Judge — September 25, 1926 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Shows (Continued from page 16) speech. And Mr. Buck is still pick- ing things off the coverlets at Mat- teawan. he Donovan Affair is No. 869 of the series of mystery plays in which the crime is com- mitted by the last character in the world who would have committed it in actual life. Il Tue AporaBLe Liar” (atitle that competes with “Sunshine” and ~The Little Spitfire” for the vase of milkweeds), is the comedy about the incurable fiber whose fibbing gets the community into a peck of trouble. The fibber is the usual ingénue who archly pokes out her tummy, hops around the stage cutely in a filmy negligee and indicates her adorable- ness by making such moués as are seen in real life only on the more rable chimpanzees. One of the entlemen responsible for this play isa friend of mine. I can only say of him that he is more estimable as a friend than as a playwright. The producer of the masterpiece is the same Mr. Edgar Selwyn who, on that great night at the Great Neck Playhouse, was among those who could arrive at a decision with- out arriving at a conclusion. It is something of a pity that he didn’t put on “The Adorable Liar” in Great Neck before bringing it into New York and foregather in the lobby with the Messrs. Hopkins, Golden, Hammerstein, Harris, Cantor, Buck Truex and Jessel. They might have told him who the murderer was right off the bat. il ““Qervice For Two” is by the M. ‘" Martin Flavin, who will be re- membered as the author of “Chil- dren of the Moon,” which got en- thusiastie notices from all the re- viewers who spent the second and third acts in Benedusi’s restaurant drinking the waters. Although the M. Flavin’s third brain child—the second was a gem called “The Lady of the Rose.” unfortunately pro- duced at a th er not situated near is nicely staged and pretty well acted, I fear that I cannot earn the gratitude of the management by giving it anything to quote in the advertisements. If, howe the management will open a_ reliable speak-easy near the Gaiety Theater, I'll go around again and see what I can do about it. As things stand, all —— In three words... NOT too much Turkish, not toc little Turkish; neither over-rich nor commonplace... But just enough Turkish ... there, in three words, is the secret of Fatima’s extraordinary delicacy What a whale of a difference just @ few cents make Liccrrr & Myexs Tosacca Co. that I can see in the play is a be- lated revamping of the tale of the newly married man whose past flame shows up inopportunely in the same hotel. The leading roles are played by Hugh Wakefield, late of “Louie the Fourteenth” and Miss Marion Coak- ley. FAH A seventeen-foot whale was _re- cently caught at Hastings. It is said that it took three fishermen standing in a row to describe the length of it. —Show Reed A revue producer recently filed his petition for bankruptcy. It appears that he hadn’t a leg to stand on. —London Opinion 27 Only $1.00 a pair for lovely chiffon hosiery fully guaran- teed. 24+ inch pure silk leg, 4+ inch lisle garter hem. Ask your merchant for “Westcott Day- dream” Westcott Hosiery Mills, Dalton, Ga. comicbooks.com