Star-studded bill at Iowa and State theaters next Friday
Listings reveal multiple film openings and acts. Harry Carey and Hoot Gibson in Powdersmoke Range at the Iowa. Bette Davis and Leslie Howard in Petrified Forest at Paramount. Genevieve Tobin George Brent and Patricia Ellis in Snowed Under at the Iowa. Eddie Peabody in Cocoanut Grove Revels at the Iowa. Murder on a Bridle Path feature added. Chatterbox Revue with Claude de Carr and Spotty appears on State. Warner Baxter Gloria Stuart in Prisoner of Shark Island at Paramount. Laurel and Hardy in Bohemian Girl at State. Eddie Cantor Sally Eilers and Parkyakarkus lead Strike Me Pink at Paramount through Monday.
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Harry Carey
Hoot Gibson
Iowa
Bette Davis
Leslie Howard
Paramount
Genevieve Tobin
George Brent
Patricia Ellis
Eddie Peabody
Cocoanut Grove
Claude de Carr
Spotty
Wonder Dog
Warner Baxter
Gloria Stuart
Laurel and Hardy
Eddie Cantor
Sally Eilers
Parkyakarkus
Jolson Sets New Opus The Singing Kid At The Iowa
Al Jolson stars in The Singing Kid with Edward Everett Horton Cab Calloway Allen Jenkins Mitchell Durante Sybil Jason Lyle Talbot Winifred Shaw and Yacht Club Boys. The story follows an ace entertainer who faces tax troubles after a bad manager. The Iowa theater will premiere the film soon.
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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 depicted Dr Mudd tragedy
Warner Baxter stars as Dr Samuel Mudd in The Prisoner of Shark Island at Paramount, a dramatic retelling of Lincoln assassination aftermath. The film follows Mudd’s imprisonment at Fort Jefferson, his degradation, and a romance that tests endurance amid island horrors and disease.
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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
The Olympic theater starts a four day run beginning Sunday showing three features. Born for Glory stars Betty Balfour and John Mills and promises sea parade thrills. Folies Bergere features Maurice Chevalier Ann Sothern Merle Oberon and Goldwyn girls with song hits. Under Pressure with Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice and Charles Bickford is a daring wartime drama. Se ee short subjects complete the bill.
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Olympic Theater
Betty Balfour
John Mills
High Seas
Maurice Chevalier
Ann Sothern
Merle Oberon
Edmund Lowe
Victor McLaglen
Florence Rice
Charles Bickford
Cantor Musical Ends Soon at the Paramount
Eddie Cantor's sixth annual musical extravaganza Strike Me Pink closes soon at the Paramount theater. Ethel Merman Sally Eilers and Parkyakarkus star with Cantor in a comedy filled show featuring a roller coaster chase and a balloon ascent plus a Disney Silly Symphony cartoon Music Land and latest newsreels.
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Eddie Cantor
Paramount Theater
Ethel Merman
Sally Eilers
Parkyakarkus
Clarence Budington Kelland
Saturday Evening Post
Eddie
Iowa
Paramount
Best minor players in year on stage noted by writer
The writer highlights understudies and bit players who stood out this season in small parts. Margaret Douglass shines in Russet Mantle with charming cooing as a Kentucky belle. Wilfred Lawson impresses in Libel as a masterful king’s counselor. Jeanne Dante praised for her acting.
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Katharine Cornell
Helen Hayes
Ina Claire
Margaret Douglass
Miss Douglass
Lawson
Wilfred Lawson
King’s Counsel
Mr. Lawson
Double Program At Rialto Packed With Thrilling Activity
A harrowing feature Escape From Devils Island led by Vic tor Jory Florence Rice and Norman Foster runs today through Tuesday at the Rialto. It depicts a spy aide facing death jungle and sea as two men flee a penal colony. Also Oregon Trail stars John Wayne Ann Rutherford Yakima Canutt and others in a western tale of romance action and a California empire scheme. A comedy with the cats and the fiddle completes the program.
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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
Cocoanut Grove Revels Arrives for Three-Day Iowa Run
Eddie Peabody and forty artists bring the Cocoanut Grove Revels to an Iowa theater for a three day engagement starting Tuesday. Critics praise three modern dances The Spider Dance Beach Comber and Flowers for Madame. The show features Barbary Coast and international acts with screen entertainment Murder on a Bridle Path and Dont Get Personal.
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Eddie Peabody
Banjo
Cocoanut Grove
Iowa Theater
Eleanore Wood
Clymas
Europe
Lee
Storms
Rhythm Redheads
Pinkie Lee
Company
Helen Broderick
James Gleason
Petrified Forest at Paramount with Howard and Davis
Leslie Howard and Bette Davis star in Petrified Forest at Paramount as the top feature on a double bill set in an Arizona desert roadside cafe. The cast includes Genevieve Tobin and Dick Foran. A group of misfits is trapped by killers in a gas station setting near the famous Petrified Forest.
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Leslie Howard
Bette Davis
Petrified Forest
Paramount Theater
Genevieve Tobin
Dick Foran
Arizona Desert
Bohemian Girl Opens Monday at State Theater
Laurel and Hardy bring a new musical comedy to the State Theater as the two day engagement of Bohemian Girl follows the run of Her Master's Voice. The show promises Glorious voices colorful costumes and buffoonery with the original operetta songs and music retained for a light entertaining film musical.’
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State Theater
Edward Everett Horton
Peggy Conklin
Laurel and Hardy
Will Rogers Last Film Opens New Palace Double Bill
Will Rogers final film In Old Kentucky headlines a new double program at the Palace theater today through Wednesday. The picture, modernized by the scenarist, blends the famed humor that made Rogers a legend with a refined screen treatment. Steve Tapley leads a strong supporting cast.
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Will Rogers
Old Kentucky
Palace Theater
America
Steve Tapley
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