Life — February 22, 1929 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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More or Less Serious | The Age of Innocence. Empire—Katharine Cor- nell making a dull play at least spectacular, | Brothers. Forty-Fighth St—Two brothers who | look so mich alike that they are both Bert Lytell. One of them takes dope! Congai. Sam H. Harris—Life in Indo-China if| qt happen to be out of luck, as Helen Menken was. | very vivid Cyrano. Hampden's—If Walter Hampden is | wise, he will keep on doing this, and if you are wise you will see it. Dynamo, Martin Beck—The theatre Guild's new | O'Neill venture. To be reviewed later. Gypsy. Klaw—Claiborne Foster in a little tragedy of easy love containing one or two fine scenes. Hedda Gabbler. Forty. Ninth St.—Blanche Yurka following her “Wild Duck” success with more Ibsen. Jealousy, Maxine Filiott—Pay Bainter and John Halliday bickering long and convincingly enough to carry a whole play. Judas. Longacre—This can’t still be running. The Kingdom of God. Ethel Barrymore—Miss Barrymore in one act (the last) of showing what she can do. Mima. Belasco—This cost somebody a lot of money, presumably Mr. Belasco, with a big m: ce as its chief result. Lenore Ulric and Sidney Black- mer do what acting there is. One Way Street. Republic—Melodrama such as it is. Strange Interlude. better of the two O'D the longer. Street Scene. Playkouse—One you if you are one of those who are ity.” The Subway. Masque—To be reviewed later. Zeppelin. National—Considerable excitement a mile up in the air. John Golden—Probably the I plays in town, Certainly rust, even essed b ? Comedy and Things Like That All the King’s Men. Futt Oursler, with Grant Mitch others. To be reviewed later. Caprice. Guild—You won't see in town than this of Lynn Fontanr —A play by Fulton Mayo Methot and | nicer actin, nd Alfred Lunt. | Walter Connelly as the druggist. | help tremendously. Courage. Rits—A mother with too many stage- children. Janet Beecher as the mother. The Front Page. — Times Square—Rough-house | comedy melodrama which ought to furnish a good evening. 'o be reviewed later. Holiday, Plymouth—Either the public likes good | _ Fioretta. Ear! Carroll—With Leon Errol, Pannie smart dialogue or this isn't good smart dialogue. | Brice, Lionel Atwill and others. To be feviewed Anyway it 1s a success, which almost puts it in a| later. class by itself this season. Follow Thru. Fort. Hot Water. Lucille LaVerne—Very tepid. follow “Good ” News,"* Let Us Be Gay. Littl—A comedy by Rachel | Haley, Zelma O'Neal and others. Crothers with Prancine Larrimore, Louis Calhern, Good Boy. Hammerstein's—Still a good Charlotte Granville and others. To be reviewed Helen Kane, Charles Butterworth and others, later. ; Hello. Daddy! Cokan—Lew Pields Little Accident. Ambassador—in spite of dealing | good tunes added to his old “High Cost with bastardy in one of its nicer forms, this will not | and assistance from George Hassell, Betty Starbark last Spring no one knew that it w: roing best show ia town. nt €otng to be Gee Boom! Boom! Casino—With Prank M it jeannette MacDonaid, Stanley Ridges ant age offend and is very funny in spots, Thomas Mitchell | and Billy Taylor. and Katharine Alexander head the cast. | The Marriage Bed. Booth—Allan Dinehart, Ann Davis and others in a satisfactory, if not highly riginal treatment of that old triangle. Merry Andrew. Henry Miller's—A nice little comedy about a druggist who wanted to play. Hold Everything. Broadhurst—Good + ical sayings and excellent dancing, by On Victor Moore, Bert Lahr and Jack Whit The Houseboat on the Styx. Liber Ring and Jack Hazzard should have h: a little more momentous to bring them back Lady Fingers. Vanderdilt—With Eddie Buzsel Louise Brown, Gertrude MacDonald and others To be reviewed later. Ned Wayburn'’s Gamble. — Knickerbocker—This would have been hot stuff fifteen years ago. The New Moon. Imperial—A very nice show, with Evelyn Herbert, Gus Shy and Robert Halliday The Red Robe. Shuber!—Por those who long for the good old days of real comic oj Walter Woolf, Helen Gilliland, Jose Ruben and others, Show Boat. Ziegfeld—You tell us. This Year of Grace. Selwyn—Beatrice Li Noel Coward in a revue which has every’ wasted money. Three Cheers. Globe—Will Rogers. pee. New Amsterdam—Eddie Can s of people laugh very hard—and why sic, com Munson, A Most Immoral Lady. of her many bests, Paris. Music Box—Conventional farce made un- conventional by Irene Bordoni and some good tunes. The Perfect Alibi. Charles Hopkins—A murder mystery which amuses, instructs and does nobody any harm. Poppa. Hudson—Good sentimental Jewish fare. Precious. Royale—Not one of the outstanding comedies of the year. Serena Blandish. — Morosco—Pantastic _sophis- tication which has very high, and very moderat. spots. Ruth Gordon and an excellent cast cluding A. Matthews and Constance Collier) | Cort—Alice Brady at one ie and @ except Skidding. Bayes—Not interested. That Ferguson Family. Bijou—Very mild. The Yellow Jacket. Coburn—The Coburns at home. Repertory and Laboratory Civic Repertory. Fourteenth St. Gallienne making a success out of good small cost. We recommend: “The Cher | chard,” “Cradle Song.” “L'Invitation au V; Forty-Fourth St.—Several | “Peter Pan.” to the general amusement. S. S. Glencairn. — Provincetown—Pour one-act Eltinge—When this started | plays of the sea by Eugene O'Neill. Eye and Ear Entertainment Animal Crackers. Marxes at play, mi Blackbirds of 1928. Worriep Hostess: Ob, \ EK K SA .: SAY va VAIN AN | HMDA «. Mr. Brown, I'm somewhat short of gentlemen. Do you mind taking half a dozen ladies in to ? a ee Humorist, ceivi ado: on th drive Th ont whic Ness View comicbooks.com