Judge — May 21, 1927 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Shows (Continued from page 15) If this sort of thing continues, there will pass from the body of “The American Credo” one of its cardinal doctrines, the doctrine, to wit, that all chorus men are lizzies. Il. Having done so much, the Shuberts then proceeded to put on at the Bijou a piece by Frank Stayton called ‘Mixed Doubles,” just about as dolorous a comedy as has been dug out of anybody's trunk in years. Its highest mo- ment comes when one character asks if a woman can keep a secret, and another replies that no woman can ever keep a secret. What brought the Shuberts to produce this ancient and bearded opus, I doubt that even the Shu- berts, now that they have seen it, can figure out. There is nothing in it from start to finish that doesn’t prove a dismaying bore. On the opening night, after the first act, I caught sight of at least one gentleman affiliated with the management sneaking up the street under cover of the neigh- boring buildings and, after the second, another endeavoring to vamoose unseen in an easterly direction. Miss Margaret Lawrence is starred in the dire proceedings and trots out for the oc ion such a French accent as hasn't been heard hereabouts _ since Jimmy Walker last greeted Su- zanne Lenglen, This Miss Law- rence, who did some very fair al seasons ago, is get- her performance is so clephantine that one mo- mentarily expects to hear a calliope. W m Eville, Thur- ston Hall, Eric Blore and Miss Marion Coakley are her accom- plices in the evening’s doldrums. Eville plays the conventional curate 6 ith all the stereo- typed grimi Hall the cut- and-dried réle of an elderly Eng- lishman of title in the customary haw-haw manner, and _ Blore busies himself, as usual, with a very bad imitation of a some- what pulled-out Ferdinand Gott- schalk. Miss Coakley, despite the damnedest looking set of mas seen in Manhattan dame Butterfly” was shown in the Italian theater on Fourteenth Street, manages her share of ayton’s balderdash with creditable conviction and fortitude. ed Rodney—It's ten o'clock, and you said you would be ready at eight. Ruby—Oh, I'm so sorry, Rod. I thought I said nine. —Answers T call him Bunny, because he’s full of hops. Judge pays $5 for each one printed. “You will pardon my interrupting, but I just want to know PocketGen A sturdy dependable watch OUR time is valu- able; you want to be prompt; you need a watch you can depend on. Pocket Ben tells the truth about starting time, meal-time, bed-time. Carry him wherever you go. He’s as sturdy as he’s good-looking. Pocket Ben is Big Ben’s little brother. ‘‘Westclox’’ on his dial stands for good time-keeping. Sold everywhere for $1.50. With luminous night dial $2.25. WESTERN CLOCK COMPANY La Salle, Illinois when it would be convenient to arrange an appointment for the purchase of a three-half penny stamp?” —Hvemorist a comicbooks.com