Band Box Revue Heads to Iowa Stage for Three Day Run
A three day Band Box Revue arrives at the Iowa theater Friday with a colorful continental show. It features two orchestras, a girl only unit, The Girl With Three Faces novelty act, forty performers, and acts like Jacques Pierre et Freres and Secret Agent. Also on screen are The Amateur Gentleman with Elissa Landi and Douglas Fairbanks Jr and The Big Broadcast of 193? with Jack Benny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
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 Landi
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Jack Benny
Shirley Rees
Paramount
Anthony Adverse
Fredric March
Madeleine Carroll
June Travis
Jane Withers
Irvin S. Cobb
Slim Summerville
Pepper
Kay Francis Stars in The White Angel Palace Twin Bill
Kay Francis stars in The White Angel the Florence Nightingale biopic as the first feature at the Palace today through Wednesday. The film follows Nightingale’s battle against surgical prejudices with vivid color and a stirring central performance. The cast includes Tan Hunter Donald Crisp Nigel Bruce and Donald Woods. The second feature Here Comes Pie Band blends romance and melody with Ted Lewis plus Virginia Bruce Ted Healy Nat Pendleton and Donald Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Nightingale
Kay Francis
Florence Nightin-gale
Tan Hunter
Donald Crisp
Nigel Bruce
Donald Woods
Ted Lewis
Virginia Bruce
Ted Healy
Nat Pendleton
Donald Cook
Paramount to Show The Big Broadcast of 1937
Lavishly produced musical comedy with a star cast led by Jack Benny opens at the Paramount theater Friday. The Big Broadcast of 1937 spoofs the broadcasting business with Bob Burns George Burns Gracie Allen Martha Raye Shirley Ross Ray Milland and others in a light hearted romp about radio life and a busy station master trying to keep Gracie Allen happy.
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
The Rialto presents Hi Gaucho a musical romance set on the Argentine plains starring John Carroll as a bandit and Steffi Duna in the lead female role. The film blends six melodies with Carroll singing three and a twelve member chorus performing a bandit song followed by a second feature counterfeit with Chester Morris Margot Grahame. A comedy Cats and a band act round out the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Chester Morris
Margot Grahame
Underworld
T-men
Treasury Department
Farnol Romance Comes to Iowa Theater with Fairbanks Jr
Jeffrey Farnol's The Amateur Gentleman opens at the Iowa theater for three days starting Tuesday. Douglas Fairbanks Jr stars in the title role with Elissa Landi as his co star in a tale praised for its romance and adventure set in Regency England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Farnol
Iowa Theater
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Elissa Landi
Amateur Gentleman rises from poverty in Yellowstone double feature
A whirlwind tale follows a handsome man fighting to clear his father's name while wooing women as he masquerades to win fortune. The second feature Yellowstone adds action suspense romance with Henry Hunter Judith Barrett Ralph Morgan Alan Hale Andy Devine Monroe Owsley in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Henry Hunter
Judith Barrett
Ralph Morgan
Alan Hale
Andy Devine
Michael Loring
Raymond Hatton
Monroe Owsley
Bengal Tiger leads state theater bill with circus drama
State theater showcases two entertaining features headlined by Bengal Tiger, with Barton MacLane as the lion tamer and June Travis as the assistant trainer's daughter who marries the trainer and falls for an aerialist. A second comedy feature Kelly The Second stars Patsy Kelly and a quartet of comedians in a high spirited prizefighter tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Barton MacLane
June Travis
Kelly
Patsy Kelly
Charley Chase
Gavin
Big Boy” Williams
Pert Kelton
Anthony Adverse at Paramount in glamorous screen drama
The film Anthony Adverse, a lavish adaptation of Hervey Allan’s novel, is showing at Paramount. It follows Anthony Adverse’s adventures across five countries and three continents with Fredric March leading a large ensemble in a production praised for grand sets and varied action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Adverse
Hervey Allen
Paramount Theater
Magnificent Screen Entertainment
Fredric March
State theater Cedar Rapids to reopen after renovations
The State theater in Cedar Rapids presents Pepper with Jane Withers for a three day run starting Friday October 9. After the engagement the theater will close for redecorating and modernization by Tri States Theater Corp with new seats carpeting lighting and furnishings. Reopening date to be announced.
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 At Danceland Thursday Night
Ace Brigode brings his Virginians to Danceland for a 9 to 1 dance session. The ensemble features Lillian Meyers Bill Dinkle Benny Benedict and the Four Aces with the orchestra's glee club. Roger Graham and his El Granada Orchestra open the evening.
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Ace Brigode
West Virginia
Rock Island
Lillian Meyers
Bill Dinkle
Benny Benedict
Four Aces
Brigade
Glee Club
Frank Brookhart
Roger Graham
el Granada
Carlos de Vega to Appear in Dance Recital at Coe
Carlos de Vega famed in Paris and New York will bring his company to Coe College Cedar Rapids for a dance recital on Tuesday evening October 20. The show marks his first U S tour with this company. Mariluz and Ynez join as soloists. reservations begin October 12 and tickets go on sale October 5.
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Carlos de Vega
Coe
Paris
London
New York
Spain
Coe College
Coc College
de Vega
Cedar Rapids
United States
Carola Goya
Mariluz
Ynez
Reflected Glory review notes in the stage scene
Universal Service Dramatic Editor surveys the Broadway style of George Kaufman and George Kelly. The piece centers on Miss Talullah Bankhead in Mr. Kelly’s Reflected Glory, portraying a young actress torn between home on stage and romance beyond theater.
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
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miss Bankhead
Miss Flood
Tempest
Baca
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Kay Francis In “the White Angel
Palace Twin
Sirger Theatre
Rosalind Russell
John Boles
Craig's
Patricia Tilis
Dennis Moore
Micacy Rooney
John Carroll
Steffi Duna
Rialto
Donald Woobds
Anita Louise
Comund Gwenn
Claude Rains
Catt Haies
Nevelts
Waveney
Santo
South Side
Cory Little
Third St
Twelfth Ave
New Lafayette Cafe
Second Avenue SF
John Thomas
Mer
Danceland
Iitespay
Aed Ank Dea
Bengal
SUN
MON
TUES
Steffi Dana
Rod LaRocque
Peewee
Louie Pasevar
Wheel Nurse
Bambpiaide
Mace
Tie Beat
Viesinia Bruce
Ted Weal
Ted Lewis and
Ble Orchestra
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