Stage listings and garden tips from a past issue
The page lists upcoming theater features at the Paramount State and Iowa theaters including $1000.00 a Touchdown, All Quiet on the Western Front, Fifth Avenue Girl, Hollywood Cavalcade, Three Sons, Hawaiian Nights and French Folies. It also offers garden advice on planting bulbs, watering evergreens, and handling cedar trees to prevent apple rust, plus notes on African violets and mites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
Lew Ayres
State Theater
Ginger Rogers
Iowa Theater
Don Ameche
Alice Faye
Paramount Center
Edward Ellis
Johnny Downs
Mary Carlisle
Eddie Quillan
Kathryn Welch
State Theater Showcases Sherlock Holmes Film and All Quiet
State Theater presents The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson alongside Ida Lupino and Alan Marshall. Moriarty stars in the villain role with George Zucco. Also on the program Hawaiian Nights with Johnny Downs and friends. Next week All Quiet on the Western Front in uncensored form, banned in the Third Reich, plus Hero For a Day with Dick Foran and Anita Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Moriarty
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Holmes
Dr. Watson
Ida Lupino
Alan Marshall
Terry Kilburn
George Zucco
Henry Stephenson
E. E. Clive
Johnny Downs
Mary Carlisle
Constance Moore
Eddie Quillan
Matty Malneck
Sol Hoopii
Erich Maria Remarque
The
Stars Theater
Lew Ayres
Third Reich
Remarque
Universal
Twentieth Century-Fox
Dick Foran
Anita Louise
Ginger Rogers in Fifth Avenue Girl at Iowa Theater
Ginger Rogers stars in Fifth Avenue Girl coming to the Iowa theater Friday with Walter Connolly Veree Teasdale James Ellison Tim Holt and Franklin Pangborn. The plot follows a working girl staying in a wealthy Fifth Avenue home as family tensions and ambitions unfold. Co feature Full Confession with Vic tor McLaglen Sally Eilers. Opening Monday Three Sons led by Edward Ellis William Cargan Kent Taylor supported by Robert Stanton Virginia Vale. Smuggled Cargo with Rochelle Hudson Barry MacKay crowns the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Ginger Rogers
Iowa Theater
Walter Connolly
Veree Teasdale
James Ellison
Tim Holt
Franklin Pangborn
Reno
Victor McLaglen
Sally Eilers
Edward Ellis
Wil
Liam Cargan
Kent Taylor
Robert Stanton
Virginia Vale
Hollywood
California
Rochelle Hudson
Barry MacKay
Carlson's Band to Return for Dance at Danceland
The Band with a Million Thrills returns to Danceland ballroom on Thursday Oct 18 after popular demand. Carlson's outfit features the Zilch Brothers clowning acts with Gil Rutzen and Paul Skinner on vocals. Mel Pester from Omaha's Chermont will play 9 to 1 for the oct night, while George Sir Venka leads Tuesday dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlson
Zilch Brothers
Gil Rutzen
Paul Skinner
Younght Mel Pester
Omaha
Chermont Ballroom
George Sir Venka
Danceland
Rooney and Beery Star in Strand Double Feature
Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery headline the Strand program with Stablemates a tale of racing and mentorship. Jane Withers leads The Arizona Wildcat with Leo Carillo as support in a second film. A Betty Boop cartoon completes the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Theater
Wallace Beery
Mickey Rooney
Beery
Jane Withers
Arizona Wildcat
Leo Carillo
Southwest
Betty Boop
Colorado River of Texas Flows to the Gulf
The article notes the Colorado River of Texas rises in the northwestern part of the state and empties into the Gulf of Mexico, drawing a contrast with its more famous western counterpart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Pirates of the Sky at Rialto Starring Hudson and Taylor
Rochelle Hudson and Kent Taylor headline the Rialto program with The Pirates of the Sky a flying officer stumbles on a robberies mystery. Supporting cast includes Lucien Littlefield Marian Martin and Regis Toomey. The bill also features Western Caravans and Hawk of the Wilderness serials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto
Kent Taylor
Rochelle Hudson
Taylor
Lucien Littlefield
Marian Martin
Regis Toomey
Charles Starrett
The
Sons of the Pioneers
Kennedy Comedy and Disney Cartoon Populate the Program
The third chapter presents a Kennedy comedy followed by a Disney cartoon as the complete program.
Raft Stars in The Lady's from Kentucky at Palace
George Raft and Ellen Drew lead the cast in The Lady's from Kentucky showing today through Wednesday at the Palace. Hugh Herbert and Zasu Pitts provide humor. The second feature is Heritage of the Desert with Donald Woods Evelyn Venable and Russell Hayden in leading roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Raft
Ellen Drew
Kentucky
Palace Theater
Hugh Herbert
Zasu Pitts
Zane Grey
Donald Woods
Evelyn Venable
Russell Hayden
Hollywood Cavalcade At Paramount Starring Ameche And Faye
Don Ameche and Alice Faye star in Hollywood Cavalcade a technicolor drama about a prop boy who dreams of pictures and a starlet swept to fame. Also playing are Martha Raye Joe E Brown in $1 000 a Touchdown a football comedy and The Witness Vanishes a London set mystery with Edmund Lowe and Wendy Barrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Theater
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Mike
Molly
Paramount
Martha Raye
Joe E. Brown
Susan Hayward
Joe
Martha
London
The
London Sun
Edmund Lowe
Wendy Barrie
Thomas Young the English prodigy linguist
A historical note on Thomas Young, the English scientist famed as a child prodigy. He learned foreign languages early, reading widely while others read Mother Goose. By four teen he could write in fourteen languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Young
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Flowers and Gardens
J. L. Rhea
Ask Nurseryman
Sherlock
Bill Carlson
Community Playhouse
Cedar Rapids
Strand
Iyveng
George Aggraft
Drew
Citi
Donald Woods, Russel Hayden
Cartoon — Comedy — News
Bill Carlson and His Orchestra
the Trianon
WGN
Chicago
Iowa
Mel Pester
Charles
Alan Marshal
George Zucco Tephenson 'S Sone E. Clive
Century-Fox Picture
New Universal Hit
Nyene Se
Rves
Pee Mate Eas
Irene Dave
Roscoe
Karns
Edgar Kennedy
William Gargan
Lafayette Cafe
New Lafayette Club Room
Second Avenue
John Thomas
Tele Hy
Alexanders
Para Aloe Faye-Ameehe
Buster Keaton
T Techricolor
Paramount News
Kozy
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