Life — September 25, 1919 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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of that rare bird, a polite comedian. As a play and in performance, “ Adam and * js more than usually *QCANDAL" is not for little boys and girls, and, having voiced that warning, it is possible to say that it is avery well written comedy of strongly It is also a bedroom comedy farce—in which the sexual type. edroom —not a author travels on the very thinnest ice, breaking through occasionally, but, in the end, managing to get safely across. He is fortunate in having so manly an actor as Mr. Charles Cherry to interpret a character which, played with less good taste, might have made the play very ob- jectionable. And in Francine Larrimore the hero has an excellent foil, who, in spite of careless make-up and a tendency to imitate older favorites, makes the in- credible heroine seem real and certainly charming. Mr. William David and Alice Putnam are also in character, but the rest of the cast are carried by the play, instead of helping to give it finish. Adults who are not over-squeamish will fied a lot of amusement in “ Scandal,” and will be able to forget the League of Nations for a little while. Metcalfe. Astor.—" East Is West.” by Messrs. Ship- man and Hymer, with Fay Bainter as the star. Life in San Francisco as it touches the Chinese shown in picturesque drama, Bijow.—" An Exchange of Wives, Mr. Cosmo Hamilton, Notice later. Booth—" The Better ‘Ole. The funny side of soldiering in the British trenches and thereabouts during the late war. Broadhurst—" The Crimson Alibi,” jessrs, Cohen and Broadhurst. ‘Crit melodrama of the good old Bo: pe A Lonely Romeo,” ‘land-music show with good Measure of the usual qualifications, Century.—" Cha Chin Chow.” Ali Baba’ spectacle. ond Harris. Gorgeous —"The Royal Vaga- More than ‘usually vivacious girl: comes, Up From Nowhere.” by lessrs. ngton and Wilson. See above. < Cort—" A Regular Feller,” by Mr. Mark Swa © above. Forty Street.—" Those Who in Darkness,” by Mr. Owen Davis. later Lfert h Street.—" Shubert Gai Large “girland-music show featuring Nora layes 1rdtltou—" John Ferguson,” by St, Tohn tvine. Powerful and very well acted Irish drama, Lightnin’,” by Messrs. Winchell MISS DE LA VERA, We'D LIK YOUR MEMOIRS FOR PUBLICATION.” “WELL, OF ALL THE N Walter. ceably acted ma thre some side-li on the bunco of the so called social revolution. Shubert—“Oh, What a Girl!” Girland music show with a farcical plot Thirty-ninth Street. "by Mr. Cosmo Hamilton, See Smith and Frank Bacon, Reno and_ its Vanderbilt,—" She Would and She, Did.” divorce activities made laughable in well by Mr. Mark Reed, with Grace George acted character comedy. See above, Harris,—" The Dancer,” by Mr, Edward Winter Garden. —“ Monte Cristo, Jr." Locke. N -e later, The kina of girl-and-music Henry Miller’s—" Lusmore,” by Rita Ob cott. See above. Hippodrome. —“ Happy Days." Notice later. Hudson. —" Clarence.” by Mr, Rooth Tarkington. Notice later. Longacre.—" Adam and. Eva.” by Messrs Bolton and Middleton, See above, Lyric.—"" The Five Million,” by Messrs. Rolton and Mandel. Comedy dealing amus ingly with the returned-soldicr question. Manhattan,—“ Friendly Enemies.” Inter: esting comedy drama of now obsolete Ger: man-American conditions during the late war Marine Elliott's. —" First Ts_ Last." by Messrs pman and Wilde. Notice later. / forosco.—" Civilian Clothes,” by Mr. Thompson Buchana later Norah Bayes. v Fol. lies.” Girl-anden jusions to New York’s infected district. Playhouse, —* At by Mr, Owen Davis. irly ingenious er: melodrama. Plymouth. — by Mr S Benelli, with nand Li Barrymore, 1 drama, adn J ably staged Princess. - and Matthews. jehtie Night," by See above, Stanley 549 TACTLE:S & TO MAKE A CONTRACT WITH You To WxiTe ERVE! DO 1 LOOK LIKE A MAS-neeN?” Voice in the Dark,” by Murder-mystery drama, Dyar The Challenge,” by Mr. Eug Here! BOTMEKIN' THEM BEES! Former (to city nephew) : stor comicbooks.com