Tri States Theater marks 25 years in Cedar Rapids
The Tri-States Theater corporation led by A H Blank celebrates a quarter century in the motion picture business with a three month event. The Cedar Rapids Paramount and New State theaters will show top films from Hollywood including Souls at Sea and Love Under Fire as part of the tribute. A H Blank, born in Roumania and raised in the United States, built a regional theater empire spanning Iowa Nebraska and Illinois and has helped shape the industry through leadership at First National Pictures and the Public Theaters merger.
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Cedar Rapids
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New Lute Theaters
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A. H. Blank
Des Moines
Shore House
Iowa
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Illinois
Roumania
United States
Council Bluffs
Hawke Tey
Abe Blank
Omaha
A. H
Grant
Mr. Blank
Davenport
First National Pictures, Inc
Publix Theaters Corporation
Paramount Theater
Tri- States Theater Corporation
Big Pictures
Blank
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Central States
Tri- States
Nebras
Hollywood
New State
Bing Crosby
Martha Raye
Prolific Letter Writers and Park Scene Recalled in 1920s Era
A column recalls feuding letter writers Frank Sullivan Arthur Samuels and Joe Bryan III as a lasting trio of inflamers. It notes social irony in their private exchanges and compares them to Shaw and Twain. Also described are quirky park scene glimpses and vaudeville memories amid urban life.
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Arthur Samuels
Joe Bryan III
Sullivan
Bryan
Samuels
George Bernard Shaw
London
Mark Twain
Central Park
Topper to Open Run of Week at New State Friday
Hal Roach presents the film Topper at the New State starting Friday with Constance Bennett Cary Grant and Roland Young. The plot follows a deceased couple guiding Cosmo Topper through comic heavenly misadventures while Billie Burke’s wife disrupts his life. Supporting cast includes Alan Mowbray Eugene Pallette Hedda Hopper and J Farrell McDonald. A double feature Reports Missing stars William Gargan and Jean Rogers with a modern mystery plot.
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Thorne Smith
Hal Roach
New State
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Cary Grant
Heaven
Cosmo Topper
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Topper
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Alan Mowbray
Eugene Pallette
Arthur Lake
Hedda Hopper
J. Farrell McDonald
William Gargan
Jean Rogers
Souls At Sea at Paramount Electrifies With Dramatic Trial
The Paramount presents Souls At Sea starring Gary Cooper George Raft and Frances Dee. Cooper plays Nuggin Taylor a former slave trader who assumes command after a captain is killed and a ship catches fire. He orders a life ship vote determining who survives in lifeboats amid the ship’s doomed voyage. A tuneful short Queens of Harmony a cartoon Peeping Penguins and a Paramour News complete the program.
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Queens of Harmony
Phil Spitalny
Peeping Penguins
Flindt's Band Featured At Danceland Thursday
Cedar Rapids dance fans mark Flindt’s Band first local appearance of the season at Danceland on Thursday September 9. The veteran leader presents sweet music in the vein of Wayne King. Dancing runs from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Court Hussey and his band perform tonight at Danceland, with Hussey also on for Labor Day. Little Jack Little is set to perform September 16 at Danceland after four months headlining in Chicago.
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Mil Flindt
Cedar Rapids
Danceland
Wayne. King
O. Henry
Oak Park
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Hussey
Actors Go In For Practical Jokes On Hearse Car
Gregory Ratoff bought a large black automobile resembling a hearse on the Fox lot pals attached six coffin handles to the exterior along with a brass name plate and funeral wreath decorations as a prank.
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Hollywood
Gregory Ratoff
Fox
Disney Pioneers Name and Death in Snow White Feature
Disney outlines Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as his first feature length cartoon and first experiment in realism. The villain queen may die off a cliff while the studio hunts for lifelike character animation and plans future projects like Bambi.
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Disney
Cock Robin
Dlaney
Walt
Apples at Different Heights
A speaker contrasts youth and age through apple picking. A child climbs for the reddest fruit while a guardian counsels caution about risk. The moment ends with the child joyful, yet the speaker notes wisdom in choosing steady, safe gains over risky heights.
Astrological Forecast and Film Earnings Mentioned
The text notes Three Little Pigs as a top shorts money maker, estimated over a million dollars. It describes Monday’s forecast as lively and adventurous, with obstacles to be overcome through perseverance. It also predicts a birthday year of excitement, progress, romance, and possible genius in a child born that day.
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Disney
Fred Stone in Hideaway at Iowa theater Tuesday
Fred Stone stars in Hideaway at the Iowa theater Tuesday as a lazy but likable farmer. The story follows his impecunious family facing gangsters posing as vacationers who join the farmhouse. Marjorie Lord and William Carson co-star, with Emma Dunn and Tommy Bond in supporting roles. The co feature Fury and the Woman profiles lumber company rivalry in Canadian north woods with William Gargan Molly Lamont and others.
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Fred Stone
Iowa
Stone
Marjorie Lord
William Carson
Emma Dunn
Tommy Bond
Big City
J. Carrol Naish
Ray Mayer
Bradley Page
Northwoods
William Gargan
Molly Lamont
J. P. McGowan
Reginald Hincks
Arthur Kerr
Restoring Memory With Real Pitcher
Hollywood report describes a scene in Don't Forget to Remember where Ann Sothern uses a real china pitcher on Burgess Meredith to restore memory. The actual hit used plaster replicas for safety and the real pitcher refused to break during filming.
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Hollywood
Burgess Meredith
Ann Sothern
Meredith
Miss Sothern
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