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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1936
Page
36
Los Angeles writer argues long gaps hurt star appeal as Chaplin faces doubt about Modern Times. Lloyd and Chaplin illustrate how new generations, foreign markets, and sound era shift audience preferences.
A romantic comedy Snowed Under comes to the Iowa theater next Friday featuring George Brent as the lead with Genevieve Tobin Glenda Farrell and Patricia Ellis as the top female stars. The plot follows a young playwright snowbound in a farmhouse amid ex wives a new sweetheart and a lovelorn lawyer as a romantic sheriff helps resolve the tangled love story. Also showcased is Powdersmoke Range a western with Harry Carey Hoot Gibson and a large supporting cast including Big Boy Williams Bob Steele Tom Tyler Boots Mallory Buzz Barton and Buffalo Bill Jr. An older chorus performer Mme Maria Savage is noted as the world’s oldest chorus girl.
Will Rogers stars in a double bill at the Palace with his latest film featuring a witty horse trainer and a genial, homely philosophy. Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie, Charles Sellon and Bill Robinson support. The second feature "Two Fisted" is a comedy romance with Lee Tracy Roscoe Karns Gail Patrick and Kent Taylor.
Ithaca based notice reports 17 year cicadas to reappear but professor Matheson says New York may see few or none. He notes 1919 sightings only on Staten Island Islip and Farmingdale with no western New York records though the brood existed there in 1902.
The writer lauds Victoria Regina led by Lewis Casson and Percy Waram in Pride and Prejudice, Eduardo Cianelli’s dramatic villain turn, and standout support from Joseph Greenwald, Charles Halton, Diantha Pattison, and ensemble scenes with Meisner Kazan and Bob Lewis.
An anonymous Florence resident uses a controversial method to curb risky street behavior. A child darted into traffic, she slammed brakes within inches of him, scolded him on the spot, then resumed driving.
George Melvin a 22 year old writer and New York University graduate provoked a navy spy scare in Los Angeles through inquiries into naval matters. Federal authorities said he is collecting material for a fiction piece on international spies and was released after his curiosity was satisfied.
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