Stellar Names Head Casts Of These Pictures
Stars from Barbara Stanwyck to Conrad Nagel tour Cedar Rapids this week with a slate of films. Will Rogers appears in Down to Earth at Will Rogers’s vehicle while The Man Called Back stars Conrad Nagel. So Big features Stanwyck at Rialto with a lavish cast, and a Raymond company comedy Stepping on the Gas joins Bush Burrichter and Raymond Ketchum in supporting roles with Raymond's Harmony Hounds supplying the music.
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Conrad Nagel in The Man Called Back at State Theatre
Conrad Nagel stars as a young surgeon in The Man Called Back based on Andrew Soutar's Silent Thunder. Doris Kenyon John Halliday Juliet Compton Reginald Owens lead a large supporting cast as the story traces a surgeon's comeback aided by a brave woman. The film opens for a three day engagement, with strong dialogue and clear photography.
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Doris Kenyon
John Halliday
Juliette Compton
Reginald Owens
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Rialto Presents Barbara Stanwyck in So Big
Barbara Stanwyck stars in So Big a lavish Hollywood production from Edna Ferber. George Brent leads an all star cast including Bette Davis and Dickey Moore as Rialto offers the feature for three days with a diverse supporting program including a comedy newsreel The Shadow drama and Cats and the Fuddie.
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Bette Davis
Hardis Albright
Robert Warwick
Arthur Stone
Earle Foxe
Alan Hale
Doro’ Y Peterson
Dawn O'Day
Martha Mattox
Lionel Belmore
Will Rogers in Paramount Story Down to Earth
Will Rogers stars in the Paramount comedy Down to Earth as Pike Peters a wealthy man whose fall in business is tempered by Rogers wit and resilience Irene Rich Dorothy Jordan and Matty Kemp play key roles Laurel and Hardy appear in Scram with their usual humor The feature blends satire with romance and a buoyant cartoon segment titled Down in Dixie.
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Paramount Announces Booking Dates for Grand Hotel and More
Paramount's manager Ted Emerson announced a slate of grand hotel and top star attractions for Cedar Rapids. The lineup opens with Grand Hotel starring Greta Garbo Lionel Barrymore and Joan Crawford for four days starting September 24 followed by Hold Em Jail with Dorothy Lee Rosco Ates and Edna May Oliver. Blonde Venus with Marlene Dietrich is slated for four days starting October 3, then Bird of Paradise with Dolores Del Rio and Joe McCrea. The sequence continues with Movie Crazy starring Harold Lloyd and others starting October 8, plus Jet Dress Marie Dressler and Clark Gable in a later engagement.
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Lionel Barrymore
Joan Crawford
Walace Beery
John Barrymore
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Dorothy Lee Rosco Ates
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Marlene Dietrich
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Will Rogers Stars in Business and Pleasure at Olympic
Will Rogers, famed humorist, appears in the film Business and Pleasure at the Olympic Theatre. He plays Zari Tinker, a Middle West razor blade maker, who takes a Mediterranean cruise with his wife and daughter while pursuing a business scheme and shielding his daughter from a troubled romance. Cast includes Jetta Gendal, Joel McCra, Dorothy Peterson and Percy Ross.
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Razor Blade Menfecturer
Jetta Gondal
Joel MecCra
Dorothy F Peterson
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Congorilla to be shown at State theaters Sept 23 and 24
The jungle spectacle Congorilla described as the greatest jungle picture ever made will be shown at the State theater on September 23 and 24. The film, made by Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson, is touted as the only talking picture shot entirely in the African jungle with sensational wildlife scenes, native tribes, and dramatic encounters between humans and wild beasts.
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Hand Screams Near Recording Camera
A person screams hysterically within twenty feet of a sound recording camera, drawing attention to the unusual incident and prompting observers to note the proximity to filming equipment.
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Stepping On The Gas Opens At The Majestic
A three act comedy drama Stepping On The Gas opens at the Majestic with matinee today. Raymond's Comedians share equal billing in a varied program featuring new vaudeville acts between the play and a Cherry Sisters four day engagement starting Wednesday. Amateur boxing bouts headline Friday nights with three shows today including a 2 30 matinee and two evening performances at 7 and 9.
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Bush” Burrichter
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Ketchum
Harmony Hounds
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Cherry Sisters
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Last Of Mohicans serial to premiere at State theater
A new twelve chapter serial adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans opens this Friday and Saturday at the State theater. Stars include Harry Carey as Hawkeye Edwina Booth as Alice Hobart Bosworth as Sagamore Walter Miller in a martial role.
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Nevada Road Trip From a Film Man’s Tale 1932
The narrator recalls travel by car and plane as he tours Nevada and neighboring towns. He visits Tonopah Goldfield and Death Valley Scotty’s Castle, recalls the 1907 Gans Nelson fight, and notes mining towns like Clarkdale Ryolite and Bullfrog. He laments modern travel but celebrates old western towns and their people.
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Curious Geology of Andros Island in the Bahamas
A milk-white river forms from water flowing over limestone and becoming chalk saturated, while a lake on Andros yields soap from its alkaline limestone bed. Both features are noted as island curiosities in the Bahamas.
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