Show Boat Held Over at Strand Four More Days
Waterloo theatres report extended engagement for Show Boat at the Strand due to strong audience response. Also scheduled three day run of Two Weeks Off starting Wednesday with Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall in their final joint film, plus Zeppelin Flight Scenes and Jan Garber’s Band in a Vitaphone program.
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A. G. Stolte
Strand Theatre
Waterloo
Ferber
Mellon
Dorothy Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
Strand
Dorothy
Jack
Gertrude Astor
Jimmy Finlayson
Kate Price
Zeppelin
Atlantic
America
Hugg Eckener
Lady Grave Drummond Hay
Fridrichshafen
Europe
Jan Garber
Pathe Sound News
Theatrical Stars Win Divorces in Los Angeles Hollywood News
Theatrical figures Madge Bellamy Garbara Bedford and Eugenia La Place obtained divorces in Los Angeles on Thursday. Bellamy finished a degree from Logan Metcalf, Bedford from John A. Rescoe, and La Place from Raymond Kirkwood. Unserved papers in a Brooklyn divorce action against Lene Bordoni were noted as she left Werba's Theatre. Variety reports Helen Morgan may lead Applause for Paramount with production set around June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Bellamy
Garbara Bedford
Eugenia la Place
Los Angeles
Miss Belamy
Logan Metcalf
Miss Bedford
John A. Rescoe
Miss la Place
Raymond Kirkwood
Lene Bordoni
E. Ray Goetz
Werba’s Theatre
Brooklyn
Miss Bordoni
Helen Morgan
Ufe
Beth Brown
Paramount
Long Island Studios
Reuben Moumoulian
Miss Morgan
The Coming Week at the Theatres Drops Paramount Action
The piece reports Paramount ending further action in a local dispute over theatre bookings. It notes May McAvoy setting a June 29 wedding date to Maurice Clary. It covers a court ruling on child support for two sons, and mentions vaudeville work and stage contracts in Des Moines and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May McAvoy
Maurice Clary
Broadway Chinese Restaurants Run by Students and Fliers
A May report reveals Broadway Chinese eateries employ Columbia students and boast aerial staff. Some fliers own planes, others dream of returning to China amid war. Tong operations control most New York Celestia establishments, with managers owning the shops.
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Mind Bhylien
Thal
Columbia Ptudents
Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
China
Minrala
Hollywood Talkies Buzz to Lucent Ulrich and More
Hollywood gossip notes Lenore Ulrich plans to appear in a talky with Fox and to remake Tiger Rose as a talkie with Lupe Velez. Allan Dwan is praised as a top director. Other items mention Adolphe Menjou overcoming nerves on mic and Marion Davies starting a talkie version of Marianna with Bob Leonard.
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Ada Willams
Hollywood
Paramount
Fox
Harold Lloyd
Pete Smith
Marion Davies
Joan Crawford
Conrad Nagel
Smith
M G
Dorothy Werzog
Cal
New York
Broadway
Lenore Ulrich
Miss Ulrich
David Belasco
Mimi
Warner Bros
Belasco
Warners
Lupe Velez
T. T.T
Ulrich
Lenore
Alan Dwan
Allan
Doug Fairbanks
Gloria Swanson
Mr. Dwan
Marie Prevost
Malibou
William Coltier
Mariana
Bob Leonard
Algal Exeks
Marion
Stand and Deliver at Crystal with LaRocque and Velez
Crystal theatre presents Stand and Deliver with Rod LaRocque Lupe Velez and Warner Oland set in postwar Greece amid banditry. LaRocque plays Roger Norman a wealthy Englishman who joins a Grecian cavalry and faces danger after a raid on a peasant girl. A two part comedy and Love and the Devil starring Milton Sills also shown through Sunday.
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Rod LaRoesque
Lupe Velez
the Crystal
Rod LaRocque
Warner Cloud
Crystal Theatre
Donald Crisp
Greece
LaRocque
Roger Norman
la Rocque
Oland
Milton Sills
Kennedy Funeral to be Sunday at Oelwein Home
The funeral for L. W. Kennedy who died Thursday will be held at the family residence at 15 First Avenue Northeast in Oelwein Sunday at 3 p.m. Burial will follow in Westlawn Cemetery.
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Kennedy
Oelwein
Desert Song at Paramount Picture Feature
The Desert Song at the Paramount four day engagement is a Warner Bros Vitaphone musical operetta with John Boles in the lead as the Red Shadow of a Moroccan Rift tribe. Carlotta Young stars opposite, with music by Romberg and songs including One Alone and One Flower in Your Garden. The program also offers Phil Baker in In Spain and news reels, with The Man I Love slated for next Wednesday.
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Paramount Theatre
Warner Bros. Vitaphone
John Boles
Red Shadow
Morocco
Carlotta Young
Romberg
Siemund Romberg
Sustess
Johnny Arthur
Ioquise Fazenda
Edward Martindel
Jack Pratt
Otto Hoffmen
John Miljan
Phil Baker
Spain
Paramount
Movietone
Richard Arlen
Mary Brian
Buzz Barton Stars in Young Whirlwind at Palace Theatre
Buzz Barton stars in Young Whirlwind a western melodrama at Palace Theatre today and Sun ny. A payroll heist aboard a U S air mail plane drives the plot with Barton racing to the crash site to aid and capture the gang. Supporting players include Edmund Cobb Alma Raye ford Frank Rice and Tex Phelps. A comedy Too Many Hisses and Fox News complete the program.
