This Week at Local Theaters Features Stars and Vintage Screenings
The week offers a mix of stage shows and film at multiple houses. Pasamowesucd screen hosts David Harum with WoL Rogers. Paramount debuts Essicio Eskimo tale, and Belere with George Raft. Iowa presents Take a Chance with Olsen and Johnson. The Lost Patrol plays at the Iowa. The Last Round-up screens at the State, Mae West stars at the Palace, Lionel Barrymore and Marie Dressler at the Majestic, and Mary Stevens M D and Horse Play appear at Rialto. Also Hallelujah I am a Bum and The Devil's In Love headline Olympic screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harum
Cucreag
Paramount
Belere
George Raft
Carole Lomtarc
Iowa
Ole Olsen
Chic Johnson
Schwab
DeSylva
Lost Patrol
Victor McLagten
Boris Karloff
Wallace Ford
Reginald Denny
Towa
Mis Blue Rhythm Band
Cotton Club Tevue
Zane Gray
the Border Legion
Randolph Scott
Barbara Fritchie
Mae West
the Palace
the Majestic
Lionel Barrymore
Marie Dressler
Christopher Bean
Stuart Erwin
Alison Skipworth
The
Rialto
Slim Summerville
Andy Devine
Mary Stevens
Kay Francis
Uso
al Jolson
Victor Jery
Gay Dances Thrill for George Raft in Bolero at Paramount
George Raft stars in Bolero at the Paramount with Sally Rand and Carole Lombard. The feature showcases Raft’s rhythmic ballroom dancing and Rand’s famous fan dance, set against European scenes and early war Paris glamour. The short subjects include new comedy and cartoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Paris
Paramount Theater
George Raft
Sally Rand
Carole Lombard
Ravel
Chicago
Sally
Carrie Lombard
The Town and Nearby Theaters Enter Week of Films
Upper theater shows Ruth Chatterton in Journal of Crime next Friday. State theater features The Last Round-up with Fred Kohler Barbara Fritchle and Randolph Scott with Monte Blue. Majestic screens My Sweetheart with Marie Dressler Lionel Barrymore today and this week. Town theater presents Take a Chance musical starting Tuesday. Paramount offers Eskimo three days from Tuesday. Olympic hosts Hallelujah, I am a Bum with Jolson and Langdon today. Paramount also shows Bolero with George Raft Carole Lombard and Sally Rand in scene stills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Chatterton
Journal of Crime
Fred Kohler
Barbara Fritchle
Randolph Scott
Monte Blue
State Theater
Marie Dressler
Lionel Barrymore
Sweetheart
Christopher Bean
the Majestic
Olsen and Johnson
Charines
Town Theater
Paramount
al Jolson
Harry Langdon
Olympic Theater
George Raft
Carole Lombard
Sally Rand
Famed Comedians Bring Take a Chance to Iowa Stage
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson headline a 50 member company in a three day engagement at the Iowa theater Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. The musical comedy hit Take a Chance from New York and Chicago road shows features dances by Bobby Connolly with songs by Youmans Brown and Whiting. Supporting cast includes Vera Marche Betts Aven Jak McCauley and Arlene Garfield. On screen, Once To Every Woman stars Ralph Bellamy and Fay Wray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Olsen
Chic Johnson
Iowa
Ole
Chic
New York
Chicago
Schwab and
DeSylvan
Bobby Connolly
Jak McCauley
Amereius Sweethearts
Oscar Ragland
al Downing
Robert Toms
Jack Fleming
Andy and
Louis Carr
Arlene Garfield
Roxy Green
Ralph Bellamy
Fay Wray
