Life — February 1, 1929 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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More or Less Serious The Age of Innocence. Empire—Another of those pltys which wouldn't be much without Katharine nell. Brothers. Forly-Eighth St—Bert Lytell dodging behind furniture and things in an attempt to play two characters at once. f Café de Danse. Forrest—A “continental melo- ma,” with Trini, Alison Skipworth and others. To be reviewed later. . Congai. Sam HH. Harris—Indo-China vividly de- picted asa locale for most of Miss Helen Menken's troubles, of which there are plenty. Cyrano de Bergerac. Walter Hampden's—Should be @ permanent institution. Gypsy. Klaw—Reviewed in this issue. Hedda Gable: Vinth St.—With Blanche Yurka, Linda hh Roeder and others. To be reviewed later. House Unguarded. Little—With Lester Lonerg: Leila Prost and others.” To be reviewed next wee Jealousy. Maxine Eltiott— and his wife having enough to say to cach a whole play going for two hours. Fortunately, Pay Bainter and John Halliday play the parts. Judas. Longacre—With Bi. Courtleigh and others. To be reviewed later. The Kingdom of God. Ethel Barrymore—Miss Barrymore ranging in age from nineteen to seventy on an equally broad scale of effectiveness. The last act is worth waiting for. Mimi. Belasco—A great big machine which works efficiently and 1s sometimes fun to watch. There is, incidentally, a play of Molnar's connec! tand Lenore Ulric has fun debauching Sidney Blackmer range Interlude. John Golden—O’ ic over the workings of a woman Rathbone, William Xeill’s fives soul. Very Street Scene. Playhouse—Reviewed in this issue. Vermont. Evlanger's—Reviewed in this issue. Wings Over Europe. Martin Beck—A highly inter- esting speculation on a possible ending of the world, with the British Cabinet ¢ it consideration for. three acts. Zeppelin. ional— Melodrama one be reviewed next week. Comedy and Things Like That . Caprice. Guild—Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in as pretty a bit of playing as you will find in this town, or any other. up. To Courage. Rito—The worries of a mother with several too many, and too bnght, children. The Front Page. Times Square—Rough-house comedy melodrama, good for a swell evening. Holiday. Plymouth—One of the few things that have to be seen, if only because you ought to hear some good dialogue before you give up going to the theatre entirely. Hot Water. Lucille LaVerne—A comedy by Helena Smith Dayton ‘and Louise Bascom Barratt, with Lucille LaVerne. To be reviewed later. Little Accident. Ambassador—Good fun over a subject which might once have been considered deli cate, Katharine Alexander and Thomas Mitchel? help make it all right. The Marriage Bed. Booth—Reviewed in this issue Merry Andrew. Henry Millers—A comedy by Lewis Beach, with Walter Connolly, E! Grant Mills and others. To be reviewed later. A Most Immoral Lady. Cor!—Something very effective for Alice Brady. Paris. Music Bor—A regulation farce, bolstered up by the presence of Irene Bordoni and some good incidental music. The Perfect Alibi. murder mystery. " Poppa. | Hudson—Unpretentious but satisfactory Jewish events. Precious. Charles Hopkins—A pleasant Royale—A comedy by James Forbes, with John Cumberland, Hale Hamilton, Dorothy Hall and others. To be reviewed next week. The Princess Show Boat Co. Belmon! show-boat cor yin repertory, consistin; Parson's Bride ¥odim. oF the Stroke of 7 “ Withoug a Single Blush or an i ."" To be reviewed later. Serena Blandish. Morosco- §. N. Behrman of the novel, with Ruth Constance Collier, A. E. Matthews and o! be reviewed later. Skidding. Bayes—Mild, but apparently indestruc- tible. The Skyrocket. Lyceum—Reviewed in this issue. That Ferguson Family. Garrick—Home play of a well-known brand. The Yellow Jacket. Coburn—Back again, kindness of Mr, and Mrs. Coburn. Eye and Ear Entertainment Animal Crackers. Forty-Fourth St—The Marx Brothers causing a great deal of raucous laughter. Blackbirds of 1928. Fitinge—Still the same a amazing combination of dancing and singing | expert Negroes. * om! Boom! Casino—With Prank Mclstme Roy Atwell, Ann Seymore and others. To bem viewed later. Chauve Souris, Jolson's—Presh fr Dr. Baliefl. To be reviewed later. Follow Thru. Forty-Sixth St—A worth to “Good News,” with Irene Delro: and others. Good Boy. Hammerstein's— Elliot Nugent, Charles Butterwo: others. Hello, Daddy! George M. Cohan—Lew Piet musical ‘version of one of his old hits, assist George Hassell, and luckily for the show, by Starbuck and Billy Taylor. Hold Everything. Broadhurst—Or amusing in town. Victor Moore, Ber Munson and Jack Whiting. The Houseboat on the Si weak, in spite of Blanchi jy Fingers. Louise Brown, Gertrude Mac be reviewed later. Ned Wayburn's Gambol: Irwin, Lew Hearn, Libby Holman and o reviewed next week. The New Moon. I'm perial—. edy as you would care to sce. Shy and Robert Halliday. The Red Robe. Shuder!—Good, ro opera, with Walter Woolf, Helen G Lupino, Jose Ruben and oth Ziesfeld—Perhaps nea: its remarkable run. Don't miss it This Year of Grace. Selwyn—Bea' Noel Coward in the kind of revue we have written. Three Cheers. Globe—Will Rogers a host is self, Whoopee. best. Y¥ stccesne . Zeltna O Ned ce a musi Evelyn Herbe New Amsterdam—Eddie Cantor st ta Repertory and Laboratory Civic Repertory. Fourteenth St—"The Alaqueque” has been added to Miss | excellent list. Try one of the others fir S.S. Glencairn. Provincetown—Four of t plays. Cherry iane—Elmer Rice's To be reviewed next week. O'Ned Lavy (wedged in crowd): Ob, dear, has anyone seen my hand? Pouite Strancer: Tf it has some parcels attached to it, I think it is over here. (Punch, by permission), . comicbooks.com