Judge, 1918-03-30 · page 28 of 36
Judge — March 30, 1918 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **theater listings and review page** from Judge magazine, not a political cartoon. The dominant content is advertising for Broadway shows (circa 1918, based on titles like "Sinbad" with Al Jolson and "Oh, Boy!"). The small illustrated header reading "For Your Amusement" features a stylized figure in classical dress—likely representing theatrical entertainment itself rather than a specific political figure or caricature. The text consists of brief, witty capsule reviews of current Broadway productions. The humor is theatrical rather than political—for example, mocking a show about movie producers who've "left the cloak and suit trade" (immigrant Jewish garment workers becoming film moguls), or noting that "Eyes of Youth" suggests "a Yogi is more profitable to consult than an oculist." This reflects Judge's role as a cultural commentary magazine covering New York's entertainment scene, not primarily political satire.
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ELTINGE “ A. H. WOODS PRESENTS BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE with BARNEY BERNARD & ALEXANDER CARR By Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman REPUBLI A. H, WOODS PRESENTS. PARLOR, BEDROOM and BATH with FLORENCE MOORE & JOHN CUMBERLAND WEST 42 ST. GHTS 830. Mats. Wed. and Sat. at 2:30. “None can afford to miss it all can afford “CHEER UP!” || oii. Matinee Every Day HIPPODROM Seats 6 Weeks Ahead Greatest Success Ever Known Staged by Burnside COHAN & HARRIS Wisi *Wta°Sna Sit 230: COHAN & HARRIS Present Funniest American Comedy of Recent Years A TAILOR-MADE MAN Extremely Novel, Clever Play by HARRY JAMES SMITH with GRANT MITCHELL THE LITTLE TEACHER Greatest Comedy-Drama Since ‘The Music Master” By Harry James Smith, with MARY RYAN WINTER GARDEN "iin i: P° ‘Thies, & Sat. 2. AL JOLSON 1x “SINBAD” 44th ST. THEA..W. of B'way. Evs. 8. Mats. Wed. & Sat. 2. M A Y T I M E Charming Play with Music Charles Purcell, Peggy Wood, William Norris Mata. BOOTH 45th W. of B'way. Wai. 880i: ¥5 RE SEVENTEEN ASTOR 45th & Bray. san fa hens WHY MARRY? Maxine Elliott’s 2.%w2"%%a Et £3 Mats, Wed. and Nat. 2:30. EYES OF YOUTH iis GREY CASINO 39th St. & B'way. Wi ee SEES a" “OH, BOY” Broadway and Thereabouts An Intimate Reoue of the New York Theatres Business Berore Pteasure—Eltinge. Messrs. Potash and Perlmutter, as film producers. Seen at the period that is most interesting in the lives of all movie magnets—i. ¢., after they have left the cloak and suit trade and before they have become dictators of public taste. Cueer Up—Hippodrome. Hair breadth Houdini and attendant wonders. Cuu Cutn Cuow—Century. Sumptuous harem-scarem. Couan Revue—New Amsterdam. Seeing theatrical New York with Mr. Cohan. Coprerneap, THue—Shubert. Lionel Barrymore elicits present-day thrills out of a Civil War story. Cure ror Curasies, A—39th Street. A sanitorium-full of amusing cranks, are healed by Mr. Hodge’s potent drawl. Eyes or Youtu—Maxine Elliott. Show- ing that for far-sightedness a Yogi is more profitable to consult than an oculist. Fro-Fro—Cort. The irreducible mini- mum in costumes and ideas. Fottow tue Girt—Broadhurst. Person- ally, we were more interested in follow- ing the comedian, Walter Catlett. Frencn Repertory—Vieux Colombier. Last call for drama in the French theatre this season. Goinc Up—Liberty. timid daredevil. Happiness—Criterion. Laurette Taylor in a hubby-made comedy. Her Country—Punch and Judy. A wife’s-eye view of Prussian militarism. Jacx 0’ Lantern—Globe. Fred Stone limbers his limbs. Littce Teacuer, Tue—Playhouse. Mary Ryan collides with public opinion in a Vermont village. Lomparot, Ltp.—Morosco. An innocent designer and some designing innocents. Love Mitt, Tue—48th Street. Melodi- ously mild operetta. Frank Craven as a Marionettes—Punch & Judy. (Special matinees only). Tony Sarg’s string stock company. Master, Tue—Mudson. Arnold Daly postpones his theatrical martyrdom. Maytime—ggth Street. Opened last sum- mer, but still a curiosity on Broadway —a musical comedy that is sung and acted. Mupnicut Frotic—New Amsterdam Roof. Prof. Ziegfeld’s evening class in pul- chritude. Orr Cuance, Tue—Empire. Ethel Barrymore, Lady Cardonnell, is one mother-in-law in a thousand. Ou, Boy!—Casino. Has been without a let-up for two years. lief in sight. Ou, Lavy, Lavy! pep. going No re- Princess. Polished Ou, Loox!—Vanderbilt. The hero is in the first act and rich in the second Ditto the show. Par or Petticoats, A—44th Street Roof About a wounded Tommy and the girl who chaperons his convalescence, Partor, Beproom ano Ba: 1—Re public Florence Moore feeds wild ideas to ; tame husband. Potty witn a Past—Lyceu carries off a French shock Seven Days’ Leave—Park. improbable war thrills. SeventEEN—Booth, Calf love and a kid ste Sick-a-Bep—Gaiety. Hilarious quackery Stxpav—W inter Garden. Where the out- of-town buyer goes to look at the popu. lar lin Squap Farm, Tue—Bijou. — Frederic+ and Fannie Hatton spring a satire on | the movies. } Tattor-Mave Man, A—Cohan €& Harris, A borrowed dress suit transforms a downtrodden trousers-presser into the Man of the Hour. Ticer Rose—Lyceum. Mr. Belasco finds box-office gold in the great Northwest. Toot! Toot!—Cohan. Tuneful Pull. mania. Wuy Marry—Astor. Despite matri- mony’s obsoleteness, Nat Goodwin and other critics decide to let it worry on a while longer. Witv Duck, Tue—Plymouth. A power- ful Ibsen drama of human aberrations presented with remarkable fidelity to | the types employed. _Unsolacing to the weary merchant, caviare to the flapper and her chap, and not uplifting to the sewing circle. Yes orn No—Longacre. Two-family prob- | lem play. Switched On | Nipp—that girl is a live wire. Tuck—Introduce me. I want to be{ shocked. Sure Enough! _ If a man is so low browed, coarse and abysmally animalistic as not to realize that Grand Opera is important above all things else on earth, why awaken him from his blissful ignorance? A Modern Lamb Mary had a little hunch— She played it through a broker, And nowadays her noonday lunch Is not enough to choke her. Work Wanted “You couldn’t give me anything to do around the premises, could ye, ma’am— such as eatin’ one of your sandwiches or a piece of pic?” Viewpoints Mrs. Crabshaw—I never see her any- where without her husband. I wish you were as congenial. Crabshaze—I wouldn't be as jealous as that fellow for all the money in the world.