Judge — March 12, 1932 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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“I hope Rory sees us!” Some Say It With Psalms TP RUE children of their era, these aspiring choristers!) One eye on Heaven, the other on a more worldly future. They lead the bal- anced life. Hymns and hilarity, half and half. That’s what Junce does for the wise—sup- plies the hilarity. Junce has only one serious mission in life, that of converting folks to fun. Believing that nobody ever had too much of it. If you even suspect that you could find space for a few more laughs in your life, do something about it—NOW. No matter where you happen to be. Any sensible deacon would be glad to the coupon for you. SUBSCRIBE TODAY JUDGE 3-12-32 18 East 48th Street New York, N. Y. $.00 A whole year of laughs for CHE THEATRE (Continued from page 16) it discloses itself as still another testi- monial to the considerable improve- | ment of the American Singspicl. It isn’t, true enough, another “Of Thee | I Sing,” but it has enough fun in it for any customer. * * * Tits weck’s mystery play is called “Trick For Trick.” As I have re- peatedly and no doubt tediously noted in these select pages, I no longer offer | myself as a critical expert on mystery plays, as I have seen so many hun- | dreds of them in the last quarte tury that they now all look much al to me and I have trouble in distin- guishing one from another. Someone murders someone, all the actors in the cast are in turn suspected of having committed the crime, and at eleven o'clock, after three-fourths of the re- viewers have left, what remains of the audience is theoretically jounc by being informed that the foul d was accomplished by someone who had been laboriously made to seem as innocent as a lamb. There are slight variations, of course, but they amount | to little, In “Trick For Trick,” for example, a suggestion of novelty is | achieved by making the central figure a spirit medium and _prestidigitator. which, after all, is not so very novel in view of the fact that much the same sort of thing was done in “Vera, the | Medium,” dramatized from the Rich- ard Harding Davis story, and to an extent in “The S “The Thi teenth Chair” and “Zeno”. The be thing t can be said about the latest exhibition is that it is somewhat more ingenious than the usual mystery dish that comes the of the showshop. James Rennie has the leading role. Nathan Recommends (New Amsterdam)—A ‘omical revue, with Juliet” (E tle combining humor and and delightfully acted by Edna Best and Herbert Marshall “Mourning Becomes Electra” (Alvin)—Not vening ot writing “The Animal Kingdom” (Broadhurst)—Baset on a platitude, a comedy that nevertheless has been handled with an understanding “Ot Thee 1 Sing” (Music Box)—A gra: American politics and music show general to tickle your old r “The Lett Bank” (Littley—A comedy about the pseudo-litterateurs who flock to Montpar nasse. A satisfa ry playwriting job. “Brlet Moment” (Cort)—One of the season hetter comedies, written with much of S. N Behrman’s facil it “The Laugh Ps erial)—Mons. Ws: converts the se quite merry stuff “The Cat and the Fiddle” (Globe)—A + by Prof, Kern much above the musical ec run, Nathan Recommends—With Reservations “Blessed Event” (Longacre)—Journalist comedy that, for all its crudicy, is often lively and_ entertaining. “Cynara” (Morosco)—The venerable sex handled rather more adroitly than is usw the case. comicbooks.com