Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1937

Page

18

L Barrymore to Star as Skipper in Excursion

Hollywood column notes Lionel Barrymore as Captain Obadiah Rich in Excursion with John Stahl set to direct after Broadway. Mentions Foran in Two Platoons, Ig or Gorin in Ugly Duckling, and Howard Hughes's non return to producing. Also reports Jean Harlow’s death and Jack Warner’s purchase news.

Lionel Barrymore Louis B. Mayer Obadiah Rich Lionel John Stahl MGM Victor Wolfson Jean Harlow Carole Lombard Jack Warner

Horizon Coat of Arms and a Patchwork of Pop Culture

A mixed page blends a crossword style list with clues on geography, language and myths, then shifts to a Hollywood roundup. Items mention Eddie Cantor off-air, Ali Baba Goes To Town in production, Connie Bennett launching champagne cold creams, Rita Johnson as a rising star, plus a flood of notes on stars, marriages, and club events.

Don George Margaret Eddie Cantor Ali Baba Roland Young David Butler Constance Bennett Connie Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Rita Johnson Fulton Oak Falls George Murphy

Spices of 1937 debuts at Iowa theater stage show

Count Berni Vici presents his elaborate revue Spices of 1937 at the Iowa theater marking a new revolving stage production. The show promises novelty acts and lavish presentations as he continues to originator complete productions in deluxe picture theaters.

Iowa Berni Vici Iowna Theater

Theaters Show Packed Week Across Iowa New State and Palace

On stage in Iowa a production titled Spices of 1937 features Count Berni Vici and a fifty member cast. On screen Lee Tracy stars in Behind the Headlines while Spencer Tracy Gladys George and Franchot Tone headline They Gave Him A Gun. California Straight Ahead with John Wayne and Louise Latimer and Sonja Henie with Adolphe Menjou lead One In A Million and Penrod and Sam. At the Rialto Nino Martini features The Gay Desperado alongside The Mighty Trove with Noah Beery Jr and Barbara Read.

Count Vici Brown and Ames America Dave Tannen Taras and Masters Doris Dupont Tony Angelo NBC Deconti Romaine Mile Adye Alyn Dore Esther Harsh Lee Broyde Lee Tracy Diana Gibson Iowa Count Berni Vici New State Spencer Tracy Gladys George Franchot Tone California John Wayne Louise Latimer Palace Sonja Henie Adolphe Menjou Penrod Sam Rialto Nino Martini Noah Beery, Jr Barbara Read

First Baptist Church Calls Rev Grant F Anderson

By unanimous vote the pulpit committee of First Baptist Church extended a call to Rev Grant F Anderson of Kansas City Mo The pastor candidate recently graduated from Colgate Rochester Theological Seminary and William Jewell College He occupied the local pulpit May 30 as the church heads toward a permanent appointment after the resignation of Rev Russell F Judson to join the Emergency Peace campaign in St Louis Mo

First Baptist Church Grant F. Anderson Kansas City Anderson Colgate-Rochester Theological Seminary Rochester N. Y William Jewell College Liberty George B Sherman Russell F. Judson Emergency Peace Campaign St. Louis Sherman Arthur C. Dedmer Lucille Powell Merritt R. Heath C. B. Zalesky Margaret Wenger L. C. Jensen Marie McNulty

Oiling Of More City Streets Is Ordered

The city council ordered oiling on Second Street SW from the alley between Twenty first and Twenty second avenues to Nineteenth Avenue Sixth Avenue SW from L to Fourth Streets Ninth Avenue SW from Fourth to Sixth Streets and Hamilton Street SW from Seventeenth to Eighteenth Avenues. Installations of street lights were approved on Oakland Avenue between Thirty second and Thirty fourth Streets E Prairie Avenue at Thirty fourth Street NE and between Thirty fourth Street and Oakland Avenue Carlisle Avenue NE three lights and at Wiley Avenue and Twenty first Street SE. Cedar Rapids Gas Company was granted permission to lay mains on Sixth Avenue SW from Sixth to Seventh Streets and on Seventh Street from Fifth to Sixth Avenue SW. A floodlight was approved to be erected in front of Gabels Cafe 1028 First Avenue E.

Second Street Twenty-first Twenty Second Avenues Nineteenth Ave Nue Sixth Avenue Fourth Ninth Avenue Hamilton Street Oakland Avenue Ond Thirty-fourth Streets Prairie Avenue Thirty-fourth Street Thirty Fourth Street Carlisle Avenue Wiley Avenue Twentyfirst Street Cedar Rapids Gas Company Sixth Seventh Streets Seventh Street Fifth Gabel First Avenue E

Also Mentioned on This Page

L. Barrymore Louella C. Parsons Melien Universal Service Los Angeles Dick Foran Ruth Hollingsworth Alfred Vanderbilt Ruth Nick Igor Gorin Igor Hollywood Hotel Judy Garland Edgar Allan Woolf Florence Ryerson Howard Hughes Tos Howard Young Hughes Hollywood Barbara Stanwyck Robert Taylor Bob Honolulu Barbara Lawrence Stallings Arthur Schwartz Virginia Gene Lockhart Nigel Bruce Mona Barrie Schwartz Stallings Broadway Center Theater Desert Ani Encor North America Tal Vegut June Clayworth Sid Rogell Yuma Virginia Cherrill Earl of Jersey A. H. Blumenthal Wayne Morris Verra Tyrone Power Walter Kane Wendy Barrie Robert Montgomery Westeside Club Cesar Romero Virginia Bruce Cesar Raymond Massey Nigel Ernest Truex Missus Lew Fields Agnes Ayres Jesse Livermore Frank Kerwin Cafe Agnes Bob Murphy Corn Beef House of Murphy The ECL Withers Ae Sally Blane Robert Keat Oa Ae Skyp Aéc F.M Ritts Murdy Pulchritude Baring Entiews Brown & Ames Pantom Mies Taras & Masters Fisure Danre Due Poris Dupont Decont & Romaine Esther Harsch Lee Kroyde Ehind Diana Gibso Paramount Jane Withers Man In Blue Robert Wilcox Nan Grey G. F. Anderson LLY Gladys George Franch Tone Sell Metro Goldwyn Mayer Mason Wits Movietone News With Synder Doc Lawson Ays Howard Davis Almane Tee Ritter Jimmy Jackson Dreamland Independence Martin's Martin Frances Denney Ok Discount Sale Best Fune Hat Sale Odora Electrolux Carter
Search Courier

Search the Cedar Rapids Gazette Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication