Variety of Fantasies Dramas And Comedies At Cedar Rapids Theaters
Cedar Rapids theaters offer a mix of fantasy drama and comedy this week. At the Iowa, She stars a 500 year old queen. The Black Room with Boris Karloff opens Friday with School for Girls as the companion. Paramount shows Shanghai with Boyer Young and Oland, Under the Pampas Moon opens Tuesday with Curly Top Friday. State features Ward Rock Harrigan with George O’Brien. Rialto presents Handy Andy with Will Rogers. Palace also features Rogers in Life Begins at 40 with Wednesday’s Child as companion. Curly Top arrives Friday at Paramount, along with The Black Room and School for Girls at Iowa. Premier acts include Easy to Love, Champagne for Breakfast at Iowa Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
H. Rider Haggard
Iowa
Boris Karloff
Karloff
School For Girls
Paramount
Shanghai
Charles Boyer
Loretta Young
Warner Oland
Warner Baxter
Will Rogers
Palace
Rogers
Edward Arnold
Karen Morley
Shirley “Semple
John Boles
Rochelle Madson
Sydney Fox
Velox
Yolanda
Mary Carlisle
Hardie Albright
George O’brien
Hard Rock Harrigan
State
Anne Shirley
Toby Wing
Yona Andre
Dorothy Lee
Kathleen Burke
Dorothy Appleby
Outstanding RKO Pictures Headed For Iowa Theaters
RKO Radio has booked several films for the coming months in Iowa venues. Katharine Hepburn returns in Alice Adams based on Booth Tarkington’s novel, Freckles from Gene Stratton Porter, and The Last Days of Pompeii presents Vesuvius eruption. The Three Musketeers revival stars Walter Abel and others, Top Hat with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Lily Pons makes her screen debut in Love Song with Jerome Kern music.
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Iowa Theater
Katharine Hepburn
Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington
Freckles
Gene Stratton Porter
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Walter Abel
Paul Lukas
Onslow Stevens
Heather Angel
Rosamond Pinchot
Top Hat
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Roberta
Irving Berlin
Lily Pons
Grand Opera
Jerome
Stars Set for Screenings Include Hepburn in Mary of Scotland
Kern is noted for Roberta among scores of hits. Katharine Hepburn leads Mary of Scotland from Maxwell Anderson. Frank Buck headlines a jungle picture with two technicolor productions and top stars William Powell Irene Dunne Ann Harding and Buddy Rogers also slated.
Boris Karloff in The Black Room At Iowa Friday
Boris Karloff headlines at the Iowa theater on Friday in The Black Room. The supporting feature School for Girls exposes reform school brutality and its effect on inmates. Cast includes Marian Marsh Robert Allen Katharine DeMille and Sidney Fox among others.
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Boris Karloff
Iowa
Black Room
School For Girls
Karloff
Marian Marsh
Robert Allen
Katharine DeMille
Reginald Wright Kaufman
Sidney Fox
Paul Kelly
Dorothy Lee
Toby Wing
Lena Andre
Barbara Weeks
Kathleen Burke
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anne Shirley
Charles Ray
Lois Wilson
William Farnum
Dorothy Appleby
Edward Kane
Mary Foy
Will Rogers stars in Handy Andy on Rialto screen
Will Rogers plays a druggist who yields to his wife Peggy and retires to pursue hobbies. He tries pigeon raising before quitting those pursuits as the Rialto presents Handy Andy, a comedy about a business man learning to slow down.
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Will Rogers
Handy
Andy
Rialto Screen
Rialto
Will
Peggy
Excitement Rise in State Theater Feature Film
George O’Brien stars in Hard Rock Harrigan at the State theater with Irene Hervey as the leading lady. A rugged tale of a tunnel drill through a mountainside and a feud with Fred Kohler amid cave ins and rescue efforts. Short subjects include Here's the Gang, a musical revue, a Fox news, and Ernest Truex in Free Spirits.
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George O'Brien
State
Hard Rock Harrigan
Fred Kohler
Irene Hervey
O'Brien
Miss Hervey
Gang
Fox News
Ernest Truex
Olympic Opens Broadway Bill and Blind Date Run
Starting today for four days the Olympic theater screens Broadway Bill starring Warner Baxter Myrna Loy Walter Connolly Helen Vinson Frankie Darro George Meeker Edmund Breese and Jason Robards, followed by Blind Date with Ann Sothern Neil Hamilton Paul Kelly and Mickey Rooney. A comedy and news will also be shown.
