Theaters to Open With Sothern Cooper Comedians
This week at the Iowa theater a trio of major features debuts. She's Got Everything stars Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond with Victor Moore and Parkyakarkus in supporting roles. Boy of The Streets presents Jackie Cooper and Maureen O Connor in a social drama about tenement life and youth along with Kathleen Burke and Marjorie Main. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in Free and Easy add a further attraction.
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Iowa
Ann Sothern
Gene Raymond
Hollywood
Victor Moore
Helen Brotheric
Parkyakarkus
Billy Gilbert
Jackie Cooper
Maureen O'Connor
Chuck
Blackie
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Swing Your Lady at the State Friday Hillbilly Comedy
Warner Brothers farce comed y about a big time wrestling outfit that travels through Ozarks hillbilly spots and gets taken for a sleigh ride. The film is described as a complete novelty in hillbilly humor and is shown at the New State theater starting Friday.
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Warner Brothers
New State Theater
Swing Your Lady and The Black Doll in Universal pairing
Louise Fazenda stars as a lady blacksmith and wrestler in Swing Your Lady with vaudeville favorites the Weaver Brothers and Elviry alongside Humphrey Bogart and Penny Singleton. The companion feature The Black Doll from Universal Crime Club stars Donald Woods Nan Grey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Fazenda
Weaver Brothers
Elviry
Humphrey Bogart
Frank McHugh
Nat Pendelton
Penny Singleton
Alen Jenkins
Dutch” Regan
Jerome and Scholl
Bobby Connolly
Donald Woods
Nan Grey
C. Henry Gordon
Edgar Kennedy
Doris Lloyd
Ben Bernie Walter Winchell At War In Paramount Feature
Ben Bernie and Walter Winchell star in a Paramount musical tease titled Love and Hisses. The plot centers on managing singer Simone Simon and a publicity scheme that backfires as Winchell uncovers the ruse. Supporting cast includes Bert Lahr Joan Davis Dick Baldwin Ruth Terry Douglas Fowley Chick Chandler with songs by Gordon Revel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Paramount Theater
Simone Simon
Bert Lahr
Joan Davis
Dick Baldwin
Ruth Terry
Douglas Fowley
Chick Chandler
Gordon
Revel
Pollock
Mitchell
Raymond Scott
Zeno
Irwin
Paris
Simone
Bernie
Winchell
Grantland Rice
Paramount News
Story Of Doughboys In Siberia At Rialto Twin Bill
The Rialto shows three American soldiers in Siberia during World War I in Three Legionaires with Robert Armstrong Fifi D Orsay Annie Nagel and Lyle Talbot. The comedy follows doughboys who believe the war continues after peace. Also playing is Dick Foran in Empty Holsters with assorted comedy shorts.
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Siberia
Rialto Theater
Robert Armstrong
Fifi D'Orsay
Annie Nagel
Lyle Talbot
Dick Foran
Katz Kittens Set for Danceland Thursday Night Engagement
Al Katz and his Kittens perform at Danceland Thursday from 9 to 1 amid a Broad Way style swing program. The outfit has a three year Hollywood restaurant run and a year at the Roseland ballroom, with coast-to-coast NBC radio features. Ralph Slade and his band also play Danceland tonight from 9 to 1.
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al Katz
Danceland
Broadway
Hollywood
Roseland Ballroom
NBC
Katz
Ralph Slade
Hepburn Tops Palace Two Feature Bill With Stage Door
Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers lead Stage Door at the Palace alongside Adolph Menjou. The play’s New York boarding house setting follows stage struck girls and their turbulent ambitions. Second feature Make Way For Tomorrow explores three generations living under one roof and family squabbles turning to comedy.
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Katharine Hepburn
Ginger Rogers
Adolph Menjou
Palace
Edna Ferber
George S. Kaufman
New York
Wise Girl and Other Screen Highlights at Local Theaters
The excerpt previews several films and performers: Miriam Hopkins co stars with Ray Milland in Wise Girl at the town theater. Simone Simon stirs trouble in Love and Hisses with Ben Bernie and Walter Winchell at the Paramount. Mae West leads Every Day's A Holiday at the New State. the Iowa theater program opens with No Time To Marry starring Richard Arlen and Mary Astor. Betty Grable headlines Thrill Of A Lifetime at the Paramount. Swing Your Lady opens Friday at the New State featuring the Weaver brothers Elviry Humphrey Bogart and Louise Fazenda.
