Fall Season In Theaters Promising One
Cedar Rapids opens a fall entertainment week with several theaters. Paramount features the Four Marx Brothers in Horse Feathers at its fourth birthday. Dixons at Majestic end next Saturday. Third Street Playhouse hosts Raymond's Comedians led by Boyd B Trousdale starting Sunday. The Dixons offer The Devil's Daughter this week. State theater starts with Lady and Gent starring George Bancroft and Wynne Gibson. Rialto presents The Final Edition about a girl reporter solving a murder with Mae Clarke and Pat OBrien.
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Dixon Players
the Majestic
Third Street Playhouse
Raymond
Boyd B. Trousdale
Dixons
State Theater
George Bancroft
Rialto
Mae Clarke
Pat O'Brien
Final Edition at Rialto with Mae Clarke
Rialto presents The Final Edition with Mae Clarke and Pat O’Brien in a story about a fearless girl reporter who scoops rivals to trap a murder suspect. The cast includes Mary Doran, Bradley Page, Morgan Wallace, James Denton, Phil Tead, and Bertha Mann in a brisk novelty program.
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Rialto
Pat O’brien
Mae Clarke
O'Brien
Mary Doran
Bradley Page
Morgan Wallace
James Dentlan
Phil Tead
Bertha Mann
Mickey Mouse
Ripley and
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Dixons Open Last Week At Majestic in Cedar Rapids
Dixon Players perform final week at the Majestic with three shows, featuring The Devil’s Daughter and One Year to Live along with farewell vaudeville and new specialties. Don and Mazie offer sparkling comedy and a merry skit The Eternal Feminine between acts.
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Cedar Rapids
Dixons
Don
Mazie
Iowa Cities
Chicago
O. Henry
Masie Dixon
Monte Montrose
Kavanaugh
Ramon
Margaret Pohlman
Eternal Feminine
Ted Weems Orchestra Set for Lakehurst Sept 8
Ted Weems, renowned radio entertainer, and his orchestra will perform at Lakehurst Maquoketa on September 8 following arrangements with the Music Corporation of America. From Chicago’s Trianon ballroom they bring Andrea Marsh 17 known as Cinderella of Song and several vocal soloists from the Weems Ensemble.
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Ted Weems
Lakehurst
Maquoketa
Music Corporation of America
Chicago
Trianon Ballroom
WGN
Weems
Andrea Marsh
Morley School to Open Monday with New Teachers
Morley School will open on Monday with a staff including Superintendent F S Grawe and teachers Florence Miller Dorothea Bates Edith H Miller Lucile Gray and Lucile Shoop. The Morley and West Branch assignments place each educator in Morley or West Branch.
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Morley
F. 8. Grawe
Florence Miller
Dorothea Bates
Edith H. Miller
Lucile Gray
West Branch
Lucile Shoop
Four Marxes Score on Paramount Bill
The harvest of Horse Feathers by the Four Marx Brothers has begun at the Paramount with their latest local premiere. Two thousand laughs scatter the audience as Groucho Chico and Harpo deliver running gags in a football heavy comedy set at a college.
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Marx Brothers
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Groucho
Zeppo
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Harpo
Crane Muffler Case and School Days Offerings Highlight
A fragmented item references Crane Muffler Case and an African blow gun tale with poison darts. It also mentions a lively choral cartoon titled School Days and notes Ted Husing’s appearance in a telecast segment.
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Ted Husing
Fishing and Jai Ali Feature On Paramount News
A fragment notes good fishing and a dash of jai-ali in a sports segment, mentioning a Paramount News show. The text presents a brief entertainment or sports-tinged item without clear context or full details.
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Jai-Ali
Paramount
Raymond's Comedians Open Fall Season at Majestic
Boyd B Trousdale Announces Raymond's Comedians return to the Majestic theater with an eight piece band and new plays and vaudeville acts. Cast features Bush Burrichter Raymond Ketchum Sara Treadwell Pearl Long Wrink Long Alice Peddicord Jack Lee plus new members. Opening play to be announced.
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Boyd B. Trousdale
Raymond
Mestic
Mr. Trousdale
Pearl Long
Wrink" Long
Alice Peddicord
Jack Lee
the Majestic
First Flapper Blunder Noticed at Dinner
A lighthearted exchange in Tale Spins features two flappers commenting on a social gaffe at dinner. The first admits a blunder while the second questions the reaction to passing a glass when offered corn.
Lady and Gent at State theater with Bancroft and Gibson
George Bancroft stars in Lady and Gent at the State theater for a three day engagement starting today. Wynne Gibson plays opposite Bancroft with Charles Starrett James Gleason John Wayne and Joyce Compton in supporting roles. The couple, self styled big timers, face a child’s need as Bancroft’s friend dies, prompting a vow of responsibility and a quirky moral turn.
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George Bancroft
State Theater
Petite Wynne Gibson
Mr. Bancroft
Charles Starrett
James Gleason
John Wayne
Joyce Compton
Bancroft
Miss Gibson
Broadway
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