Prize Play to Be Presented by Community Players
"As the Sun Sets" by Mrs. Don Hines wins the Midwest playwriting contest. It will be staged March 9 through 11 at the Community Players theater in the Y M C A building. The article details contest history, winners, and publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hines
Midwest
Community Players
Orville Newland
Center Point
Hines
Plymton Blood
Howard Green
Ingram Company
Rock Island
Iowa City
Donald Breed
Freeport
Ill
French and Company
Mr. Breed
Kansas
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Hurst
William Marykazel Brown
Helen Hines
Mary Lackersteen
Carl van Vechten
Karel Piskor
C S. A. Central Committee
T. B. Hlubucik
Newest Edition Of Vanities Coming To Iowa
The latest Earl Carroll Vanities will play the Iowa theater for three days March 10 11 and 12 with new stars scenery and light effects Billy House leads the cast alongside Cirillo Brothers Al Sexton Charles Carter Gladys Crane John Haynes Starr Harriet Emerson Frome and Mickey Alvarez The Earl Carroll Beauties headline the chorus in a lavish six ty scene revue of rapid spectacle and comedy sketches
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Earl Carroll
Iowa Theater
Billy House
Cirillo Brothers
al Sexton
Charles Carter
Gladys Crane
Ohn Haynes
Starr Harriet
Movie Heart Throbs Named by Cedar Rapids Office
In Cedar Rapids the newspaper office asks staffers to pick their movie heart throb. Choices span Ginger Rogers Sylvia Sidney Claudette Colbert Janet Gaynor Barbara Stanwyck Myrna Loy Kitty Carlisle Anne Shirley Mary Pickford Ruth Chatterton and others. The survey ends noting public tastes swing with age and era.
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Cedar Rapids
Claudette Colbert
Janet Gaynor
Barbara Stanwyck
Myrna Loy
Kitty Carlisle
Anne Shirley
Mary Pickford
The Last Days Of Pompeii at Rialto in Grand Bail
R K O presents The Last Days of Pompeii a drama set in first century Pompeii. Marcus a poor blacksmith rises to wealth only to lose his family and nearly himself. Preston Foster Alan Hale Basil Rathbone and others star. Grand Bail with Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern runs through Tuesday.
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Rome
Pompeii
R-K-O
Vesuvius
Bay
Naples
Marcus
Preston Foster
Alan Hale
Basil Rathbone
John Wood
Dorothy Wilson
Edmund Lowe
Ann Sothern
Stage Show Ends Today At State
Stage performances wrap up today featuring The Widow from Monte Carlo with a playboy major, a widowed duchess, English relatives and a pursuing widow. An American crook fugitively cloaked in humor adds mischief as the plot twists to a dramatic climax. Also presented is Passing of the Third Floor Back set in a boarding house with a man who sees virtue in a wastrel.
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Monte Carlo
Community club weighs flood threat at meeting
The Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club discussed flood risk at its regular gathering. Mayor Frank Hahn outlined protective steps, and two new members Dan Hunter and L J Melichar were welcomed.
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Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Frank Hahn
Dan Hunter
L. J. Melichar
Czech Sokol Groups Plan Spring Activities and Play
Activities include Sokol hall event at 7 30 to fund a sleeping cabin for the summer camp. Sbor Jofic Podlipska No 25 meets Wednesday at 2 pm in the C S P S hall. C S A committee meets Tuesday 7 30 pm at the Cc S P S hall to review the annual banquet reports and discuss the public initiation next Saturday. Ustredni Matice Sokolska Czech school board meets March 5 at 7 30 pm at the Bohemian school to plan spring activities and the annual play.
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Sokol
Sokolky
Sbor Jofic Podlipska
Ustredni Matice Sokolska
Czech School Board
Sokol club hosts spring stag party and Josefovska dance
The Sokol association plans a full attendance meeting on Mother's day. A regular meeting is set for Monday at 7 30 p m in the Sokol hall. The entertainment committee organizes a spring stag party for members and friends. Prokop Velky lodge will present the annual Josefovska dance on Saturday March 14 at the C S P S hall. Karla Masaryk C S A lodge will meet next Wednesday at the Cc S P S.
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Frank Stanek
Sbor Sokolek
Renata Tyrs
Sokol Hall
Frank Filip
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Vivian Johnson
Rose Paidar
Z. C B J Hall
Sokol Association
Sokol
Sokols
Prokop Velky Lodge
Karla Masaryk
C. S. A. Lodge
Wednessey
Local chorus to perform Aida in Cedar Rapids
Professor Paul S. Ray of Coe College plans one of the largest Cedar Rapids choruses for the opera Aida on April 29. The production will feature the Festival Opera Company of Chicago with star soloists, costumes, and stage sets. At least 250 participants will be in costume, with local singers invited to join the chorus. Contact the Coe music department for practice details.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul S. Ray
Coe College Department of Music
Aida
Coe Music Department
Ray
Opera’ Chorus
Festival Opera Company of Chicago
Coe College
Follow The Fleet Draws Audiences At Iowa Theatres
Audiences at an Iowa venue cheered as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers performed a new routine to Irving Berlin tunes in Follow The Fleet. The film's lively dance numbers and brisk pacing drew strong applause from the crowd.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Irving Berlin
Follow the Fleet at the Iowa theater with co stars
The musical follows Astaire teaching sailors to dance aboard a battleship causing a brawl with Randolph Scott. Highlights include a fight scene and high diving by the star, who escapes guard duty. Irving Berlin provides seven tunes for the film. Randolph Scott teams with Harriet Hilliard amid a cartoon and news reel.
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Iowa
Astaire
Uncle Sam
Randolph Scott
Irving Berlin
Randolph Scottigs
Harriet Hilliard
Toonerville
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