Judge — May 23, 1931 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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j | i 1] | HH | | Curator of Dime Museum— And here, ladies and gentlemen, we have the most minute piece of microscopic engraving in the world . . . the story of why the chicken crossed the street, on the head of a pin! Don't read it, Robert! It's an old joke. Read Judge and get jokes that ore up-to-the-minute. i 4 | Proud Father (to son)— | } } | SUBSCRIBE NOW JUDGE—18 East 48th Street §-23-31 New York, N. Y. Please send JUDGE for 0 | year, $5.00. [1] 2 years, $7.80. D 21 weeks, $2.00. The Theatre (Continued from page 18) and throwing all the children right into the furnace. Another species of title that docs me no good is the “Be Calm, Camilla,” “Betty, Behave,” “Good Gracious, Annabelle,” “Bye, Bye, Barbara, “Step Softly, Susie” kind of thi As a matter of fact, only plays called “Pierrot’s Christmas” or “Chérie” af flict me more. Such plays aren't al ys as sour as they sourd, when around to see them, but they certainly put an awful advan strain on the ic of going out that It was therefore only a ¢ of self-control, tted by several pints of I mer and a prayer to God, that | instinct, but once a sucker 4 sucker, I suppose. What I saw rea! ized my worst suspicions. And you now have my word for it that if you want to get hold of me the next ni anything called “Oh, Oh, Polly.” “Judy, Be Good” or “Don't Do It, Dolly” is produced, the theatre won't be the place to find the kid. Nathan Recommends “Once in a Lifetime” (Music Box)—A far. cical cathartic administered. to Hollywood is very droll stuff “The Barretts of Wimpole Street™ (Empire )— Safely to be commended to you as one « year’s best dramatic offerings. — Katharic Cornell excellent in the leading role. “The Vinegar Tree” (Playhouse)—The am ing tale of three ladies, amorously inclined and a somewhat indifferent bachelor. “The Green Pastures” (Mansfield)—Cor come now, don't pretend you have to be told about it. “Three’s a Crowd” (Selwyn)—The seas favorite revue, embellished with some. fet ing humor, some graceful hoofing and | good tunes “The Wonder Bar” (Bayes)—I_ am. one those whom Al Jolson unfailingly pleasures even when they leave some of the best me dies out of an imported show provided as a vehicle. Nathan Recommends—with Reservations “As You Desire Me” (Ellictt)—It is only half-Pirandello but that half at least is teresting. Judith Anderson has the central | role. “Flve Star Final” —(Cort)—Truck-dri melodrama ripping into the scandal shee Overly violent, but it often hits the mark it aims at Notes on Other Exhibits “The House Beautiful” (Apollo)—A. A. Milne is a dirty old cynic in comparison with the Rev. Dr. Pollock. “Melo” (Barrymore)—Edna Best gives 39 engaging performance in hollow and stagey Bernstein stuff. “Tonight or Never” well then, I say never. “You Said It” (46th Street)—Feeble music show occasionally relieved by a Polish sweet ove named Roberti. (Belasco)--Very VOWARD LANOER PRINTING CO., ING, Jamaica, ®. comicbooks.com