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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1936
Page
4
New York AP notes George Bernard Shaw will be 80 on Sunday July 26 but he resists birthday remembrances. The Irish wit shuns celebrations since age seventy, yet public notice keeps him active in theater and writing. Obituary lore surrounds him, yet Shaw jokes about staying current as pages fill with notices.
A series of vignettes recounts a wartime layover in El Paso with county officials and a nervous lieutenant, a traffic ticket over a nosy rear end, and a near collision with a police officer, plus a jailyard insect identified as a hellgramite. The piece shifts to liquor commission jail records in Linn County, noting drunk driving convictions, illegal liquor charges, and month-by-month patterns. It closes with film listings for M’liss and Blackmailer at the Iowa theater featuring Anne Shirley, John Beal, and a strong supporting cast.
Jean Harlow headlines Suzy at Paramount for four days with Franchot Tone Cary Grant Lewis Stone and Benita Hume. The Paris set comedy drama blends romance intrigue and espionage as Harlow’s character navigates love marriage and a spy plot ending in suspense.
Wells forecast of the future in Things To Come opens at the State theater this Saturday for a week. The film depicts civilization in the 21st century rising underground with glass cities and artificial light, a two hour day, and space gun travel to the moon, followed by the entertaining second feature High Tension with Glenda Farrell Norman Foster and Brian Donlevy.
Five popular bands will appear at Cedar Park this week. Dana Bushong and his recording orchestra with Joe Cullen will open. Roy Driscoll and his Royal Cadets perform Tuesday. Maur ice Bruckman and his Collegiate orchestra on Wednesday and Thursday. Freddie Mauck and his WOI orchestra on Friday. Bob Snyder and his Music Masters close Saturday. Harry Reser with Lynne Gordon and their $15,000 electric organ headline Sunday August 2 on NBC’s network schedule.
Rialto showcases Road Gang as its headliner from today through Tuesday. Donald Woods and Carlyle Moore Jr. play convicts framed by crooked politicians, with Kay Linaker as the leading lady. The bill also includes Heroes of the Range with Ken Maynard and Cats and the Fiddle.
The first screen adaptation of Rex Stouts Nero Wolfe debuts at the Iowa theater next Friday under the title Meet Nero Wolfe. Edward Arnold plays the beer-loving Hawkshaw while Lionel Stander is Archie. Six suspects are gathered as Wolfe probes two initial deaths, followed by a third. Victor Jory and Joan Perry support, with Marian Nixon and Chick Chandler in Tango.
Madeleine Carroll and George Brent star in The Case Against Mrs Ames based on Arthur Somers Roche story. Mrs Ames faces murder charges and child threats as Brent's district attorney pursues gallows while Carroll seeks salvation. Also shown are Popular Science short and Musical Fashions plus news events.
A romantic operatic style Laurel and Hardy film set with a gypsy band, joined by Antonio Moreno and Jacqueline Wells. The second feature Paddy O Day stars Jane Withers with Pinky Tomlin Jane Carewell and George Givot in New York adventures.
Laurel and Hardy star in The Bohemian Girl, a full length comedy feature headlining the Palace program today through Wednesday. The show promises screen entertainment de luxe with their typical comic style and playful antics.
The romance tragedy and humor of a young girl's life are highlighted as Bret Harte tale M liss appears on an Iowa twin bill Tuesday. The readable snippet hints at literary drama and adventurous episodes.
Gloria Holden stars as a cursed woman seeking her vampire heritage. Jeffrey Garth, a psychiatrist, aids her as Otto Kruger Marguerite Churchill Irving Pichel and Edward Van Sloan also appear. The second feature on the bill is Give Us This Night starring Gladys Swarthout and Jan Kiepura.
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