Career to Open Friday at the Iowa Theatre
The Iowa theater will premiere Career next Friday with a vivid Hawkeye state tale. Cast includes Anne Shirley Edward Ellis Alice Eden John Archer and Samuel Hinds Janet Beecher Leon Errol Raymond Hatton. The film follows a 1931 bank collapse and Ellis’s fight against mob pressure while balancing domestic ties and bank restoration. Street of Missing Men and March of Time are shown as companions.
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Iowa
Phil Stong
Hawkeye State
Anne Shirley
Edward Ellis
Alice Eden
John Archer
Ellis
Samuel Hinds
Janet Beecher
Leon Errol
Raymond Hatton
Charles Bickford
Harry Carey
Tommy Ryan
Mabel Todd
Guvin Williams
MacMurray Dunne In Fight Picture At Paramount
Paramount presents Invitation to Happiness starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray with Charlie Ruggles Billy Cook and Marion Martin. MacMurray plays a prizefighter guided by Ruggles who falls for Collier’s daughter Irene Dunne and marries. he pursues boxing glory causing strain.
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Paramount Theater
Paramount
Irene Dunne
Fred MacMurray
Charlie Ruggles
Billy Cook
William Collier, Jr
Marion Martin
Charlie
Collier
Fred
Irene
Women in the Wind thrills Kay Francis in Paramount debut
Kay Francis stars in Women in the Wind at Paramount with William Gargan as aviators chase a transcontinental women’s air derby. The plot follows a flyer who returns from retirement to win prize money enabling surgery for her paralyzed brother, with Eve Arden and Sheila Bromley also in the cast.
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Warner Brothers
Kay Francis
William Gargan
Paramount Theater
Victor Jory
Maxie Rosenbloom
Eve Arden
Sheila Bromley
Charlie Chan
Quick Divorce
Reno
Sidney Toler
Ricardo Cortez
Bells Brooks
Slim Summerville
Ellen Drew stars in racing romance with Kentucky stable
The film centers on Ellen Drew as a gentlewoman who inherits a racing stable in Kentucky. Raftie casts the bookie head, and Hugh Herbert provides comic relief as the friend. The plot follows George and his allies as racing fortunes rise and fall leading to a broke end.
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Lovely Ellen Drew
Old
Kentucky
Hugh Herebert
Zast Pitts
Raftie Castee
George
Hugh Herbert
Ed Sullivan
America
New York City
Barton MacLane
Tom Brown
Eve Arden
Jack LaRue
Frank Jenks
Walter Woolf King
Shirley Temple Stars in Susannah of the Mounties at State
Shirley Temple headlines Susannah of the Mounties a Northwest tale of Mounties versus Indians showing through Wednesday at the State theater. She plays the sole survivor of an Indian massacre adopted by a Mountie as ROMANCE with Randolph Scott Margaret Lockwood. Also features Martin Good Rider and a large cast including J Farrell MacDonald Maurice Moscovich Victor Jory. The Bulldog Drummond mystery Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police screens as companion.
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Old Northwest
Shirley Temple
Susannah
The
State Theater
Shirley
Randolph Scott
Margaret Lockwood
Martin Good Rider
Hollywood
J Farrell MacDonald
Maurice Moscovich
Victor Jory
Secret Police
John Howard
Heather Angel
H. B. Warner
Reginald Denny
E. E. Clive Head
Mystery Story Is Rialto Headliner
The screen version of Hugh Wiley tales opens at the Rialto with Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong the detective. Grant Withers Maxine Jennings Evelyn Brent also star. Co feature is Rough Riders Roundup with Roy Rogers. Includes Flying G Men chapter and a Donald Duck cartoon.
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Hugh Wiley
Collier's Magazine
Rialto Theater
Boris Karloff
Mr. Wong
Grant Withers
Maxine Jennings
Evelyn Brent
Rough Riders
Roy Rogers
Donald Duck
Huckleberry Finn at Palace Stars Rooney in Whimsical Show
Mickey Rooney leads in Huckleberry Finn at the Palace with Walter Connolly William Frawley Lynne Carver and Jo Ann Sayers in supporting roles. The film plays today through Wednesday as the leading feature with a second feature Twelve Crowded Hours starring Richard Dix and Lucille Ball in present day New York melodrama.
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Huckleberry Finn
Mickey Rooney
Mark Twain
Huck Finn
Mickey
Walter Connolly
William Frawley
Lynne Carver
Jo Ann Sayers
Palace Theater
Richard Dix
New York
Lucille Ball
Recall Used In Continental Congress History
During the Continental Congress era Pennsylvania delegates refused to sign the Declaration of Independence and were recalled, with other delegates sent in to replace them. The episode marks an early use of recall in American politics and reflects the contested path to independence.
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Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
Fay Bainter Stars in The Lady and the Mob at Iowa Theater
Fay Bainter appears in The Lady and the Mob at the Iowa on Tuesday after her Jezebel Oscar win. Ida Lupino co stars in the comedy with Lee Bowman and Warren Hymer among the cast. the feature Racketeers of the Range stars George O’Brien with Marjorie Reynolds.
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Fay Bainter
Ida Lupino
Iowa
Lee Bowman
Warren Hymer
Henry Armetta
Tom Dugan
George O'Brien
Marjorie Reynolds
Screen Week At Local Theaters With Big Names
Arthur credits reveal John Archer and Alice Eden in Career at low n. Joan Blondell with Melvyn Douglas in Good Girls Go to Paris. Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray star in Invitation to Happiness at Paramount. The Lady's From Kentucky opens at State with Hugh Herbert Zasu Pitts George Raft Ellen Drew. Ida Lupino co stars with Fay Bainter in Lady and the Mob. Jack Benny and Dorothy Lamour in Man About Town at Paramount. Shirley Temple Randolph Scott and Margaret Lockwood lead Susannah of the Mounties at State.
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Joan Blondell
Melvyn Douglas
Paris
the Lown
Paramount
Irene Dunne
Fred MacMurray
State Theater
Kentucky
Hugh Herbert
Zasu Pitts
George Raft
Ellen Drew
Fay Bainter
Ida Lupino
Jack Benny
Dorothy Lamour
Paramount Theater
Shirley Temple
Randolph Scott
Margaret Lockwood
State
Weeds as Helpful Allies in Garden Humus Creation
A gardening column argues weeds can aid soil health if left in place to decompose. It recommends cutting weeds near the surface to let roots stay, forming humus that improves friability and water retention, while noting high humus content but low plant value.
Weeds as mulch and egg shell soil aid in gardens
The article notes weeds can protect and mulch shaded ground while avoid crab grass. Dried eggshells are praised as a soil corrective, especially with lime-loving plants. It advises saving shells to mix with soil and suggests letting Madonna lilies rest bulbs over summer, then replanting in September.
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Madonna
Lady's From Kentucky to Open at State Theatre
The film stars George Raft and Ellen Drew in a Paramount romantic drama set at the race track. Raft plays a small time gambler who, through a twist of circumstance, becomes involved in a racing world tale of risk and romance.
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Hollywood
George Raft
Ellen Drew
Paramount
Kentucky
State Theater
George
Ancient Kusham coin found in Southern Rhodesia
A bronze coin discovered in the Inyanga district of Southern Rhodesia is identified by British museum experts as from the Kusham dynasty of northwest India. The obverse bears Kusham, ruler of Havishka, flourishing about 150 A D. No local Indians are known to have imported it, leaving how the coin arrived a mystery for archaeologists.
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Salisbury
S. Rhodesia
INS
Inyanga
Rhodesia
British Museum
Kusham
North-West
India
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