Judge — February 9, 1929 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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GEORGE JE \ XK Jvexeven the Grand Guignol in Paris is at a loss for a new way to give the visiting American drunks a thrill of horror, its man- igement says to itself oh what the hell let’s fall back on the old leper hokum. cordingly, for the last twenty years plays have been produced every third month showing Mademoiselle Gaby Cocotte, the leartless jade, being made hideous for life, as pun- ishment for her betrayal of the Mons. Francois Coucou, by the touch of the leprous onl Wah, i ported from India for the fell purpose by the ve ful Francois. While I am not much on figures, it is my guess that in the last two decades TP have thus nthe Rue Chaptal something like 1.310 faith- less hussies contaminated by actors with white spots nted on their faces, 1,264 male loafers given the cast-off factory girls via lepros. rms into their filet de benf Renaissance, and something like twenty or thirty thousand American boobs pleasurably electrified by the doings. Now, after twenty years—such being the signal enterprise of the American theatre—things have been so arranged that we don't have to go to Paris more, At the National, in a slice of life called ppelin,” we behold our old friend the leper snoop- vindictively around the stage to get within touch- distance of the knave who undid him. It is all there—all the bewhiskered — he element being a cloud-machine that is supposed to » the customers imagine that the infected gent rrying on his machir seen —the only new is cx ations ina dirigible 1 up in the air. The masterpiece called for its con- fection upon a trio of geniuses, McElbert Moore, ale)—It would take ale stufl, surpris- Noderson, aybouse) —Elmer Leppelin’® (National) —Melotramatic sey “Cate de Danse” (Forrest) —One act Kingdom of Ged ( iharry more) — of it was one act too much for Prof. Dr, Ethel Barrymore highly engaging i a Nathan play of m0 consejuence. “Ned Wayburn’s Gambels” (i “ jnnacence * (:mpire) — becker) —Dull and amateurish Ka Cee Emp hibeting the talents of a dancing-te “ pupils “Merry Andree” (Miller) —See next “Caprice” §(Guild)—Adroitly acted weeks ae Viennese sex comedy “Serena Blandith” ( Morosco) —Same “Mima” (Beluco!—\ childish ond» f dreary play skilfully “ dudav” (Longacre) — Nod bere JUDGE Theatre Digest By AN NATHAN Earle Crooker and Lowell year they'll call in three me old Guignol s herself in the cellar with a eyes gouged out. professor out of the fresh Estrellita, the poor and hut dollar slippers and silk sto the noble young Luisito, wl bellyband, Don Ramor are pe Dayse,” an adap who wore a red bum, had already worked his wicked will on the pare you the de of being with child. Mer- Concha and—I shall Concha was by th cedes, Ampara, Dolores, I Blan Frasquita, Musquita, Carme Giulia, In Peronella, Oret the statistics up to and inclu not s Paloma, Gregorina, Brentano, Maybe next ore and write the other er. zy oman n from on exhibition at the Forrest, kept ndby in which Fifi Bordelaise finds and has her the French, this dutiful air for exactly one act. ible serub-girl in forty- kin Ss, Was. ho wore a I: 1d was coveted in turn by the lascivious one, Rame Rosit azarill neita, G ta idin and Filip also suffered at the hands of the sinful De the fa last fé irl wa beloved by vender: silk om, the dirty netta, Casilda, pa, to bring te day, had on. Despite t that none of them seemed to be particularly glum about it, the poor serub 1. 1s Worri Tomasa, the Don's sinister mother, in order to gratify her Ramon’s every whim, now connived with hin to get the piéce de résistance for his foul purposes, the while the heroic Presbyterian, ing faces in a corner. Ths you'll have to (Continued on Hike eating a vie thow to tickle you enormous “Animal Crackers” (41th Street) — The funniest of the pule-face sh “Three Cheers” (Globe) — Will Rogers’ cracks make thas one, “The New Moon” (Imperial) The singing is the item here. “Paris” (Music Bor) —Several saucy inti ung by BonJoni,. but nothing, m “Whoopee” (New \ mutentam)—Eildie Cantor very “He bu ousing (Plymouth) —A\ 1 more little comedy by PRilip “The Front Page’ (Tiss Syasre) — The outst farce of several seasons. dr Luisito, ma: page 27) “Boom Boom” (C: “Het Water” (La ‘Lady Fingers” (\ “Chauve-Seuris™ (Jolson) —San “Congal” (Harris) “The Red Rede (sb de challeng- sas far as I got. If you want to know more, around and review the pl your asino) —To of Grace” (Selwyn) —Ir Verne) see next ‘andertalt) — Ditto Sex hoopdodoatle, “The Pertect Alibi” (Hopkins) —Fair ry stuff by A, A, Milne. ‘The Housebsat on the Styx” (Liberty) With W. C. Fields, Ed Wynn, Eddie Al Jolson ai made fairly oll comedy. It will (Ambamador) estertain you. comicbooks.com