Judge — March 10, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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(Petia het al ere me sufficiently to describe the < reply to queries as to why [| tie adams catastrophe and justify the paper ; “The Trial of Mary Dugan” (National)—Ae- | j a F si m : I have never accepted propo- by in paying me a handsome wage to do daily newspaper A Free Seat” (Klaw)—A dull ditto. for my critical acumen, And if. criticism, I have answered that I Ietefoene” (Lezam =a stron ditto . the next morning, I were hauled | can say all I have to say about Gamer be: Coker tn’ Tots reteed xt soar onto the carpet and politely told three-quarters of the plays pro- |, “Ow thatae” (Miler) Maugham revisal not to be so darned supercilious. duced every season in one word OY Hae ecceolnce nak I fear that I should be moved to | Sherlock Holmes” ( popotitan)—Revival of take the ea and that ) newspaper would Gillette ; Ai paging caller by the | scemed to me that one of the most *s (Golden) O'Neill's rovet 1 en ‘id spi as | i | idiotic of the many idiotic ideas the eutstandiag’ thestrical ‘ vee undou stedly be a dis i | that obtain in journalism is that nice" (Broulburt)—George | AI failure in any newspaper's | which holds it to be the duty of Arliss as Shylock with a bow to Henry Ford. critical chair. I tried it onee, } ; ° “Couette” (Elliott)—Helen Hayesand acompany - a asi tren | reviewers to comment at length cof competent actors ia an ably predeed and divert- pce fee o when T was fresh lipon every play. they see, even | ef tmdaneniy 7°77 PN" rom college and I lasted not | when the plays are undeserving — | stew ef Marco Pela the primordia! Hk much longer than it took half : | of comment. If reporter is Rope” (Riltmore)—Dramatization of “Teeft- dozen indignant theatrical man- : *" To be commented on next ¥ agers’ ‘tol reach! ‘Herala | sent out to cover gi story and, after due investigation, finds that t is no story there—that the whole thing is blooie—he either says as much in a stick or two ape” (Rooth)—CGals Spring 3100" (Little) The Command to Lore” (Longacre)—Furny | stuff about you: wh Atlas and E Mansfeld)—Dismal ‘8 focewalker's family Square from their offices six blocks | I recall that, during my incumbenc | one oce: I was assigned on aff aterrible | ‘he Shannons of Broadway” (Beck)—Wise- | fece . or advisedly lets the matter go | cache ame hmeteay” (Beck)— Wee Diese ae which Mr. without notice. But when a re- “The Queen's Huard” (Playbowe)—Amatesr | Robert Edeson was disporting viewer is sent out to cover a play — | “ull about wie | himself, wrote a sentence to the “Paris Round” (Musi his boss taining stuff about ad “The Royal Fa donie comedy stu ab eee enters effect that (Selwyn)—Freellent ae | and so outraged the delicate ws | wh iuily anetanig | thetic sensibilities of the dra- 4 folk. | matic editor, my boss, that he (Princer)—Poor stuf about | almost bit me in two. On another stuf ditto occasion, sent to review a lousy dancing makes thi ; emake tht | melodrama, I simply. telephoned it was what was, and finds no play thi nevertheless insists that he earn his salary by wasting at least half a column cither announcing the fact or dexterously—with an eye to the theatrical advertising mouflaging it. revenue—c: 1 fear that 1 should have dif: | sy iam witdue Cots Tow Homart and | pvet 46 the office that T deemed it culty in adapting myself to the i ‘ nes ¥ notice te ite any technique id should find myself (With Steet)—The tivetint | thing about such balderdash, and (Globe) —A sour one. the next day was informed that booted out into the street after I had been on the job for a we ot Cah ireet)—A: fale I had been transferred to. the Being assigned th cover: ome “felden Daren” (Hammerstein)—One with some | Sunday magazine department eon s excellent vrires in it SK ahi ite such thing “The Clutehing “Sunny Dara” (Invperial)—A routine one. where, as ever newspaper man Claw," for example, [shouldn't (New Amstentam)—A very teantital | knows, the standing assignment even exert myself to send down ‘Show onal” (Thegfeld} Not only beantiful, bt is to think up the dullest possible sith everythi elie to. boot idea for an article and write 3,000 to the office any report on it “Rio Rita” (Lytic)—Below the Ziegfeld stand ao i i at some all, save perhaps the word re aera dulce words about i that ome ‘onnecticut Yankee pI) tune: a cf rniently illustrate fet tdte ace ehleling (ik! enkre™ (Vandertilt)— ta hack can conveniently: illustrate. Take the Air” (Waldoef)—A conventional one. one of the plays that T have the boss know that T had been on 7 | Models” (Winter Ganten)—A ewift | squatted before during the week the job for ten minutes at least and wasn’t drunk again. And if I e)—To be reviewed sbortly. covered by this piece seems to ‘eelte Thousand” (Garrick) —The mercenaries fw i a were or wesomething | in the American War: for Independence seen | mie to be i flat talking’ about, like “Spring 3100," the brief through the eyes of the talented Bruno Prank. | and Tam not going to try to con- | designation junk would seem to | |!——W— — (Continued on page 26) | comicbooks.com