Big fall slate fills Iowa theater season
The Iowa theater plans a late August start with clean wholesome films responding to the League of Decency. The fall lineup features Katharine Hepburn in The Little Minister, Anne of Green Gables, and many Hollywood stars in a mix of dramas, romances, and adventures.
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Katharine Hepburn
Ann Harding
Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Johnny Weismayer
Gene Stratton-Porter
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Irene Dunne
John Boles
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Frank Buck
Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
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Grace Moore
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Bing Crosby
Miriam Hopkins
Mac West
Jean Harlow
Lionel Barrymore
Franchot Tone
Missouri
Harold Lloyd
Marlene Dietrich
Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper
Lewis Stone
Barretts
Wimpole Street
Norma Shearer
Charles Laughton
Fredric March
George Arliss
Ronald Colman
Cellini
Constance Bennett
Cecil B. de Mille
Claudette Colbert
Joan Crawford
Will Rogers
Judge Priest
Janet Gaynor
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Shirley Temple
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Carole Lombard
Mickey Mouse
Three Features On Bill Starting Today At Olympic
Three features will be shown at the Olympic theater starting today. The lineup includes Sing Sinner Sing with Paul Lukas and Leila Hyams, F P 1 featuring Leslie Fenton Conrad Veldt and Jill Esmond, and The Silver Cord with Irene Dunne Joel McCrea Frances Dee and Eric Linden. A Silly Symphony Noahs Ark and a two reel comedy Always Kicking accompany the features.
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Paul Lukas
Leila Hyams
Leslie Fenton
Conrad Veldt
Jill Esmond
Irene Dunne
Joel McCrea
Frances Dee
Eric Linden
Silver Cord
Kiss and Make-Up at the State Theater
A gay romantic comedy stars Cary Grant as a beauty doctor who runs a temple of beauty. Genevieve Tobin plays his patient wife who becomes his perfect creation. He falls in love but learns she is only powder and paint and finds true love with a simple unspoiled girl.
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Cary Grant
Genevieve Tobin
Helen Hack
Edward Everett Horton
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Baby Stars of 1934 Named by Wampas Club
Cien Littlefield, Mona Maris, Toby Wing, Dorothy Christie, Henry Armetta and the thirteen Wampas Baby Stars of 1934 are highlighted in the club’s annual ballot. The lineup names actors celebrated for rising stardom in Hollywood circles.
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Mona Maris
Toby Wing
Dorothy Christie
Henry Armetta
George White's Scandals on Palace Screen Opens Today
George White's Scandals arrives at the Palace for a three day run with six of ten numbers rated hit caliber. The singing stars include Rudy Vallee Alice Faye Jimmy Durante Cliff Edwards and Dixie Dunbar. The film blends comedy beauty dancing and a suspenseful romantic thread with new sound tech and spectacle.
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Alice Faye
Jimmy Durante
Cliff Edwards
Dixie Dunbar
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Andy Clyde
How South Outsmarted East West in a Slam
In a national bridge tourney story North holds strength while South opens pre emptive. South sails to a slam as East doubles and West leaks Aces. A dramatic sequence shows how timing and deception yield a top score amid Howell match point play.
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Culbertson Offers Bridge Guidance by Mail
Mrs Culbertson will answer bridge questions. Enclose a stamped self addressed envelope and send inquiries to Josephine Culbertson in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Here Comes The Navy at Paramount Friday
A vivid Cagney O’Brien star vehicle with Gloria Stuart opens at the Paramount. Filmed largely aboard the battleship U S S Arizona, the action follows naval life aboard ships and in the air with romance and danger amid a fast paced plot.
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Pat O'Brien
Gloria Stuart
Frank McHugh
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Midnight Alibi at Iowa Theater With Damon Runyon Story
Iowa to present Midnight Alibi based on Damon Runyon material starring Richard Barthelmess opening Friday. The film follows an aristocratic Abigail Ardsley and young racketeer Lance McGowan in a whimsical tale of romance and danger with Runyon’s gangster charm.
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Joan Lowell
Abigail Ardsley
Ann Dvorak
Robert Barrat
Henry O'Neill
Helen Chandler
Robert McWrde
Iowa
Damon Runyon
Miss Marker
Richard Barthelmess
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Edna Mae Oliver Stars in Iowa Tuesday Comedy Reel
Edna Mae Oliver headlines a double feature at Iowa Tuesday with a rip-snorting comedy from the fan film We're Rich Again and polo playing grandma as a lead character. The second feature titled Black continues the program.
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Iowa Tuesday
Moon and Black Moon Attract Silky Cast In 1930s Screen Pairings
A film page notes Moon starring Jack Holt and Fay Wray and We are Rich Again featuring Billie Burke Marion Nixon Reginald Denny Joan Marsh Buster Crabbe Olympic champion Grant Mitchell. The second feature Black Moon follows Holt as a husband drawn to a voodoo cult in Haiti with Fay Wray and Dorothy Burgess in key roles.
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Jack Holt
Fay Wray
Billie Burke
Marion Nixon
Reginald Denny
Joan Marsh
Buster Crabbe
Grant Mitchell
Haiti
Holt
Dorothy Burgess
Miss Wray
Mandalay and Obey The Law Head Rialto Double Bill
Kay Francis stars in Mandalay as Tanya with Ricardo Cortez Warner Oland Lyle Talbot Ruth Donnelly in a vivid romance thriller. The second feature Obey The Law stars Leo Carrillo Dickie Moore Lois Wilson about an immigrant loyal to the United States facing political terrorism. A comedy and news round out the program.
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Ricardo Cortez
Warner Oland
Lyle Talbot
Ruth Donnelly
Leo Carrillo
Dickie Moore
Lois Wilson
Carrillo
United States
Washington
Rogers Greatest Laugh Hit at Paramount in Cedar Rapids
Hand y Andy touted as Rogers best laugh provoker and current feature at Paramount. crowds flocked all weekend as Will Rogers portrays a druggist whose misadventures with pigeons golf a Mardi Gras night lead to a riotous adagio dance. More shorts and newsreels accompany the program. future attractions include She Loves Me Not and The Key.
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Handy Andy
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Peggy Wood
Mary Carlisle
New Orleans
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Bing Crosby
Miriam Hopkins
Kitty Carlisle
Warren Hymer
Cedar Rapids
William Powell
Ben Bernie
Jack Oakie
A Cowboy Rides Back Through Time in Amarillo Memoir
The writer recalls a 1930s Texas trip to the Hassell ranch near Muleshoe and Amarillo. He narrates calf branding mishaps, a chuck wagon breakfast, a flirtatious encounter, and train of memories from 36 years earlier, noting the plains, fences, and plains life.
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