Judge, 1923-01-27 · page 14 of 36
Judge — January 27, 1923 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page presents **Ralph Barton's theatrical caricatures** reviewing New York holiday Broadway openings, circa the 1920s. The top section mocks Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet*, with exaggerated portraits of performers including **Basil Sydney, Charlotte Granville, and others**. Barton satirizes the production's artistic pretensions—the "fake Filippo Lippi" reference suggests the elaborate Robert Edmund Jones set design appears borrowed from Renaissance painting rather than organically staged. Below are caricatures of actresses in contemporary comedies: **Billie Burke** in a society farce, **Fay Bainter** in a show-people drama, **Peggy Wood** and **Margaret Lawrence** in romantic comedies, and **Leo Ditrichstein** in *The Egoist*. The satire targets both theatrical excess and the social comedy of flapper-era New York—the gulf between "respectable" society and theater people, performers' romantic entanglements, and the eternal appeal of the "lady-killer" archetype. Barton's caricature style emphasizes actors' distinctive features for comedic effect.
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