Judge, 1927-07-30 · page 29 of 36
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This page contains theater reviews and advertisements from 1927. The main critical content discusses two Broadway shows: **"Merry-Go-Round"**: The reviewer, having seen both the original and a supposedly "new edition," reports the show is largely unchanged despite claims of renovation. He finds it adequately entertaining but not worth special effort to see the revised version. **An unnamed show** (likely "The Merry-Go-Round" continued): The critic praises La Guinan as the show's only worthwhile feature, noting her talent would make even a mediocre production viable. He argues she deserves all profits if the show succeeds. The page also includes period advertisements: a Murad cigarette ad playing on social embarrassment (checking dinner bills), and a Holloway's London Dry gin advertisement. The theatrical criticism reflects 1920s attitudes toward vaudeville entertainment, burlesque, and chorus dancers—content considered risqué for the era.
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Judging the Shows (Continued from page 18) buying tickets for Walter Hamp- den or Nance O'Neil. This stage-audience getting to be good 4 There a time when a man could go to the theater with a feeling of perfect safety, but to- day that is past. Going to the theater nowadays is like undress- ing in public. As I have estimable one feature. Take and all you'd have left would be t boiler factory presided over by clog dancers, thing is d dangerous. was the fair the her out of it said, and suinan = is show's coon shouters and cooch dancers. Of the latter there are at least three. time These pass the wriggling their anatomies in a fashion that once was the sation of the Midway Plaisance. Among the other performers are sen- Jay Flippen. whos: chief wheeze is the old-timer about the man in jail who has no use for a watch as he counts the time by years; a couple of vaudeville the Messrs. who are clowns, Whalen, not una a commonplace jazz singer named Lillian Roth, who got suspiciously Jans ind enthusiastic applause on the open- ing night; a act by the comely Phelps twins; several skits that try very hard to be naughty; Helen) Shipman; a Spanish — specialty - what these Spanish are; and the Miss Guinan’s sister so-called you know specialties troupe of cuties from night club. If the show makes money. Guinan should get every cent of it. If she doesn’t, somebody is getting something that isn’t com- ing to him. own La Il HE press department of Mr. Herndon’s ‘*Merry-Go- Round” recently sent me tickets with the announcement that a wholly new edition of the show was to be put on and bidding me come around for a second look at it. Obediently I betook myself to the and found that the show, for a few minor substantially the as the one I reported on in these pages a couple of months ago. The new numbers are at all bad and the exhibit been speeded up, but if you Edition No. 1 there son for you to cancel all engage- ments sud rush to Edition No. 2. “Merry-Go-Round,” as you will scene save changes, same was not has is small rez When the dinner check have only $9.26... M U For those © 1927, P. Lorillard Co., Est. 1760 - be nonchalant . MURAD C EMBARRASSING MOMENTS Is $16, nd you light a RAD IGARE who feel entitled to life’s better things recall from my earlier confidential port, has its good spots and its weak ones, but, in the aggregate, it contains enough stuff to pass an hour or so agreeably. Of the idded features, a burlesque of “The Spider” and antomime featuring Don Barelay are the old age n Glow af killed J. Epps lish creature: Broadway picture she | He waited to see the “Feature | ihn bes utr bet I a sli se pays #5 for each one prod ek Alf & CO.INC. 247 PARK AVE comicbooks.com