Sylvia Sydney to star in Winterset film adaptation
Hollywood chatter confirms Sylvia Sidney will lead in Universal’s adaptation of the Maxwell Anderson drama Winterset with Burgess Meredith as the stage role. Lionel Barrymore may portray the Van Beers character, Edward G Robinson joins plans for The Man Behind, and Dolores Del Rio eyes Continental comedy with Melvyn Douglas in shadows as shoots loom.
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Louella O. Parsons
Universal Service
OS Angeles
Sylvia Sidney
London
Gaumont
Dolores del Rio
Columbia Pictures
Dolores
Europe
Edward Chodorov
du Barry
Hans Kraly
Macaulay
Melvyn Douglas
John Boles to Star in Cuban Cavalier at RKO
John Boles will lead in Cuban Cavalier, a musical under the new RKO banner. The Texan star will have a singing role, using his tenor voice, after previously appearing in non singing parts like Message To Garcia.
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John Boles
RKO
John
Garcia
Hollywood
Hammerstein to be brought to screen as biopic figure
Oscar Hammerstein, the sole surviving original of the Broadway golden era, may be revived on film following the era’s screen revival of colorful figures like "Diamond Jim" and similar stage legends.
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Oscar III
Metropolitan Opera
Manhattan
United Artists
Diamond Jim
Oscar Hammerstein
Theaters Showstamp for Iowa and Major Releases
At the theatres in Iowa Chester Morris and Margot Grahame star in Counterfeit while Owen Davis Jr and Louis Latimer present Bunker Bean. Paramount showcases The Big Noise with Guy Kibbee along with Joe Louis and Max Schmeling in full fights. Boris Karloff and Marguerite Churchill lead The Walking Dead with Frances Langford in Palm Springs. Riff Raff stars Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy alongside Here’s to Romance with Nino Martini. Rialto features Miss Pacific Fleet with Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell and The Kid Ranger with Bob Steele. Olympic screens This is The Life with Jane Withers and John McGuire, Kid Millions with Eddie Cantor and Ann Sothern, and The Return of Peter Grim with Lionel Barrymore and Helen Mack.
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Iowa
Chester Morris
Margot Grahame
Owen Davis, Jr
Louis Latimer
Bunker Bean
Paramount
Guy Kibbee
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Boris Karloff
Ricardo Cortez
Marguerite Churchill
Walking Dead
Frances Langford
Smith Ballew
Palm Springs
Palace
Riff Raff
Jean Harlow
Spencer Tracy
Nino Martini
Schumann Heink
Genevieve Tobin
Rialto
Joan Blondell
Glenda Farrell
Bob Steele
Kid Ranger
Jane Withers
John McGuire
Eddie Cantor
Ann Sothern
Peter Grim
Lionel Barrymore
Helen Mack
Just Folks Little And Much
A compact verse fragment about frugality happiness and using wealth wisely. A brief reflection contrasts a woman's grief over identical gowns with shared vanity and ends with a bridge game anecdote about Grace and a gentleman's loss. A meditation on equality before death notes wealth and poverty fade at Heaven's gate.
10-20-30 Years Ago In The Gazette Highlights
The notes recount James Brundage and R D Herndon sustaining burns when trench work on North Fourth Street near B Avenue hit live lines from the Iowa Railway and Light power house to Quaker Oats. Harold Murrel, famed Washington High School athlete, is appointed to West Point by a Minnesota congressman after starring at Minnesota University. Mr and Mrs Walter L Cherry and family depart for New York City to sail to Europe. Joseph J Hawthorn, once with Sinclair Packing, visits Cedar Rapids after a twenty year absence.
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Jesse Brundage
R. D. Herndon
North Fourth Street
B Avenue
Iowa Railway and Light Corporation
Harold Murrel
Washington High School
West Point
Minnesota
Minnesota University
Walter L. Cherry
Virginia
Isabel
Walter, Jr
New York City
Europe
Joseph J. Hawthorn
Sinclair Packing Company
Cedar Rapids
Miss Franks and Rhodes Head to Chicago Normal School
Miss Henrietta Franks and her niece Helen Rhodes departed for Chicago to enter the Chicago Normal School of Physical Education for a summer course. Miss Alice Inskeep, public schools music supervisor, went to Evanston to teach at Northwestern University. Dr. D R Hindman of Marion was elected medical director of the Iowa G A R at Marshalltown. Miss Grace Shields left for Kent to teach six weeks at the Ohio Normal School.
