Escapade Leads Paramount Week Film Lineup At Local Theaters
This weekly program highlights Escapade starring William Powell at the Paramount opening today with Frank Morgan and Virginia Bruce. Alibi Ike with Joe E Brown and Grace DeHaviland plays as a first feature Friday. Becky Sharp with Miriam Hopkins continues at the Iowa through Thursday. Grace Moore visits the Iowa next Friday in Love Me Forever. Going Highbrow heads the State lineup with Zasu Pitts and Guy Kibbee accompanying Red Hot Tires.
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Paramount
Wear Poacil
Paramount 15
Joe E Browr
Albi Ike
Leslie Howard
Scarie’ Pimperney
Becky Sharp
Iowa
Miram Hopkins
Grace Moore
State Theater
Guy Kiboee Zasu
Pits
Edward Everett Horton
Tre Ra
Eaward Lowe
Jack Hicton
Merle Oberon
Love
Zasu Pitts
June Martel
Guy Kibbee
State
Joe E Brown and Leslie Howard at Paramount Friday
Joe E Brown stars in Alibi Ike at the Paramount as part of a double feature with The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon. The comedy follows Brown’s famed alibis and romantic trouble, leading to a comical finale before the adventure at the crown.
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Joe Brown
Leslie Howard
Paramount
Joe E Brown
Paramount Theater
Ring Lardner
Joe
Merle Oberon
Orezs
Freiond Durig
Ad Ventre
Ol le
Becks Sharp field ends Thursday at Iowa
Fragmented OCR text notes Becks Sharp field event ending Thursday at Iowa with scattered phrases and misread words, leaving unclear specifics about date or event details. The readable pieces suggest a sports context and location in Iowa with a closing deadline.
Going Highbrow at State a rollicking Warner comedy
State theater presents Going Highbrow a Warner Brothers comedy with Guy Kibbee Zasu Pitts Edward Everett Horton Ross Alexander June Martel and Gordon Westcott. A Kansas farmer becomes rich and his wife schemes to join New York society while a publicity man muddles affairs. Includes Soft Drinks and Sweet Music Our Gang Shrimp for a Day and Fox News.
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Warner Brothers
Guy Kibbee
Zasu Pitts
Edward Everett Horton
Ross Alexander
June Martel
Gordon Westcott
Ralph Spence
New York
Georgie Price
Sylvia Froos
Our Gang
Fox News
Becky Sharp and other standout performances in 1848 Thackeray tale
The excerpt discusses William Makepeace Thackeray's immor tal character Becky Sharp as a unique creation who climbed into London's Mayfair circles in 1848 and boasted of conversing with the dullest people. It also highlights performances by Alan Mowbray Sir Cedric Hardwicke Nigel Bruce G P Huntley Frances Dee Alison Skipworth and Billie Burke.
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Nigel Bruce
G P Huntley
Frances Dee
Alison Skipworth
Billie Burke
One More Spring and Lemon Drop Kid At Palace
Palace presents One More Spring starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter through Tuesday. Lemon Drop Kid features a fast talking con man as Damon Runyon inspired plot unfolds with humor and danger.
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Palace Screen
Janet Gaynor
Warner Baxter
Stissno
Iowa Theatre Screens Strange Love Triangle in She
The Iowa Theater schedules the screen adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's She an unusual love triangle with a metal man as the male figure and two women embodying opposing emotions. Helen Gahagan stars in the title role alongside Randolph Scott Helen MacR, Nigel Bruce and John Meriam Cooper in the cast.
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HH Rider Haggard
Iowa
Orillant
Helen Gahagan
Randloph Scott
Helen Macz
Nigel Bruce
Nobel John Meriam
Cooper
Mr Cooper’s Spectacle Pictures Dominate Screen
A producer of leading spectacle pictures has created hits such as Chang Four Feathers and King Kong. Each film is backed by a strong theme. She is another major spectacle bid, touted as Mr Cooper’s greatest achievement on the program.
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Chang
Cooper
Eskimos in Alaska Life Expectancy Studied by Doctor
Dr. Victor Levine, Creighton University, sails to Alaska to study Eskimo child health and mortality from diseases. He will visit Nome to Point Barrow villages, test for diphtheria TB and scarlet fever, and compare Eskimo and white life spans and blood pressure findings.
