Girl of the Golden West at Paramount with MacDonald and Eddy
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy star in The Girl of the Golden West opening Friday at the Paramount. Based on David Belasco's play, the western romance follows Mary owner of a California mining town saloon, her love for bandit Ramerez, and the sheriff Jack Rance who must decide Ramerez's fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette MacDonald
Nel
Eddy
Sigmund Romberg
Gus Kahn
Paramount Theater
David Belasco
Mary
California
America
Jack Rance
Ramerez
Rance
Gene Autry Stars in Springtime in the Rockies at Rialto
Gene Autry headlines a Rialto screen run through Tuesday in his latest musical western with Smiley Burnette. The film titled Springtime In the Rockies features a full story and cast details in the local listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Autry
Rialto
Smiley Burnette
Rockies
Ranchers and Comedians Headline Pair in Film Bill
A film bill includes a comedy about beautiful college girls trying to run a ranch under fore man Gene Autry with laughs and complications. Back In Circulation stars Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell in a brisk news columnist style tale with thrills. A musical comedy news reel and ventriloquist Charlie McCarthy with Edgar Bergen complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duction
Gene Autry
Pat O’brien
Joan Blondell
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm at Paramount in 1938 film
Shirley Temple headlines Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm at the Paramount with Randolph Scott Gloria Stuart and Jack Haley in a star studded musical. The revue features six rhythm songs and a Raymond Scott quintet with other top players while Madame Zudella offers readings between showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Temple
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Paramount Theater
Randolph Scott
Gloria Stuart
Jack Haley
Slim Summerville
Bill Robinson
Shirley
Phyllis Brooks
Helen Westley
Raymond Scott
Alan Dinehart
J. Edward Bromberg
Grantland Rice
Hollywood Reporter
Paramount News
Madame Zudella
The
Paramount
Clark Gable Myrna Loy At The Palace
Clark Gable and Myrna Loy star in Par nell a spell binding romance at the Palace through Wednesday. Gable delivers a standout performance while Loy reveals strong emotional depth with Edna May Oliver Billie Burke Alan Marshall and Edmund Gwenn in supporting roles. The Jones Family comedy Hot Water accompanies the program featuring Jed Prouty Spring Byington Shirley Deane Kenneth Howell George Ernest and June Carlson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Palace Theater
Jones
Jed Prouty
Spring Byington
Shirley Deane
Kenneth Howell
George Ernest
June Carlson
The Girl from the Golden West Plays Paramount This Friday
Center oval above Jeanette MacDonald co stars with Nelson Eddy in The Girl from the Golden West opening Friday at the Paramount. Wide Open Faces at the Iowa now based on Joe E Brown and Jane Wyman comedy. Chinese Follies features singing and dancing girls opening Tuesday at the Iowa theater. Herbert Marshall Deanna Durbin and Arthur Treacher appear in Mad About Music at the New State. Mauch Twins star in Perrod and His Twin Brother opening Thursday at the New State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
the Paramount
Iowa Now
Joe E. Brown
Jane Wyman
Iowa Theater
Herbert Marshall
Deanna Durbin
Arthur Treacher
New State Theater Now
Mauch Twins
Billy and
Bobby
Perrod
New State
Stan Stanley And Band At Pla Mor Cedar Rapids
Stan Stanley and his orchestra, fresh from a long engagement at the Peabody hotel in Memphis, open a limited run at Pla Mor in Cedar Rapids. The act features Evan Maple as soloist with a saxophone sextet and has appeared in leading hotels and ballrooms across thirty eight states, Canada and Mexico. It has broadcast on major radio networks including NBC, Columbia and Mutual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Stanley
Peabody
Memphis
Cedar Rapids
Evan Maple
Canada
Mexico
Stanley
NBC
Columbia
Mutual
Sonja Henie Stars at Strand in Thin Ice film
Sonja Henie arrives today at the Strand theater to headline the season’s greatest hit, Thin Ice, accompanied by Tyrone Power, Joan Davis and Arthur Treacher for a star studded program that promises rapid on screen thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonja Henie
Strand Theater
Thin Ice
Tyrone Power
Joan Davis
Arthur Treacher
Strand presents Thin Ice and Slim at the cinema
Supporting Henie with flashing skates and a sparkling personality, the Strand showcases the musical ice revue Thin Ice as second feature Slim stars Pat O’Brien Henry Fonda and Margaret Lindsay. A Jack Denny score rounds out the bill through Tuesday. Starting Wednesday You Can’t Have Everything with Alice Faye Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers plus The Case of the Stuttering Bishop.
