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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1938

Page

17

Miss George’s New Picture Opens at Paramount Tuesday

Dear edition notes three day run at the Paramount featuring Miss George in her first screen comedy role with Franchot Tone and Gladys George. The plot involves an actress forced to care for two orphans after a press agent’s stunt. Tone and Morgan chase a resolution while an innkeeper justice of the peace forces a marriage to settle the caper. Also shows Change of Heart with Gloria Stuart.

Paramount Theater Gladys George Franchot Tone Ted Healy Miss George Tone Ralph Morgan Morgan New York Mickey Rooney Frank Jenks Virginia Weidler Barnett Parker Gloria Stuart

Paul Muni and Bette Davis To Star At Iowa Theater

Stars Paul Muni and Bette Davis, recent Academy Award winners, headline a program at the Iowa theater next Friday. The duo, known for The Life of Emile Zola and Marked Woman, will co star in screenings that celebrate their acclaimed film careers.

Paul Muni Bette Davis Iowa Emile Zola Iowa Theater

Stars Line Up For Theaters In City Showings

Co stars Charles Boyer and Claudette Colbert headline Tovarich at the Paramount theater. Blackstone the magician and two assistants prepare for a three day engagement at the town theater starting Tuesday. Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern pose in She's Got Everything at the Iowa theater. Fredric March as pirate king appears with Franciska Gaal in The Buccaneer at the Paramount theater next Friday. Penny Singleton and Sammy White appear in Swing Your Lady at the New State theater. Barbara Stanwyck and Anne Shirley with John Boles star Stella Dallas opening at the New State theater Friday.

Charles Boyer Claudette Colert Paramount Theater Blackstone Alll Gene Raymond Ann Sothern Iowa Theater Pirate King Fredric March Franciska Gaal Penny Singleton Sammy White New State Theater Valentine Barbara Stanwyck Anne Shirley John Boles

Borntown road film to hit theaters next Friday

The co starring picture Bor dertown based on Carroll Graham's novel portrays life in a border town with night clubs and gambling frequented by American millionaires and bored society women. The co feature Mama Runs Wild stars Mary Boland and Ernest Truex as a housewife with political dreams thwarted by a henpecked husband. The late March of Time Inside Nazi Germany will also be shown.

Bordertown Carroll Graham Mary Boland Ernest Truex Nazi Germany

Easy Living at the Palace today and Tuesday

A smart comedy featuring Jean Arthur Ray Milland and Edward Arnold shows today at the Palace about a stenographer who gains a sable coat and is wooed by luxury until she must face money issues. Laurel and Hardy present Way Out West as the companion feature with rapid-fire humor.

Jean Arthur Ray Milland Edward Arnold Palace Screen Laurel and Hardy Stan Ollie

Stella Dallas Opens at New State Friday

The Samuel Goldwyn drama Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck in the title role starts Friday at the New State theater for one week, presenting a tense story of a mother who sacrifices for her child.

Samuel Goldwyn Barbara Stanwyck New State Theater

Stella Dallas and Forbidden Valley Play at Local Theatres

The article reviews Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles, detailing Stanwyck as the glamorous Stella Dallas and Boles as her husband Stephen Dallas. Anne Shirley is cast as the daughter, with Alan Hale adding humor as Ed Munn. The companion feature Forbidden Valley stars Noah Beery Jr and Frances Robinson with Samuel S. Hinds and Robert Barrat in a Western action narrative.

Miss Stanwyck John Boles Stephen Dallas Anne Shirley Alan Hale Ed Munn Stella Dallas Forbidden Valley Noah Beery, Jr Frances Robinson Samuel S. Hinds Robert Barrat

Anson Weeks to Play at Danceland February 10

Walter Winchell popularized the catch line but Anson Weeks will lead the orchestra at Danceland on Thursday February 10 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Local dancers can decide if Weeks has the appeal. The band performs tonight at Danceland.

Anson Weeks Danceland Walter Winchell Anson Weeks

Carl Nebbe and His Band Dance Night

Carl Nebbe and his band will perform a dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the venue.

Carl Nebbe

Tovarich Brings Thrilling Story To Paramount Theater

The film adaptation of the world famous stage comedy Tovarich plays at the Paramount Theater. Claudette Colbert stars as a grand duchess and Charles Boyer as her prince husband, nobles driven to Paris by the Soviet Revolution with 40 billion francs in a Paris bank. Basil Rathbone appears as the Soviet commissar seeking the fortune.

Basil Rathbone Paris

Pictures Of Panay Bombing On Triple Program At Rialto

The Rialto runs a three film bill through Tuesday headlined by Pictures Of Panay Bombing, the era’s famed incident image. No. 2 is The Big Shot starring Guy Kibbee Cora Witherspoon Dorothy Moore and Gordon Jones. Buck Jones stars in Hollywood Roundup a film within a film exposing backstage happenings.

Panay Rialto U. S Guy Kibbee Cora Witherspoon Dorothy Moore Gordon Jones Kibbee Buck Jones Hollywood

Swing Your Lady at New State theater blends hillbilly and romance

A lively mixture of hillbilly music modern swing dancing comedy and wrestling drama plays at the New State theater. Nat Pendleton Louise Fazenda Humphrey Bogart and Penny Singleton are featured with Donald Woods in The Black Doll as the second feature. The plot follows a stormy sequence at the country home of Nelson Rood in Missouri.

New State Theater New York Ozark Mountain Country Nat Pendleton Louise Fazenda Miss Fazenda Pendleton Missouri Humphrey Bogart Iowa Hollywood Reagan Associated Press Penny Singleton Cookie Bogart Donald Woods Topnotch Nelson Rood

Three Murders and Attempted Murder Feature in Movietone Reel

By C Henry Gordon a Movietone news reel frames a night of lightning thunder and torrential rain as the backdrop for three cold blooded murders and an attempted murder. The reel completes the program with dramatic weather and crime footage.

C. Henry Gordon Movietone J.N

Blackstone the Magician Opens Week at Iowa Theater

Blackstone, famed illusionist, headlines the Iowa theater for three days beginning Tuesday February 1. He brings assistants, props, and dramatic illusions such as the floating light, a canary vanish, a pierced woman, a buzz saw act, and a disappearing girl, plus screen feature Crash ing Hollywood with Lee Tracy and Joan Woodbury.

Blackstone Iowa Theater Hollywood Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Tracy Miss Woodbury

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