Judge, 1918-04-27 · page 28 of 36
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This page is primarily **theater advertising and reviews** for Broadway shows, typical of Judge magazine's entertainment coverage. The left column lists current productions with brief critical descriptions; the right column contains more detailed reviews. The content reflects **early 1920s theatrical tastes**: musical comedies, farces about romantic entanglements, and dramatic adaptations dominate. Notable is a review of "A Tailor-Made Man" and several shows featuring major stars like Al Jolson and Clifton Crawford. The reviews employ **period-specific humor and stereotypes**—one show is described as "Pangs and panics of an exquisite Wop" (referring to an Italian character), reflecting casual ethnic caricature common to the era. Another notes a character in "Her Country" becomes "Frau Lieutenant Hartling—and then war breaks out," playing on post-WWI anxieties. This page documents what New York theater-goers considered entertainment worth advertising to Judge's educated, affluent readership.
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W. 42nd St. Event ‘Matinees Wedne ‘Saturday at ELTINGE A. H. WOODS PRESENTS. BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE with BARNEY BERNARD & ALEXANDER CARR By Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman REPUBLIC 83" “A. H. WOODS PRESENTS PARLOR, BEDROOM and BATH with FLORENCE MOORE & JOHN CUMBERLAND Wed. and’ S “None can afford to miss it 1 can afford to go" “CHEER UP!” | i HIPPODROME |. Burnside Seats 6 Weeks Ahead COHAN & HARRIS Wad’ ina'SE 33%: COHAN & HARRIS Present Funniest American Comedy of Recent Years A TAILOR-MADE MAN Extremely Novel, Clever Play by HARRY JAMES SMITH with GRANT MITCHELL sis PLA YHOUSE wisest nS THE LITTLE TEACHER st Comedy-Drama Since “The Music Master” By Harry James Smit MARY RYAN WINTER GARDEN "5, 38:5 Thurs. & Sat. 2 AL JOLSON 'v “SINBAD” BOOTH 45th W. of Bway. Ta Warktagtoa's 29th or. Bway. Eva. $:30. Maxine Elliott’s {ii."we" tsa Sat 340 EYES OF YOUTH i ASTOR 45th & Bway. sto WE PEE os Clifton Crawford in FANCY FREE ys. 8:15, CASINO 39th St. & B'way. AN AMERICAN ACE | SEVENTEEN Matinees Wed. and Sat, 2:15. Broadway and Thereabouts An Intimate Reoue of the New York Theatres Ace, Anx—Casino. Scenic Especially recommended to the AMERICAN thrills. deaf. Aprit—Punch © Judy. A dissatisfied wife takes a dip into her might-have- been-past, and then feels better. Army with Banners, Tue—Vieux Co- lombier. The author of ‘The Servant in the House,” and similar dramas gets careless and has his farcical fling at Billy Sunday. Business Berore Film fun. Cueer Ur—Hippodrome. Houdini hides a pet elephant up his sleeve; and other dazzling doings. Cuvu Cun Cuow—Century. Scrumptious visions of the alleged Orient. Coprerneap, Tue—Shubert. Lionel Barrymore does a little conjuring with the audience’s emotions. Cure ror Curasies, A—3oth Street. Back to nature, via William Hodge's drawl. Eves or Youtu—Maxine Elliott. Drama- tic sightseeing excursion into the future. Fancy Free—Astor. Clifton Crawford helps two damsels have a big time at Palm Beach. FLo-Fro—Cort. Designed for tho: crave enlightenment regarding li e. Gone Up—Liberty. Frank Craven as a high-flyer author who is at last obliged to practice what he writes. Also some catchy music. Hapriness—Criterion. lor-made success. Heppa Gaster—Plymouth. Ibsen, the Scandinavian owl, proves that he is still a mighty live old bird. Her Country—Harris. An American girl has the “honor” of becoming Frau Lieutenant Hartling—and then war breaks. out ‘TERN—Globe. Fred Stone in a spring-fever frolic. Littte Teacuer, Tue—Playhouse. Mary Ryan goes into the quiet hills of Ver- mont and tames a forest Hercules. Lomparpt, Ltp.—Morosco. Pangs and panics of an exquisite Wop. Man Wuo Stayep at Home, Toe—gSth Street. A silly ass turns out to be a PLeasurE—Eltinge. A Laurette Tay- SP. Maytime—Broadhurst. Musical play of quaint old New York, when people dug under the apple tree for romance in- stead of under the asphalt for gas pipes. Mipnicut Frotic—New Amsterdam Roof. The top o’ the evening. Orr Cuance, Tue—Empire. — Ethel Barrymore bandies bon mots with the British idle rich. On, Lavy, Lapy!—Princess. Enjoyable to those who can beg, borrow or steal their way into the tiny theatre. Ou, Loox!—. first, itself. Pair or Petticoats, A—44th Street Roof. More pep than plot. ND THE YounG SHEPHERD—Green- h Village. Note the nifty nymphs. Partor, Beproom AnD Batu—Republic. A suite of compromising situations. Potty With a Past—Lyceum. Ina Claire, as a prim minister's daughter, wreaks havoc by donning. a pose of French naughtin Nancy Lee—Hudson. A young southern widow errs in the mazes of the wicked world. Acting by Charlotte Walker; types by Eugene Walter. Ratwpow Girt, Tur—New Amsterdam, Less transitory than most rainbows, but equally bright and colorful. Wilde? Oh, very. ’ Leave—Park. The original melodrama. SevENTEEN—Booth. A young man’s y lightly turns to thoughts of mush. A-Bep—Gaiety. An uproarious fraud. Stxpap—W inter Garden. Al—Jolson! Sevas Farm, morals. ‘Tattor-Mape Max, A—Cohan © Harris. Strategic advantage of occupying a dress suit. Ticer Rose—Lyceum. Leonora Ulric jilts Willard Mack in the Canadian wilds, but he (author as well as actor) manages to console himself with the royalties. Yes orn No—Longacre. Janet Beecher and Crystal Herne compete in a virtue tournament for wives. Not That Much “Why don’t you ask Miss Fright to marry you? Think of all her money! “But I don’t care for money tat much.” Hard Digging “T think he’s making a tool of his wif “Yes, poor thing! She has to gouge every cent out of him that she needs.” Vanderbilt. A bit logy at but later wakes up and shakes We know you, Tue—Bijou. Movie — A Valuable Tip UDGE was one of the three most popular publications in the camps in a list including all the leading magazines. “The happy medium,” Judge, furnishes welcome relaxation for war-strung nerves. 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