A radio publicity release notes Claudette Colbert quipping about privacy and envy of typists. It mentions Gary Cooper and a plan involving his old friend Max in Helena, Montana, and details about whether Max would move to Hollywood or stay with his family.
A dense listing of NBC CBS and WABC radio programs fills the day with organists, quartets, orchestras and talk segments across WEAF WJZ WABC WCBS and WM. It winds into movie-title changes, casting notes and industry chatter about Mae West Clark Gable and Harold Lloyd details, plus a director’s view equating artistry to legal strategy.
The Ma rimba band heads a lively Paramount stage presentation with six young Hollywood film players from West Coast studios. They recently starred in Rhumba College Rhythm and Rose of the Rancho to be released soon. The California Trio from Chicago joins, along with Harry Habata from Hawaii and Myrna Loy in Whipser. Spencer Tracy co stars in a gay romantic adventure full of excitement from start to finish.
Starting Sunday for four days the Olympic program presents two ace features at the Olympe theater. The first is 39 Steps starring Hubert Donat and Madeleine Carroll praised as far ahead of any picture this year. The second is Old Man Rhythm with Buddy Rogers Barbier Kent Bradley Grable and Blore, a buoyant musical from the Roberta producers.
Juan Hardringo and his radio famous Mexicanos Marimba band are to appear at the Paramount theater for three days starting Tuesday. The stage show titled A Night in Old Mexico features Hardrigo performing famed Mexican selections including Estrellita. The presentation promises a gay, vibrant musical program.
A brief theater schedule notes the feature Tarzan and a Mickey Mouse cartoon along with the March of Time newsreel completing the bill.
Olsen and Johnson bring Everything Happens to Iowa on Tuesday February 4 with thirty five dancers from New York’s Roxy theater and a cast including Ruth Faber Vic Hyde Caro Sisters Jimmy Hadreds and others. The one hour show promises a lively string of gags and dances alongside the feature Chatterbox with Ante Shirley.
Ronald Goliath stars in A Tale of Two Cities at the Paramount for four days starting next Friday. Featuring Ronald Colman Elizabeth Allan Edna May Oliver and Basil Rathbone the Dickens adaptation follows English and French figures through the French Revolution amid love and peril. Also on the program is the 3D short Audioscopiks hailed as a major talking picture breakthrough.
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