Notable Films and Vaudeville Bill For Cedar Rapids Week
Cedar Rapids theatergoers face a varied week with feature pictures and vaudeville. The Paramount brings Rasputin and the Empress with the famous film family, Sailor's Luck opens Wednesday, Speed Demon today, and No More Orchids starts Monday. The State features Private Jones and From Hell to Heaven. The Palace shows The Big Broadcast while the Olympic offers Corsair. The Rialto screens Ride Him Cowboy, and Crosby in The Big Broadcast plays at the Palace. A featurette program includes Wonders of the World, Torchy's Itty Coup, War Babies, a Terrytoon, Benny Davis musical short, and Joe Hicksa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
John
Ethel
Lione More
Famous Screen Family
Paramount
Rasputin and
the Empress
James Dunn
Sally Eilers
Victor Jory
Sammy Cohen
Frank Moran
Lucien Littlefield
Joan Marsh
William Collier, Jr
Robert Ells
Wheeler Oakman
Keller Sisters
Frank Lynch
Jed Dooley
Andree Evans
Ted
al Waldman
Hudson Wonders
Carole Lombard
Private Jones
Ted Emerson
David Manners
Jack Oakie
Adrienne Ames
Palace Theater
Rum Fleets
John Wayne
Ruth Hall
Barry
Closser Hale
Miss Lombard
Medbury
Torchy
Benny Davis
Joe Hicksa
Golden Voiced Organ
Big Broadcast at Palace Three Days Open
The Palace presents The Big Broadcast for three days starting today featuring a galaxy of radio stars and Hollywood talent. Stars include Kate Smith Bing Crosby the Mills Brothers Burns and Allen the Boswell Sisters Vincent Lopez Arthur Tracy Cab Calloway Donald Nevis plus Erwin Hyams Barbier and Lynne. The film centers on a radio station crooner played by Crosby with romantic misadventures and humorous twists, supplemented by short subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
Kate Smith
Mills Brothers
Boswell Sisters
Arthur Tracy
Cab Callowway
Palace Theater
Hollywood
Burns and Allen
Vincent Lopez
Cab Calloway
Donald Nevis
Palace Screen
Stuart Erwin
Leila Hyyams
George Barbier
Sharon Lynne
Wiis
Nick Lucas Headlines Iowa Vaudeville Tour
Radio star Nick Lucas The Crooning Troubadour headlines a three day Iowa theater tour starting Friday for RKO. He performs versatile guitar numbers and soulful melodies drawn from vaudeville radio and musical comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Lucas
Iowa Theater
Talking Machine Records
RKO
Corsair at the Olympic reveals liquor pirate tale
Chester Morris stars in Corsair an Olympic theater feature from United Artists adapting Walton Green novel about a football hero who becomes a pirate. The film portrays rum runners off Nova Scotia to the Bahamas and the illicit network fueling bootlegged liquor under revenue cutter glare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Morris
United Artists
Olympic Theater
Chicago
Walton Green
Nova Scotia
Bahamas
New York
Prohibition Enforcement
Ride Him Cowboy at Rialto Delivers Classic Western Thrills
John Wayne stars as a cowboy battling bandits in a desperate rancher versus outlaw tale. Ruth Hart and Henry B. Walthall co star as a romance and peril unfold on screen. The program also features a Broadway Brevities comedy Merry Melodies and a newsreel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
John Wayne
Ruth Hart
Henry B. Walthall
Otis Harlan
Frank Hagney
Harry Gribbon
Duke
the Devil Horse
King Of The Jungle At The State On April 2
The jungle romance King Of The Jungle starring Buster Crabbe as the Lion Man will begin at the State Theater on Sunday April 2. The feature has been showing in larger venues nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the State
Jungle Romaarce
Buster Crabbe
Lion Man
Unciviled Lion Man Romance Described as Striking Tale
A sensational description portrays a romance between a lion man raised among lions and his white lover. The tale follows a boy lost in jungles who becomes a twenty year old man living with lions, eating, sleeping, and seemingly speaking their language.
Carole Lombard Stars in No More Orchids at Iowa Monday
Carole Lombard headlines the modern drama No More Orchids at the Iowa theater for four days beginning Monday. She plays a wealthy banker's daughter facing social ostracism after financial collapse, as she falls for a young lawyer while a royal marriage demand tests her loyalties with costars Walter Connolly and Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole Lombard
Iowa
Lyle Talbot
Walter Connolly
Louise
Rasputin and The Empress Captivates Barrymores on Screen
A Paramount feature showcases Lionel Barrymore as Rasputin with Ethel Barrymore as the Empress and John Barrymore as the prince. The dramatic tale spans 1913 Russia to the czar’s execution, highlighted by a powerful fight scene and strong supporting musical short subject. An Australian kangaroo gag closes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Rasputin
Empress
Barrysmores
Lionel
John
Ethel
Russia
Lionel Barrymore
He Barrymore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Toa Ws
Tru
Eer Carole Lonchard
Cadlyle Talbot
Lin
Paramount Theater
Barrymores
the Paramount
Alison Loyd
Roxy Nmeite Club
Orchestra
Prince Paul
America
Lionel Baramore
Ras
Tissing Nortral
Asplitin
Third Street SE
MON
TUEL
Tonight
Bob Schnieder
Schnieder
Gents
McLean's Dollar Store
First Ave
Second St
United Artists Pylture
Burns & Allen
Kate Smith Mills Brothei
Viths
Radioland
Aduli
Gloria Stuart
Louise Fazenda
Broadway
Montrose
Speed Demon
William Collilr JR
Joan Marsil
Harry Langdon
Hudson
Commie
Salcss
Ted AL Waldman
Finsters
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!