Radio Stars to Play at Uptown in Chicago
WLS Barn Dance company of 36 performers to appear Thursday afternoon and evening at the Uptown theater in Chicago. The show features Rube Trunson and his Texas cowboys, the Arkansas Woodchopper, Hoosier sodbusters, Hiram Higsby, the WLS ranger quartet, the three little maids, and a square dancing exhibition. Songs span the south, the plains, and the gay 90s with color, comedy, and melody.
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Eighth Street
Chicago
WLS Barn Dance Company
Uptown Theater
Rube Trunson
Texas Cowboys
Arkansas Woodchopper
The
Three
Hoosier
Sod Busters
Hiram Higsby
Little Maids
WLS Rangers
Rube Tronson
Winners of Palace Dog Show at Muscatine
The Palace theater in Muscatine hosted a dog show tied to a screening of Chic Sale in Lucky Dog. First prize went to Jerry Stein for the best looking dog and second to Helen Althaus for the ugliest. Other honors included Clyde Lucas longest legs, Kenneth Ross shortest legs, Roland Howe longest ears, Mavis Lutz smallest ears, Danny George longest tail, Alice Greaves smallest dog, Richard Lange largest dog, Gerald Livingston skinniest dog, and John Alexander Jr fattest dog.
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Muscatine
Palace Theater
Chic Sale
Palace
Jerry Stein
Helen Althaus
Clyde Lucas
Kenneth Ross
Roland Howe
Mavis Lutz
Danny George
Alice Greaves
Richard Lange
Gerald Livingston
John Alexander, Jr
Palace Race Night Set to Thrill Filmgoers
Palace theater launches its first race night series on Tuesday and Wednesday with an audience participation format described as a thrilling new form of entertainment. Manager Jerry Baker highlights the novelty and compares it to major horse races while withholding details of spectator involvement. The program has been in the works for months and aims to bring a countrywide craze to the local screen.
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Palace Theater
Jerry Baker
Hell
James Cagney
Alison Skipworth
Islin Auster
Roland Young
Sari Maritza
Miss Skipworth
World’s Fair Radio Minstrels and Screen Stars at Show
A busy Uptown program features the World's Fair Radio Minstrels on Sunday and Monday. On screen Conrad Nagel Leila Hyams Claire Windsor and Tommy Conlon star in The Constant Woman. The bill includes Tomorrow at Seven with Chester Morris Vivienne Osborne and others, Mickeys Big Broadcast, Pathe News, cartoons, and WLS Barn Dance performances.
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Conrad Nagel
Leila Hyams
Claire Windsor
Tommy Conlon
W . Chester Morris
Vivienne Osborne
Frank McHugh
Allen Jenkins
Henry Stephenson
Ian
Ooons
New Screen Play Based on O Neill Work at Uptown Theater
The Constant Woman adaptation from Eugene O Neill is slated as the feature Sunday and Monday at the Uptown theater. Early notices call it a powerful photoplay with striking beauty and dramatic intensity and a stellar cast including Conrad Nagel and Leila Hyams.
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Eugene O’neill
O'Neill
Uptown
Advance
Conrad Nagel
Leila Hyams
Tom
Veterans in Minstrel Show at Uptown Theater
Twelve white veterans in blackface minstrels from Weber and Fields will appear at the Uptown Theater as part of a goodwill tour tied to the Chicago World’s Fair. They previously appeared on radio stations WLS WJJD KYW WBBM WCFL WIBO and will perform after touring the city with the Century of Progress exposition.
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Weber and Fields
WLS
WJJD
KYW
WBBM
WCFL
WIBO
Minstrels
Uptown
WLS Barn Dance Company
Halton Powell
Hill Billies
Romba Rockets
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tugboat Annie and The Constant Woman on Screen
Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery reunite as Min and Bill in Tugboat Annie a maritime comedy drama filmed in Puget Sound with Merwin Le Roy directing. The Constant Woman follows a widow’s influence after death as her family and an actress confront infidelity and forgiveness amid a tragic climax.