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Woodlands
Buzz Barton
FBO
Palace Theatre Today
United States
Edmund Cobb
Alma Rayford
Frank Rice
Tom Lingham
Eddie Chandler
Bill Patton
Tex Phelps
Fox News
Cresco Grocer Spent 56 Years in Same Shop
Cresco Iowa May 23 William Kellow veteran grocer celebrated his seventy seventh birthday at a family dinner with his wife Mrs Kellow He has lived in Cresco for 73 years and has run the same grocery stand for 56 years The couple will mark their forty fourth wedding anniversary on July 10 They are active in business social and church circles.
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Courier
Cresco
William Kellow
Kellow
Tonight’s triple bill features modern romance and western action
Crystal presents Stand and Deliver with Rod La Rocque and Lupe Velez plus The Young Whirlwind featuring Buzz Barton and Too Many Hisses. Paramount offers The Desert Song with John Boles and Carlotta King, plus In Spain with Phill Baker and Movietone news. Strand shows Show Boat with Laura La Plante and Joseph Schildkraut in a live singing version.
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Tonight
Crystal
Rod la Rocque
Lupe Velez
Palace
Buzz Barton
Fox News
Paramount
John Boles
Carrotta King
Johnny Arthur
Lowise Ferenda
John Miljan
Myrna Loy
Charis
Phill Baker
Spain
Movietone News
Setrand
Edna Ferber
Ziegfeld
Laura la Plante
Joseph Schildkraut
Olis Harlan
Alma Rubens
Emily Fitzroy
Helen Morgen
Jules Bledsoc
Jerome Kern
Dorothy Knapp Starred In Carrolls Fioretta Amid Affection Claims
The New York suit reveals Dorothy Knapp titled as The Most Beautiful Girl in the World became leading lady in Earl Carrolls Fioretta though she could not dance sing or act. Papers filed in supreme court say Carroll used her for promotion due to affection and deny her stage ability. The answer is signed by Mrs. Frederick F. Penfield widow of the former Austrian ambassador who financed the show.
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New York
U.R
Dorothy Knapp
Earl Carroll
Supreme Court
Miss Knapp
Frederick F. Yenfield
Austria
Illinois Bandit Suspected in Vinton Bank Holdup
Vinton Virginia May 23 Benton officials believe Harry K. Lamm, held by Illinois officers after a state bank robbery, aided in the Farmers National Bank holdup in Vinton. Lamm, a former German army lieutenant, has long US residence, prior prison terms, and multiple Illinois charges make release unlikely. An Auckland New Zealand animal hospital opens with isolation ward and operating amphitheater for pets.
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Courier Special Service
Vinton
Harry K. Lamm
Ilinois
Benton
Farmers National Bank
Lamm
United States
Tlinois
Animal Hospital
Auckland
Cedar Falls Prepares for Memorial Talk and Baccalaureates
Two baccalaureates and a memorial service are planned in Cedar Falls on Sunday. Rev Otto Nielsen will preach at 10 20 a m with G A R and other orders in attendance. Dr Howland Hanson will deliver the Teachers College high school address on The Vision Splendid of Youth. Musical offerings include Teachers college choir and high school glee clubs.
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Cedar Falls
Otto Nielsen
Danish Nazareth Church
Bluff Street
James Brownell Post
Howland Hanson
Teachers College
Teachers College High Schol
Teachers College Choir
First Methodist Episcopal Church
H. J. Faust
First Evangelical Church
W. G. Rowley
M. E
St Teachers ‘College
Bel Canto Glee Club
Philip Shutt
Eleanor Evans
Bonair
Michael Elinoff
Yildeb Watters
Virginia Fish
Waterloo
Kathryn Mecon
Burlington Junction
Mariam Evans
Spencer
First Methodist
George F. Sarseloti
First Congregational Church
Babylon
Nazareth
W. J. Diegelman
First Baptist Church
H.n. Faust
Fisherman Finds Many Dead Bass Afloat on Cedar River
Peal Martin and M Coburn report several black bass found dead along Cedar river banks near the dam after a boating trip. Martin urges careful wet-handling and underwater unhooking to protect the season while noting mouths torn by hooks and careless releases at the Fourth Street bridge.
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Cedar River
Peal Martin
Third Street
Evening Courier
M. ©. Coburn
Martin
Marth
Fourth Street Bridge
A Year Ago Today in Waterloo May 25 1929
Theron Scott an 18 year old West High senior died at a local hospital from injuries in an auto crash. He rode on a running board and was crushed when the car collided with another. Police sought six boys aged 15 to 37 who fled Eldorm training school in a stolen car. A 925000 first mortgage gold bond issue was provided in a trust deed by Tangiey McGinn Realty Co for a hotel project at Sycamore and Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron Scott
West High
Fom Eldorm
Tangiey-McGinn Realty Company
Sycamore
Park Avenue
Veterans Weep as Gene Clark’s Girl Presents Flag
Memorial Hall saw 175 veterans present as Gene Clark’s daughter, 11, represented the post by presenting the flag in memory of her father who died at sea in World War I. Veterans wept as the flag symbolized valor and sacrifice. Jack Farley of Washington urged the post to carry America’s ideals, while 59 new members joined and several were honored for organizing the post. The group backed raising Spanish American War pensions and prepared for the Yankton department convention.
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Gene Clark
Memorial Hall
Eugenie Clark Post
Jack Farley
Washington, D. C
The
Vatirans of Foreign Wars
Post
America
Farley
United States
A. D. Dodds
Des Moines
F. J. Naibert
Cedar Rapids
Yankton
Eugene Clark Post
Department
Yankton, & C
Frank Fortunski
A. R B. Locke
Andrew Clark
Leon Clark
Welter Wilson
Frank Wilson
C. L. Burton
Louis Costaska
Fred Manske
Albert Etta
B. M. Strayer
E. #. Hunter
Louis Casleska
Steve Help
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