Outstanding Films And Road Shows At Iowa Theate
The Town theater in Iowa presents March screenings headlined by Ruth Chatterton in Journal of Crime for four days starting next Friday. Main attractions include Katharine Hepburn in Spitfire, Frank Bue in Wild Cargo, and Lola Flores in Wonder Bar with Kay Francis and Dolores Del Rio. Broadway road shows and international star acts will follow, bringing major stage prestige to the Iowa theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ruth Chatterton
Journal of Crime
Adolphe Meitou
Claire Dodd
Dudley Digger
Katharine Hepburn
Frank Bue
Kay Francis
Dolores del Rio
Dick Powell
al Jolson
Ricardo Cortez
Hugh Herbert
Guy Kibbie
Fifi Dorsay
Louise Fazenda
Henry Oneill
Francis Lederer
John Barrymore
Elizabeth Allen
Leshie Howard
Iowa Theater
Radio Favorites to Play at Iowa March 13 15
The Mills Blue Rhythm band and Cotton Club revue headline a three day Iowa engagement March 13 to 15. From New York City Cotton Club acts include George Dewey Washington Lucky Millinder Edgar Hayes Nico Demus Alma Smith Josie Oliver and Four Flash Devils with Francis Lederer in Man of Two Worlds on screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Iowa Theater
Mis Blue Rhythm Band
Cotton Club
New York City
New York
George Dewey Washington
Chloe
Old Man River
Lucky Millinder
Blue Rhythm Band
Edgar Hayes
Nicodemus
Lazybones
Alma Smith
Josie Oliver
Francis Lederer
Paramount Presents David Harum At Friday Show
Will Rogers stars in David Harum to be shown at the Paramount theater Friday. The story follows a shrewd horse trader whose clever business dealings and community antics drive humor and romance in a typical American town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harum
Will Rogers
Paramount Theater
Jetters
Rogers
Rialto Presents Slim Summerville and Andy Devine in Horse Play
Slim Summerville and Andy Devine star in Horse Play on a Rialto double bill for three days starting today. The film follows a lovestruck cowboy from a Montana ranch to an English estate with his friend. Leila Hyams May Beatty Una O Connor Lucile Lund David Torrence and others support. Mary Stevens M D stars Kay Francis in a powerful drama of a woman doctor from Kellogg novel. cast includes Glenda Farrell Una O Connor Harold Huber Charles Wilson Hobart Cavanaugh. A comedy and Musical Masters round out the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slim Summerville
Andy Devine
Rialto
Pal
Andy
Montana
Leila Hyams
May Beatty
Una O'Connor
Lucile Lund
David Torrence
Mary Stevens
M.D
Kay Francis
Virginian Kellogg
Glenda Farrell
Harold Huber
Charles Wilson
Hobart Cavanaugh
The Last Round-Up at State Theater
Paramount presents The Last Round-Up adapting Zane Grey The Border Legion at the State theater. Randolph Scott Barbara Fritchie Monte Blue lead a gun heavy cast in a story of the border legion’s raid from California toward Arizona with a dramatic early firefight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Paramount
Zane Grey
Border Legion
State Theater
Randolph Scott
Barbara Fritchie
Monte Blue
Fred Kohler
Fuzzy Knight
California
Arizona
Outlaw Randolph Scott Reunites With Barbara Fritchie
Randolph Scott escapes a mob and becomes an outlaw. He falls in love with Barbara Fritchie, former sweetheart of Blue who had rejected him. A three sided pursuit ends in a thrilling finish as Scott and Fritchie unite.
