Film and stage lineups at local theaters this week
The New State features The Last of the Mohicans with Henry Wilcoxon Randolph Scott and Binnie Barnes. Paramount shows Dimples with Shirley Temple. The Great Ziegfeld road show begins at the Paramount next Friday. New State adds Old Hutch with Wallace Beery next Saturday. Iowa theater hosts La Vie Paree Marcus show for three days starting Tuesday. Iowa theater also presents Here Comes Carter starting Friday. Paramount hosts Wives Never Know with Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland starting Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wilcoxon
Randolph Scott
Binnie Barnes
James Fennimore Cooper
Mohicans
New State
Shirley Temple
Paramount
Dimples
Ziegfeld
William Powell
Luise Rainer
Wallace Beery
Virginia Holden
Grace Holden
Ruth Sechrist
Clybourne Elton
Marcus
Iowa Theater
Ross Alexander
Anne Nagle
Carter
Charlie Ruggles
Mary Boland
Gielgud Hamlet Receiveswide Praise From Gilbert G Gabriel
Universal Service Dramatic Editor notes the New York reception of John Gielgud in Hamlet and Maurice Evans in St Helena. The autumn theater scene gains dignity as Guthrie McClintic brings the celebrated actor to Times Square. The piece stresses the high standard required to perform Hamlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert W. Gabriel
Universal Service Dramatic
New York
Gielgud
Hamlet
St. Helena
Maurice Evans
Times Square
Guthrie McClintic
Mr. Gielgud
Forbes-Robertson
Barrymore
Leslie Howard
Howard
England
The Great Ziegfeld Opens at Paramount Theater Friday
The Great Ziegfeld debuts at the Paramount, a lavish musical portraying Florenz Ziegfeld with stars William Powell Myrna Loy Luise Rainer and Fanny Brice. Notable numbers include A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody on the largest set ever built for a motion picture.
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Ziegfeld
Paramount Theater
John Krier
America
Florenz Ziegfeld
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Billie Burke
Luise Rainer
Anna Held
Virginia Bruce
Frank Morgan
Nat Pendelton
Reginald Owen
Ernest Cossart
Comedienne
Fanny Brice
Paramount
La Vie Paree Opens Tuesday On Iowa Stage
The Marcus Show brings La Vie Paree to Iowa for three days starting Tuesday Oct 20 with 75 on stage. Highlights include Birdland Maid of Silver Under the Andalusian Moon Danzar de Pasion and Trees with Joyce Kilmer poem. Mummy's Boys with Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey will be shown as a screen attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus
San Francisco
Iowa
Marcus Peaches
Canaries
Figurantes
Ha Cha San
Claid
Iberia
Argentina
Sofia Alvaraz
Bernays
Joyce Kilmer
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Broadway Melody Of 1936 Tops New Palace Program
Broadway Melody Of 1936 leads Palace bill with Jack Benny as star, Robert Taylor and Una Merkel in key roles, Eleanor Powell as lead dancer, and a cast including Sid Silvers Frances Langford Robert Wildhack June Knight and the Ebsens. The second feature Every Saturday Night presents a wholesome family portrait with June Lang and Thomas Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Benny
Robert Taylor
Una Merkel
Eleanor Powell
Taylor
Sid Silvers
Stooges
Frances Langford
Songbird
Robert Wildhack
June Knight
Buddy
Wilma Ebsen
June Lang
Thomas Beck
Leon Errol stars in Hollywood Follies of 1937 at Iowa theater
Leon Errol headlines the three day Iowa engagement opening Tuesday October 27 in Hollywood Follies of 1937 presented by Fanchon and Marco. The lavish show features Sunnie O'Dea Jack Goode Yola Galli and a chorus of performers with music by Lou Ashe and Arthur Morris and a film attraction Without Orders stars Sally Eilers and Robert Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanchon
Marco
Leon Errol
Iowa Theater
Lou Ashe
Arthur Morris
Hitchy Koo
Raymond Hitchcock
Gresham
Blake
Kraft
Gant
Sally Eilers
Robert Armstrong
Devil's Squadron tops Rialto bill this week
Devil's Squadron leads the Rialto program running today through Tuesday showing test pilots in action with romance and thrills. Dick Grace, noted aviator, penned the story with Richard Dix starring. Joe E Brown appears in Sons O' Guns a World War era musical comedy alongside Joan Blondell and Beverly Roberts with vaudeville and news segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devil’s Squadron
Dick Grace
Richard Dix
Karen Morley
Lloyd Nolan
Shirley Ross
Billy Burrud
Gene Morgan
Joe E. Brown
Joan Blondell
Brown
Beverly Roberts
Eric Blore
Craig Reynolds
Winifred Shaw
Robert Barratt
Earth rotation shapes trade winds directional shift
The text notes that without Earth's rotation on its axis the trade winds would maintain a constant direction. It implies the Coriolis effect alters wind patterns, creating the observed prevailing westerlies and trade winds shifting with latitude.
