Judge, 1921-05-21 · page 23 of 32
Judge — May 21, 1921 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page showcases theatrical personalities from contemporary Broadway productions, presented as a feature about "interesting people" in New York's theater scene. **The figures identified are:** - **Willard Mack** in "Smooth as Silk," praised for a stolen pearl necklace in a plot involving a criminal investigator named Freeman Horning who turns out to be a professional crook - **Natalie Manning**, searching for Broadway and 42nd Street after retirement from "Cornered" - **Grace La Rue** (heroine of "Sally"), who writes letters to herself titled "Dear Me" - **Robert Fischer** (musician), who plays piano by proxy in the same production - **Leon Errol** as the Duke of Czarnocossia in "Sally" The satire appears gentle—mocking theatrical conventions like contrived plots (the fake criminal investigator), meta-theatrical absurdities (an actress playing a character who writes to herself), and the artificiality of stage musicals. The "by proxy" piano-playing joke suggests technical shortcuts in live theater productions of the era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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