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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1936

Page

12

Theatre programs feature star lineup at Paramount Iowa and State

Upper left Herbert Marshall and Gertrude Michael star in Till We Meet Again on the Paramount program starting Tuesday. Also on the Iowa double bill Frances Grant Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond appear in Born to Fight starting Tuesday. Dracula's Daughter with Irving Pichel and Gloria Holden opens at the State Saturday. Center John Howard and Frances Farmer lead Border Flight on the State program. Lower right Shirley Temple leads Poor Little Rich Girl coming to the Paramount Friday. Bottom Joe E Brown arrives at the Iowa Friday in Earthworm Tractors with June Travis and Guy Kibbee in supporting roles.

Herbert Marshall Gertrude Michael Paramount Theater Frances Grant Frankie Darro Kane Richmond Iowa Irving Pichel Gloria Holden State Theater John Howard Frances Farmer Shirley Temple Joe E. Brown June Travis Guy Kibbee

Earthworm Tractors at the Iowa with Joe E Brown

Joe E Brown stars as Alexander Botts in Earthworm Tractors at the Iowa next Friday with adventurous gags and slapstick. The farcical comedy features Botts amid wild tractor demonstrations and a deafness cure turning into a sale bonanza, alongside The Final Hour with Ralph Bellamy and Marguerite Churchill.

Joe E. Brown Earthworm Tractors Iowa Alexander Botts Ralph Bellamy Marguerite Churchill

Shirley Temple in Poor Little Rich Girl heads to Paramount

Fox Studios brings Shirley Temple with a strong supporting cast including Alice Faye Gloria Stuart Jack Haley Michael Whalen Jane Darwell Claude Gillingwater and Henry Armetta in a New York tale of wealth youth and mistaken exile. The plot follows a bored heiress who wanders the city and befriends an organ grinder while melodramatic twists unfold toward a surprising ending.

Fox Studios Shirley Temple Paramount Theater Alice Faye Gloria Stuart Jack Haley Michael Whalen Jane Darwell Claude Gillingwater Henry Armetta Shirley New York Tony

Rome Now Has Fewer Citizens Than In AD 27

A historical note contrasts Rome's current population with ancient times noting the city has fewer inhabitants today than two millennia ago. The fact highlights demographic shifts across eras and emphasizes long term urban change.

Rome

Dangerous Waters Opens Rialto Double Bill Today

A three day engagement at the Rialto features Danger ous Waters with Jack Holt as a freighter captain and a convincing sea storm. Supporting cast includes Grace Bradley Robert Armstrong Diana Gibson Ed Gargan Guy Usher. The second feature Lonely Trail stars John Wayne with Ann Rutherford. Also a comedy news and Cats and the Fiddle in the program.

Rialto Pacific Jack Holt Grace Bradley Robert Armstrong Diana Gibson Ed Gargan Guy Usher John Wayne Ann Rutherford

Palace Presents Al Jolson In The Singing Kid Today

Al Jolson stars in The Singing Kid at the Palace through Wednesday. The musical drama blends humor and pathos with color, romance, and two specialty numbers featuring dancing girls. Cast includes Sybil Jason Allen Jenkins Claire Dodd Cab C very and others.

al Jolson Singing Kid Palace Sybil Jason Allen Jenkins Claire Dodd Yacht Club Boys Cab Cr’ S Way Edward Everett Horton Peggy Conklin Laura Hope Crews Elizabeth Patterson

Monday Forecast Promises Sudden Adventure and Change

The article foresees a day of great and abrupt adventure driven by planetary configurations. It notes a momentous year ahead for those born on this day, with a decisive shift in life affairs. A child born now may show talent, creativity, ambition, and potential for wide travel and prominence.

William S Hart Wealthy Ranch Retired From Screen Fame

NEWHALL Calif AP two gun film star William S Hart presides over 200 rugged acres near Newhall with a white hillside mansion. Once earning millions, he retired after 1929 slump and now spends time directing his ranch managing horses and writing. He has five to seven men helping, a sister living with him, and a son in Santa Monica. Next week Ty Cobb report.

