Iowa Stage Show The Chinese Follies Shines at Theater
A lively Iowa stage revue The Chinese Follies delights Tuesday night audiences with a well costumed, peppy program. An anonymous performer charmed as a great dane, Joe Wong hosts with impersonations, Lai Tei and Chang sing, Toy and Wing mimic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Shanghai Wing Troupe handles plate spins. The finale features a big apple dance as G men step in film follows with Don Terry Jacqueline Wells mystery drama about fake charities. The bill ends with a Donald Duck cartoon and late news.
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Lai-Tei
Chang
Toy and Wing
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
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Shanghai Wing
Don Terry
Jacqueline Wells
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Gandhi suffers health setback after village education conference
Calcutta AP reports Mohandas K. Gandhi endured a fairly bad health breakdown following a village education and rural uplift conference in Berhpoi Orissa. He is expected to resume talks with the Bengal government on the release of political prisoners.
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Calcutta
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Berbhoi Orissa
Bengal
Hollywood Whispers and Ironies From a Busy Set
Jimmie Fidler recaps Hollywood quirks from Rosalind Russell’s temper to Katharine Hepburn’s hair rituals. Freddie Bartholomew’s Aunt Cissie tests business sense with $1 checks to keep balance. Dionne quintuplets film tease "Mother Knows Best" draws Mrs. Dionne’s thoughts. Brian Donlevy battles a clock prank after an early morning wake up.
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Freddie Bartholomew
Cissie
Hollywood
Jam
Twentieth-Centry-Fox
Mrs. Dionne
Theaters Showcase 1940s Stars In Multiple Screenings
In Des Moines listings the Theaters present a mix of musicals dramas and comedies. At AT THE THEATERS IOWA Chinese Follies and When G Men Step In headline with Don Terry Jacqueline Wells. PARAMOUNT features Shirley Temple in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with Randolph Scott and an all star cast. STATE presents Deanna Durbin in Mad About Music with Herbert Marshall and Frank McHugh in He Couldnt Say No. PALACE offers Clark Gable Myrna Loy in Parnell and The Jones Family in Hot Water. RIALTO screens Saturdays Heroes with Van Heflin Marian Marsh and Sandflow with Buck Jones. STRAND shows You Cant Have Everything with Alice Faye Don Ameche and The Case of the Stuttering Bishop with Donald Woods Ann Dvorak.
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Iowa
Don Terry
Jacqueline Wells
Paramount
Shirley Temple
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Randolph Scott
State
Deanna Durbin
Herbert Marshall
Frank McHugh
Palace
Clark Gable
Myrna Loy
Saturday's Heroes at Rialto Prompts Pro Amateur Debate
Rialto presents Saturday's Heroes with Van Heflin and Marian Marsh as a college sports satire exploring whether players should admit pro status over scholarships and chores. The film mixes humor with a love story, while Buck Jones western Sandflow and the X-9 thriller serial fill the bill.
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Rialto
van Heflin
Marian Marsh
Richard Lane
Minor Watson
George Irving
Charles Trowbridge
Buck Jones
Jimmy Lanceford
Gennetti Kicks Constable with Wooden Leg
In Bellaire Ohio Robert Gennetti attacked Constable Joseph Barrett with his wooden leg. Barrett is hospitalized and Gennetti jailed. Leg trouble noted in both cases. Girls Get ready for Taster. LOOK under classification 6 in the Want Ad section for beauty aids.
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Robert Gennetti
Joseph Barrett
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Gennetti
The Story of Nipper and His Masters Voice
Albert Payson Terhune recounts how Francis Barraud painted his dog Nipper listening to a phonograph. A talking machine firm bought the image for 400 dollars and used the portrait as its trademark His Master’s Voice. Barraud later died penniless but was honored with a pension for the advertising value.
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London
Nipper
Barraud
Talking Machine
Lunar transits promise rewards for service and fidelity
The lunar transits suggest employment rewards and long service recognition from superiors and elders. Elders may present propositions as tokens of preferment or confidence, and accepting them would be prudent.
Birthday signals change and future success through faith and esteem
The text notes that birthdays may bring significant life shifts, indicating faith, preferment, and elder respect as markers of a serious, studious child. It warns a life reorientation may be required and highlights a future career visibility to bosses and elders. An odd classified ad fragment urges rug cleaning under Want Ad 14.
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