Judge — November 6, 1926 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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op bie 2 ; a ANI \ Hw ce of shots on you already.” Judging the Shows (Continued from page 19) that he has contrived to extract from his over-crowded stage is a rather commonplace melodrama with two good and valid scenes. The leading roles of Clyde Griffiths, Roberta Alden and Sondra Finchley are com- petently played by Morgan Farley, Katherine Wilson and Miriam Hop- kins. The Fred Stone show, as noted, is a splendidly chromatic and happy circus. There is no more skillful young dancing girl than the Mlle. Dorothy on view hereabouts, and Papa Stone has added some fetching new wheezes to his clown repertoire. To James Reynolds, who did the costumes and scenes, however, goes a big share of the evening's credit. He has spent the M. Dillingham’s money to good purpose. Il T= Guild season has opened witha production of Franz Werfel’s “Juarez and Maximilian.” If Al Woods had produced it, everyone would promptly and correctly have voted it something of a bore, but the Guild has succeeded in having itself regarded as being hotter for art than even Mr. Samuel Goldwyn and the fall guys among our critical profes- sors have accordingly tried magnif- icently to read into the boredom various artistic virtues. The fact ps “For goodness’ sake, don’t hop about so much! mI ih if i Mt il We 5 : al | | .f V - Pejicesm—— T’ve wasted a couple —Humorist about Werfel’s play is that, while it reads well and while it contains stuff to beguile the library fancy, it proves trying in the theater. It is cumber- some; it moves along with bricks in its boots; it gives one the impression of aslow moving picture distractingly interrupted at intervals of every half hour or less by the camera’s getting out of order and coming to a tem- porary stop. Although the Guild’s production is deficient in many particulars and although I did not see the reported more finished presentation in Europe, VOINE’S NONSAGENT I am skeptical that any production of the play, however dexterous, could make it much | than it is in the the second street. I, that you buy the printed pla in the afternoon and in the evening go around and have a good time listening to that other art work from Werfel’s home town, the score of “Countess Maritza.” Fae Some South Sea Island natives can only count up to four. When it's Thursday they think it's Sunday again and take the day off. —Passing Show Fae Wife—There was a poor woman here to-day after old clothes for her family. Husband—Did you give her any? “Yes, I gave her that ten-year-old suit of yours and that dress I bought last week —Christian Science Monitor Ral A doctor dec! shortens life. single life. s that kissing I suppose he means —Passing Show KR ASS AS \ Give a sentence withthe word 2’ (ss that cake eater?” Old Lady (seeing surveyor’s assistant in difficulties)—Well! It’s surprising what people will do for this film business. —Passing Show y WY, Gordian ° S)) a Knot™ 12 Ts to Madge y Gordian Knot goin’ out with comicbooks.com