King of the Turf led by Menjou stars in horse racing drama
A cinema review praises King of the Turf at New State for its dramatic horse race sequences and strong photography. Adolphe Menjou plays a fallen ace who returns as king of the tracks, paired with a jockey who may be his son, while Dolores Costello provides a challenging maternal role. Other memorable scenes feature humor from criminals led by Alan Dinehart and peers William Demarest Harold Huber. The bill also includes Prison Without Bars with Corinne Luchaire in a restrained documentary-style English production by Alexander Korda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphe Menjou
Menjou
Roger
Daniel
Dolores Costello
Brace
Alan Dinehart
William Demarest
Harold Huber
George McKay
Lee M. Moore
Prison Without Bars
Alexander Korda
Corinne Luchaire
Mary Morris
Edna T Best
Barry Barnes
Flowers for Sale ad sparks decorations day buying spree
Hundreds seek fresh cut flowers for Decoration Day as readers watch the Want Ad column and purchase opportunities in the Flowers for Sale notices. Local buyers and sellers converge on listings, hoping to secure blooms for ceremonies and memorials.
Hollywood Hobby, Hubris and Headlines in Turbulent Times
Hollywood gossip note discusses Bobbie Breen's unmerited dislike and Eddie Cantor influence, then moves through brief items about Kay Francis rejecting a long contract, Carole Lombard Desert vacation, Dagwood Lake's business move, Anne Shirley spider bite, Louise Campbell stage choice, and Bette Davis mirroring a superstition with sugar glass. Also includes light reminiscences, Beers and No-bells, and local market figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Francis
RKO
Painted Desert
Carole Lombard
Clark Gable
Arthur “Dagwood” Lake
Anne Shirley
Louise Campbell
Horace MacMahon
Beryl Wallace
Earl Carroll Kueaty
Lee Tracy
Veteran Actor Heads Rialto Feature Cast
Veteran actor Harry Davenport leads the Rialto bill with Young Fugitives, a homespun tale about a veteran who wins a $50,000 government reward and shares it with a hobo girl and a gangster boy. Also showing Feud of the Trail, Trip to Mars, Cats and the Fiddle, news reel, and Terror of Tiny Town starring the diminutive leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Harry Davenport
Dorothy Kent
Tom Tyler
Tiny Town
Cupid’s Diamond Trade Surges in Early Year Imports
Washington reports a sharp rise in uncut diamond arrivals for January through April. The Commerce Department said 42.226 million carats entered the United States this year, up from 21.542 million in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cupid
Commerce Department
10 20 30 Years Ago In The Gazette May 26 1929
Notable items from 1929 include the death of Dr Edmund J Lockwood former St Pauls Methodist pastor in Waterloo, the ordination of Irving Adams West, and Red Cross relief work by Miss Eunice Mantz. Local markets and agricultural notes appear with prices for wheat corn oats rye and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund J. Lockwood
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Waterloo
Irving Adams West
S Bruce West
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Presbytery
Cedar Rapids
Eunice H. Mantz
Union College
Lincoln
Neb
R. L. Mantz
Kathryn Wardle
Coe College
Loretta K. Muir
Central Division
American Red Cross
Douglas
Mindset Questions on Original Thought and Social Rights
A Q and A style piece argues great minds are original and separate from others while many people fail to exercise civic rights. It notes warlike energy could enforce peaceful problem solving and explains snobbery as a mirror of insecurity driven by wealth display and ego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
Aristotle
Leonardo
Shakespeare
Gregory the Great
Darwin
Washington
Lincoln
Theaters Show Busy Week With Big Stars At Paramount And Others
Theaters present a lineup headlined by Paramount Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, and Al Jolson in Rose of Washington Square. Cary Grant and Jean Arthur star in Only Angels Have Wings, with Fixer Dugan featuring Lee Tracy and Virginia Weidler. Corinne Luchaire with Dead End Girls in Prison Without Bars and King of the Turf with Adolphe Menjou costar Dolores Costello. Kentucky with Loretta Young and Richard Greene, Say It In French with Olympe Bradna and Ray Milland at Palace. Young Fugitives starring Harry Davenport and Dorothy Kent at Rialto Feud of the Trail with Tom Tyler also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cary Grant and
Jean Arthur
Angels Have
Lee Tracy
Virginia Weidler
Fixer Dugan
Corrine Luchaire
Adolphe Menjou
Dolores Costello
Palace
Kentucky
Loretta Young
Richard Greene
Olympe Bradna
Ray Milland
Rialto
Harry Davenport
Dorothy Kent
Tom Tyler
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Jesse James
Rascal
Venice
NAVY
Veneti
GU. S. Pat
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Ollywood
Bobbie Breen
Jeel
Master Breen
Bobbie
Eddie Cantor
Daddy
Warner
Bette
Charles Laughton
Jean Harlow
Biltmore
Rudolph Valentino
Marie Prevost
Mack Sennett
Laguna Rocks
May Robson
Otto Kruger
Frieda Tnescott
Bette Davis
Mary Pickford
Basil Rathbones
Cissie Loftus
Metro
Freddie Bartholomew
Bob Montgomery
Three Bears
Papa Bear
Mama Bear
Baby Bear
Welch
Excelsior Springs
Alexander
Tyrone Power- Faye AS
Jolson
Rost Or
Cwashington
Square
Suiann Frawley
Joyce Compton
Hobart Cavanaugh
20Th Century-Fox
Opeye
Paramount News
Rose
Chasin
Rainbows
the Vamp
Avalon
Oren Weir
Vette Kell
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
Blatz Pilsener
Budweiser
King OF Bottled Beers
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Dial
Milwaukee
Paul Jerabek
Williams
Ay T
Bagby
TR Williams
I Laele
Andes
Sean
Ogewne
Clana
Thomas Mitchell
RIT
Hayworth
Richard Barthelmess
Lee- Ad Frais
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L. A. Cunningham
Rock Island Railroad
Minneapolis
Soo Railroad
Adele Hughes
Grundy Center
W. W. Post
O. E
Enda Best
Roger Daniel Walter Abel
United Artists
Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion
Thornwood
Boyd Raeburn
Lorraine
Plex
Paramount
Tyrone Fower
Alice Faye
al Jolson
VALE
First Avenue East
Rial
Warry Davenport
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