Life — January 18, 1929 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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s Confidential Guide More or Less Serious ‘The Age of Innocence, Em pire—Katharine Cornell in a play which needs her badly. Brothers, Forty-Eighth St—Bert_Lytell playing two parts at once, both looking like Bert Lytell. To be reviewed in detail next week. Sam H. Harris—What happens to girls in na, shown with considerable attention to lor and Miss Helen Menken. Cyrano de Bergerac, Hampden's—If Mr. Hampden our advice (which he would have no reason will keep on playing this year in and year Something by Mae West nt as most of Miss West's Klaw—A play by Maxwell Anderson, with , Louis Calhern, Lester Vail, Mary ers. To be reviewed later. Jarnegan, Longacre—The Jim Tully’ version of Hollywood,’ spoken out good”and loud by Richard Benne Jealousy, Maxine Elliott—Pay Bainter and John Halliday carrying a whole play by themselves very successf The title will give an ink! the pl ‘The Kingdom of God, Ethel Barrymore—Reviewed in this issue Lady Dedlock, dramatization of * next week. Mima, Belasco—Reviewed in this issue. One Way Street, Cohan—A mystery play by Beulah Poynter. To be reviewed next week The Sign of the Leopard, National—A London ess under the name of’ "The Squeaker.” this ery play does not seem to have quite enough of what you Amencans call “punch” for New York. It has its good points, however. The Squealer, Forrest—We refuse to keep posted on whether or not’ “Peaches" Browning is still in the cast of this. It makes very little difference, one way or the other. Strange Interlude, John Golden—The five-hour wonder of theatre-business. . Street Scene, Playhouse—A play by Elmer Rice, with Mary Servoss, Robert Kelly and others. To be Feviewed later, The Street Wolf, Garrick—Pretty bad. The Wild Duck, Forty- Ninth St—A grand play. Wings Over Europe, Martin. Beck—Reviewe this issue. Comedy and Things Like That __ Caprice, Guild—Lynn Pontanne and Alfred Lunt in as pretty a performance as you can see in town, Courage, Ritz—A whole family of stage-children mothered by Janet Beecher: ; Falstaff, Coburn—Mr. and Mrs. Coburn being very bluf and’ hearty in the manner of Shakespeare's heavy hero. bassador— rgaret Anglin in a leak House To be reviewed The Front Page, Times Square—Excellent enter- tainment involving a mad combination of melodrama, comedy and just plain rushing about. The High Road, Fulton—Edna Best, Herbert Marshall and Frederick Kerr making one of Lons- dale's parlor comedies worth seeing. Holiday, Plymouth—Philip Barry's delightful badinage tossed airily about by Hope Williams, Ben Smith, Donald Ogden Stewart and other nice people. The Jealous Moon, Majestic—Jane Cowl, with Philip Merivale and Sir Guy Standing doing their best to make the old Pierrot story less sappy. ttle Acciden , Morosco—In spite of being exclu sively devoted to the problem of the unmarried her, there is practically nothing in this to redden | the ears and much to laugh at. Thomas Mitchell and Katharine Alexander head a good cast. Major Barbara, Republic—Shaw’'s attack on pov- erty well done by a Theatre Guild cast, with Winifred Lenihan as Major Barbara, . The Marriage Bed, Booth—A dramatization of Ernest Pascal's novel,’ with Ann Davis, Allan Dine- Edward Emery and others, To be review ‘A Most Immoral Lady, Cort—Alice Brady at her best as a member of a refined blackmailing tear everything ending nice! On Call Girl, Waldor/ recommending. Paris, Music Bor—Thanks to Irene Bordoni, a named “The Commanders” and some good this one makes a pleasant evening out of therwise might