Judge — March 7, 1931 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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The Theatre (Continued from page 16) | tions and plainly desires to impress his auditors that he is not a hot headed special pleader but a fellow with some equilibrium and even hu- mor. In this, he is like certain other | playwrights of his species, and he takes the same means as they to estab lish the fact. After he has caused his a iece pas- he, Merlin, honestly « | the character to pause suddenly, smile and make some such comment I'm a damn. fool,” 2, a long y ; The device, of Carbon Copies. course, is not only HW persua sive but makes the playwright who employs it a cl itor of his audience's argumentative sympathy In “Hobo,” Merlin has tried to 52 ORIGINAL COPIES tackle the characters that Jim Tully andles so brilliantly, But where AND Tully knows the tricks of literary pho tography, Merlin ix simply an’ ama teur whose portraits turn’ out to be NOT A CARBON | Police Gazette chromos. It is possibl | that he may know his subjects as well as Tully, but what he doesn't know at least as yet—is how to convey that knowledge through the printed or Corbons are necessary in some coses—BUT—JUDGE | spoken word. ything that he has put into “Hobo” was sharply edited out of “Beggars of Life.” The play was cruelly direeted. badly staged and poorly acted. Each issue is o brand new model—designed by ff of versatile Jesters. New Humor—new loughs—new illustrations go to moke JUDGE the most widely read Nathan Recommends “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” (Empire qkatarine Coriell’ excelent production i humorous weekly as well os the oldest. esters: superiar come Stelit\b9; all micans “The Green Pastures” (Mans Lites a dog, that’s news. seen this one by this time, t “Private Lives” (Times Square)—Th: | ard-Lawrence duo in a gay little com BE ORIGINAL— ean cai: “Once in a Lifetime” (Music B. country’s general depression has GET ORIGINALS— eT Ee “Three’s A Crowd” (Selwyn)—Something ¢ give one renewed confidence in the rev SUBSCRIBE NOW! ° “The New Yorkers" (Broadway)—Merry musical show, with Jimmy Durante making the most of things. “The Vinegar Tree" (Playhouse) —The hi mors of, philandering wittily retailed by some drolt JUDGE 2731 | ENCLOSED FIND $ SEND | | an'eetensining 1 of senceuse “OO 18 EAST 48th STREET JUDGE TO ; NEW YORK, N. Y Nathan Recommends—with “ "| NAME Reservations | YEAR, $5.00 “As You D. Me” (Ellintt)—Judith A derson very & a partly interesting 1) chological arg by Pirandello, ADDRESS 2 YEARS, $7.80 ~ . “On, Promise Me" (Royale) It you're vt too partic a farce that will provide y 21 WEEKS, $2.00 | cry pee “Five Star Final” (Cort)—Tabloid me! drama written with a battle-axe but holding because of comicbooks.com