Variety Shows and Films At Local Theaters This Week
Cedar Rapids theaters feature a diverse lineup this week with International Revels at the Iowa theater and Dokies carnival premiere. Mary Carlisle and Buster Crabbe headline the Iowa stage show, Count Berni-Vici presenting. Paramount runs Footlight Parade with Ruby Keeler and James Cagney. Van Dine mystery Kennel Murder Case opens with Powell and O'Sullivan.
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Cedar Rapids
New York
Iowa Theater
Memorial Coliseum
Iowa
Mary Carlisle
Buster Crabbe
Count Berni-Vici
Ann Harding
Paramount
Ruby Keeler
James Cagney
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
van Dine
William Powell
Maureen O'Sullivan
Franchot Tone
State Theater
Alice Brady
Phillips Holmes
Ted Healy
Phil Harris
Melody Cruise
Bebe Daniels
Majestic
Robert Montgomery
E. A Salisbury
Olympic
Ralph Bellamy
Harold Lloyd
New Palace
James Ann
Boots Mallory
Zasu Pitts
Hell Below
Walter Huston
Madge Evans
E. A. Salisbury
Majestic Theater
Spencer Tracy
Loretta Young
International
World Changes and Little Women Booked At Iowa Theaters
Two major screenings arrive with The World Changes and Little Women set for November 24 and 30 at the Iowa theater. The World Changes offers education and entertainment amid America’s progress era. Little Women features Katharine Hepburn and a family tale during the Civil War with four sisters and a devoted mother and father.
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Paul Muni
Katharine Hepburn
Iowa
Frances Dee
Joan Bennett
Jean Parker
Edna Mac Oliver
Berni-Vici's Big Time Revue Opens Tuesday in Town
The Iowa theater hosts a three day engagement headlined by Count Bernt Viel with 40 performers including Harriet Cruise Joe Besser and Buster Crabbe amid lavish dancing and a screen feature The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi plus a schoolhouse project in Conesville costing about 10000 and approved 160 to 29 at a recent election
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berni
Vici
Count Berni-Vici
Iowa Theater
Harriet Cruise
Joe Besser
Shubert
Bobby “Uke” Henshaw
Annette
Dianne
Paul Sutton
Bing Crosby
Count Bernt- Viel
New York
Sigma Chi
Buster Crabbe
Tarzan
Mary Carlsle
Ted Fio-Rito
Conesville
Dokies Carnival for Charity Opens Wednesday at Memorial Coliseum
The Dokies and Pythians stage Covered Wagon Days charity event with a mining camp set, street parade led by the Coc college band, automobile and bicycle divisions, and a two nightly stage show headlined by Legacio Cisco and the Musical Magpies. A fashion and gown history display accompanies vaudeville. Contest leaders are named in Ladies' Personality and Sheriff races, closing Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dokies
Memorial Coliseum
Pythian
Coc College
Ed Borschel
Bill" Morgan
Legacio Cisco
Magpies
Georgia Sunflower Quartet
Bertha Muller
Texas
Guinan
Vivienne and Ames
Early
Davis
Mary Jane Hubbard
Eve Yurgaltis
Jo Anne Sonka
Helen Kunz
Dorothy Moore
J. Fred Currell
Helen Berry
Viola Kopecky
Eleanor Anderson
L. J. Reed
Francis Curran
L. G. “Jack” Wiles
Hell Below at Colonial reveals submarine warfare tale
The film Hell Below opens at the Columbia theater with Robert Montgomery Walter Huston Madge Evans Jimmy Durante Eugene Pallette and Robert Young. It follows a U S submarine lieutenant at odds with his commander amid Mediterranean combat based on Edward Ellsbergs Pigboats. Scenes show air raids, a doomed crew, a submarine duel with destroyers and a fort explosion.
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Robert Montgomery
Walter Huston
Madge Evans
Jimmy Durante
Eugene Pallette
Robert Young
Columbia Theater
Edward Ellsberg
Mediterranean
Italy
Montgomery
Leutenant
United States
Huston
Madge Evins
Rialto Presents Melody Cruise and Cocktail Hour Bill
The Rialto stars Charlie Ruggles Phil Harris Gretta Nissen and Helen Mack in Melody Cruise a music driven spectacle where every movement becomes a note. Cocktail Hour with Bebe Daniels and Randolph Scott questions whether a woman should taste life before marriage. Moran and Mack provide Hot Hoofs with News as a comedy finale.
