Rasputin and the Empress opens at Rialto with Barrymores
Three Barrymores John Ethel and Lionel star in Rasputin and the Empress a grand screen portrait of the fall of the Romanoffs opening Sunday at the Rialto for three days. The cast includes Ralph Morgan Diana Wynyard Tad Alexander and others with lavish staging of the Kremlin throne room and troop review.
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John, Ethel
Lionel Barrymore
Rasputin and the Empress
Fall of the Romanoffs
Rialto Theatre
Barrymores
John
Prince Chegodieff
Ethel Barrymore
Ralph Morgan
Czar
Diana Wynyard
Natasha
Tad Alexander
Czarevitch
Cr. Gordon
Edward Arnold
Rasputin
Russia
Kremlin
St. Petersburg
Richard Boleslavsky
Moscow Art Theatre
Christopher Strong Plane Romance Smolders in Rialto Film
Katharine Hepburn stars as Lady Cynthia Darrington, a fearless aviatrix whose 200 mile per hour lapses spark a moral British statesman’s forbidden romance. Colin Clive co stars as Sir Christopher Strong in Dorothy Arzner directed drama with Helen Chandler Billie Burke and more. Zoe Akins adapted Gilbert Frankau novel. The note about gold surrender appears as a separate aside.
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Cynthia Darrington
RKO Radio Pictures
Christopher Strong
Katharine Hepburn
Aviatrix
Colin Clive
Rialto Theatre
Cynthia
Christopher
Dorothy Arzner
Miss Hepburn
Helen Chandler
Billie Burke
Ralph Forbes
Irene Brown
Zoe Akins
Gilbert Frankau
The King Murder at Princess Sunday
Chesterfield Pictures presents The King Murder adapted from Charles Reed Jones novel. It will screen locally at the Princess Theatre Sunday. Critics note the tale echoes the unsolved Dorothy King murder case once spotlighted by the Newark Police Department.
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King
Charles Reed Jones
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation
Princess Theatre
Dorothy King
Ud Police Department
Newark
Marlene Dietrich Dresses Echo 1907 Style in Song of Songs
The article notes Marlene Dietrich’s outfits in The Song of Songs resemble Mae West’s fashion in She Done Him Wrong. The garments are described as echoing the 1907 period.
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Marlene Dietrich
Paramount
Mae West
Burns and Allen Play in Paramount Comedies Under Nat and Googie Nicknames
In Hollywood, George Burns and Gracie Allen are known on set as Nat and Googie while filming Paramount releases International House and College Humor.
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George Burns
Gracie Allen
Hollywood
Paramount
Nat
Googie
Jolson Stars in Hallelujah Im a Bum at Rialto
Al Jolson appears at the Rialto in Hallelujah I m a Bum after shedding Mammy and other old standbys He discusses a shift to down to earth character acting and portrays a Depression era role with no Mammy songs while still singing for the audience.
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Mammy
al Jolson
Sonny Boy
United Artists
Rialto Theatre
Jolson
The
Times
Ben Hecht
Entertainment Guide for Week The Barrymores to Jolson
Sunday through Saturday presents Rasputin with John Ethel and Lionel Barrymore, followed by Christopher Strong with Catherine Hepburn. AL Jolson stars in Hallelujah I’m a Bum. Also Princess Sunday features Conway Tearle in The King Murder and Goona Goona with All Native Cast. A Lady’s Profession with Sari Maritza and Smike Lightning with George O’Brien close the week.
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John, Ethel
Lionel Barrymore
Conway Tearle
Sari Maritza
Smike
George O’brien
Moore's Court Cafe to Reopen Under Dyas Moore
The Court cafe, closed for more than a decade, will reopen tomorrow under Dyas Slim Moore. It will offer bottled beer and two drafts, with John Gimpel directing the kitchen and a thirty cent business lunch from eleven to two daily plus dinner menus from five to eight.
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Moore’s Court Cafe
Dyas
Slim” Moore
Court
John Gimpel
Middle West
Stevie’ Heinzel
Bill” Pee
Country Club
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