be just one of those farces. The Perfect Alibi, Charles Hopkins—Murder mystery which entertains and stimulates the mind, by A. A. M ‘This hardly seems worth e. Poppa, Wallack's—Good Jewish talk, if Jewish | talk amuses you " Potiphar's Wile, Crais—Trying very hard to be naughty. The Royal Box, Belmont—Walker Whiteside has gone back to this old love and is again the old ham actor who hobnobbed with the Prince of Wales. The Sky Rocket, Henry Miller’s—A play by Mark Reed, with J. C. Nugent, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Philips and others. To be reviewed later. ; Skidding, Boyes—We have almost lost interest in this. That Ferguson Family, Little—One of the weaker sisters. Tomorrow, Lyceum— What life will be like in 1980, God forbid! Vermont, Erlanger's—A play by A. with Phyils Povah. Allyn fo reviewed later. E. Thomas, slyn and others, To be Eye and Ear Entertainment ela, Century—Hardly a gala affair. Anfsat Crackers, Forty-Fourth St—This being the Marx Brothers’ show, and they being as comic as they are, you had better sce it. im; i _ Blackbirds of 1928, is famous by now. ts x jeep Harlem, Bilimore—A new colored rev be reviewed Inter. our Follow Thru, Forty-Sixth St—A DeSylva-t son-Brown opus, with Irene Delroy, Madeline eron, Zelma O'Neil and others. To be reviewed later Good ‘Boy, Hammersiein’s—An all-around gj show, with Eliott. Nugent, Charles Butterseat Helen Kane and others. Hello, Daddy! Field's Manfeld—Lew Field's oy “The High Cost of Loving” refurbished with a coupe of good tunes, Mr. Pields himself, Allen Kearns, Mary Lawlor, Betty Starbuck and Billy Taylor. To be reviewed next week. Hold Everything, Broadhurst—Very amasing Clowning. with some good tunes. Victor Moot Bert Lahr, Ona Munson and Jack Whiting. The Houseboat on the Styx, Liberiy— Bianche Risg and Jack Hazzard in a show which ought to be fanagt than it is. The New Moon, Imperial—As satisfactory a shop ‘ou will find, everything considered. Byes rt, Gus Shy, Robert Halliday. j Polly, Lyr ‘c aased oa yon with a Past.” with lune, Harry K. Morton, Inez Courtney, Pred Ales and others. To be reviewed later. The Red Robe, Shubert—Good, old-fashioned tip snorting comic opera, with Walter Woolf as the bem and Jose Ruben as that old musical comedy characte —Richelien, Scandals of 1928, A pollo—The fact that itis eo 1929 Soca scem Keep Me. White fro ing people with his hand-picked cast: Harry Ricken Frances Williams, Willie Howard, Tom Pa! Ann Pennington Show Boat, Zice/eld—There is no reason why tha shouldn't alway: running. Charles Winnoge, Helen Morgan, Puck and White, Edna and Norma Terris. _This Year of Grace, Selwyn—Beatrice Lilie ast Noel Coward in what we mean by a revue. Three Cheers, Globe—Will Rogers putting a show over in a big way. Vanities of 1928, Farl Corroll—With a little cas ing up this would be one of the funniest shows & town, what with W. C. Pields, Joe Pri-o et als Whoopee, New Amsterdam—The Eddie Caste show which you must see. Repertory and Laboratory Civic Repertory, Fourteenth St—Eva LeGallieese making a big success of her second seasoa, Lit includes: “The Cherry Orchard,” “The Cradle Sorg,” “Peter Pan.” “L'Invitation au Voyage” and “The Would-be Gentleman.” Singing Jailbirds, Grove Strect—Upton Sinclar sincere attempt to dramatize a pamphlet. Efecure in spots. S. S. Glencairn, Provincetown—A group of ones plays by Eugene O'Neill. Eltinge—A colored revue whigg as Her! lls tty NEUE INDIGNANT Parent (at 7 A. M.): Young man, what do you mean by bringing my daughter in at this hour? Fiaminc YoutH: Well, I've got to be at work by eight. Passing Show (Londow) comicbooks.com