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Henrietta Franks
Helen Rhodes
Chicago
Chicago Normal School of Physical Education
Alice Inskeep
Evanston
American Institute of Normal Methods
Northwestern University
D. R. Hindman
Marion
Iowa G. A. R
Golden
Marshalltown
Grace Shields
Kent, O
Ohio Normal School
Local society notes and business openings
Miss Henrietta Boetcher returns from a two month visit in Butte Montana. Miss Adeline Montillon and Miss Nellie Fuhrmeister depart for an extended western trip lasting two months. Claude Saner plans study in Paris for several years with the DeReszkes. E G Sylvester and H L Nehls form a real estate loan and insurance partnership to operate a new office.
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Henrietta Boetcher
Butte
Mont
Adeline Montillon
Nellie Fuhrmeister
Claude Saner
Cedar Rapids
Paris
DeReszkes
E. G. Sylvester
H. L. Nehls
Democrats Of County To Hold Rally Saturday
Linn county democrats observe Democratic day in Cedar Rapids with a county convention at 11 a.m. at the courthouse and a 7 30 p m rally at the Roosevelt hotel. Luther A Fuhrmeister named local chairman as crowds prepare to hear President Roosevelt's acceptance speech.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Luther A. Fuhrmeister
Roosevelt
Nominators’ Club
New Ground Synopsis of a Tumultuous Engagement
Anne Audinand breaks her engagement to Steven Forbes as her father Halsey goes bankrupt. Star Ryan, a young taxi driver, loves Anne while Star’s family plan to start anew with an orange grove in Florida. Steven doubting Anne agrees to seek reconciliation but refuses, and Anne contemplates marrying a boardinghouse boarder Richy. Star’s heartbreak ties to a family tragedy and a tense march toward a March wedding as Hattie Moore plans a visit.
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Anne Audinand
Steven Forbes
Halsey
Steven
Star Ryan
Star
Anne
Sarah
Butler
Cook
Florida
Hattie Moore
Nita
Onl
Richy
Judie Krebbs
Krebbs
Hilda
Maudie
Sterner
Steve
Mr. Forbes
Sea View House
Mr. Richy
Parker
Forbes
Ellery Richy
Mantle
Anne’s
Hattie
Harold Schory Receives Honorary Doctorate in Speech
Dr. Harold F. Schory, longtime director of speech and dramatics at Western Illinois State Teachers College and former Coe College professor, was awarded the honorary Doctor of Science in Speech at Capitol College of Oratory and Music in Columbus Ohio. He originated the Illinois high school music and literary association official scoring system for national speech contests and authored plays and poems. He also studied at the University of Iowa and broadcast "Our Golden Legacy" on WSUI.
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Harold F. Schory
Western Illinois State Teachers College
Macomb
Coe College
Capitol College of Oratory and Music
Columbus
Illinois State High School Music and Literary Association
Graduate School of Speech
The
University of Iowa
WSUI
Cyclist Run Amuck Arrest Ends in Fine
Chicago police arrest 32 year old Max Small after he rides a bicycle over lawns bushes and flower beds. Unable to charge intoxication under a statute the judge fines him 25 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct.
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Chicago
Max Small
Max
Man Earns Bonus Then Marries Then Kills Self
Reginald Twilley of Ledgewood New Jersey received a $600 bonus last week, married on Saturday, and Monday killed himself with a shotgun. A note stated I'm afraid I'm going crazy.
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Ledgewood
N. J
Reginald Twilley
Lemke Labeled Stooge for Landon by Browder
William Lemke, union party candidate for President, is called a stooge for Alfred Landon and placed in the race by Father Coughlin to weaken Roosevelt. Earl Browder, communist party secretary, says Hearst interests back Lemke and Landon. Browder notes the party will name him as presidential candidate with James W. Ford as vice president. The communists plan to support farmer labor in states with a ticket and run their own in others.
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New York
William Lemke
Union Party
Alfred M. Landon
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Landon
Earl Browder
Communist Party U. S. A
Alfred E. Smith
Liberty League
Browder
United Press
London
Knox
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
America
Europe
Communist Party
James W. Ford
William Z. Foster
Union
Farmer Labor
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Marc Connolly
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Big
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Charlie Cooper
Gary
Daniel Frohman
el Capitan
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Melodeers
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Darryl Zanuck
Oranto Barrage
Twentieth Century-Fox
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Luise Rainer
Virginia Bruce
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Harriet Hoctor
Circus Ballet
State Theater
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