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Seattle
Wash
INS
Alaska
Victor E Levine
Creighton University
Omaha
United States
Levine
Meat eating linked to high blood pressure findings
Dr. Levine asserts meat consumption correlates with elevated blood pressure in the studied group. He claims Alaska is broadly habitable for settlers and projects a future population of 10 million, suggesting wide expansion and settlement potential.
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Levine
Alaska
Court House News From Linn County Ledger and Court Actions
The Linn county board of supervisors eyes upgrading the county cannon wheel as part of artil lery refurbishing while a court action involves F W Kopp and Jennie Page Kopp seeking 115 against T A Ryan and Rex Avery. A 1934 Ford cabriolet stolen from Cedar Rapids is recovered by Des Moines police. A divorce action by Frank H Gibbons against Mae D Gibbons is filed on cruelty grounds. the weapon piece may bear a maker’s name elusive to sheriff Vesely. The county reports 1014 workers earned 6784.20 in a week of relief pay.
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Mussolini
Ethiopia
Japan
China
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Bob Vesely
Linn County “Artillery
Vesely
Adolf Hitler
Frank H. Gibbons
Mae D. Gibbons
H. C. Ring
Canon City
Colo
F. W. Kopp
Jennie Page Kopp
T. A. Ryan
Rex Avery
Grace Moore Stars In New Picture at Iowa Friday
Grace Moore, star of One Night of Love, returns to the Iowa theater Friday in Love Me Forever a drama romance and music tale with Leo Carrillo. The story follows a young socialite who loses her money and rises to fame with a gambler’s help culminating on the Metropolitan Opera stage. Supporting roles are played by Michael Bartlett Robert Allen Luis Alberni and Douglas Dumbrille.
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Grace Moore
Iowa
Miss Moore
Leo Carrillo
St. Mary's
Metropolitan Opera
Michael Bartlett
Robert Allen
Luis Alberni
Douglas Dumbrille
Best Man Wins and Red Hot Tires at Rialto
Two features headline Rialto today through Tuesday. Best Man Wins pairs Edmund Lowe and Jack Holt as rival divers on opposite sides of the law with Florence Rice in the feminine lead. Red Hot Tires features Lyle Talbot and Mary Astor in a track racing thriller with car stunts by noted auto racers.
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Edmund Lowe
Jack Holt
Rialto
Florence Rice
Lyle Talbot
Mary Astor
Frankie Darro
Roscoe Karns
Mary Treen
Henry Kolker
Bradley Page
John Elliott
Eddie Sturges
al Gordon
Babe Stapp
Stubby Stubblefield
Kelly
Petillo and Clark Lead Cats and the Fiddle Showcase
Petillo and Red Clark headline a Cats and the Fiddle program alongside Pete and Dan Paolo. The show highlights a mix of performances from familiar names in a compact, family friendly evening.
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Petillo
Red Clark
Pete
Dan Paolo
Cats
Fiddle
Two Ace Features On Olympic Bill Sunday
Starting Sunday for four days the Olympic will show two ace features The Mighty Barnum stars Wallace Beery Adolphe Menjou Virginia Bruce Janet Beecher Rochelle Hudson The Crime of Helen Stanley features Ralph Bellamy Shirley Grey Gail Patrick Added comedy and news accompany the bill
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Barnum
Wallace Beery
Adolphe Menjou
Virginia Bruce
Janet Beecher
Rochelle Hudson
Helen Stanley
Ralph Bellamy
Shirley Grey
Gail Patrick
Paramount Opens Escapade Today with William Powell
Paramount debuts Escapade starring William Powell at the Paramount theater. The Vienna set romantic comedy features Luise Rainer and Virginia Bruce with Frank Morgan and Reginald Owen in supporting roles. The film blends humor and drama with musical interludes and scenes including an opera voice and a music hall number.
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Vienna
William Powell
Paramount Theater
Frank Morgan
Virginia Bruce
Luise Rainer
Mady Christians
Reginald Owen
Laura Hope Crews
Enrico Caruso
Lorraine Bridges
Hong Kong’s 1841 cession and naval role noted
Hong Kong is described as a thirty two square mile island at the Canton river mouth. It was ceded to Great Britain in 1841 after the First Opium War and noted as an important British naval base.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton River
Great Britain
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