Will Rogers Stars in Business and Pleasure at Olympic
Will Rogers, the renowned comedian, debuts in the film Business and Pleasure at the Olympic Theatre. The plot centers on Earl Tinker, a Midwestern razor blade maker, on a Mediterranean cruise with his wife and daughter. Supporting cast includes Jetta Gansal, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Peterson, and Peggy Ross.
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Will Rogers
Babbitt
Booth Tarkington
Sinclair Lewis
Rogers
Earl Tinker
Jetta Gondal
Joel McCrea
Dorothy Peterson
Peggy Ross
Congorilla at State Theater September 23 and 24
The Congo rilla jungle epic showcases battles with man eaters, a white woman escaping a charging rhino, and hundreds of thrills. Made by Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson, it is the first talking picture filmed entirely in Africa. The State Theater screens Congorilla on September 23 and 24 with unprecedented audible spectacle.
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Martin Johnson
Lake Ali
Stellar Names Head Casts Of These Pictures
Stars gather in Cedar Rapids for early week entertainment with Barbara Stanwyck Conrad Nagel and Will Rogers. Rogers headlines Down to Earth at Paramount in a satirical business man story. Nagel stars in The Man Called Back at the State based on Silent Thunder. Stanwyck leads So Big at the Rialto Monday through Tuesday with a lavish cast. Raymond’s comed ians offer stepping on the gas at Majestic Bush Burrichter and Raymond Ketchum in featured bits Raymond’s Harmony Hounds provide musical interlude.
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Everal
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Stanwyck
Conrad Nagel
Will Rogers
Raymond
Majestic
Paramount
Andrew Woutar
Rialto
Hollywood
Miss Stanwyck
Raymond Company
Conrad Nagel Stars in The Man Called Back at State Theater
Conrad Nagel delivers a distinguished performance as a young surgeon in The Man Called Back based on Andrew Soutar’s Silent Thunder. The story follows a man’s regeneration aided by a faithful cousin and a troubled woman, as the doctor makes a triumphant London comeback and rescues the woman from murder suspicion.
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Conrad Nagel
Andrew Soutar
State Theater Today
Mr. Nagel
Doris Kenyon
John Halliday
Jubtree
Reginald Owens
London
So Big features Barbara Stanwyck at Rialto for 3 days
Rialto presents Barbara Stanwyck in So Big drawn from Héna Ferber's novel. The film stars George Brent and a nearly all star cast including Dickey Moore Bette Davis Hardie Albright Robert Warwick Arthur Stone Earle Foxe Alan Hale plus Dorothy Peterson Dawn O Day Martha Mattox Lionel Belmore. The program also offers a comedy newsreel drama oedona mystery and Cats and the Fiddle with a well chosen lineup.
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Rialto
Barbara Stanwyck
Héna Ferber
Hollywood Studio
George Brent
Dickey Moore
Bette Davis
Hardie Albright
Robert Warwick
Arthur Stone
Earle Foxe
Alan Hale
Dorothy Peterson
Dawn O'Day
Martha Mattox
Lionel Belmore
Will Rogers in Paramount Story Down to Earth
Will Rogers stars as Pike Peters a wealthy businessman facing economic ruin in Down to Earth a rollicking Paramount comedy. Irene Rich Dorothy Jordan and Matty Kemp co star while Laurel and Hardy contribute a separate comic short Scram with their usual misadventures. A buoyant cartoon short Down in Dixie closes the program.
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Will Rogers
Matty Kemp
Dorothy Jordan
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Paramount Theater
Paramount
Pike Peters
Pike
Will
America
Irene Rich
Julia
Laurel and Hardy
Down In
Dixie
Paramount News
Paramount Announces Cedar Rapids Booking Of Major Films
Manager Ted Emerson confirms a slate of big attractions for Paramounts Greatest entertainment season in Cedar Rapids. Openings include Grand Hotel starting Sept 24 with Greta Garbo Lionel Barrymore Joan Crawford Wallace Beery and John Barrymore, followed by Hold Em Jail and Blonde Venus with Marlene Dietrich Oct 1, Bird of Paradise, Movie Crazy, Red Dust with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Prosperity, The Big Broadcast featuring Mills Brothers Cab Calloway Rudy Vallee Bing Crosby and others.
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Cedar Rapids
Paramount
Ted Emerson
Constance Bennett
Neil Hamilton
Greta Garbo
Lionel Barrymore
Joan Crawford
Wallace Beery
John Barrymore
Wheeler and Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
Rosco Ates
Edna May Oliver
Venus
Marlene Dietrich
Dolores del Rio
Joel McCrea
Harold Lloyd
Jean Harlow
Clark Gable
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Incluhe Mills Brothers
Cab Calloway
Rudy Vallee
Bing Crosby
Singer
Arthur Tracy
Vincent Lopez
Boswell Sisters
Burns and Allen
Kate Smith
Stuart Erwin
Leila Hyams
Noted complaint about weakness and ineffective tonic
A chronic female patient tells the doctor she is weak and has taken iron tonic with no improvement. An actor responds with terse advice to take a taxi, reflecting a strained exchange as printed in Die Grune Post.
Stepping On The Gas Opens At The Majestic
A three act comedy drama Stepping On The Gas opens at the Majestic with matinee today. Bush Burrichter and Raymond Ketchum headline strong Cedar Rapids performances. A first-half musical feature Stepping Around plus vaudeville between acts and Cherry Sisters as a Wednesday special run four days. Amateur boxing bouts finish the week with three daily shows today at 2:30 7 and 9.
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Majestic Theater
Raymond
Raymond Company
Bush” Burrichter
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Ketchum
Harmony Hounds
Majestic
Cherry Sisters
the Majestic
Last Of Mohicans Serial Arrives At State Next Friday
Star lineup leads the 12 chapter serial The Last of the Mohicans showing at the State theater Friday and Saturday. Harry Carey Edwina Booth headline Hawkeye and Alice with Hobart Bosworth as Sagamore and Walter Miller as Major Heywood in this Cooper adaptation.
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The
Talkies
Harry Carey
Edwina Booth
Trader Horn
Hawkeye
Alice
Hobart Bosworth
Sagamore
Walter Miller
Major Heywood
Miller
James Fenimore Cooper
Nevada Gold Rush Tales From An Armchair Traveler
In a 1932 reminiscence the narrator describes road trips through Tonopah and Goldfield Nevada, recalls the 1906 Gans Nelson fight in Goldfield, and notes mining towns like Clarkdale Ryolite and Death Valley Scotty’s Castle. He praises Nevada’s rich history, warns of flashy legends, and urges readers to explore the state’s old mining towns and desert wonders.
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Goldfield
West
Gans- Nelson
Tex Rickard
Nelson
Richard
Clarkdale
Clark
Nevada
Ryolite
Death Valley
Scottys
Curious geological features of Andros Island Bahamas
A milk white river forms from water saturated with chalk as it flows over limestone, and a lake on Andros generates soap from its alkaline limestone bed. These are among the island’s notable curiosities in the Bahamas.
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Island of
Andros
Bahamas
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