Life — February 11, 1915 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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~ ESRB agreeable surprise when one is expecting to hear the same old thing?done in the The company is a good onc, the palm for musical accomplish- ment going to Mr. Martindel and for statuesque stature to Jean Newcomb. ARIE CAHILL and Mr. Richard Carle have joincd forces to good purpose. They ar¢ excellent foils for cach other, and in “Ninety in the Shade” they have a girl-and-music show quite a way off the beaten track, an always- same old way. Astor." Hello, Broadway!” Very funny musical travesty for those who have seen the. plays produced in New York this season and who are familiar with the personal affairs of Mr. William Collier and of Mr. George Cohan, the author of the Piece. To other spectators it may seem mystifyiog and a bit stupid. Belasco—Frances Starr in Marie-Odile ", by Edward Knoblauch. See above. Rooth—" Children of Earth.” The prize play, by Alice Br which presupposes that everyone is interested in the abnormality Df narrow New England village tynes, including the New England spinster. Well staged and played. but not important. Candler.—"On Trial" A_criminal trial turned into vivid melo: drama by a new method of developing the plot. Interesting and well staged. Casino" Experience.” The picturesque possibilities of the mod- ern stage applied to the allegorical form of the morality. play. Interesting @ spectacular way, but not intellectual. _ Cohan's.—"'It Pays to Advertise.” The art of advertising turned into material for a very amusing and well-acted farcical comedy. Comedy.—" The White Feather.” Notice later. Cort.—“ Under Co: r.* Smuggling as it is done in polite society and the methods in which it is handled by the Customs House made the basis of a very amusing melodramatic comedy. Eltinge —" The Song oi Songs” A play which has made anecess by its appeal to ihe prunient-mindsd.” Well staged and well acted, but certainly not for the young person. Empire-—Fthel Barrymore in" The Shadow". An. interesting play of matrimonial difficulties with the domestic triangle put on a Father novel footing. The star achieving some of the possibilitics of a powerfully emotional réle. Forty-eighth Strect.—" The Law of the Land.” Absorbin drama of murder in modern domestic surroundings lightene: humorous satire of police methods. Forty-fourth Strect—Mr. Robert Mantell in Shakespearean reper- Notice iater. “Twin Beds.” An amusing and well-presented farce carrying a moral for members of the sterner sex who return home in a condition of not knowing whether they are in their own flats cr in some one's else. Gaiety.—* Daddy Long-Legs." A clean, wholesome and pathetic little comedy dealing with the life story of a girl who was born a foundling. Globe.—" Chin-Chin.” Extremely well-staged and well-done musical extravaganza, with Messrs. Mont- gomery and Stone as the stars. melo- up by 241 Although the scene is laid in’ the ilippine Islands, the t. b. m. need not fear that “Ninety in the Shade” will fecd him up with any dry statistical and geographical information about Uncle Sam's island possessions. Metcalfe. Horris.—-Margaret Ilington in “The Lie", by Henry Arthur Jones. An interesting and well-played drama of Baylith domestic life, showing that sisterly affection may some- times: not exactly what it seems to be. Hippodrome.—New Winter Circus. The biggest of New York's Plaxbouses turned over to @ really good circus of the old-fashioned ind. Hudson.—" The Show Shop,” by Mr. James Forbes. Amusing and well-acted exploitation of the secrets connected with play: producing. Knickerbocker.—Marie Cahill and Richard Carle in inety in the Shade See above. , Little. A Pair of Silk Stockings.” Nice little English farce nicely done by a thoroughly nice English company. Longacre.—Moving pictures. yeeum.—" Outcast.” by Mr. Hubert Henry Davis. A most int ting drama of bachelor life in London extremely. well acted by a good company headed by Elsie Ferguson and Mr. Charles Cherry. Lyric.—* The Only Girl.” A really truly musical comedy, with tuneful score by Victor Herbert, additional fun turned into an old vehicle by Mr. Henry Blossox Manhattan Opera House.— Life.” Elaborate spectacular melo: drama following the methods of the Drury Lane productions, but with the material and scenes entirely American. Maxine Elliott’s—Moving pictures of South American animal ygamy." Very interesting and well-played drama with the possibilities of plural marriage under Mormon rule as its topic. Playhouse.—" Sinners,” by Mr. Owen Davis. An old-style melo- drama once more demonstrating the great truth that all city people are bad and that all country people are good. Princess.—Brieux’s stupid “ Maternity at es and Sheri- dan's “ The Critic” evenings, The Sheridan classic well performed and quite as laugh-inspiring as the comedies of to-day. Republic.—" Kick In.” Stangy but interesting and amusing drama of criminal and police methods. Shubert.—* To-night’s the Night.” Girl-and-music show direct from London and, although slight in material, charmingly presented. Thirty-ninth Street.—Marie Dresster in “A Mix-up". The star pretty much the whole performance, which means that if you like Marit Dressler and her methods you will like this show a whole lot Wallack’s.—Granville Barker's production of Shaw's “ Androcles and the Lion”, with a curtain-raiser by Anatole France, entitled “The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife”. See above. Winter Garden.—* Dancing Around,” with Al Jolson as the star. Last week of this aggregation of chorus girls, comedians and ray time designed to relieve the t. b. m. of his brai fag. But do not he unduly disheartened, t. b. m. 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