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Pat O’brien
Henry Fonda
Margaret Lindsay
Jack Denny
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Ritz Brothers
Bishop
Chinese Follies At Iowa Theater March 29
An innovation in musical theater arrives at the Iowa theater for three days starting Tuesday March 29 with Harry Rogers production Chinese Follies the first all Chinese modern musical comedy in America. The cast includes forty Chinese boys and girls from New York Chinatown San Francisco and the middle west. The Shanghai Wing troupe imported by Rogers is a notable novelty with the four Kim-Loo sisters and Toy and Wing offering dances swing songs and college girl portrayals. Ming and Chan perform with instruments in Chinese and English. Joe Wong hosts as master of ceremonies. Part of weekly salary from the company goes to China medical aid. On screen will be When G Men Step In and Mickey Mouse cartoon Donald's Ostrich. Transatlantic calls between Canada and Europe and Africa averaged seven daily in 1937 up 70 percent from 1936.
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Iowa Theater
Harry Rogers
America
New York
Chinatown
San Francisco
Middle West
Shanghai Wing
Rogers
Hollywood
Toy
Wing
Ming
Chan
Joe Wong
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Joe
Moonlight Scene Scares Birds At Columbia Studio
Artificial moonlight for a garden sequence drew real nightingales to the set. Mocking birds hooted and fluttered, delaying recording. Director Alexander Hall used propertymen with long handled fans as human scarecrows to quiet the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Columbia
Alexander Hall
Bringing Up Baby at the Iowa Friday
Katharine Hepburn stars in Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant in a witty farce as a madcap heiress. They chase a dinosaur, a leopard, and a museum plot, aided by Charles Ruggles and May Robson, with Asta the dog adding chaos. Also appears Hollywood Stadium Mystery with Evelyn Venable and Neil Hamilton.
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Katharine Hepburn
Cary Grant
Iowa
Charles Ruggles
May Robson
Miss Hepburn
Grant
South America
Asta
Hollywood Stadium
Evelyn Venable
Neil Hamilton
New Penrod Story At State Thursday
Warner Brothers brings a second Penrod film to advent, opening at the New State theater Thursday. The picture features the Mauch twins, who starred in The Prince and the Pauper, as Penrod and his twin brother. Frank Craven and Spring Byington play Penrod's parents with Jackie Moran again opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Brothers
Penrod
Sam
Booth Tarkington
Tark
Warners
New State Theater
Mauch Twins
Billy
Drummond's Peril Heads Paramount Card Lineup
The companion feature Bulle dog Drummond's Peril continues Paramount's action and melodrama series starring John Barrymore John Howard Louise Campbell Reginald Denny E E Clive and Nydia Westman. Mond runs afoul of a diamond merchant seeking a synthetic diamond formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Hurlie
Bulledog Drummond
Paramount
John Barrymore
John Howard
Louise Campbell
Reginald Denny
E. E. Clive
Nydia Westman
Drummond
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MacDonald and Eddy
Kim-Loo Sisters
Lai-Tel
Ming and
Chang
Don Terry
Jacqueline Wells
Rob T. Paige
Ickey Mouse
Donald’s Ostrich
the Palace
Pla-Mor
Strand
Henie
Sran
Gloria Stu Pour
Scott Art
Phyllis Brooks Westley
Helen
Sum Summerville
Star Reporter
Mme
Zudella
Pat O'Brien
St. & 12Th Ave
Aed
TRE Screen
Frank McHugh Ewyman
Cora Withe
Warner Bros
Europe
Africa
New Penrod
Palace
Reny
Lyda Roberts
Alison Skipworth
Jane Wymar Directed By
Kurt Neumann
Adventures OF A Jewel Thief
Paris
Francis Lederer
Frances Brahe
Gazette
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