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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1929
Page
4
The Waterloo Evening Courier notes Greta Garbo stars in a mood filled drama with a sailor adventurer and a wife torn between love and a new suitor. The film features strong performances by Garbo and Nils Asther, with Craig Campbell delivering concert numbers and a short Pathe news reel.
George Guttormson enters his third year as football announcer for IKOMO and joins another Chicago station. WEAF will feature the Challengers program. WLS plans seven major Midwest football broadcasts with Don Malin and Leonard Reinsch. Rodolfo Hoyos the Mexican tenor will sing on WJZ Monday Oct 4. Homer Courchene of WLS raises tropical fish at the Crete transmitter. Henry Av Bellows, formerly with the FCC, joins CBS advisory council while remaining president of Northwestern Broadcasting and operator of Woco.
Western and adventure serials headline the lineup with Palace Vakinia presenting Riders of the Storm and The Trail of Horse Thieves. Paramount offers His Glorious Night with John Gilbert and a Fox comedy Zip Boom Bang alongside a local news reel. Greta Garbo appears in Another film while a musical act and frontier tale share the bill.
A New York feature describes a curious side street fad miniature golf using nets and a real club amid crowded Broadway after dark. Police patrols report heavy pedestrian flow, frequent panhandling and traffic delays as thousands pass through the theatre district nightly. Paul Whiteman is noted with a new self portrait in his office.
Social Register figure Bessie Belmont of the Belmonts makes her first stage appearance in a street scene from The Criminal Code at a local venue. Fred Keating, noted magician, is said to have visited Sardis restaurant and failed to locate his own hat during the noon search.
Alma Rubens, famed film star, is expected to be released as cured of drug addiction within ten days, relatives say after officials at Patton state narcotic hospital confirmed recovery. Her mother, Mrs. Theresa Rubens, plans a two month sea voyage for Alma.
John Gilbert and his wife have arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania after their European honeymoon. The film star and his bride reached New York yesterday, ending their travels on the liner voyage.
Paramount Theatre launches a four day all talking program headlined by John Gilbert in His Glorious Night a romantic adventure with Katherine Dale Owen Nance ONeil and Gustav von Seiffertitz in supporting roles. The bill includes Up Boom Bang a color style act and a Paramount news reel. Hal Skelly returns next week in Woman Trap with Evelyn Brent and a strong supporting cast.
Tom Tyler leads the Western feature Trail of the Horse Thieves at Waterloo for a three day run opening today. Frankie Darro co stars as Tyler endures a perilous quicksand sequence saved by his young ally. Director Robert DeLacy returns after guiding Tyler in many films, delivering a noted performance.
An excellent cast includes Ber Amann former Meek Sennett bathing beauty Bill Nestell Barney Furey Hany O Connor Vic Allen Rey Childs and Leo Willett The story adapted by Frank Howard Clark from William Wing s Desert Madness features a comedy and a news reel
New York report notes Flo Ziegfeld present the title on the European stage. Actress Evelyn Laye arrives aboard the Mauretania to perform in New York. Playwright Noël Coward is also aboard the same liner.
Yakima Canutt stars in Riders of the Storm at the Palace today and Sunday with an all star cast. The program also includes The Family Meat Ticket and a newsreel plus a Monday offering Stairs of Sand with Wallace Beery and Jean Arthur. Palace introduces four weekly shows with new admission policy as changes spread.
A local notice announces matinee screenings available Saturday and Sunday at a central venue. The event welcomes all audience members, with doors opening midmorning and showtimes scheduled throughout the day. Tickets are available at the box office and online.
Adolph Menjou stars in an all talkie comedy at the Strand starting Tuesday. The program also features Clark & McCulloough in a talking comedy In Holland a synchronized Hodge Podge novelty On The Streets and the Pathe news. The film depicts a famed pianist entangled with multiple women while his devoted wife intervenes, restoring order in the end.
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