Judge — February 2, 1929 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Judging the Shows Continued from page 18) Ann Davis acquits herself nice- ly in the réle of the wife. Tie bestoby a long: shot—of the new musical pastimes is chwab- Mandel “Follow at the Chani Produced Good News,” it has all the life of the ante- cedent picnic and resolves. itself into a saucily gay theatrical ning. Its tunes by the De Sylva Brown-Henderson trio are melo dious; its dances staged by Bobby Connolly are novel and exhilarat ing; its book contains a lot of funny cracks; and Irene Delroy. Zama O'Neal, John Sheehan and Jack Haley constitute a quartet of attractive entertainers. he MM. Schwab and Mandel seem to have mastered the trick of these shows better than any of their local rivals. They get a kick into them—and not only into them, but into the theatre audi torium as well—that one seldom encounters in other directions. “Polly,” the new Arthur Ham- merstein offering at the Lyric, has as its chief item Fred Allen, a droll clown who manages to brew chuckles in a salutiferous anner. While Prof. All lence, the show is a Some of the hooting is the Thru, as a successor to nis in done, Iso well up to standard and one of the settings by Joseph Urban is en- sag “Ziegfeldian, But the tunes are weak, save for one num- ber that. unless my ears deceive me, was part of the score of the show called “Betsy,” done at the New Amsterdam a couple of sea- The leading lady is the English sweetmeat who goes by of June—whether June ns, June Minestrone or June Garfunkel the public is not permitted to know, She has rather more talent than the lish musical comedy Of “Deep Harlen show recently dival; Biltmore, little need be said. It is very. very sour, [ come “Street Scene,” by Elmer Rice, to your attention. Save for an unnecessary injec- tion of hoketimy in the pe of * sub-plot, ely ible picture of New "York « Hat-house life, has many elements of merit. I'll have more to say of it anon. WIN 8252? Gum Dealer FREE ~ *CLARK'S Teaberry Gum...a different flavore TEABERRIES: “Say, dearic! please come up for air! My gum‘s on the rung of your chair. I hate to annoy But, listen, Biz Boy— : } The TEABERRY flavor’s still there!” Clark Brothers Chewing Gum Company Pittsburgh, U.S.A. ‘ s s wes THE BERRIES J 4 s 4 Tue Die-Harpvs Butten—The fire-brigade, your Grace. —Lonvon Opinion _ = J comicbooks.com