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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1936

Page

2

Cantor Musical Ends Soon at the Paramount

Eddie Cantor stars in his sixth annual musical Strike Me Pink at the Paramount with Ethel Merman Sally Eilers and Parkyakarkus. The show features songs like The Lady Dances First You Have Me High Then You Have Me Low and The Calabash Pipe along with a roller coaster chase and balloon ascent. Also shown are a Walt Disney Silly Symphony Music Land and local news updates.

Eddie Cantor Paramount Theater Ethel Merman Sally Eilers Parkyakarkus Clarence Budington Kelland Saturday Evening Post Eddie Iowa Paramount

Double Program At Rialto Packed With Thrilling Activity

A harrowing tale of Escape From Devils Island leads Rialto program through Tuesday starring Vic tor Jory Florence Rice and Norman Foster. Feature No 2 Oregon Trail with John Wayne and Ann Rutherford offers romance action as a captain seeks his lost father.

Devil’s Island Victor Jory Florence Rice Norman Foster Rialto Jory Oregon Trail John Wayne California Ann Rutherford Yakima Canutt Frank Rice Ben Hendricks Fiddle

Jolson Stars in The Singing Kid at the Iowa Theater

Al Jolson headlines The Singing Kid with Edward Everett Horton Cab Calloway Allen Jenkins Mitchell Durante Sybil Jason Lyle Talbot Winifred Shaw and Yacht Club Boys. The musical drama follows a top entertainer lured into tax trouble as he seeks refuge and romance amid colorful spectacle.

al Jolson Edward Everett Horton Cab Calloway Allen Jenkins Mitchell and Durante Sybil Jason Lyle Talbot Winifred Shaw Yacht Club Boys Iowa Theater Jolson Beverly Roberts Stella Parish Beverly

Prisoner of Shark Island to be shown at Paramount

Screen adaptation portrays Dr Samuel Mudd's fate after Lincoln assassination with Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart. The film dramatizes Booth’s flight and Mudd’s conviction, his exile to Fort Jefferson, and the island’s harsh hellscape. Nunnally Johnson wrote the screen story faithfully.

America Shark Island Paramount Theater Warner Baxter Gloria Stuart Samuel Alexander Mudd Hell Lincoln John Wilkes Booth Maryland Dr. Mudd Albany Fort Jefferson Nunnally Johnson

Three Features On New Olympic Program Today

The Olympic theater opens a four day run starting Sunday with three features. Born for Glory stars Betty Balfour and John Mills and promises high seas thrills. Folies Bergere features Maurice Chevalier Ann Sothern Merle Oberon and Goldwyn girls with popular songs. Under Pressure stars Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice and Charles Bickford with a daring death chase. Selected shorts complete the bill.

Olympic Theater Betty Balfour John Mills High Seas Maurice Chevalier Ann Sothern Merle Oberon Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice Charles Bickford

Lesser Stage Stars Shine In Outtakes Of The Season

The writer awards praise to supporting players who impressed in small roles during the season. Margaret Douglass earns surprise honors for Russet Mantle, while Wilfred Lawson and Jeanne Dante receive noted praise for bold performances and versatile acting in Libel and other pieces.

Katharine Cornell Helen Hayes Ina Claire Margaret Douglass Miss Douglass

Cocoanut Grove Revels Opens in Iowa Theater This Week

Eddie Peabody leads a three day engagement of the Cocoanut Grove Revels at the Iowa theater featuring forty artists with dances The Spider Dance Beach Comber Flow ers for Madame and Barberry Coast plus the Clymas and Rhythm Redheads The screen bill includes Murder on a Bridle Path and Dont Get Personal with Pinky Tomlin performing I Won't Take No For An Answer and Barnyard Serenade.

Eddie Peabody Banjo Cocoanut Grove Iowa Theater Eleanore Wood Clymas Europe Lee Storms Rhythm Redheads Pinkie Lee Company Helen Broderick James Gleason Mexico Howard James Dunn Sally Eilers Pinky Tomlin

Petrified Forest stars Howard and Davis at Paramount

Leslie Howard and Bette Davis renowned for Of Human Bondage return as leads in The Petrified Forest at the Paramount as the top feature on a double bill. A supporting cast includes Genevieve Tobin and Dick Foran in a sunbaked Arizona setting around a roadside gas station where a group of misfits confronts a band of killers.

Leslie Howard Bette Davis Petrified Forest Paramount Theater Genevieve Tobin Dick Foran Arizona Desert

Bohemian Girl Opens Monday at State Theater

Chatterbox Revue and Her Master's Voice conclude today to make way for two days of Laurel and Hardy in The Bohemian Girl. The film features glossy costumes and songs from Balfe operetta with the duo delivering musical comedy and buffoonery.

State Theater Edward Everett Horton Peggy Conklin Laurel and Hardy

Will Rogers Stars In In Old Kentucky At Palace

Will Rogers last film appears as the leading feature on a new double program at the Palace through Wednesday. The picture is a modernized adaptation of the popular stage play and showcases Rogers famed humor with Steve Tapley in a supporting role.

Will Rogers Old Kentucky Palace Theater America Steve Tapley

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