Judge — April 27, 1929 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE GEORGE JEAN NATHAN own in the old People's Theatre on the Bowery from the Hoboken Four, have put on a satiri cal faree called “Ain't We Fun.” A troupe of ostensibly engaged to play in a revival of Augustin Daly's der the Gaslight,” have by installed upon an elevation at one end of the from which vantage t they entertain and amuse audience conduct itself like that it is having a very sot actors, house, themselves watching the monkeys in the belief time Th to w show begins with the rk itself up to candy-butchers in th tiously audience 1 by and asking them meat. The eandy-butchers t no meat, but we got some whereupon the ladies and gents guffaw The spectators on the platform, order to encourage the simple boobs out front, proceed to speak a few lines, whereupon the the auditorium, with all the happy abandon of coal heavers suffering fro rheumatism, stamp their feet, whistle and pound their palms. This done, the histrios this side of the platform leave their seats and lobby where there is a bar and a free At the bar they pay a quarter for s of very bad near-beer which, after much glass bumping and prositing with neighbors, they smackingly drink, shouting “The real genuine stuff, my . the stuff!" Then they go over to free counter, grab a miniature trying heavily grinning at the face- if they have any 3 vo, we haven't sweetmeats,” uproariously. in now actors in went out into the lunch counter. a small real genuine the lunch Theatre jnder the Gaslight” “Ban's Estate’ Th attempt to being Hi re Guild pic “He Waiked in Her Steep” (1 r2 trassador)—Droil eompta bel \ Woolworth play ystery Square" t mn is the steplather of this one. It is dull “Harlem” ( Melodrama of interesting and worth seeing. “Coatier” ( bet amusing music “Brothers” (48th Street) —The M. Lytell, late of Hollywood, ina piece of tnore in an entertain: pseudo-pretzel and proclaim that the rain, by George. back into the auditorium, they observe of the spectators the stage has whiskers, whereupon they relapse into spasins of mirth, Anoth stayze spectator, by way of seeing how they will make fools of themselves, now says something to the effect that he is about to ¢ Ss upon a woman's fair name, and immedi ukes lined up before him let loose loud hissing 1 : nother spee tator on the plat + eager a run for his money, announces that he will give his life to protect a woman's fair name, whereupon th front yell “Attaboy” and “Hoe their hands. This goes on until about eleven o'clock when, concluding that they have had enough of a good . the troupe ostensibly hired to do the Daly play to call it a night and the show is over. While [ will not go so far as to say that the ences in Hoboken are entirely they at least give straini The yood old days that one ely the ji performers out audi sincere in their own the feeing that themselves as these Bowery latter have the air of imitating and the imitation is not a impression of store clerks The Hoboken bounce is missing. sportiveness, they audiences the trans-river folk one, On ts the like college boys. on are not are, acting T: find the Theatre “Man's Estate” much of the prise that would be attendant upon a production of (Continued on page 31) Guild sponsoring a play: like induces in one sur Digest “Caprice”? (Guild) — rom the Danube haraae The Pertect Alibi (11 time. : “Lady Fingers” (1 Buazell and some fun: One of the gaye “The New M: singing is the it t farces 's End” (Mi the general t)—A war play pd adeniratly “Weegee ‘ine the Rev, Dr. € here “Tha Love Duel" (iarry m: “Street Scene” (P! will interest you. Holiday” (Myrmouth)—And this one will Lightly amuse you. aybouse)—Thi Ditto. Fitagerald’s reviewed comicbooks.com