Judge — May 2, 1931 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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The Theatre (Continued from page 18) Woolf plus the ladies. After th: usual interrupting knocks on the door inopportune entrances of other char acters and sudden coquettishness on the part of the horizontal wenches and unable to think up anything else, Mr. Fox was driven to having a char acter rush in in the nick of time and announce that the quartermaster wa, dying, thus necessitating the immedi ate departure of the concupiscent M Woolf. The quartermaster's grievous illness was the evening's one nov- to discern its silver lining elty. Upon the M. Woolf's return, he single-handed, as I have already * . noted, put a troupe of soldiers, to and to see a pleasing side to all ex- | gether with myself, to fight. In his review of the drip, Mr. Perey perience, It varies the stupid mo- Hammond, only lately returned from a three months’ enviable sojourn among the Florida palms and cock notony of the humdrum. Let us re- tails, made ‘the. following statement . . . “A bewildered taxi driver who drove gard it as one of our duties to jolly me to the Ritz Hotel instead of th: Ritz Theatre caused me to miss th: and be jolly; to make a joke and take first act.” As the Ritz Theatre is 2 a two and one-half minutes’ d from the Ritz Hotel and as the first one. act lasted almost an hour, I herewith denounce Percy as a consummate liar But, at the same time, I want to say . . th on this particular occasion, he We quote from a sermon by certainly was a shrewdly clever and Dr. Maurice H. Harris foreseeing critic. Nathan Recommends “Once in a Lifetime (M Box)—Hilar Hollywood spoofing, with an occasional tone squirt of ac “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” (Emp It restores one's confidence in the d theatre. A good play ably produce competently acted. Katharine Cornell leading role. . “The Green Pastures” (Mansfield)—D tell me I have to tell you about it at t late day. “The Vinegar Tree” (Playhouse)—Somet genially refreshing in the way of sex com “The Wonder Bar” (Bayes)—P: Jolson in Continental night-club surr JUDGE - 18 East 48th Street, 31 I viburantay aa?a beotleppet abd/abrs (patient ‘New York, N.Y. a hospital ‘will give ‘you your moneys wor in “Fine and Dandy” (Erlanger)—Prof. Dr. ( Please send Judge for 1 year, $5.00 | with ¢ improved drolleries. be J year, $5 (2 years, $7.80 Cl21 weeks, $2.00 | “Three's @ Crowd” (Selwyn A bri amusing with Prof. Dr. We Vrof, Dr. sete eee eee eee eens Nathan Recommends—with Reservations aendhdbanesayetere cies therase . “Five Star Final” (Cc \_Ripping into the scandal sheets with ho fists and both toes. Raw melodrama, but it gets ther Name. . sete eee eeeeees : seeeeee | “As You Desire Me™ (Elliott)—What | portions of it Pirandello would recognize are interesting. “Notes on Other Exhibits “Joy of Living” (Masque)—It was, broveht all the way from Germany to Cain’s st house. “The Rap” (Avon)—Trashy detective not worth the critical powder to blow “Getting Married” (Guild)—Revival of the ancient Shaw bore, more boresome than ev<t. EDWARD LANGER PRINTING CO., ING, JAMAICA, . © comicbooks.com