Judge — September 1932 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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THE THEATRE (Continued from page 18) afterwards, Critics aren't so very much different from any other kind of men and no men _ particularly relish having a rotten time every evening of their lives. A man’s job, to please him, must be amusing; when it isn’t amusing, it becomes a chore, and a very trying and depressing one. To arsrue that, how- ever trying and depressing it is in actual practise, he gets a whale of a lot of fun tellir bse- | quently how trying and depre: convincing. critics want are srood plays and good acting, for good plays and good act- ing make their evenings personally happy ones. To believe the contrary is to believe that Mrs. Rorer liked nothing better, in order to prove the worth of her own cook-book recipes. than to go around to her friends’ houses every night and experi- mentally suffer a dreadful bellyache eating their bad dinners. A number of producers in the cal theatre are every bit as good critics the critics themselves. In ng it some cases, indeed, they are now and | then a heap better. As the M. Bela Blau not long ago pointed out, when the critics denounce this or that play as completely meritless, it shouldn't be overlooked that a dozen or more producers who peremptorily turned the play down when it was submitted to them, before the eventual sucker yot stuck with it, considered it just as foul as the critics did. And, what is more, they beat the critics to the decision by something like six months or a year. The produc aren't always such ignoramuses as some persons imagine them to be. If they were, there wouldn't annually be the mess of such things “Angeline Moves In,” “Foreign Af- fairs, “Housewarming,” “Angels Don't Kiss” and “The Decoy” left ly- ing around for the shoestringers to lose their socks on. There are critics and critics. Some of them work for the newspapers; some of them work for the periodicals; and some of them work for the theatre. You will not always find the real critic in an aisle seat. Sometimes you'll find him in a producer's office. Credit, Bos- well, where credit is due. Last Month’s Rebus Mystery EAR Governor:—I am hiding in the outskirts and before you em- brace me, you must stake me to some articles of attire. I am minus shirt, socks, pants and underw and would like overalls if there are any I still have my hat and e; Your son Jack. What | Notice to 4 Yearly subse Canada and foreign countries. 2.50 in the United Stat possible Post Office NAIM ceoereccssssserescenes Subscriptions will be and $3.70 in Canada and foreign countries UBSCRIBERS are urged to send notice Under the new laws the charge for delivering notices of changes of subscribers receive Judge without delay Post Othee Judge Subscribers... . NNOUNCEMENT was made in June LX on a weekly schedule in September word there will be, but one issue of Judge each month 25th issue that Judge would resume w we announce that until further LL subscriptions received by us on a weekly basis have been extended so that LA subscribers will receive as many issues of Judge as they have paid us for. TEW subscriptions will be accepted on the basis of one issue per month iption rate will be $1.50 in. the years at f changes in address as promptly as Department now makes a addresses. We wish to have and to avoid these charges by the Jupce Macazixe, Nec. 18 East 481i Street Vet€Su Wet s Wir’ sy Go’ BY PERCY CROSBY A Booklet containing WIT — TRUTH and CARTOONS. ENDORSED BY THE NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Send 16% in Stamps ond gee facts chout Your Government whieh will Startle you /{/ PERCY CROSBY, PUBLISHER, 1428 YOU ST. WASILD.C.] Here’s my 16¢ in Stamps-—LET’S Go! JUDGE PAYS $10 For each Cross Word Pursle accepted from its readers. LEG-o-MATIC BRIDGE SETS FOR THE MODERN Atitomatic table... All open and close with Leading Dep Connaine merAL ur MDETROIT'S FINEST UPTOWN HOTEL + + is near the General Fisher and New Center Buildings, also Motors, automobile plants. A courteous thoughtful staff. Excellent Cuisine Luxurious rooms at $3.00 per day. THE Abing ton at 700 SEWARD comicbooks.com