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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1936

Page

40

Cocoanut Grove Revels Headed to Iowa Stage for Three Day Run

A wide roster of acts and performers is lined up for the Cocoanut Grove Revels at the Iowa theater for a three day engagement starting Tuesday March 31. Eddie Peabody leads a mix of Broadway stars and novelty acts with Pomposo and the Clymas adding knife throwing thrills. The program also showcases Pinky Lee and company and features regular film attractions including Trail of the Lonesome Pine and Laughing Irish Eyes with multiple studios represented.

Cocoanut Grove Iowa Theater Eddie Peabody Itty Madame South Seas Paul Batchelor Africa Europe Clymas Barbary Coast Broadway Pinky Lee Lee Storms Lee California

Broadway Gondoliers Stars In Rialto Show

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell headline Rialto’s new bill running today through Tuesday. The sensational musical comedy features Adolph Menjou Louise Fazenda William Gargan George Barer and Grant Mitchell with a complete broadcasting station and musical numbers by The Mills Brothers and Ted FioRito. Also appears The Singing Vagabond a western outdoor adventure with action and music and a substantial plot. Ann Rutherford Smiley Burnette Barbara Pepper and Frank LaRue are in the cast.

Dick Powell Joan Blondell Rialto Adolph Menjou Louise Fazenda William Gargan George Barer Grant Nitchell Powell Ted FioRito Ann Rutherford Smiley Burnette Barbara Pepper Frank la Rue

Mutiny on the Bounty at Palace Theater

The 1935 Academy selected film Mutiny on the Bounty screens at the Palace today through Wednesday. Clark Gable Charles Laughton Franchot Tone lead a famed cast in the true sea adventure of the HMS Bounty and the mutiny. Short subjects include Popeye cartoons a double reel comedy and current news reels.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scences Clark Gable Charles Siaughton Franchot Tone South Seas HM . S. Bounty Palace

Road Gang at Iowa Next Friday

A stark realism film alleging prison corruption by crooked politicians and guards plays at the Iowa theater next Friday. It portrays torturous prison farm scenes and brutal mining settings with Donald Woods Kay Linaker Henry O Neall and Carlyle Moore Jr in key roles. The second feature, Don't Gamble with Love, stars Ann Sothern and Bruce Cabot as a gambler who returns to the trade to avoid ruin.

Iowa Blackfoot Donald Woods Kay Linaker Henry O’neall Carlyle Moore, Jr Ann Sothern Bruce Cabot

The Prisoner Of Shark Island at Paramount March 31

The Prisoner Of Shark Island comes to the Paramount for a three day run beginning Tuesday March 31. Warner Baxter stars as a doctor unjustly jailed after aiding a patient and facing the brutal Dry Tortugas prison. Gloria Stuart co stars in a sobering account of Lincoln assassination aftermath and prison agony.

Shark Island Paramount Theater Warner Baxter Gloria Stuart Tiscoln Baxter Aoman

Katharine Cornell Saint Joan Revival In New York

Katharine Cornell’s revival of Saint Joan at Martin Beck Theater nears the season’s peak. The Shaw drama is presented with a monumental, naturalistic dialogue and high fervor, featuring Cornell, West, and Dunois in a stark, poetic peasant patois raised to grand cadences.

Katharine Cornell New York Gitbert W Gabriel Universal Service Katharine Rebece St West Esses Oon Ted Te Lord Dunsany Shaws Miss West Saint Joan Joan Charlie Dunois

Eddie Cantor Opens Friday at Paramount in Strike Me Pink

Eddie Cantor stars in Strike Me Pink at the Paramount for a four day engagement starting Friday. The musical extravaganza includes Ethel Merman and showcases Cantor’s comedic style and high energy.

Eddie Cantor Paramount Paramount Theater Ethel Merman

Dual Features at Olympic Theater This Weekend

The Olympic theater presents two ace features starting Sunday for two days. Gigolette stars Adrienne Ames Ralph Bellamy Donald Cook and Robert Armstrong with a night club hostess plot as a man spender. Bachelor of Arts features Tom Brown Anita Louise Henry Walthall Mae Marsh Arline Judge and Stepin Fetchit alongside the Dionne quints in Going on Two a comedy and news segment.

Olympic Theater Adrienne Ames Ralph Bellamy Donald Cook Robert Armstrong Tom Brown Anita Louise Henry Walthall Mae Marsh Arline Judge Stepin Fetchit Dionne

Next Time We Love at Paramount Tuesday

Margaret Sullavan stars in a three day Paramount engagement starting Tuesday portraying a wife who builds her stage and screen career while her husband reports abroad. James Stewart plays the husband with Ray Milland as the other man and Grant Mitchell as a producer. the program includes The Collie novelty and The Star Reporter.

Margaret Sullavan Paramount Theater Miss Sullavan James Stewart Ray Milland Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Ursula Parrott Paramount Star Reporter

Laughing Irish Eyes Heads Iowa Bill For Tuesday

The film opening Tuesday at the Iowa features Phil Regan in a fast paced Irish comedy with an Irish cast and song. Victor Jory and Sally O Neil star in Too Tough to Kill a second feature about building the Colorado river aqueduct and battling cave ins explosions and a murderer's campaign to stop the project.

Phil Regan Iowa Ireland Regan America Victor Jory Sally O'Neil Sierra Nevada Range

Bohemian Comedy Opens Tuesday At The Olympic

The Olympic Theater will present a Bohemian film and a notable cast starting Tuesday for two days with a Wednesday matinee at 2 p.m. The feature is In the Service of Sherlock Holmes and will be accompanied by short subjects.

Olympic Theater Sherlock Holmes

School Of Dancing Helen L Lindeken Admits Siblings Half Price

The School of Dancing run by Helen L Lindeken offers strict ballet and bar work plus tap and acrobatic dance. Two children from one family may enroll with the second at half price. contact via phone 2 0326 or home 1168.

School of Dancing Helen L. Lindeken

Stage and Screen at State Ends Today

The Stage and Screen program at the State theater closes today with Top Hat Revue and Timothy's Quest starring Tom Keene Eleanor Whitney and Dickie Moore. Monday brings Drift Fence with Buster Crabbe and Katherine DeMille and The Crime of Dr Crespi with Eric Von Stroheim. Drift Fence covers rancher conflicts with broncho busting and stampedes while Premature Burial leads into Crespi with a vengeful surgeon plot.

State Theater Timothy's Tom Keene Eleanor Whitney Dickie Moore Zane Grey Larry “Buster” Crabbe Katherine DeMille Dr. Crespi Eric von Stroheim Edgar Allan Poe Dr. Cres~pi Eric van Stroheim

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