Amusement Menu Highlights Drama Comedy Week
Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald star in Love Me Tonight at Paramount with a comic plot of a French tailor posing as a nobleman amid song numbers. Dangerous Females, a 30 minute Marie Dressler Polly Moran riot plays. Barbara Stanwyck appears in The Purchase Price at State as a nightclub singer who seeks escape. Raymonds Comedians open at Majestic with Toby the Cave Man. Rialto presents The Man Who Played God starring George Arliss with Violet Hemming Bee Davis and Louise Closser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Chevalier
Jeanette MacDonald
Paramount Theater
Chevalier
Miss MacDonald
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Barbara Stanwyck
Arthur Stringer
Miss Stanwyck
Boyd B. Trousdale
Raymond
Majestic Theater
Bush” Burr
God
Violet Hemming
Bee Davis
Louise Closser
Barbara Stanwyck Stars in The Purchase Price at State Theater
Barbara Stanwyck headlines a three day run of The Purchase Price at the State theater. She plays a nightclub singer who becomes a picture bride, in a tale with romance and danger alongside George Brent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Stanwyck
State Theater
Arthur Stringer
Miss Stanwyck
George Brent
Brent
Ruth Chatterton
Trousdale Presents Raymonds Comedians at Majestic Opening
Trousdale brings Raymonds Comedians to the Majestic for an opening three act comedy Toby The Cave Man with Bush Burrichter. Cast includes Pearl Long Raymond Ketchum Sara Treadwell John Morse. Harmony Hounds nine piece band prefaces with Diamond Land set. Three shows today at 2 30, 7 and 9 with Ferol Ballard directing the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd B. Trousdale
Raymond's
North Woods
Toby
Bush” Burrichter
Pearl Long
Will Raymond Ketchum
Sara Treadwell
John Morse
Mr. Trousdale
Raymond
Harmony Hounds
Jack Lee
George Stirsky
Bush
Burrichter
Basil Baker
Wrink Long
al Getzen
John Burrell
Ferol Ballard
Blonde Venus Complete Seen in City Soon
After ten weeks of production Josef von Sternberg completes Paramounts Blonde Venus starring Marlene Dietrich It premieres in New York this week and will reach Cedar Rapids soon The film promises Dietrich in a dramatic glamorous American role with her first on screen singing appearance A fine cast includes Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef von Sternberg
Paramount
Marlene Dietrich
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Miss Dietrich
Herbert Marshall
Cary Grant
Leading stars and a roster of names headline film program
The article lists top names including Dietrich and Arliss with many supporting actors such as Dickie Moore Kent Taylor Frances Sayles Robert Emmett O’Connor Gene Morgan Rita La Roy Sidney Toler Evelyn Preer Gertrude Short Harold Berquist Clifford Dempsey and Bessie Lyle. It notes Miss Dietrich will perform four new songs in her latest starring production and mentions other leading actors like Violet Hemming Bette Davis and Louise Closser Hale. Arlington youths depart to take teaching posts in Tipton Mason City Clermont Fredericka Oelwein Fayette Decorah Green Bay Wis and Conrads local placements.
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Dickie Moore
Kent Taylor
Frances Sayles
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Gene Morgan
Rita la Roy
Sidney Toler
Evelyn Preer
Gertrude Short
Harold Berquist
Clifford Dempsey
Bessie Lyle
Miss Dietrich
Marlene
Morocco
Harlem
Enus
Arliss
Violet Hemming
Bette Davis
Louise Closser Hale
Arlington
Lorna Bates
Tipton
Maude Gordon
Mason City
Fern Northrop
Clermont
Vance Bates
Fredericka
Elmer Nus
Leta Montz
Oelwein
Eula Ward
Fayette
Filetta Oldfather
Elsie Youngman
Decorah
Walter Hetzel
Sumner
Leona Schaeffer
Bennett
Josephine Flowers
Green Bay, Wis
Carol Eckheart
Conrad
George Arliss Stars In Man Who Played God At Rialto
The Man Who Played God tops the Rialto bill for Sunday through Tuesday starring George Arliss. A famed musician becomes deaf after a bomb blast and loses his life’s work before finding renewed purpose by aiding others in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Rialto
George Arliss
Love Me Tonight at Paramount Outshines Quieter Palates
A romancing tailor and Maurice Chevalier star in Love Me Tonight at Paramount. The film blends fantasy, comedy and romance with tuneful numbers and Parisian fl air. Charles Butterworth and Charlie Ruggles provide wit, Jeanette MacDonald charms, while Marie Dressler and Polly Moran headline a breezy farce Dangerous, Females.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Chevalier
Paramount
Ank
Paris
Charles Butterworth
Charlie
Chestnut Borer Epidemic Threat In State Parks
Des Moines AP report classifies the two lined chestnut borer as a serious pest in Iowa state parks. Gordon Gray, graduate forester at Ames, notes 1 529 trees infested, 797 of them in 1832, and urges strict repeated controls to prevent epidemic spread. The survey calls the insect problem in parks increasingly important over the past three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Conservation
Gordon Gray
Ames
Gray
No New Situations In Movies Says Actor On Location
An actor discusses film making on location in the Sierras near Mount Whitney. He argues cinema stories remain unchanged despite modernization and notes the complexity of production with a small cast and large crew. He also critiques title trends and moral shifts in society. The piece mentions Cedar Rapids music leaders Miss Maurine Hamblin and Leo Dvorak coordinating high school music work.
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Man Who Played
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Oakwowod Pavilion
Wellman
ESAS
TNE Diamond
Paramount Story
Pussie
Lake Tahoe
Clara Bow
Picture Company
Barnums Circus
High Sierras
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Villian
Villians
Bill Hayes
Hell
Christ
Raymonds
Toby) Burrichter
the Cave
Boyd
Hotel Magnus
Frank Wood
Mgr
Paramouni
Charles Ruggles
Myrna Ley
Mimi
Dided
Paramount News
Travalaigh
Merry Melodies
Whele
Imperial Gardens
Worthington
Benny Sears
America
United States
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