Life — March 15, 1929 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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26 New York Life cou de Tu Ace or Innocence. Empiré—That play that Katharine Cornell is in. Tie Broxen Craty. inside Jewish stuff. Brorures, — Forty-eighth St-—Bert _Lytell doubling as two brothers and loving it. Coxriict. Fulton—To be reviewed later. Coveat. Sam H. Harris—What happens to little Indo-Chinese girls when the white- man comes. Helen Mencken as one in particularly hard luck. Cyraxo pr Bercerac. Hampden’s—There is always this to fall back on, Dyxamo. Martin BeckK—Love in a power- plant. Mr. O'Neill's worst since “Welded”. Gyvsy. Klaw—Claiborne Foster as the young woman who couldn't say “No”. An effec- tive play in spots. Harvest. Maxine Elliott—Very Apollo—Authentic Negro drama. Mima, Belasco—Lenore Ulric, Sidney Black- mer and a great, big machine that goes “Boom!” Straxce Intertupe. John Golden—Mr. oO I's forerunner to “Dynamo”. This takes longer and at least has two good scenes. Srneer Scrxr. Plavhotse—A real and highly dramatic slice of life. Tie Winsrerixe Gatrery. Forty-ninth St. —Thriller which manages to be above the average without being exactly a knock-out. Wives Over Europe. dAlvin—The British Cabinet and a young man who is about to blow up the world in an exciting series of conferences. Zeveruix, — Forrest—Melodrama in mid-air. Quite unbelievable but good fun. Comedy Be Your Ace. Belmont—Not worth much. Capaice. Guild—Some delightful acting by Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. Covrace. Ritz—Too many stage children for our liking. Janet Beecher is the lead- ing grown-up, Tite Frost Pace. hearty rough-house. Hottpay, —Plymotth—Clever remarks made by people who are obviously the kind who would make them. The comedy hit of the season. Times Square—Good, INpiscreTion. later. Mansfield—To be reviewed Kierrzer. Royale—Reviewed in this issue. Ler Us Bre Gay. Litth—To be reviewed next week, Lirrte Accwest, Ambassador—A_ very amusing play about a pre-nuptial child. Thomas Mitchell and Katherine Alexander head a good cast. Tite Marriace Bev, Booth—A not very novel but not very bad treatment of the triangle situation. Meer tHe Prince. this issue. A Most Inmtorat Lapy. Cort—Alice Brady excellent in genteel melodrama. Lyceum—Reviewed in Paris. Music Box—Miss Bordoni takes care of most of this and sings a few catchy songs. Tue Perrect Aussi. Charles Hopkins—A murder mystery which is solved by think- ing about it in an agreeable manner. Good entertainment. Poppa. Hudson—Sentimental but effective Jewish family talk. Serexa Branoisit. Morosco—Pretty meringue but delightful in spots. Ruth Gordon, A. E. Matthews, Constance Collier and others help enormously. Ste Gor Witat Site Wasren. Wallack'’s—To be reviewed later. Sxippines, Bayes—Very thin. Twat Fercuson Fairy. Bijou—Even thin- ner. Tue Yetrow Jacket. Coburn—You prob- ably have seen this at one time or another in your life. You should, Eye and Ear Avimat Crackers. . Forty-fourth St—It seems these Marx Brothers got together and said “Let's put on a show”. Everyone appears to be glad they did. Buacksirps of 1929. Eltinge—A new edition of this remarkable Negro revue is promised. Boom! Boom! Casino—Frank = MacIntyre amusing in a fairly conventional musical show. Fiorerta, issue. Fottow Turv. Forty-sixth St—Very good indeed. Goov Boy. Hammersteins—Good enough. Hetto Dappy. Cohan—Lew Fields, with George Hassell, in a pretty old-fashioned show with some good tunes and the Star- buck-Taylor combination to buck it up. Howp Everytinne! Broadhurst—One of the best, with Ona Munson, Victor Moore, Bert Lahr and Jack Whiting. Tie Hovsesoar ox mie Styx. Liberty— Pleasant combination of Blanche Ring and Jack Hazzard. Lavy Fivcers. Vanderbilt—Eddie Buzzell and others in a show replete with good gags. Tur New Moox. Imperial—Good enough for anybody. Purasure Bown. and with good reason. Pearl, Shaw and Lee. Tue Rev Rose. Shubert—Rousing operetta of the good old school. Walter Woolf, Helen Gilliland, Jose Ruben. Snow Boat. Ziegfeld—We doubt if this lasts the decade out. Earl Carroll—Reviewed in this Majestic—The latest hit Phil Baker, Jack Tins Year or Grace. Selwyn—Beawice Lillie in a swell revue. Tuer Crrers, Globe—Will Rogers. Wnoover. New Amsterdam—Eddie Cantor very comical. Repertory Airways, Ivc. Grove Street-—The best of the little theatre offerings and, what is espe- cially surprising, well acted. Civic Repertory. Fourteenth St—Kater ina” with Nazimova, has been added to Miss LeGallienne’s already impressive list Tue Eartn Between. Provincetown—To be reviewed later. Movies Norr—If you are in New York and want to know where pictures recom: mended by this department are showing. call Plaza 9842 before 5 P.M. Culls on Saturday should be made before noon Tue Trox Mask. (Sounn) United Artists— Reviewed in this issue. Tur Fuvixe Furey. (Soup) Metro-Goldwyn —Swell aeroplane photography, with Ra mon Novarro, Ralph Graves and Anita Page. Caprats Lasn. (Souvp) For—Victor McLag len charms the gals and Clyde Cook is very funny. Tue Sivs op tie Fariter, (Sounp) Pore motnt—Emil Jannings in another remark able performance. It's about bootlegging. A Wowas or Arrairs, (Souxp) Metro Goldwyn—Greta Garbo's best. The story is really “The Green Hat"—but don’t tell Will Hays. John Gilbert present but not important. Weary River. (Taste) First National Richard Barthelmess as an. attractive crook who reforms with the help of Betty Com» son. Dick also sings (or makes you thin), he does). Tur Snopwors Avert. (Tarxinc Sr avrxcrs) Peramount—A swell story about a dough-boy who falls in love with an expensive chorus girl. Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper. Tre Barker. (Tacxine) First National—Still ‘one of the best talkies. Leave the children at home. Auias Jisty Vaventine. (Tarkine Sr oueNcts) Metro-Goldwyn—William Haines in high. Lionel Barrymore also good. Tue Stxotve Foot. (Tatxinc) Warner Bro thers—Al Jolson. If you haven't seen it you will, And take your handkerchief. Tur Parwor. (Souxp) Paramount—Every body should sce this one. ‘Tue Vixino. (Sounp)’ Metro-Goldwyn—Not much story, but the color photography is excellent. (Gontinued on Page 36) comicbooks.com