Newhall Calif William S. Hart Hollywood Hart New York Mary East Fritz Cash Hawkins Winifred Westover William S., Jr Santa Monica

Don Redman and His Orchestra at Cedar Park Wednesday

One of America’s finest Negro dance bands Don Redman and his orchestra direct from Connie’s inn New York City will appear at the Cedar Park ballroom Wednesday evening. Sixteen recording and broadcasting artists feature the unusual in dance music with solos glee club and novelties plus instrumental soloists and master showmanship.

America Don Redman Connie’s Inn New York City Cedar Park Ballroom al Sky Freddie Mauck Station WO Bob Snyder Billie Waite Cavaliers Dana Bushong Joe Cullen

Border Flight Review At State Theater

A Coast Guard themed air adventure with a two aviator triangle and a rescue by the reforming rogue who dives into a fiery end to save others. John Howard leads a cast as the ace, with a stylish display of sky scenes and wisecracking humor to lift the mild plot.

Coast Guard Border Flight State Theater Coast Guards Mercury John Howad Grant

Withers and Farmer Shine in Half Angel Double Feature

The review highlights Withers and Frances Farmer as bright new screen presences. The second feature combines comedy and mystery in Half Angel with Charles Butterworth Frances Dee and Brian Donlevy in the cast.

Herbert Marshall Leads Paramount Dual Feature Tuesday

Paramount theater lists two features for Tuesday. The No 1 film Till We Meet Again stars Herbert Marshall and Gertrude Michael with Lionel Atwill Rod La Rocque and Julia Faye. The second film Gentle Julia features Jane Withers Tom Brown Marsha Hunt.

Paramount Theater Herbert Marshall Gertrude Michael Lionel Atwill Rod la Rocque Julia Faye Julia Jane Withers Tom Brown Marsha Hunt Booth Tarkington

Books of Biography Added to Library

A list of new biographies added to the library features Igor Schweroff’s Russian Somersault about a dancer’s rise from wealth to poverty and escape to Manchuria in 1930, Karl Ludwig Schleich’s Those Were Good Days, Adolf Lorenz’s My Life and Work, and other works on Galsworthy, Togo, H. A. W. Tabor, Romany life, and women writers including Margaret Lawrence.

Igor Schweroff St. Petersburg Igor Manchuria Karl Ludwig Schleich Germany Schleich Virchow Dehmel Strindberg Adolf Lorenz Lorenz America Chicago New York City John Galsworthy H. V. Marrot Galsworthy Gilbert Murray Edward Garnett Japan Togo the Tabors L. C. Gandy H. A. W. Tabor Leadville Denver Tabor Gipsy Petulengro George Borrow England Margaret Lawrence Mary Wollstonecraft Jane Austen the Brontes George Eliot Olive Schreiner Katharine Brush Rose Macaulay Dorothy Canfield Fisher Ruth Suckow Edith Wharton Katherine Mansfield Willa Cather Clemence Dane Virginia Woolf

regional meat consumption concentrates in northeastern states

One third of the nation’s meat supply is consumed in eleven states led by Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware and Maryland.

States Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland

Born To Fight Leads Iowa Twin Bill On Tuesday

The Iowa opens a new double feature Tuesday headlined by Peter B Kyne’s Born to Fight starring Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond. The film follows a fighter and his manager through epic wins and defeats, with a cast including Jack La Rue Frances Grant and Sheila Manors. The Last Journey co feature follows a train bound for Manchester with a cast of travelers facing peril aboard.

Peter B. Kyne Frankie Darro Kane Richmond Iowa Jack la Rue Frances Grant Sheila Manors Manchester

State To Show Dracula's Daughter At State Theater

The State theater opens Dracula's Daughter next Saturday. Gloria Holden stars as Dracula's daughter who roams the screen in search of victims aided by Otto Kruger Marguerite Churchill Irving Pichel and Edward Van Sloan. The film follows her eerie heritage and includes a psychiatrist as she confronts her past. The companion feature is Give Us This Night starring Gladys Swarthout and Jan Kiepura.

State Dracula Gloria Holden Otto Kruger Marguerite Churchill Irving Pichel Edward van Sloan Jeffrey Garth Gladys Swarthout Jan Kiepura

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