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Olympic Theater
Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
Walter Connolly
Helen Vinson
Frankie Darro
George Meeker
Edmund Breese
Jason Robards
Ann Sothern
Neil Hamilton
Paul Kelly
Mickey Rooney
Grand Slam prospects in five notrump bidding
In bridge the five notrump bid marks specific high card strength and can lead to a Grand Slam. The article explains cautious play in such deals, noting the scoring stakes and the bidding sequence from South dealer with vulnerable sides, illustrating how precise strength location aids grand slams.
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North
Paramount Brings Shirley Temple's Curly Top to Cedar Rapids
Paramount opens the new movie season with a pre release of Curly Top this Friday starring Shirley Temple John Boles and Rochelle Hudson The film features Temple in multiple song and dance routines set around an orphanage and a fashionable beach home with romance for Boles and Hudson.
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Paramount Theater
Curly Top
Shirley Temple
John Boles
Rochelle Hudson
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Jack Donohue
Miss Hudson
Shirley
Boles
Corporation plans fleet to deliver prefabricated homes nationwide
A large company considers delivering complete prefabricated houses across the United States. It plans a fleet of specialized tractor trailer units to transport the structures.
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United States
Warner Baxter Gaucho Role in Under the Pampas Moon at Paramount
Warner Baxter stars as an Argentine Pampas gaucho in Under the Pampas Moon at Paramount starting Tuesday with Ketti Gallian and Veloz and Yolanda. The program includes featur ettes Our Gang Teacher's Beau Ben Bernie act and world news reels. Rita Cansino debuts The Zambra dance.
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Paramount Theater
Warner Baxter
Ketti Gallian
Veloz
Yolanda
Our Gang
Ben Bernie
Baxter
Cisco Kid
Warner
Buenos Aires
New Fall Pictures Arrive for Paramount State Theaters
Rockey Newton reports new season's film lineup purchased for Paramount and State theaters. Early releases include Shirley Temple Curly Top and DeMille The Crusades. Starred titles feature Clark Gable Loretta Young in China Seas and The Call of the Wild, plus musical Broadway hits and Farmer Takes a Wife with Janet Gaynor Henry Fonda.
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Rockey Newton
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Paramount Pictures
Fox Film Company
Twentieth Century Productions
Warner Brothers
United Artists
Shirley Temple
Curly Top
Cecil B. DeMille
Henry Wilcoxon
Loretta Young
China Seas
Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
Wallace Beery
Bing Crosby
Burns and Allen
Jack Oakie
Ethel Merman
Jack Benny
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Jack London
Fox
Janet Gaynor
Henry Fonda
Will Rogers
Old
Kentucky
Will Rogers Stars In Life Begins At 40 At Palace
Will Rogers delivers rib rocking entertainment as Life Begins At 40 opens at the Palace today and runs through Wednesday. The breezy comedy, tied to Walter Pitkin’s book, is described as a hilarious fun fest with Rogers as a country editor who shows life can be kicked into high gear.
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Will Rogers
the Palace
Walter B. Pitkin
Rogers
Palace presents two features with emotional family drama
The film program includes Rochelle Hudson Slim Summerville Richard Cromwell and George Barbier in a town story. Wednesday’s Child follows a boy amid his parents divorce with 12 year old Frankie Thomas in key roles making a modern domestic drama.
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Rochelle Hudson
Slim Summerville
Richard Cromwell
George Barbier
Palace
Frankie Thomas
Morley
Edward Arn
Champagne For Breakfast Opens At Iowa Tuesday
A lively two film program at the Town features Champagne For Breakfast with a bright cast led by Joan Marsh and Mary Carlisle while Dizzy Dames adds humor. The story follows a young lawyer who loses clients and joins a race track tour for adventure and romance with an all star Hollywood juvenile lineup. The Dames segment introduces The Martinique song and dance number performed by Christine Marston and a trained ensemble.
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Dizzy Dames
Joan Marsh
Mary Carlisle
Hardie Albright
Lila Lee
Hollywood
Marjorie Ramabeau
Florine McKinney
Lawrence Gray
Inez Courtney
Fuzzy Knight
Christine Marston
America
The Merry Widow Shines at the Colonial Theater
The MGM musical starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald is the Colonial’s current attraction. Praised as one of the year’s outstanding productions, it features haunting Viennese music and ballets.
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Roger Imhof
Robert Taylor
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Guy Kibbee
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