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Marie Dressler
Wallace Beery
Min
Bill
Annie
Saturday Evening Post
Miss Dressler
Beery
Terry
Puget Sound
Norman Reilly Raine
Mervyn le Roy
Gold Diggers
Little Caesar
Conlon
Claire Windsor
Palace Hosts Novel Back Judging Contest
The Palace theater screens a back-view guessing game with Muscatine figures. Officials from Charles W Nebel Film Co New York film the city’s business leaders for a challenge where spectators identify people from back views to win awards.
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Palace Theater
Charles W. Nebel Film Company
New York City
Muscatine
Luxury Liner cast to star in trans Atlantic drama
The broad cast of the story portrays cosmopolitan passengers aboard a steamship crossing the Atlantic. The production centers on life aboard the luxury liner and the social dynamics among travelers, with a focus on romance and adventure at sea.
Palace Theater Stars From Five Countries
Five major actors George Brent Zita Johann Vivienne Osborne Alice White and Verree Teasdale come from distinct corners of the world in a shared passion to act at the Palace Theater on Thursday.
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Palace Theater
George Brent
Zita Johann
Vivienne Osborne
Alice White
Verree Teasdale
Ruggles Again Delights With Formal Fervor
Charlie and Miss Boland spark a string of misadventures when she enforces his wearing formal attire on every possible occasion. Charlie reluctantly complies and faces a sympathetic boss who assumes a death in the family, leading to a day off and a rising wave of comic mishaps.
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Charlie
Miss Boland
Tomorrow at Seven Mystery Film Captures Uptown
Uptown to Show Mystery Picture offers a clever murder plot with a wealthy Drake and a flight crew. On a perilous air journey a night of danger ends with Winters dead and detectives pinning the killer among survivors aboard the aircraft.
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Rko-Radio Pictures
Uptown
Vivienne Osborne
Chester Morris
Drake
Black Ace
Chicago
Winters
Martha
Neil Broderick
Ralph Spence
Famous Surgeon Drury Dies in Columbus at 56
Dr. Robert F. Drury a nationally known surgeon and former part owner of the Boston Red Sox died suddenly in Columbus after a heart attack. He had suffered from a heart ailment for years.
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Columbus
Robert F. Drury
Boston Red Sox
Charlie Ruggles Stars in Papa Mama at the Palace
Fun maker Charlie Ruggles stars in Papa Mama at the Palace on Sunday and Monday. The light comedy promises ample laughter for audiences seeking light entertainment.
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Charlie Ruggles
the Palace
Brilliant Cast in The Wrecker at the Uptown
A star studded melodrama The Wrecker opens Friday and Saturday at the Uptown led by Jack Holt with Genevieve Tobin as his co star. George E. Stone and Sidney Blackmer share key roles in this Columbia production drawing on film stage and vaudeville fame.
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Columbia
Uptown
Jack Holt
Genevieve Tobin
Holt
Miss Tobin
George E. Stone
Stone
Sidney Blackmer
Footlights
Lenore Ulric
Kay Francis Stars in Mary Stevens M D at Palace
Kay Francis leads the Warner Brothers drama Mary Stevens M D with Lyle Talbot and Thelma Todd. A childhood pair train as surgeons and pursue a medical practice together but a political marriage trap, scandal and financial woes threaten their bond as she remains devoted.
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Warner Brothers
Mary Stevens
M. D
Palace Theater
Kay Francis
Lyle Talbot
Thelma Todd
Blackmer Starred Opposite Wife In Popular Stage Successes
The article notes the actor was last seen with Bebe Daniels in the Columbia film Cocktail Hour, and previously in Once a Sinner and Day Break. It adds Blackmer is a well known figure recruited from the stage where he performed opposite his wife in her notable successes.
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Bebe Daniels
Columbia
Daybreak
Blackmer
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