Judge — April 24, 1926 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Shows (Continued from page 16) il Is “Bride of the Lamb,” William Hurlbut gives every evidence of having honestly tried to write a sound play. thing of a surprise, since it has long been his practice to wait until some one else has written a loud box- office-bumper and then to go after a little of the easy money with an imitation of it. But this time Hurl- but has studied the cheap trip Broadway—such stuff as “The V gin,” for example; has cri figured out just why it is cheap tripe, and out of his figuring has evolved something that, in the way of drama, comes perilously near being worth- while. What our friend has done is to con- template the themes of the Rialto sex-religion plays and, contemplating, to strip those themes of their senti- mental Sardoodledom and to bring to light their erstwhile dramatically hidden motivating impulses. And what he has accordingly written is a play that honestly brings to the stage the venerable platitude that at the bottom of religious ecstasy one pretty generally finds nothing more spiritual or divine than unsatisfied sex. This platitude Hurlbut has set forth with y little hocus-pocus and, for at least half the evening, his play proves interesting theatrical fare. His skill asa dramatist, however, is insufficient to carry him the whole distance and, as a result, his manuscript periodic- ally goes to pieces. Yet the effort, as I have said, is a creditable one. At its weakest, his play is sounder stuff than half the big successes of the season. Miss Alice Brady gives the best performance of her career in the réle of the woman who mi This comes as some- es physical passion for religious passion. Only | at one period in the third act does she invalidate her performance by over-playing. Crane Wilbur is ex- cellent as the evangelist and a child named Arline Blackburn, as a youngster who gets religion before she is ready for it, is equally excellent. With all its faults, I commend the play to every person who left “The Virgin” and “Devils” after the first act. PAH A Belgian, accused of going through a marriage ceremony with ten women in less than a year, de- clares that he has no recollection of doing so. Which just shows the folly of not keeping a diary. —Humorist Union Suit (Patented Features) Men’s $1.50 the suit Youths’ 85c¢ “B.V.D.” Shirts and Drawers 85¢ the garment It always be: this ted-woven label-> “B 'OR the matchless comfort, fit and wear, that have given “B.V. D.”a generation of world-leading pop- ularity— Be sure to SEE it’s “B.V.D.” From its special- ly treated nain- sook, woven in our own mills, to the last detail of its scientific construction, “B.V.D.” is an underwear with differences that count. They give “B.V.D.” aqual- ity as unique as the fame of its trade-mark. ars TheB.V.D.Co.,Inc.,.N.Y- ‘Woke Verh 05 OS. Pak OF and Berri omen Sole Makers .V. D. ."” Underwear Ie/ “Joan's going to have another operation.” “Really? What's she got?” —Humorist. comicbooks.com