Kiwanis Show Boat Promises A Colorful Benefit Use
Cedar Rapids Kiwanis announce a three day show boat event June 12 13 and 14 to aid underprivileged children with all talent donated. Joe Stenner chairs arrangements for a stern wheeler replica show with an outdoor 2B semicircular theater near Ells park. Spectators watch old and new songs dances skits and vaudeville with two blackface comedians. Ticket sales are underway and notable cast includes Gargan Marian Nixon Eugene Pallette Minna Gombell and Vera Moxie in a dynamic revue atmosphere.
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Cedar Rapids
Kiwanis
Cedar River
Ells Park
Taudeville
Gargan
Marian Nixon
Eugene Pallette
Minna Gombell
Moxie
Vera Moxie
Durante
Viva Villa at Paramount Theater Stars Wallace Beery
Viva Villa opens Friday at the Paramount and runs through Tuesday. Wallace Beery gives a career high performance as Pancho Villa in a sweeping fictionalized Mexican republic story. Fay Wray and Katherine De Mille appear with a strong supporting cast including Leo Carrillo and Joseph Schildkraut.
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Lupe Velez
Jimmy Durante
the Iowa
Stuart Ervin
Wallace Beery
Katherine DeMille
Viva Villa
the Paramount
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Villa
Mexico
Republic
Pancho Villa
Two Deep Sea Divers Clash in Rival Tug Romance
Two boisterous pals cast as divers at sea clash on rival salvage tugs. Their playful rivalry grows into a cyclone of adventure and romance as they pursue affection amid dangerous work and nautical humor.
Convention City Comedy Riot Head Rialto Double Bill
Rialto presents a double feature headlined by Convention City with Joan Blondell Adolphe Menjou Dick Powell and Mary Astor. The comedy follows a week of riotous salesmen antics in an Atlantic City hotel. Wheels of Destiny with Ken Maynard and Dorothy Dix follows with action including a hotel raid buffalo stampede Indian clash and prairie fire. A Technicolor Notre Dame Glee Club musical closes the program.
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Rialto
Joan Blondell
Adolphe Menjou
Dick Powell
Mary Astor
Guy Kibbee
Frank McHugh
Patricia Ellis
Ruth Donnelly
Hugh Herbert
Grant Mitchell
Gordon Westcott
Atlantic City
Union Depot
Grand Hotel
Ken Maynard
Dorothy Dix
Maynard
Notre Dame Glee Club
Warren William and Ginger Rogers Star in State Theater Feature
Warren William leads a strong cast in Upper World at the State theater. The film adapts Ben Hecht’s story of social contrast revealing crime and passion across high society and the underworld.
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Ginger Rogers
Warren Wil- Lass
State Theater
Center Amuddie
Aickles Gray
Ralph Bellamy
Helen Stanley
Done
Futherm
Etuart Erwin
Aloo
Iowa
Manhattan
Paramount Theater
Mght
Tiath Centle
Meena Lor
Willow Powel
Warren William
Ben Hecht
Hecht
Nery Astor
Local garbled note distorts names and places
Fragmentary OCR text shows mixed strings of names and terms. No coherent event or clear entities beyond scattered proper nouns. Unable to determine a definite person, organization, or location for a concise summary.
Double Feature At Iowa Theatre Promotes Drama And Detective Tales
A two film program presents The Romance of Ervin and Miss Sothern followed by The Crime of Helen Stanley. The first drama follows Ervin as he renounces fame to pursue art in Pars. The second features Inspector Trent unraveling the murder of a beloved silent film star amid studio intrigue.
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St. Sat
Vastone
Ervin
Miss Sothern
He'ten Stanleys
Mistery
Ralph Bellamy
Inspector Trent
Metropolitan
Helen Stanley
Bridge guidance for players and partners during games
A reader note outlines etiquette and advice for bridge players. It covers partner cooperation avoiding distractions and trading tips to improve performance and enjoyment during play. It also includes cautionary lines about etiquette and behavior and even a note about a safety claim not to poison any creature except humans.
Kay Francis Lights The House On 56th Street At Palace
Kay Francis shines in The House on 56th Street at the Palace depicting Peggy a Broadway show girl turned wary survivor in New York. The cast includes Jinx Cortez Gene Raymond Margaret Lindsay and Frank McHugh. The second Palace feature No More Women stars Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen.
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Kay Francis
56Th Street
Palace Theater
Peggy
Gambbler
New York
Europe
Jincarda Cortez
Gene Raynsftozze
Margaret Lindsay
Frank Mr Hugh
Palace
Edmund Love
Victor McLaglen
Misreading People And Love Advice From Miss Manners
Advice columns discuss judging by appearances and improving mood at home. Two readers ask about mistaken impressions and love triangles, with Miss Manners suggesting cheerful, social remedies. A closing note mentions an insect skeleton found externally.
Lee Tracy and Jack Holt Star in Olympic Showdown
Lee Tracy and Jack Holt headline at the Olympic Theatre with Sterling Holloway also featured in Advice to the Lovelorn. Holloway, famed for his dramatic flair, appears against a backdrop of Holt’s powerful performance and Fay Way’s poised support in a mixed program of drama and light comedy.
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Sterling Holloway
Lee Tracy
Sally Blaine
Olympic Theater
Holloway
Sargent’s Dramatic School
New York
Jack Holt
Holt
Fay Way
Melody In Spring With Lanny Ross At Paramount
Lanny Ross, famed radio tenor and screen debutant with Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland, headlines a three day Paramount run starting Wednesday. The piece notes Ross's Yale and track past, his Europe tour with the glee club, and clips of songs he’ll perform including The Open Road Melody In Spring and Ending With a Kiss.
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Lanny Ross
Charlie Ruggles
Mary Boland
Paramount Theater
Ross
Yale
Eliglee Club
Amsterdam
Yale Glee Club
Europe
George Derans
Boston
Derans
Devans
Lanny
Glee Club
Jhis
Ruggles and Boland Team in Fourth Screen Pairing
Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland pair up for the fourth time with Ann Sothern as the beauty in the feature. The program includes Ben Blue in a comedy Very close Veins an Odditie Attention Suckers and the latest Paramount sound news.
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Charlie Ruggles
Mary Boland
Ann Sothern
Ben Blue
Paramount Sound
Fog Over Frisco At Iowa Promises Bond Swindle Tale
The film Fog Over Frisco at Iowa through Monday follows a band of international bond swindlers led by Douglas Dumbrille with Bette Davis as a top conspirator. The plot includes murder, San Francisco settings, and a chase along the Embarcadero plus a lineup of featurettes and shorts.
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Frisco
Iowa
San Francisco
Embarcadero
Bette Davis
Lyle Talbot
Bonding House
Bette
Douglas Dumbrille
Irving Pichel
Joe Penner
Edgar Kennedy
RKO News
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McLaglen
Palace Pictures
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