Shirley Temple Dimples at Paramount Now
Shirley Temple stars in Dimples at the Paramount theater with love and laughter. She performs new dances and adventures as a minstrel, singing, acting and guiding her irrepressible guardian Frank Morgan. Supporting cast includes Helen Westley, Robert Kent, Astrid Allwyn, Delma Byron, the Hall Johnson choir and Stepin Fetchit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Temple
Paramount Theater
Shirley
Frank Morgan
Shirleys
Helen Westley
Robert Kent
Astrid Allwyn
Delma Byron
Hall Johnson Choir
Stepin Fetchit
World motor vehicle registrations reach 36 million
The American Petroleum Institute reports world vehicle registrations ended 1935 at 36 million, with 25 million or 71 percent in the United States. A whale has as many neck bones as a giraffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
American Petroleum Institute
United States
New State theater reopens with capacity crowds and modern upgrades
The New State theater drew capacity crowds for a reopening program featuring The Last Of The Mohicans with Randolph Scott and Binnie Barnes, plus Back To Nature with the Jones Family. Patrons praised the streamlined seating, interior decor, and lighting, credited to Cedar Rapids firms led by manager Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New State Theater
James Fenimore Cooper
Randolph Scott
Binnie Barnes
Henry Wilcoxon
Jones Family
Cedar Rapids
Sheridan
Jerry Libal
Iowa Avenue SE
Wisconsin Lumber Company
Hepner Carpet and Rug Service
Tri-State Theaters Corporation
Wallace Beery Stars in Old Hutch at State Theater
Starting next Saturday the New State theater hosts a week long engagement featuring Wallace Beery in Old Hutch the lazy townsman who uncovers 100000 in thousand dollar bills Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker lead the romance in Old Hutch while Parole with Ann Preston Henry Hunter and Alan Dinehart plays the second feature
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New State Theater
Wallace Beery
Old Hutch
Eric Linden
Cecilia Parker
Ann Preston
Henry Hunter
Alan Dinehart
Tipton Republican L. Hunt Returns From Iowa Campaign
Tipton resident L. R. Hunt has come home after weeks of campaigning in Iowa for London. He toured the state with the national Republican committee sound track and spoke in numerous towns. He now returns to Cedar County to campaign for county attorney as a Republican candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Reid L. Hunt
Iowa
London
National Republican Committee
Cedar County
DeVega Dance Recital at Coe Chapel Tuesday Night
Carlos de Vega and associates perform a program of Mexican Spanish and gypsy dances at Coe College chapel Cedar Rapids Tuesday Oct 20 at 8 15 p m. Ynez and Mariluz bring acclaimed dances from Mexico City and Argentina and Emilio Osta will accompany as pianist. Reservations and tickets through Coe College music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVega
Coe Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Carlos de Vega
Coe College Chapel
de Vega
New York
London
Paris
Ynez
Mariluz
United States
Dwight Morrow
Teatro Nacional
Mexico City
Emilio Osta
Escudero
Coe College Department of Music
Department of Music
Irvine L Lenroot and the Coolidge Nomination Tale
Washington judge Irvine L Lenroot, former Wisconsin senator, was edged from the 1920 GOP presidential path by Oregon delegate Wallace McCamant who nominated Calvin Coolidge. Lenroot later served on the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, was born 1869 in Superior Wisconsin, and remains tied to Wisconsin hunting and fishing lore.
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Washington
America
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Warren G. Harding
Coolidge
Harding
Lenroot
Wallace McCamant
Oregon
McCamant
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
California
Senate
Paul Hasting
World Court
John J. Blaine
la Follette
Robert M. la Follette
United States
Custom and Patent Appeals Court
Hoover
Superior
Wis
Sweden
Congress
Katharine Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
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Rialto Bill
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Hildesheim Cathedral
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Charlie Agnew
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Chicago
Frank Brookhiser
Emrie Ann Lincoln
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