Judge — September 20, 1924 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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cheroot and puff away for dear life while meditating upon the various limbs and whee: “The Pa Show of 1924,” and a half dozen Imperator Superbissimo Luxuriosos will give you a pleasant three hours. Aside from some amusing lines and Jack Donahue, I can’t work up any enthusiasm for “Be Yourself.” The show is so cheaply put on, so wretch- edly costumed and so unalluring in its feminine department that what humor the Messrs. Kaufman and Connelly have brought to it is lost in the net bad impression. W. S. bert himself would have a tough time of it against the species of damsel the producers have lodged into the exhibit. And when girls as plain as these are lodged, further, into seedy d es and stockings that obviously came from way down South in the land of cotton, the advocate of loveli- ness may be forgiven a snooze. The melodies are commonplace. Miss Queenie Smith is the leading lady. Miss Smith is always applauded so loudly on her opening nights that [ frequently have a feeling that I may be wrong in regarding her with dis- favor. This feeling, however, gener- ally gives way to a suspicion that Miss Smith must be rich in an assort- | ——S etd | Chin CRON ment of sisters, cousins and aunts i MnO fa A ag who love their relative and like to ii | le\4 : Ss help the kid along. Donahue is a | The man who tried raising mushrooms in his cellar. jeighin comedian and an amusing roofer. ; “Rose-Marie,” is an expensively i | The Theater in Snapshot! produced musical comedy containing (Continued from page 18) a very well trained chorus, some In the mad rush of openings, I managed to see only the last act of Owen Davis’ “The Haunted House.” May I report to you in strict con- owen fidence that I am not going back to 4 see the other two acts? The new “Passing Show” is the best thing that has been on view at the Winter Garden in several years, After a rather weak start, it develops into a very tasty evening's diversion. The dancing of the chorus is excep- tionally good. This is not the stereo- typed comment that reviewers gener- ally stick into their reviews of musical shows. The dancing is really excep- tionally good, two of the numbers being better than anything of the sort on the local stage at the mo- at} ment. The humor, too, is pretty fair. And, best of all, the Rev. Drs. “Yes, I early began to follow the adage—see a pin and pick it up.” Shubert have issued a proclamation “And now?” permitting one once again to light a “Now I am pin boy in a bowling alley.” 24 comicbooks.com —