Life — May 16, 1918 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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ea ee = XUM “TEE” DUMMIES HOW TO WASTE GERMAN AMMUNITION the material of earlier days will find in “A Marriage of Con- venience" a most satisfactory return to the grand manner in play, setting and performance. Sy oy DP ‘ORONTO is suffering from an attack of dramatic censor- ship, aggravated in this case by what looks like absolute ignorance on the part of the official censors of anything about the attractions Offered for performance. Some of their mis- takes are ludicrous, almost as laughable as the action of the London censor who permitted “Twin Beds,” but would not allow it to be performed under that title, Such censorship almost reconciles us to our own kind which, since the asinine action of our authorities with “ Mrs, Warren's Profession,” permits anything and everything. BAA AAR AA IFE'S “Confidential Guide” is a sort of reverse-action theatrical thermometer—as the temperature goes up it woes down, Already it has begun to shrink, and a few hot 803 days will send it almost out of sight. Before its final disap- pearance all of it remaining will show an occasional very light farcical play, some of the girl-and-music shows, the Century Roof and the sparkling entertainment Mr. Ziegfeld provides atop the New Amsterdam to supply New Yorkers and out-of- Metcalf town visitors with midnight insomnia, > any , Te £ Astor.—" Fancy Free” with Mr. Clifton Crawford, Bright girl and-music show. Tuneful and with an uncommonly pretty chorus, lasco.—"* Polly with a Past.” Diverting comedy of the day, well cast and well staged, Bijou.—" A Pair of Petticoats,” by Mr. Cyril Harcourt. company ina politely played, amusing English comedy of the day Booth.—"' Seventeen.” by Mr. Booth Tarkington. The joys and appy love amusingly shown in well acted t. cially the sorrows of comedy of the Middle W Broadhurst.— Maytime.” and well performed. Century Roof.—Midnight cabaret providing an expensive excuse for not going to bed early. Cohan and Harris—" A Tailor-Made Man.” Well presented and diverting, statement in comedy form that good clothes are a help to the aspiring young business man, Comedy.—The Washington Square Players in new bill, Cort.— Flo Flo." An ordinary girl-and-music show proving that persons will pay money to see under-clad femininity. Eltinge —" Business Before Pleasure.” Messrs. Glass and Good: man laughably put Messrs, Potash and Perlmutter into the movie- picture business, ire.—Ethel Barrymore in “ Belinda" and Barrie’s “The New See above, Forty-fourth Street Mr. D. W. Grifith’s spectacular, movie, play, “ Hearts of the World.” A typical sentimental movie play made im: pressive by big and realistic war pictures. Forty-eighth Street—" The Man Who Stayed at Home.” interesting and fairly well acted English spy drama. Globe.—" Jack 0° Lantern,” with Mr. Fred Stone, Girl-and-music Vackground for the diverting and athletic fun of the star. Henry , Miller'’s—Mr. Sydney Grundy’s “A Marriage of Con- venience.” See above. Hudson.—" Nancy Lee,” by Mr, Eugene Walter. Interesting and well acted drama of American life today, but dealing with vicious types. Liberty-—" Going Up. its foundation some o} Lyceum.—" Tiger Rose. of the Canadian Northwest. Marine Eliiott's—* The Eyes of Youth.” The problems of a woman's life set forth in an ingenious way through occult influence. Morosco.—" Lombardi, Ltd.,"” by the Hattons. The inside life of a New York fashionable dressmaker, showing in, flashy comedy that a man in that calling may have a Sentimental side. Park.—* Seven Days’ Leave," by Mr. Walter Howard. Thrilling war scenes in an interesting melodrama, Playhouse.—" The Little Teacher,” by Mr. Harry James Smith. Mary Ryan asa pleasant school ma‘am in agreeable rural drama, Plymouth,—Mme. Nazimova in Thsen’s “A Doll’s House.” The star‘a little more conventional than usual in good presentation of the much-discussed play, Princess." Ohy Lady! Lady!" by Messrs. Bolton, Wodehouse and Kern, Cheery and tuneful little girl-and-music show. Republic —" Parlor, Bedroom and Rath.” by Messrs. Swan, Very funny but not entirely refined farce, Shubert—" The Copperhead.” by Mr. Augustus Thomas, with M. Lionel Barrymore in the leading part. Interesting drama of Civil War times with the star's admirable depiction of an obscure hero of those days. Thirty-ninth Street—"" A Cure for Curables,” by Messrs. Biggers and Whitman, Satire in amusing comedy form directed at the doctors who make money rutting sanitariums, Viewer Colombier.—Fdith Wynne Matthison in “The Servant in the House,” by Dr. Chas. Rann Kennedy. Tract in play form dealing th the commercialism and hypocrisy of prelates of the Church of England, Winter Garden—"' Sinbad.” Glorification of the girl-and-music show as a restful relief from his fatigue for the t. b, m, Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic.—An exhilarating cabaret protest against the vice of early retiring. play, melodious ‘ery attractive musi Very Musical play, well done and having for the funny aspects of aviation, Well staged and well acted melodrama Bell and comicbooks.com