Warner Signs Edward G Robinson For Two Films A Year
Hollywood notes confirm Edward G Robinson will sign a two year Warner Brothers contract at two pictures annually. He will film Thunder Over the City for Alexander Korda then star in A Slight Case of Murder with Warner. Robinson also arranges outside projects with Warner having first call on his time.
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Los Angeles
Edward G. Robinson
Warner Brothers
Hollywood
Eddie
London
Howard Lindsay
Jack Warner
Warners
Betty De Nevers Returns to Cedar Rapids Shrine Show
Betty De Nevers, 20, former Cedar Rapids girl, returns to Cedar Gardens show grounds with Royal American Shows for the Shrine spring festival. She drives a racing car on a perpendicular wall in the Marjorie Kemp motordrome with a 500-pound lion as her companion. Born in Cedar Rapids, she began as a flying trapeze performer and was injured in Brandon, Manitoba, last year before joining Kemp Motordrome at A Century of Progress.
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Cedar Rapids
Stoop
Calliopes
Betty
Marion
Guy Dedo
Kansas City
Shrine Organization
Cedar Gardens
Marjorie Kemp
Brandon
Manitoba
Kemp Motordrome
Hollywood figures and parties mingle in 1920s notes
Subtitles hint at entertainment figures like Charles Correll and Lucille Watson as they discuss Ames radio sketches and Hollywood broadcasts from a studio. Names include Mary Peace Lawrence, Patsy Ruth Miller, Laura La Plante, and Irving Asher at dinners and gatherings, with Goldwyn’s praise of press agents.
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Subways
Charles Correll
Andy
Ames and
Adrienne Ames
Hollywood
Lucille Watson
New York
Harry Carey
Valiant
Carrie
Eleanor Boardman
Andre Dubonnet
Laura la Plante
Irving Asher
Patsy Ruth Miller
Mary Peace Lawrence
City Council Orders Oil to Patch Dirt Streets Across Town
The council finalizes oiling of Mallory street SW from D street to Nineteenth avenue and Wilson avenue SW from J street to Second street. It also oils Seventh avenue SW from Fourth street to Sixth street and Fifth street SW from Sixth avenue to Seventh avenue. Additional oiling of Fifth street SE and Sixteenth avenue to Tenth street, Seventeenth street NW to Maple drive, H avenue NW to Ninth street, and Eighth street NW to the alley between G and H avenues is approved. A one week resolution covers Twenty first avenue SW, Second street SW, and Eighth street SE. A petition for Seventh avenue SW oiling from L street to Fourth street was filed, and residents urged Nine teenth avenue SW oiling from Mallory to Bowling. A sidetracked petition due to Frank D Cach’s property resistance is referred to the public improvement department.
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D Street
Nineteenth Avenue
Wilson Avenue
J Street
Second Street
Seventh Avenue
Fourth Street
Sixth Street
Fifth Street
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Twelfth Avenue
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Seventeenth Street
First Avenue
Maple Drive
H Avenue
Eighth Street
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H Avenues
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Eighth Avenue
L Street
Michael Feiereisen
Bowling Street
Frank D. Cach
Public Improvement Department
Movie Theaters Show Variety of 1930s Stars
Iowa venues present Murder of An Aristocrat with Lyle Talbot and Marguerite Churchill alongside The Harvester starring Alice Brady and Russell Hardie. Paramount features The Three Wise Guys with Robert Young and Betty Furness. State bills Joe E Brown and Joan Blondell in Sons O Guns while Chester Morris and Madge Evans star Moonlight Murder. Palace offers Anything Goes with Bing Crosby Ethel Merman and Charlie Ruggles and George O Brien in Whispering Smith Speaks. Rialto runs Fang and Claw with Frank Buck and Hitch Hike Lady with Alison Skipworth. Olympic premieres Hey Rac ing Bohemian picture.
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Three Wise Guys
Robert Young
Betty Furness
Joe E. Brown
Joan Blondell
Chester Morris
Madge Evans
Palace
Bing Crosby
Ethel Merman
Charlie Ruggles
George O’brien
Whispering Smith
Rialto
Frank Buck
Fang and Claw
Alison Skipworth
Rap
Loftus Named Grand Knight at Knights of Columbus
Ward Loftus was elected grand knight at the Knights of Columbus annual officer election pressuring a strong membership push. Deputy grand knight Dr B G Broghammer and chancellor Wilbur Coffey also named with reelected Michael Rocco and Norbert Engler. Twenty new members were initiated over the weekend with a supper at Cedar View golf club.
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Cedar View Golf Club
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