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Miriam Hopkins
Ray Milland
Tawn
Simone Simon
Ben Bernie
Walter Winchell
Paramount
New State
Mae West
Iowa
Richard Arlen
Mary Astor
Betty Grable
Weaver Brothers
Elviry
Humphrey Bogart
Louise Fazenda
Notable Cast Members Named in Film Ensemble
The page highlights a film featuring Victor Moore Fay Bainter Beulah Bondi and Thom as Mitchell in the cast. It notes these actors are part of the ensemble tied to the production.
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Victor Moore
Fay Bainter
Beulah Bondi
Thomas Mitchell
Blackstone to Open in Iowa With New 1 001 Wonders
World famed magician Blackstone brings an all new show to the Iowa theater for a three day engagement starting Tuesday February 1. He presents baffling tricks including the Floating Light Globe Ghost Handkerchief and Sawing a Girl in Half with a buzz saw. His Vanishing Horse illusion features a Arabian stallion vanishing before the audience. A film on the program is Crashing Hollywood starring Lee Tracy and Joan Woodbury.
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Blackstone
Iowa Theater
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Lee Tracy
Joan Woodbury
McGowan and Miss Astor to marry in Christ Church
The prominent social couple McGowan and Miss Astor, known as the newspaper’s crack sob-sister duo, are scheduled to wed at Christ Church. The wedding is greatly anticipated by society columns and readers alike.
Christmas Goat Capers Amid Wedding Plans
Perry and a Boston heiress vanish into a nutty pursuit as a city editor orders two goats for a Christmas present. Perry seizes a goat from the zoo, dodges jail, and teams with his sweetheart in a zany caper filled with comic misadventures. William Hall and Anne Nagel lead the cast in a light, holiday comedy.
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Eleanor Winthrop
Miss Dale
Boston
Perry
William Hall
Anne Nagel
Dean Jagger
Steffi Dunn
Ward Bond
George Meeker
No Time To Marry Leads Double Bill At Iowa Theater
A new all laugh comedy No Time To Marry comes to the Iowa theater Tuesday featuring Richard Arlen Mary Astor and Lionel Stander. Perry Brown a star reporter on the Daily Blade pursues a missing heiress while awaiting his wedding with the paper’s crack girl reporter as chaos unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Richard Arlen
Mary Astor
Lionel Stander
Perry Brown
Arlen
The
Daily Blade
Kay
Mae West Headline And Casts Shine In Every Day’s A Holiday
Mae West anchors a double bill at the New State in Every Day’s A Holiday where a strong supporting cast elevates the farce set in old New York. Charles Butterworth, Charles Winninger, Walter Cattlett, Edmund Lowe lead a lineup that includes Boris Karloff in The Invisible Menace, with Craven delivering a stage role reprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae West
New State Theater
West Pictures
Miss West
New York City
Charles Butterworth
Charles Winninger
Walter Catlett
Edmund Lowe
la Belle West
Brooklyn Bridge
Herman Bing
Chester Conklin
Boris Karloff
Karloff
Eddie Craven
New York
T. C
Thrill of a Lifetime heads Paramount Tuesday features
A leading Paramount feature blends comedy by the Yacht Club Boys Judy Canova and Ben Blue with songs by Frederick Hollander and Sam Coslow. Romance stars Eleanor Whitney Johnny Downs Betty Grable Leif Erickson and Buster Crabbe with Dorothy Lamour dance by the Fanchonettes and additional acts by Zeke Canova Anna Canova Tommy Wonder and Franklin Pangborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Smiths
Paramount Theater
Yacht Club Boys
Judy Canova
Ben Blue
Frederick Hollander
Sam Coslow
Eleanor Whitney
Johnny Downs
Betty Grable
Leif Erickson
Buster Crabbe
Dorothy Lamour
Fanchonettes
Zeke
Anna Canova
Tommy Wonder
Franklin Pangborn
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Hopkins millAano
Walter Abel YE
Henry Stephenson
Liberty
Jack Holt
Katherine de Mille
Tewa
NEC
cBs
Ernie Falmquist
MIS Victor Recording Orchestra
Quasic Gors
NTS
WMT
MTR A
Hepburn Barney Rogers
Gaic Patrick
Constance Collier
Andrea Leeds
Samuel S. Hinds
America
Bealsh Bendi
Pla
Hadassah
Pegsy Fuller
Paramount Feature
Rialto
Rial
DOT
Thomas McCarthy
Hepburn
Palace Theater
Wowsah
Casanova
Bert Labre
Twentieth Century-Fox
Qe ES Lin
Bere Winchell- Berni Simone Simon
Lafayette Cafe
2Nd Ave. SE
Charlize
Walter Catlett Musketeer
Norman Ble
Master of Hoerrer
Warner Bros
Ssrie Menace
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