Judge — March 30, 1929 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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Y genial critical hired-man has done his duty — the opening night, apparently had mislaid by three more plays since last week's salary detachable cuffs and modishly came out in a swallow envelope lent him the necessary encourage il with the left sleeve hitched at least a foot above ment. ‘They : “Indiseretion,” by Myron C.— the one available cuff to indicate to the audience that, Fagan; “The Earth Between,” by Virgil Geddes; anyway, he was by instinet a fellow privy to sartorial and “Conflict,” by Warren F. Lawrence. The first punctilio; the lover who suddenly informs the heroine named is one of the damnedest pieces of junk ever — that the ingénue is her daughter, to the overwhelming put on exhibition in New York. Th dis surprise of the presumably very absent-minded moth amateurish specimen of playwritin it there are er; the woman who, apparently without even a ¢ indications that the author w have som training in Cherry Lane, becomes over-night the him that ll come out in time. The third is a sloppily London and New York theatre; the flat-faced written but nevertheless often pointed and under- a who is set forth as a neo-Pine ide such standing comedy-drama, with one well-observed char- phenomena Moran and Mack promptly take on the acter in it and another more obvious that still has its aspect of two big tear-breweries. If Dr. Cain doesn't humorous juices. Details follow, come around with his horses and haul the show to his Mr. Fagan's gem must be seen if [am not to be — vaults before this appears in print, by all means put down by the reader as a liar. A literal descrip- lop around and take a look. Lt will be a lor tion of what goes on on the Mansfield stage would — fore you'll again have an opportunity tol: seem a facetious exaggeration and the reader would — self sick over anything so fabulously Limberger. suspect me of trying to be funny, No such unbe- lievable tripe has been viewed hereabouts in’ years. M* Geoves’ exhibit brings to light a young man The M. Fagan, who has already displayed his talents + with ambitions above the ordinary but) with in none-suches like “The Little Spitfire’ and * talents unfortunately not yet. sutficiently developed Great Power,” on this occasion outstrips even him in the direction of playwriting to win him much erit- self, which is certainly no facile feat. From. the ical sympathy, After all. a n who wishes to offer moment in the first act when one of the male char- himself as a playwright should first learn something acters tenderly plucks a rose and observes that a about the writing of plays and the M. Geddes’ edu woman's reputation is as delicate a thing as the bloom — cation in that art is strikingly deficient. The material he is holding, to the scene laid very swellyon what the — fora play is present, but when the final curtain falls M. Fagan describes as “the balconnade of residence — the material is all that one has seen; the play remains of Helen Morse overlooking Le Island Sound”, — still to be written. the show is a holy one. ‘The y villain who, on (Continued on page 26) Theatre Digest “indiscretion” (Mansfeht) Terr angaete)—La Menken in. “Meliday" (Plymouth) Tee Age ot Inaacenea™ (EH Vanderbilt)—TI ‘Oyname” (Heck) a banana peel ‘ . Some here, Ses are fetching pring ts Here” (\lvin)—Some b Brbeapey (Sow “The Broken Chain” (Masjue}—Duly eminent Senor C: revered su ; “Pleasure Bound” (Ms) early wa playa. Worth seeic Vileeeely Dae “ee lvicaxie “The Perfect Alibi (Ios “Serena Blandish” (Morr went acting but not much to act “The Froat Page’? (Times Sjuare Brady in « box-office boob-bumper The farce that tickles ¢ “Bima” (Belasco) —An M. Belasco’s sedulously pe comicbooks.com