Barrymore shines in political drama The Washington Masquerade
Lionel Barrymore delivers a sweeping performance as a Kansas senator in The Washington Masquerade. The film probes patriotic duty amid political pressure under Capitol Dome shadows. The program also features The Engineers Daughter as a light capper with a Mickey Mouse cartoon and Pathe news.
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Abrham Lincoln
Benedict Arnold
Nathan Hale
Washington
Barrymore
Capitol
Senate
Yesteryear
Pathe News
Wynne Gibson And Barrymore Drawing Cards
Wynne Gibson stars in The Strange Case of Clara Deane at State theater with Pat O'Brien Frances Dee also in key roles. Lionel Barrymore leads The Washington Masquerade at Paramount in a political intrigue tale with Karen Morley and Nils Asther. Buck Jones headlines South of the Rio Grande at Rialto with nonstop Western action.
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Cedar Rapids
Wynne Gibson
Clara Deane
Miss Gibson
Pat O’brien
Frances Dee
Lionel Barrymore
Washington
Paramount
Karen Morley
Nils Asther Sup
Barrymore
Rialto Theater
Buck Jones
Rio Grande
Wayne King Band To Play At Electric Park Tuesday
Wayne King and his band, famed as the Waltz King, will perform at Electric Park ballroom in Waterloo on Tuesday, July 19, one night only, arranged with Music Corporation of America. They will also play at Maquoketa on July 23. The group is known nationwide for radio broadcasts and hits like The Waltz You Saved For Me and Beautiful Love. King, a renowned saxophonist, director, and composer, recently wrote Goofus. The piece has sparked nation wide attention.
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Wayne King
Waltz King
Electric Park Ballroom
Waterloo
Music Corporation of America
Mr. King
Lakehurst
Maquoketa
Wayne
Love
America
China
Africa
Grand Hotel road show set for State Theater
The film Grand Hotel with Greta Garbo John Barrymore Joan Crawford and Wallace Beery is booked as a road show at the State Theater for July 27 and 28 with matinee daily and one evening performance. All seats are reserved. The film features Garbo as Grusinskaya Barrymore as Baron von Gaigern Beery plays the invalid Kringelein with Lionel Barrymore in a key role.
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Grand Hotel
State
Greta Gerbo
John Barrymore
Joan Craw
Wallace Beery
Lionelore
Grusinskaya
Eugenie Leontovich
Miss Garbo
Baron von Gaigern
Lionel
Kringelein
Buck Jones Hero Of Romantic Film At Rialto
Buck Jones stars in South of the Rio Grande at the Rialto today. He plays Carlos a Mexican police officer who battles a gang trying to seize Ruiz property for oil while protecting a love interest. Nona Maris Philo McCullough Doris Hill and George Lewis co star in this fast moving old Mexico romance. Subway Symphony and short novelties accompany the feature.
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Buck Jones
Rio Grande
Rialto
Mexico
Buck
Nona Maris
Philo McCullough
Doris Hill
George Lewis
Bheck Jones
Carlos
Ramon Ruiz
Ruiz
Strange Case Of Clara Deane at the State
Wynne Gibson leads as Clara Deane in Paramount's The Strange Case of Clara Deane opening at the State for a few days. The plot follows twenty years of hardship from embezzlement to prison, adoption, and a blackmail threat, with a dramatic climax and a hopeful ending. Supporting cast includes Pat OBrien Frances Dee Dudley Diggs George Barbier Russell Gleason and Clara Blandick.
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Wynne Gibson
Paramount
Clara Deane
Miss Gibson
Pat O’brien
Front Page
Frances Dee
Keep Home Cool During Summer Warm in Winter
James and Frear discuss practical home cooling and heating strategies for hot summers and cold winters. The article stresses ventilation, selective window opening, awnings, humidifying systems, and insulation as key means to maintain comfortable interior temperatures and reduce heating and cooling costs.
Spanish style homes and hardy phloxes in gardens
A discussion of Mediterranean influenced homes with flat roofs and masonry walls, plus a long focus on phlox varieties. The piece describes phlox cultivation, disease and pest control, soil and water needs, and notes several new and standard varieties with colors from magenta to orange scarlet.
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Betty Lou
Vesta
Guy Moore
R. P
France
Thor
Hochberg
Lew Ayres Starts Work in Okay U S A Film
Lew Ayres has begun work in his new starring vehicle Okay U S A playing the role once considered for Walter Winchell. The project marks Ayres' latest comeback in a dramatic feature, with studio plans and schedule forming around his involvement.
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Lew Ayres
Walter Winchell
Suitor rebuked for asking wealth over love
A Tit-Bits remark recalls a suitor asking Frank Father if he would love his daughter without money. Father answers yes, prompting the suitor to retort the partner would be a half wit and to depart. The dialogue emphasizes money versus affection.
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Electric Park
Preysing
Joan Crawford
Flaemmchen
Barrymore Brothers
Arsene Lupin
Strange
Clara
Deane
Pat O'Brien
Frances Dee Dudley Digges
Mack Sennett
Paramount Sound News
South OF Rio Grande
Tru-Art
Joan Blondell
Stuart Erwin
Aaron Eae
James & Frear
Waterloo, Iowa
Victor Records
Men
Ladies
Frank
Nils Asther
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Ethel Merman
DIAL
Cedar Park
Ramblers
Spider Earth
Collegiate Ramblers
King's Crown Plaster CO
West End
First Avenue
Limback
Inc
Fa Magre A Glass & Paint CO
Ave
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