Band Box Revue on Iowa stage three day run
A continental style Band Box Revue arrives at the Iowa theater for a Friday three day engagement featuring two orchestras, a girls only ensemble, The Girl With Three Faces novelty, forty cast members, and spectacular acts. Headliners include Al Belasco and Jack Leonard with The Smith Sisters, Lilyan Roberts, and The Four Aristocrats of Rhythm. Imported acts include Van Celle and Marie and Jacques Pierre et Freres. The program also features Secret Agent a spy thriller starring Madeline Carroll Peter Lorre and Robert Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Theater
al Belasco
Jack Leonard
Smith Sisters
York and Tracy
Lilyan Roberts
van Celle
Marie
Jacques Pierre Et Freres
Madeline Carroll
Peter Lorre
Robert Young
Elissa Lands
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Iowa
Jack Benny
Shirley Ross
Paramount
Anthony Adverse
Fredric March
Madeleine Carroll
June Travis
Jane Withers
Irvin
Cobb
Slim Summerville
Pepper
Carlos de Vega to perform with his company at Coe College
Renowned Spanish dance artist Carlos de Vega will present a dance recital at Coe College Cedar Rapids on Tuesday evening October 20 with his company. The program includes Mariluz and Ynez, noted gypsy interpreters, and tickets go on sale October 5 with reservations starting October 12 in the Coe College chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos de Vega
Paris
London
New York
Spain
Coe College
de Vega
Cedar Rapids
United States
Carola Goya
Mariluz
Kay Francis Stars in The White Angel Palace Twin Bill
Kay Francis leads The White Angel a Florence Nightingale biopic at the Palace today through Wednesday with Ian Hunter Donald Crisp Nigel Bruce and Donald Woods in the cast. The second feature Here Comes the Band blends romance and melody starring Ted Lewis with Virginia Bruce Ted Healy Nat Pendleton and Donald Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Nightingale
Kay Francis
Ian Hunter
Donald Crisp
Nigel Bruce
Donald Woods
Band
Ted Lewis
Virginia Bruce
Ted Healy
Nat Pendleton
Donald Cook
Paramount to Show Big Broadcast of 1937
Paramount presents a lavish tuneful comedy star studded by Jack Benny Bob Burns George Burns Gracie Allen Martha Raye Shirley Ross Ray Milland Eleanore Whitney and others The Big Broadcast of 1937 opens at the Paramount theater next Friday and spoofs the broadcasting world with Benny as station master and Gracie Allen as sponsor in comic doings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Jack Benny
Bob Burns
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Martha Raye
Shirley Ross
Ray Milland
Eleanore Whitney
Benny
Hi Gaucho headlining at Rialto with John Carroll Steffi Duna
John Carroll stars as a pampas rider in Hi Gaucho at the Rialto today through Tuesday with Steffi Duna in the lead. The musical romance set in early nineteenth century Argentina features Carroll’s baritone and woven melodies. Also showing counterfeit with Chester Morris Margot Grahame, plus a comedy and Cats and a band act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Chester Morris
Margot Grahame
Underworld
T-men
Treasury Department
Bengal Tiger leads state bill with tiger cage drama
Two entertaining pictures headline the state bill. Bengal Tiger stars Barton MacLane as a lion tamer with June Travis as the trainer’s daughter who marries in gratitude and falls for the aerialist amid a tiger cage duel. The second feature Kelly The Second stacks Irish flavored comedy with Patsy Kelly and Charley Chase in a fast paced prizefighter farce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Barton MacLane
June Travis
Kelly
Patsy Kelly
Charley Chase
Guvin
Big Boy” Williams
Pert Kelton
Anthony Adverse at the Paramount shines with romance
The film Anthony Adverse based on Hervey Allen's novel opens at the Paramount theater. It promises glamorous romance, dramatic adventure across five countries and three continents, with Fredric March leading a large cast in lavish, spectacular production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Adverse
Paramount
Hervey Allen
Paramount Theater
Magnificent Screen Entertainment
Fredric March
Pepper Crowd Roars at State Theatre Cedar Rapids Opens Friday
Jane Withers stars in Pepper a three day Cedar Rapids State theater engagement starting Friday October ninth. The program also features Star For A Night with Jane Darwell and Claire Trevor. After the run the theater will close for extensive redecorating new seats carpet lighting and furniture upgrades before reopening with top line pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Withers
Pepper
State Theater
Cedar Rapids
Irvin S. Cobb
Slim Summerville
Ginger
Jane
Jane Darwell
Claire Trevor
Tri-States Theater Corporation
Iowa
Ace Brigode's Band To Play Thursday At Danceland
Ace Brigode and his Virginians will perform at Danceland Thursday evening from 9 to 1. The band, noted for danceable rhythm, features Lillian Meyers, Bill Dinkle, Benny Benedict, the Four Aces, Brigade's quartet, and the orchestra glee club. Roger Graham and his El Granada will provide dancing tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Brigode
West Virginia
Rock Island
Ill
Lillian Meyers
Bill Dinkle
Benny Benedict
Four Aces
Brigade
Reflected Glory
The piece discusses the Gilbert W. Gabriel play Reflected Glory starring Talullah Bankhead. It notes Shaw's views on actresses acting natural on stage and compares Kelly's play to The Royal Family with Miss Flood as a tempest in a dressing room, weaving romance and theatrical longing across the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert W. Gabriel
Universal Service
New York
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Robertson
Pinero
Lonsdale
George Kaufman
George Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Talullah Bankhead
St Ings
Francisco
Los Angeles
Miss Bankhead
Miss Flood
Iris
Kelly
Instan
Tempest
Bacx
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Kay Francis In “the White Angel
Palace Twin
Lolitlikeke
ALA Eai Theatre
Rosalind Russell
John Boles
Craig's
Patricia Ellis
Dennis Moore
Mickey Rooney
John Carroll
Steffi Duna
Rialto
Jeffrey Farnol
Elissa Landi
Fairbanks
Barnabas Barty
Yellowstone
Henry Hunter
Judith Barrett
Ralph Morgan
Alan Hale
Andy Devine
Michael Loring
Raymond Hatton
Monroe Owsley
Donald Wooples
Anita Louise
Edmund Gwenn
Claude Rains
Meee Oy
Fea
Third St
Twelfth Ave
New Lafayette Cafe
Danceland
Actres
Bengal
Atiger
Steffi Dana
Rod LaRocque
Irale Ie Sirti
Ted Beal, Ted Lewis and His Orchestra
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