Films and stage shows at Iowa theaters this week
News notes list upcoming films and productions at the Iowa venues including The Sun Never Sets with Upper Left stars, The Mikado in technicolor at the Iowa, Lucky Night at Paramount, First Offenders at the Iowa, Broadway Serenade at Paramount, Pygmalion at State, and Young Mr. Lincoln at State. An opinion piece on dog devotion closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Virginia Field
Basil Rathbone
Iowa
Gilbert and Sullivan
Iowa Theater
Jean Colin
Kenny Baker
Robert Taylor
Walter Abel
Beverly Roberts
Center
Jeanette MacDonald
Lew Ayres
Paramount Theater
Leslie Howard
Wendy Hiller
Bernard Shaw
Young Mr Lincoln opens at State theater Thursday
Darryl F. Zanuck presents phase of Abraham Lincoln life in the photoplay Young Mr Lincoln directed by John Ford. Henry Fonda stars with Alice Brady and Marjorie Weaver in a drama about Lincoln's youth from 28 to the frontier trial as he faces a lynch mob and the moonlight murder case. Torch feature Torchy Runs For Mayor also shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Darryl F. Zanuck
Mr. Lincoln
State Theater
Lincoln
Abe
Lamar Trotti
Mary Todd
Miss Todd
John Ford
Henry Fonda
Alice Brady
Marjorie Weaver
Aileen Whelan
Eddie Collins
Pauline Moore
Richard Cromwell
Donald Meek
Dorris Bowden
Eddie Quillan
Torchy Blanc
Torchy
Glenda Farrell
Barton MacLane
Miss MacDonald At Paramount Tuesday
Broadway Serenade starring Jeanette Mac Donald opens at the Paramount Tuesday. The musical traces a young singer and her husband with a full range of classical to popular numbers. Lew Ayres appears as Jimmy Seymour with Frank Morgan as a producer and Ian Hunter in a love triangle. The Kid from Texas, stars Dennis O Keefe Florence Rice and Buddy Ebsen as a Texas cowboy who joins polo and a wild west show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette MacDonald
Paramount Theater
Miss MacDonald
Lew Ayres
Jimmy Seymour
Frank Morgan
Ian Hunter
al Shean
Texas
Dennis O'Keefe
Florence Rice
Buddy Ebsen
Long Island
Love me love my dog a court case of marital strain
Mrs Spencer seeks legal separation after leaving her husband over his dog. Spencer defends the pet and himself with an eight page penciled statement to Judge Dow, insisting the wife left him for justifiable cause tied to the dog. The case illustrates a rare marital split sparked by a pet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Harry E. Dow
Probate
Susan
Maplewood
First Offenders Tuesday At Iowa
A dramatic film about reforming young delinquents led by Sheriff J Edward Slavin. Walter Abel plays a crusading district attorney who quits to run a trade farm for boys 16 to 21, shaping them into constructive citizens. Johnny Downs is his toughest case and seeks revenge from prison. Beverly Roberts and Iris Meredith co star. The companion feature Trouble at Sundown stars George O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Slavin
Iowa
Walter Abel
Abel
Johnny Downs
Beverly Roberts
Iris Meredith
George O'Brien
Pygmalion Delights State With Stellar Cast
Lavishly mounted film at the State theater features Leslie Howard as the phonetics professor and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle. The Shaw adaptation traces Eliza’s rise from flower seller to duchess as Higgins’s bet yields unexpected consequences. Also shown is On Trial starring Margaret Lindsay and John Litel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Howard
Wendy Hiller
Bernard Shaw
Henry Higgins
Eliza Doolittle
London
Eliza
Wilfred Lawson
Marie Lohr
Margaret Lindsay
John Litel
Janet Chapman
Jackie Cooper Stars in The Gangster Boy at Rialto
Jackie Cooper headlines The Gangster Boy at the Rialto today through Tuesday. Supporting cast includes Robert Warwick Louise Larkin Tommy Wonder Selmar Jackson and Bobbie Stone. Cooner portrays Larry Kelly with trap drums and Hollywood Jitterbugs dance numbers. Frontier Pony Express with Roy Rogers follows along with Lone Ranger in chapter fourteen. A Three Stooges comedy and a Disney Donald Duck cartoon round out the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Cooper
Cooper
Hollywood
Rialto Theater
Robert Warwick
Louise Larker
Tommy Wonder
Selmar Jackson
Bobby Stone
Cooner
Larry Kelly
Frontier Pony Express
Roy Rogers
Jesse James Feature At Palace
Tyrone Power stars as Jesse James in the Palace theater presentation with Henry Fonda as Frank James and Nancy Kelly as Jesse's wife. The program also includes Peck's Bad Boy With The Circus featuring Tommy Kelly and Ann Gillis in a new comedy series opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse James
Palace Theater
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Frank James
Nancy Kelly
Jesse
Peck
Circus
Tommy Kelly
Ann Gillis
Dog sparks Massachusetts divorce suit and home upheaval
In Lynn Massachusetts retired letter carrier John F Spencer and his dog become central to a separation case. Spencer recounts conflict over the pet as his wife Susan objects to the dog’s expenses dining presence and even his bath time. The tale frames a courtroom testimony of money duties affection and domestic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Newhall Street
Lynn
Mass
John F. Spencer
God of Love
Maine
Spencer
Susan
Loy And Taylor In Paramount Comedy Lucky Night
Loy and Taylor star in Paramount's Lucky Night a bright Manhattan romance about Cora Jordan heiress and Bill Overton a penniless playboy. They meet by chance on a park bench gamble marry quarrel and reunite in a tour of New York nightlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrna Loy
Robert Taylor
Manhattan
Paramount Theater
Cora Jordan
Bill Overton
Cora
Miss Loy
Bill
New York
Doug Fairbanks Jr in The Sun Never Sets at the Iowa Friday
The Iowa screens The Sun Never Sets featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr Basil Rathbone Virginia Field and Barbara O’Neil in a British civil service saga. It follows two brothers with a 300 year family service tradition and ends with Fairbanks joining the service. Supporting cast includes Lionel Atwill C Aubrey Smith Melville Cooper Mary Forbes. The co feature Panama Lady stars Lucille Ball and Allan Lane in a cabaret romance set in Panama's wilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Basil Rathbone
Virginia Field
Barbara O’neil
Iowa
British Empire
Queen Elizabeth
Rathbone
Fairbanks
Lionel Atwill
C. Aubrey Smith
Melville Cooper
Mary Forbes
Panama
Lucille Ball
Allan Lane
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John Heywood
Abe Lincoln
Paramount
A Morth
Singer
Ana
Stoel
T BS
MTV
Technicolor
Menny Baker
Martyn Green
Ae Granville
John Barclay
D'Oyly Carte
PLUS
Secret Agents In Action
Rialto
Ert Payson Terhune
Thornwood
Boyd Raeburn
Cme Ot Eeers
Sun
Ea At
Randolph Scott
Edgar “Peck
Ann Gillis Kennedy
Bad Boy
Mindsay
John Lites
the Lafayette
Lafayette Cafe
John Thomas
Loy and
Taylor
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Taylor A
Douglas Fowley
Paramount News
Indianapolis
McUunal
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