Judge — July 13, 1929 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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Prvsextixe, herewith, ‘the New York play te- viewers’ Credo for 1929: | That it was high time Eugene O'Neill got a kick in the pants with “Dynamo,” as he had been getting good notices with good plays too long and. people were beginning to suspect the reviewers’ honesty. > That the Theatre Guild is the greatest producing unit in Christendom and that Max Reinhardt, who singlehanded puts on more and better plays every year than the Guild, while quite all right in his wa still isn’t all he’s cracked up to be by the Dutch. 3 That, anyway, there must be some good play- wrights hidden’ away among all those Czechoslo- vakians. + That “Journey's End” is a better war play than “What Price ( because all the soldiers in the latter were tough guys, while all those in the former are, for all their mise nts. 5 That, if it weren't for Joe Leblany, all the theatres in New York would have to shut down, with the pos- sible exception of the Guild Theatre and the ones housing Ziegfeld and Schwab-Mandel shows, 6 That the average of plays twenty years « much higher than it is today, and that all t theatrical managers in that day were as rich de fois gras. By GEORGE JEAN NATHAN That the Pulitzer Prize has suddenly taken on a significance it didn’t previously possess | year it was awarded to “Street Scene.” use this 8 That Ethel Barrymore reads every notice of her performances six times over and that, when she finds one in the Bronr Delicatessen Dealers’ Home nal that roasts her, she gets so mad that it t entire Shubert staff to pacify her. That hundreds of people call up the different theatrical press representatives daily, say they Brooks Atkinson of the Times seats in the front row be held in their names box-office for the night's performance, and th press representatives, who got onto the dodge several years ago, sneak around to the theatres nightly with policemen and have the liars thrown summarily into j in the business by Mr. Atkinson jail, being assiste himself who stands by and loudly denounces. the impostors. 10 That if it weren't for American plays, / musical shows, American actresses and coons, the London theatre would have to shut up 11 That St. John Ervine shouldn't have been so kon- est in his opinions when he was over here this last on, as honesty may be all right for critics when they're at home but when they go abroad they should he careful not to hurt the feelings of anyone in the country they are visiting. (Continued on page 26) Theatre “Shidding” (Rayes) — Weak little Street) You'll fad comedy that has been running, God one but « bad movie actor Knows why, for over a year “The. Camel Through be Weeds wasn't much, but I understand that it °.t F has been slightly improved. It pended The Petest Alb” “Hoghi=) — tebe. pom detective piece by A.A. Milne, pas “Held Everything” (Broadburst)— “The Me Moen” (Imperial) —A Singing, dancing and comical remarks 10 jaauenl comely above the average Krohn Boos “Let Us Be Gay” (Little) — Kachel “Fellow Thru” (46th Street)—A gay, Crothers” amusing comedy, with Francine ewift boofing show. Larrimore in the leading ride. Digest “Mice Women” (Longacre) —Obvious “Street Seeme”™ (Play house)—Fimer stuf Rice's best play. “dourney'’s End” (Miller)—A © “AW in Venice” (Shabert)—Prof. draine that merite yout attention." Dr. Healy isthe stem bere “Hat Chocolates” (Hudson)—A colored “The Unde Show” (Music Bot)—It pong and danre show mate ‘ep of Harlem wil give you a good evening. ane Sad dance “Bird in Hand™ (Morcseo)—A comedy by J. Drinkwater that is worth a veut. “Bambeols” (Ioyale)—Another lies orice bow Canter in a fre Auntentam)—Fidie “Great Day (Cosmegeditan)—Vio- cue mx. cent Youmans latest, comicbooks.com