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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1933
Page
10
Richard Barthelmess stars in Heroes for Sale at the Palace theater Tuesday and Wednesday. The First National picture follows a World War I veteran who battles wounds and postwar hardship, delivering gripping drama, strong supporting cast, and a vivid postwar struggle with realism.
A melodramatic Columbia drama "Below The Sea" opens Sunday and Monday at the A Muse U theater. Fay Wray plays a spoiled millionaire’s ward aboard a yacht where a German submarine commander seeks gold from a sunken U-boat, teaming with rival divers and a newcomer star Fredrik Vogeding co stars with Ralph Bellamy Esther Howard appears in a key plotting role.
Buffalo Prairie and surrounding areas report residents traveling to Chicago for the World’s Fair, and several social visits. Miss Marquis visited at Miss Schriver’s home. Mrs. Kane and Mrs. Westby stayed with N A Bull. Miss Elliott and Doris Elliott visited kin. Carroll Kistler called in Muscatine. Miss Laura Murdock visited the Kistler home. Eva Kane visited her daughter. Ernest Boney returned from Minnesota. carob seed insight notes origin of carat. Isa Lake in Yellowstone sends waters to both oceans seasonally.
An Uptown theater hosts a Wednesday night show featuring Hollywood Revue with a fashion and bathing beauty pageant organized by R. W. Fraser of New York and Hollywood. Fifty locals audition as screen stars with a radio announcement as stars arrive.
Illinois City notices report Roy and Mrs Krueger welcomed a daughter born Wednesday at Bellevue hospital in Muscatine. Nearby visitors include Mrs John Snively from Jefferson visiting Frank Fowler Sr. and Mrs Angie Cannam of Aledo visiting her daughter Mrs Arthur Asay. E A Martin drove to Peoria with sister Mrs Anna Knouse joining here for visits. Clifford Diehl of New Boston visits aunt Mrs E A Mewes.
The Paramount comedy College Humor screens at the Palace Sunday and Monday. A glamorous cast including Bunz Crosby Richard Arlen Mary Carlisle Jack Oakie George Burns and Gracie Allen along with the Ox Road Eds deliver nonstop songs laughs and campus satire under director Wesley Ruggles. The film presents a playful Mid-West college life full of romance blonde brunettes and social buzz with a rapid-fire pace and frequent gales of laughter.
A fast paced drama at the Uptown centers on Lor etta Young and Una Merkel as 12 year old girls drawn into a gang led by a cruel criminal. Loretta Young delivers a standout performance while Franchot Tone shines as a magnetic male lead in a suspenseful romance.
The Fox biopic The Man Who Dared screens at the Palace Saturday. It follows Anton Cermak a Chicago mayor immigrant from Bohemia who rises amid 1890s Midwest crime and political corruption to a defiant career marked by fighting spirit and a drive for justice.
Elmer Quandt family and Garmer and Bartlett households visited Vera and Ralph Bartlett for Sunday dinner in Muscatine. Mrs. Amy Fowerer and Carl spent Sunday with Mrs. M. Louck. Mr. and Mrs. William LaRue announce the birth of son William Glen Monday at a relative’s home near Joy. Chas Kruger Sr and Arthur Krueger plan a month long motor trip visiting Canada Washington Oregon California New Mexico Texas with relatives.
Bebe Daniels plays Cynthia Warren a wealthy poster artist who seeks life’s freedoms before love and marriage. Sidney Blackmer pursues her while Randolph Scott stands as the loyal suitor, and the story ends with marriage after trials to her ideas.
Charles Starrett former Dartmouth football star achieves a childhood goal during the filming of The Return of Casey Jones at Monogram studios in Uptown. As a boy he rode the Boston and Albany line near home and longed to pull a locomotive throttle. His first attempt jolted the train and toppled gear, but he persevered and finally satisfied his lifelong desire.
The listings name Gracie Allen Richard Arlen Jack Oakie Mary Carlisle in College Humor and Loretta Young in Heroes for Sale plus Stoopnagle and Budd in Sky Symphony Cartoon Bosco's Nightmare and Bosco the Sheepherder. Other features include The Man Who Cared and Wrongorilla with Chapter 3 Phantom of the Air. Also Owl Show Down to Earth and With Will Rogers and The Return of Casey Jones serial and Nagana Smoke Lightning Below the Sea Thirteen Women and related news and cartoons across multiple dates and theaters.
Edmund Lowe and Wynne Gibson star in Her Bodyguard a Paramount romantic comedy at the Palace with Edward Arnold Johnny Hines Marjorie White Alan Dinehart and Fuzzy Knight in supporting roles The tale follows a stage star protected by a private detective as rival suitors scheme and laughter ensues a new song Where Have I Heard That Melody is introduced during the film.
Ken Maynard and his horse Tarzan star in Come On Tarzan at the Uptown. Tarzan performs stunts and rescues Ken from a mountain river by swimming and towing him to shore. The program also features The Hearts of Humanity and the serial The Devil Horse as the late owl show.
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