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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1933
Page
9
A 1933 Marcus revue at Intervals in Iowa blends burlesque and musical numbers in a three layer cake of humor. The cast, led by a polished chorus, offers the spoofed scenes Sacrifice of Buddha and Pageant of Nations with a lively mix of dancers and a reader's quip on Dan McGrew.
The opening program features a uniformly high caliber cast led by Regis Toomey in the thriller State Trooper with Evalyn Knapp as the appealing lead. A comedy and news reel are included, and the screen program outshines recent weeks.
Ronald Colman stars in Cynara at the Olympic presented by United Artists and directed by King Victor. The film follows the bohemian poet’s life from Oxford to London and Paris, his downspiral, love lost, and ultimate death at 33.
The Marcus show at Town continues with La Vie Paree followed by Broadway Merry-Go-Round for the last three days Wednesday through Friday. Broadway Merry-Go-Round, an eighty minute second act conceived as a companion revue, portrays Manhattan nightlife and aims to outdo the prior act. The feature picture is Her Mad Night starring Irene Rich and Conway Tearle.
Rialto presents three days of film starting today led by George Arliss in Successful Calamity a story of a wealthy American family facing ruin and consequences. Mary Astor Evalyn Knapp William Janney star with a supporting cast including Grant Mitchell and Hale Hamilton. Private Jones with Lee Tracy headlines alongside.
Clark Gable stars as a brutal plantation foreman in Red Dust at the Colonial Theater alongside Jean Harlow as the hardened Vantine. The film set in Cochin China explores feverish heat, danger, and a dangerous love affair on a tropical plantation.
The fragment hints at a narrative where a character or force asserts itself and drives the plot toward a tense compromise. It suggests a pivotal moment where agency shifts and tension builds, setting up a possible resolution or escalation in the story.
Royal American Shows again draws Cedar Rapids crowds with a larger carnival lineup. A public wedding is planned for next Wednesday evening. Harry Klima and the Royal American Midget troupe headline a new program featuring two big circus sideshows, animal and human freaks, monkey circus, Night in Harlem Revue, Leola Girl show, Hawaiian dancers, and a pygmy village.
Fourteen riding devices including the brand new Skooter and Rideep are on the grounds along with special educational exhibits and other concessions offering a lively display for visitors.
A Pocahontas monument was unveiled in HEACHAM England by Rolfe descendants and American Virginians. The memorial honors the American Indian princess who married John Rolfe and died in 1617 at Gravesend while returning to Virginia.
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