Judge — December 4, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE JUDGING ‘be STIOWS* | * by Geonpe Jeam Nathan. “The Captive” (Empire)—An excellent play and at the top of the list. “Broadway” —(Broadhurst)—A first-rate melodramatic comedy. “Old Bill, M.P.” (Biltmore)—See this issue. Mirst. Lore” (Booth)—Feeble French senti- comedy. Pearl of Great Price” (Centur: C. pseudo-morality. “The Judge's Husband” (49th St.)- Hodge and mush. went up, we beheld Mr. N. St. Clair “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Times Square sin the réle of a Funny comedy’ made from the funny book. le of a consi only bad u, Kay’ is an entertaining . a“ . to be somewhat disconcerted a few affair. In the first place, it | y(n Areal” (Gaiety) —An amusing | minutes later to observe the gent , orings back the illful “The Proud Wenan” (E\iolt)—To bbe ro- uppearing as a Bolshevik coal miner. Gertrude Lawrence. In the second — | viewed next week. Mr. Guido Alexander then came out place, it has. couple of geod tance by “fap tala Gaile peo as another miner only to reappear the proficient Gershwin, although hi presently, t ismay, as 2 og. score as a whole is disuppointing: “Gapondscckts” drape} Ticesobie. footman, Mr. Row Col aoa score as @ pis a o3 ‘oo! » Mr. Roy Cochrane, who he begins to show unmistakable “The Noose” (Hudson) —Stale melodrams was a grimy under-foreman in the signs of repeating himself. In the 20h Kaye (Cenperial) Gertrude Lawrence first section of the play and who third place, it contains at least four | S'S S80 Store Gers loudly muttered anarchistic senti- excellent wheezes. In the fourth untess | Maritza” (Shubert)—Kalman's | ments, contributed shortly there- lace, it has an old-time knock-"em- __v after to the y » oceasi plac ‘a Jes ‘Seed of the Brute” (Little)—Cheap sensa- er to the gi of, ‘the ‘occasion down-and-drag-em-out burlesque ta- | ionlffn” by appearing as the justice of the ble scene in its second act that “A Amattoan Teasedy angiciey—T's I who, to all intents and pur- shakes the ribs in a welcome manner. _ | still waiting to hear what Dreiser thinks of pos eemed to those in the audi- In the fifth place, it has a chorus “Lily Sue” (Lyceum)—Willard Mack again ence with a good memory for fac that dances with considerable agility, | Te be reviewed anon, to be trying himself. Not to be out- And in the sixth place, it sagaciously “The Ladder” (Mansfield)—Awful. done by Mr. Cochrane, a cabot gets around a poor libretto by prac- “The Play's the Thing” (Miller)—Amusing named Henry Carvil, cast early in tically shooing it off the stage and | Molnar comedy. the doings as a troublesome laborer, giving over its place to such ever- “Yellow” (National) —See “The Noose.” achieved a good laugh from the gang green didocs of the burlesque wheel “Daisy Mayme” (Playhouse)—Middle-class out front by coming on soon after- as boots in the rear, dejections upon | tedium. ward as Inspector Ferguson of Scot- the ditto, homeric sneezings, crawl | ,, “Nate” (Princes)—Pirandello mystifed by | Jand Yard. And so it went until, at ings around ate floor and their wart “Loote Ends” (Ritz)—Diluted Noel Coward, | ten-thirty, everybody in the cast ome sow comes ly concomitants. “teat or Tait” (Waldo) Botched Hun- seemet Mo ve playing io oles put La Lawrence as engaging a garian comedy. ie dog that appeared briefly at the music show creature as the English “They All Want Something” (Wallack’s)— | end of the first act. Whether, at $ ffer. She has a variety ga 10.45, the dog came as the y- stage has to of e : ele ty Crise Cross” (Globe)—The Stone family 5. the dog came out as the long. of talents considerably above Brit- | anda good show. lost heiress, I am unable to say, as ish par, not the least of which are Repertoire (14th St.)—Eva Le Gallienne is I didn’t wait to see. thin legs. I trust I am not guilty | at least ambitio Bairnsfather’s revival of his war- of bad drawing-room manners when “Sure Fire" (Comedy)—Nothing in this one. | time cartoon characters in this Year I intimate that, in this latter regard, “Sez” (Daly’s)—Less in this. of Our Lord 1926 is approximately she isa relief from most of the Eng- ian cA Was Rick” (Eltinge)—Not much more | as apt as would be a revival of Allen fst sate tadies who come Hh er here “The Woman Disputed” (Forrest) —And les ‘o vie with our home product. still in this. “The Squall” (48th St.)—The one about ll nt Dolores, Juan, Pedro, Jose and the padre. “The Donocan Affair” (Fulton)—Mystery As if the Pirandello drama were monkeyshines. - . is ‘ “The Ramblers” (Lyric)—Bobby Clark's di- itself not already sufficiently G. Thurman campaign posters. Te only amusing thing I could find about Bruce Bairns- | verting antics. complex, Mr. Augustin Duncan has father’s “Old Bill, M.P.” was the “The Wild Rose" (Beck)—Some good sing- | further complicated matters by pro- way in which the economical pro- ing, but a poor libretto. ducing the Italian dramatist’s ducers got the actors in the troupe. mee (Provincetown)—Gozzi | “Naked” with a company of actors to double. Thus, when the curtain’ (Continued on page 28) comicbooks.com