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Randolph Scott
Scott
Barbara Fritchie
Blue
Miss Fritchie
Kohler
Hallelujah I'm a Bum highlights at Olympic Theater
Al Jolson stars in Hallelujah I'm a Bum at the Olympic Theater with Harry Langdon in a revolutionary program featuring songs such as Hallelujah I'm a Bum You Are Too Beautiful I Got to Get Back to New York What Do You Want With Money Sleeping Beauty and Laying the Cornerstone Victor Jory leads The Devil's In Love with Loretta Young Vivienne Osborne David Manners and others in an Africa set tale Also on the bill Modern Woodmen of America present The Land of Sunshine in color plus an organlogue, a cartoon and a comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Jolson
Harry Langdon
Olympic Theater
New York
Victor Jory
Africa
Foreign Legion
Jory
Loretta Young
Vivienne Osborne
David Manners
C. Henry Gordon
Herbert Mundin
Emil Chautard
J. Carrol Naish
Modern Woodmen of America
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore in Majestic Feature
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore star in Her Sweetheart at the Majestic today through Tuesday. Also shown is He Learned About Women with Stuart Erwin and Alison Skipworth, plus Disney Babes in the Goods and Betty Boob's Big Boss, along with Paramount world news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theater
Marie Dressler
Lionel Barrymore
Christopher Bean
Marie
Lionel
Helen Mack
Beulah Bondi
Jean Hersholt
Stuart Erwin
Alison Skipworth
Susan Fleming
Walt Disney
Betty Boob
Paramount World News
Paramount Books Unusual Picture Starts Tuesday
Paramount theater opens the three day engagement of the Arctic MGM drama Eskimo titled Askimo directed by W S Van Dyke with native cast. The plot centers on the Eskimo matri monial code and Mala the two wives and brother Eskimos. Also on program are the Mickey Mouse cartoon Shanghaied Charles Chase comedy and Paramount sound news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Askimo
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Arctic
Paramount Theater
Peter Freuchen
North
W S. van Dyke
Mala
Charles Chase
Paramount Sound News
Mae West at the Palace Three Days in I'm No Angel
Mae West returns to town in I'm No Angel at the Palace for three days showing Monday through Tuesday. She charts the rise of Tira a hardboiled dancer who captivates men then faces a wealthy rival. The program includes five songs a Popeye cartoon news events and a feature on Father Bernard Hubb's northern explorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae West
the Palace
Miss West
Tira
New York
Yesteryear
Popeye the Sailor
Aninkchak
Bernard Hubb
Anlakchak Volcano Eruption Spotted Near Cedar Rapids
Father Hubbard, a volcano expert, had predicted the last eruption almost to the hour and was within a few hundred miles when the crater exploded, tearing a twenty one mile circumference hole. Film crews captured shots as ground stayed hot enough to melt copper just eight inches below the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anlakchak
Father Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Uptown New York at Colonial Screens with Barrymore Duo
The Uptown New York film adaptation based on Angie Uptown Woman opens at the Colonial today starring Jack Oakie in a broader dramatic role with Shirley Grey and Leon Waycoff. The cast also includes George Cooper Henry Armetta Lee Moran Alexander Carr and Raymond Hatton. The story centers on interfaith romance and unhappy marriages. A second feature on the bill is One Man's Journey starring Lionel Barrymore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upstown New York
Angie
Colonial Theater
Jack Oakie
Oakie
Shirley Grey
Leon Waycoff
George Cooper
Henry Armetta
Lee Moran
Alexander Carr
Raymond Hatton
Lionel Barrymore
Eightieth Anniversary of Czech Societies Celebrated in Cedar Rapids
More than 100 visitors from Chicago and towns travel to Cedar Rapids to honor the Czech and Slovak communities. Initiation for a large new class, a Czech Fine Arts chorus, and a four act play Ourodova Rodina directed by Vaclav Havelka highlight events at the CSPS hall with a 230 performance and a banquet for 600 guests later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovak Societies of America
Iowa City
Solon
Ely
Vining
Swisher
Czech Fine Arts Chorus
Ourodova Rodina
Vaclav Havelka
America
Leo Sedlacek
Dempsy Jones
Jerry Bartos
Vaclav Muzik
CS. P
St. Louis
Prokop Velky
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Sahara
Ed Soboda
Olympic
Hiltbrunner Music Company, Inc
Dial
First Street
Majestic
Paramount Books
No Angel
Colonial
Barrymore
South Side News
Star Jewelry Company
Dr. Doherty
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