Beery Jitters Amid Zion Park On Location
Cedar Rapids photographers Guy Frazee and Ray Beals shot candid images of Wallace Beery and co stars in Zion National Park while on location for A Bad Man from Brimstone. Beery frayed under telephoto lenses as kibbee and Bruce posed and locals mocked up movie camp with painted leaves and special lighting.
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Allace Beery
Guy Kibbee
Virginia Bruce
Cedar Rapids
Guy Frazee
Forest Drive
Ray Beals
Knollwood Drive
Beery
Zion National Park Lodge
Brimstone
Zion National Park
Wallace Beery
Olan
Ritz Brothers Lead Fun In Gay College Story
Ritz Brothers star in Life Begins in College at the New State theater opening Friday. Joan Davis and Nat Pendleton join the cast in a zany musical comedy featuring gags and frenzied fun with a heart-hunt plot and bustling college hijinks.
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Ritz Brothers
Twentieth Century-Fox
Joan Davis
Tony Martin
Gloria Stuart
New State Theater
Wastin Indian
Nat Pendleton
Ritzes
Fred Stone
Ed Thorgersen
Dick Baldwin
Joan Marsh
Dixie Dunbar
Jed Prouty
Maurice Cass
Marjorie Weaver
J. C Nugent
Lewis Stone
Barbara Read
Tom Brown
Man Who
Wolf
Levant Band Brings Chicago Maestro to Danceland Ballroom
Phil Levant, a young Chicago violinist and bandleader, brings his popular orchestra to Danceland this Thursday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The group, formed after a long rise in Chicago and at the Bismarck hotel, features George Wald, a Los Angeles tenor, and plays a blend of brass and rhythm with a distinctive three-violin bass setup.
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Phil Levant
Chicago
Walnut
Bismarck Hotel
Court Hussey
Mr. Levant
Chicagoland
George Wald
Los Angeles
Jover
WGN
Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell Star in Back In Circulation
Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell headline the Iowa theater Friday in Back In Circulation a sharp comedy drama by Adela Rogers St Johns. The mystery centers on a millionaire's death solved by a tireless newspaper team while the widow faces a murder conviction.
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Pat O'Brien
Hildy Johnson
Iowa Theater
Joan Blondell
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Pat
Ronald Reagan
June Travis
Ronald
Des Moines Sport Boon Opens Radio Announcer Career
A Des Moines tator turned on air helped launch a career as a sports announcer at the WHO radio station. The move linked his local fame to broader coverage.
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Tator
Des Moines
WHO
Shirley Learns Many Languages Learns Ballet
Hollywood child Shirley Temple enters grade 4 A with advanced knowledge in French piano Mandarin and soon Latin and Spanish She has learned 400 Mandarin words during a recent film and will debut her talents in Heidi exposing her wide range of languages and art studies.
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Hollywood
Shirley
Fan snips fabric from Olivia de Havilland dress
An unnamed fan in a Hollywood store cut a sample from Olivia de Havilland’s dress selvage, praising her outfit and announcing a desire to own a similar garment. The incident prompted commentary on fan devotion and personal space.
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Olivia de Havilland
Hollywood
Olivia
Stars Say October 4 Forecast Highlights Career Luck
The October 4 forecast by Genevieve Kemple predicts a lively day with favorable conditions for writing publishing publicity and promotions. Those celebrating birthdays enter a promising year with chances for favors advancement and contracts. A child born that day may be clever ambitious versatile and attain personal happiness.
Fred Allen Struggles With Insomnia In Movie Work
Hollywood-style performers from Broadway trouble with late hours and insomnia. Fred Allen says long coast schedules and early calls at Twentieth Century Fox deter him from movie work. He hints that Sally Irene and Mary may be his last film project if schedules repeat.
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Hollywood
Broadway
Fred Allen
Twentieth Century-Fox
Sally
Irene
Mary
Fan offers Anita Louise inducements for screen test
A promoter offers Anita Louise $100 and marriage to a handsome one woman man to secure a screen test. If the marriage fails the player may seek a divorce, but the test must show results.
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Anita Louise
Alarms For Kenny Baker Three Alarm Morning
Kenny Baker is described as a three alarm man with alarms set five minutes apart to wake him in the morning. The anecdote notes the need for multiple alarms before getting up.
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Kenny
Kenny Baker
Hearts Walking Seeks Escape Amid Stage and Domestic Strife
In this chapter Jim Phillips visits the Woolf Street flat where Cathy Wood, a dancer, faces the toll of a long career. Cathy reveals fears about aging and health while Jim consoles her and notes Janet's envy and the tension over Gordon Key's attentions to Priscilla Leigh.
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Anne Philline
Perenice
Jim
Helen Manders
Cathy Wood
Janete
Gordon Key
Priscilla Leigh
Jacoby
Jim Phillips
Howard
Tony Ryan
Helen Sanders
Janet
Danny
Cathy
Sonny
Working mothers face strain as family cares grow
Janet and Jim argue over entitlement and hardship while Cathy relies on Anne to care for baby Danny. Anne comforts Cathy, recalling past fears about illness and the burden of being the family support. Jim helps with the child, showing solidarity amid worry and shared duty.
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Janet
Jim
Anne Phillips
Anne
Cathy
Danny
Grandma Bauer
Sonny
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Ray Mill
Kent Taylor
William Gargan
Polly Rowles
Jack Randall
Arizona
Alavi
Childeas
Harold Belt. Wright
Secret Valley
Richard Arlen
Virginia Grey
Cedar Rapids Air Circus
America
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C. R. Municipal Airport Sun
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Coc Ft. O, T. C
Metropolitan Opera
Kalmour
Dar Rapids
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