Skyscraper Souls at the Paramount with Stanwyck Cagney Blondell
The film centers on life inside a replica of the Empire State Building where a diamond heist and ownership battle drive the drama. Barbara Stanwyck, James Cagney, and Mae Blondell lead an ensemble cast under Edgar Selwyn's direction.
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Maureen O’ Sullivan
Gregory Ratoff
Anita Page
Verree Teasdale
Norman Foster
George Barbier
Jean Hersholt
Wallace Ford
Hedda Hopper
Helen Coburn
John Maston
Edgar Selwyn
Helen Hayes
Madeion Claudet
Skyscraper Souls Presents Stage Star in MGM Drama
The film recreates a towering office world with vast sets including shops cafes a radio station and a luxury suite. Verree Teasdale stars as Sarah Dennet and Warren William appears opposite for the MGM drama hailed as a major year’s sensation.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Charles Bickford Sells Lingerie in Hollywood
Hollywood star Charles Bickford backs a lingerie shop run by a young woman, with the store located in Hollywood. Bickford features in Universal's Scandal for Sale at the Rialto theater, alongside Rose Hobart and Pat O’Brien.
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Rialto
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South Seas
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Rialto Theater
Universal
Rose Hobart
Pat O’rien
Tropic fish sold in new Excel Tropical Aquarium
In Holly Michigan, druggists James E. Richarda and Russell Murphy opened The Excel Tropical Aquarium selling tropical fish including guppies from 50 glass cases.
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Tropics
James E. Richarda
Russell Murphy
Stanwyck Stars as Torch Singer in The Purchase Price
Barbara Stanwyck headlines Warner Bros. The Purchase Price at Paramount Theater. The film adapts The Mud Lark, with Stanwyck as a torch singer who becomes a picture bride and endures perilous adventures including a dramatic fire on set. George Brent leads a strong cast alongside Lyle Talbot and William Wellman directs.
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Barbara Nene
Paramount Theater
Warner Bros
Arthur Stringer
Miss Stanwyck
Geo. Brent
Anes Fie
Ruth Chatterton
Thomas Meighan
Lyle Talbot
Missa Stanwyck
New York
Brent
William Wellman
Ace Warner Brothers
Baton
Tom Mix in The Texas Bad Man at Broadhurst
Tom Mix stars in The Texas Bad Man at the Broadhurst for a two day run starting next Friday. The Universal western features Fred Kohler Lucille Powers Willard Robertson and Tony the horse with Franklyn Farnum Joseph Girard Edward Le Saint Buck Moulton and Capt C B Anderson in supporting roles. Edward Laemmle directs the photoplay packed with stage coach holdups chases rescues and lively action.
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Tom Mix
Universal
the Broadhurst
Fred Kohler
Lucille Powers
Willard Robertson
Tony
Jack Cunningham
Mix
Franklyn Farnum
Will Joseph Girard
Edward le Saint
Buck Moulton
Capt. C. B. Anderson
The
Rangers
Edward Laemmle
Drake
Lasca
Dynamite Handler Fears Nitroglycerin Despite Stocks
Oklahoma City report notes D A Detar keeps about 10,000 pounds of dynamite and black powder in a warehouse nearby yet fears nitroglycerin, claiming it is far more dangerous. He handles cord-wood sized amounts cautiously and smokes at home away from the cache.
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Detar
Han‘e
Theaters This Week at Bradhurst
The Bradhurst program features Tom Mix in Tex as Bad Man and Last of the Mohicans. Paramount offers Sky scraper Souls with Warren William and Maureen O Sullivan and What An Idea musical comedy. Also see Barbara Stanwyck in Purchase Price and Heaven's My Husband with Andy Clyde. Theatre includes Crow d Roars with James Bilondell and Show Me the Way To Go Home. George O'Brien Victor McLaglen and Conchita Montenegro in The Gay Caballero appear.
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Maureen O’sullivan
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Husband
Andy Clyde
Erin
James
Joan Bilondell
Paramount News
George O'Brien
Victor Mclaglen
Conchita Montenegro
Janet Gaynor
Charlies Farrell
Buddy
Sea Binet
Lilyan
Man
Skeets Gallagher
Peggy Shannon
William Boyd
Hollywood Epitaphs Spark Lively Book From Homer Croy
Epitaphs are popular in Hollywood with Homer Croy compiling quotations from friends in a book titled The Last Word. Examples include John Boles saying No fooling Laura La Plante The play must go on Wallace Beery I hope I go over big Richard Arlen Out of one low mood into another Jimmy Durant Don't pick the wild flowers Graucho Marx Here lies Graucho Marx I hope they buried me near a straight man Joan Bennett It was fun T
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Dan Thomas
NEA
Hollywood
Holywood
Homer Croy
John Boles
Laura LA Plante
Wallace Beery
Richard Arlen
Jimmy Durant
Graucho Marx
Joan Bennett
Friends Are Enemies in Stepina Jail Break
Carl Stepina, held on a robbery charge in the Fillmore police station, escaped by cutting a wooden door with steel saws. He reportedly planned his exit while friends called, prompting the jailer to discover his absence.
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Chicago
Carl Stepina
Carl
Fillmore
Stepina
The Crowd Roars at Par amount theater with Cagney
James Cagney stars in The Crowd Roars a racing thriller loaded with speedway action. Joan Blondell joins him alongside Ann Dvorak and Kris Linden as bikes crash through fences and flames blaze during mile a minute chases before a stadium crowd.
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James Cagney
Paramount Theater
Jimmy Cagney
Joan Blondell
Jimmy
Joan
Mr. Cagney
Ann Dvorak
Kris Linden
Frank McHugh
Guy Kibbee
Charlotte Merriam
New York
Howard Hawks
Actress Helen Twelvetrees Reflects On Unashamed
Actress Helen Twelvetrees remarks that an actress is only as good as her leading man after finishing Unashamed. She quips about not needing to prep a silly alibi.
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Helen Twelvetrees
No Artist Dared Paint Picture of Frankenstein Monster
Article notes that no artist previously dared illustrate Frankenstein's monster until Universal's make up depictions of Boris Karloff changed perceptions. It mentions Mrs Shelley and the novel, the upcoming showings at the Rialto, and Grosset and Dunlap issuing an illustrated edition of Frankenstein.
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Carl Laemmle, Jr
James Whale
Boris Karloff
Frankenstein
Mrs. Shelley
Universal City
Karloff
Rialto
Grosset and Dunlap
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