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Rialto
Charlie Ruggles
Phil Harris
Gretta Nissen
Helen Mack
Bebe Daniels
Randolph Scott
When Ladies Meet at the Majestic with Captain Salisbury
The Majestic shows When Ladies Meet today through Tuesday led by Ann Harding Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy with Alice Brady and Frank Morgan A live appearance by Captain E A Salisbury explorer author and broadcaster presents the Strangest story ever filmed Gow Paramount's world news and a Silly Symphony accompany the feature film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Majestic
Ann Harding
Robert Montgomery
Alice Brady
Frank Morgan
Myrna Loy
William Powell Returns as Philo Vance in The Kennel Murder Case
William Powell reprises Philo Vance in The Kennel Murder Case at Paramount for a three day run. The mystery centers on the death of Archer Coe with a locked room setup and a motive forged by seven suspects. Eugene Pallette, Robert McWade, Mary Astor, Jack LaRue, and Helen Vinson co star in an exceptional cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilam Powell
Philo Vance
S. van Dine
Powell
Paramount Theater
Archer Coe
Vance
van Dine
William Powell Aran
Eugene Pallette
Olympic theater screens Below The Sea and Movie Crazy
Two top night features at Olympic theater include Movie Crazy starring Harold Lloyd and Below the Sea with Ralph Belamy. Movie Crazy showcases Lloyd's longest laugh sequence in years while Below the Sea offers dramatic tension and an underwater diving bell spectacle. News, Krazy Kat, a cartoon and organlogue complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympic Theater Management
Harold Lioyd
Ralph Bellamy
Constance Cummings
Lloyd
State Fair Opens at Garden Theater with Star Cast
The all Iowa film State Parr starring Janet Gaynor Will Rogers Lew Ayres Sally Eilers Norman Foster Louise Dresser Frank Craven and Victor Jory opens today at the Garden theater in Marton for a three day run. The story by Phil Stony Iowa novelist portrays Iowa life and has drawn national interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Janet Gaynor
Will Rogers
Lew Ayres
Sally Eilers
Norman Foster
Louise Dresser
Frank Craven
Victor Jory
Garden Theater
Marton
Phil Stony
Ben Bernie Orchestrates Danceland Appearance Friday
Ben Bernie and his orchestra perform in person at Danceland Friday evening from 8 to 12:18 AM. It is their only Midwest engagement of the current tour before an early train to St Paul for an opening theater engagement on November 18. Bernie rose from poverty through vaudeville to national fame on radio broadcasts.
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Ben Bernie
Danceland
St Paul
Bernie
Man's Castle Opens Friday at Iowa Theater
From a shanty town setting, director Frank Borzage presents a love story hailed as a triumph in talking pictures. The film Man's Castle opens at the Iowa theater Friday and centers on a man who cannot hear train whistles without wanting to hop a train.
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Frank Borzage
Talking Pictures
Iowa Theater
Private Confidential Letter Stirs Washington Rumors
A mock confidential Washington letter claims to reveal the inner workings of politics and economics. It asserts Republicans plot a comeback, the old Populist party resurfaces, the gold standard ends, and farm relief taxes soon change after subscriptions.
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Republican Party
Washington
Footlight Parade Bigger and Better at Mount Para
Hollywood unveils a lavish musical comedy with Ruby Keeler James Cagney and Dick Powell in a tale of a jobless dancer who rises to produce musical prologues. Spectacular numbers like Shanghai Lil By a Waterfall and Honeymoon Hotel dazzle, supported by Joan Blondell and others. A Popeye cartoon and a newsreel cap the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Paramount
Ruby Keeler
James Cagney
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
Cagney
Guy Kibbee
Hugh Herbert
Bill
Diplomaniacs and Hello Sister Headline Palace Show
Palace audiences will see two features today through Tuesday. Diplomaniacs with Wheeler and Woolsey provides fast goofball comedy with musical numbers and a sparkling cast including Marjorie White and Hugh Herbert. Hello Sister stars James Dunn Zasu Pitts and Minna Gombell in a melodrama with romance and heart. Fox Movietone news and a novelty short complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
Wheeler and Woolsey
Wheeler
Woolsey
Comediennes
Marjorie White
Phyllis Barry
Hugh Herbert
Richard Carle
William Irving
Billy Bletcher
James Dunn
Boots Mallory
Zasu Pitts
Minna Gombell
Death of Tama resident Pelisek after three year illness
Tama Henry Pelisek 38 died Thursday at a Marshall town hospital after a three year illness. He sustained a spine injury and complications caused his death. Funeral at St Patrick's Catholic church Monday at 9 30 am with Rev A P Meyer to officiate. Burial in Catholic Cemetery. He was born in Tama April 28 1895 to the late Joseph Pelisek Sr and wife. Survived by wife Lillian Hanzelka a son John Henry 2 a Tama brother Joseph and three sisters Mrs F H Todd Mrs J B Neuman of Tama and Mrs John Musel of Cresco. He worked at the North Western railroad freight depot until ill health led to retirement. He was a member of the Catholic church and Catholic Order of Foresters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Henry Pelisek
Marshalltown
Pelisek
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
A. P Meyer
Joseph Pelisek
St. Mary’s
Lilian Hanzelka
Chelsea
North Western Railroad
Pellsek
Catholic Order of Foresters
John Henry
Joseph
F. H. Todd
J.B. Neuman
John Musel
Cresco
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Robert Schauff
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Donald Doty
Margaret May
Anna Laura Garrett
Roberta Stafford
Bernice Wilcox
London
Colonial
Capt. Salisbury
Olympic Theater
Jin
Roosevelt Hotel
College Inn
Lat Hotel
Sherman
Chicago
Iden Bernie Orchestra
Wil Rogers
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Brain Trust
Wasent
Lair
N. R.A
NR. A
2. F.C
Jim Jashos
Jim Jasho
Wheeler, Woolsey
Diplomaniacs
Head Palace
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