Judge — April 1933 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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into the audience and pounded out deafening metric beats to accompany the eighty piece orchestra. The girls were out of step, the lights didn't work, and the cymbal player was off beat, but, worst of all, no two drummers kept time. There must have been three men, a lady dance director, and half a dozen as- ormers, and there wer hecklers in the orchestra pit. course, from where we were in the first m nine, we might have mis- understood—maybe they were mem- hers of a claque—but they were mak- ing a big noise about something.) To put down only the facts, at ex- actly eleven forty-five, the directors gave up in despair, ordered the drummers to report to a studio some- where to beat the drums some more, and the doors were opened to over two thousand people, who, immedi- ately they had stampeded to their seats, were entertained by an or solo, accompanied by color pictures of some interesting cliffs. We then saw a motion picture called “Our Bet- an interpretation of the Maugham play which was first pro- duced in 1917 and which in its new version has been changed from an | out-moded satire into a_ pointless | comedy featuri the queen of the uties, Constance Bennett. Hours later, when I finally stay- yered out into daylight, 1 was puz- zled to decide upon what had most impressed me about the morning: the shivering, patient, bovine people who risked pneumonia in line with- out a word of protes vant, irresponsible structur ture management in general; the tragic waste of musicians, eighty of them, who labored and strained at a drab turgid, jew’s harp interp! tion of a fair piece of music child-like frenzy of the dance direc- torate, striving to get as many pec ple to make as much noise as possib! on the biggest stage in the world to | accompany a tinkly, fragile, piece of ; or the electrician, who, at the end of the rehearsal, stuck his 1 out of his box and in a quiet, | bitter tone, told the orchestra leader | specifically where he could put his finale. bdo know that “Our Betters” was twisted from satire to farce, which makes it a more satisfactory, becd less out-moded, pl. but which also leaves the heroine without a char- acter or a reason for being. And, even if there was some point to the character, Constance Bennett, by her invariable interpretation of a chorus girl elevated to a big part, would have destroyed it. A GLANCE Dh AT THE MENU . . . confirms the pleasant reputa- tion Hotel Fort Shelby enjoys for its variety of dishes and choicest delicacies. The palate, too, bears tribute to the superb artistry and skill of the Fort Shelby chefs. Four restaurants serve your needs or whim or purse .. . all offer breakfast and luncheor ... two are open for dinner. q You'll be delighted, too, with Hotel Fort Shelby’s convenient loca- tion in the heart of Detroit's shopping, theatre, financial, insurance and wholesale districts. No other large hotel is so near the principal railway terminals, airports and steamship piers. 900 units .. . all equipped with private bath and servidor. Rooms as low as $2.50 per day .. . suites $8.00 and upwards. Motorists ore relieved of their automobiles of the door without service chorge. Write for free rood mep, ond your copy of “Aglow with Friendliness," ‘our unique and fascinating magazine. ocTort Shelby "“AGLOW WITH FRIENDLINESS” E. J. BRADWELL, Manoging Director DETROIT