Life — November 20, 1919 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Resuming Under Difficulties RAMATICALLY Lire has been rather shot to pieces by that invention of our highly perfected civilization led the strike. First the strike of the actors did y with anything to write about. Then, when the theatrical season was at the height of its ac- y, came along the printers’ strike and made writing useless through lack of space and uncertainty in time of publication. In the weeks covered by the printers’ strike there have been so many produc- tions that Lire could never catch up with them if to cach it gave the usual amount of space. To be fair all around and to give Lire's readers a comprchen- iew of the result of recent theatrical activities the Con- fidential Guide is considerably amplified and the attractions are described a little more at length. Even so it must not be relied upon too strongly and its statement as to the loca- tion and continuance of some of the cfferings should be verified by reference to the advertisements in the dail It is hoped t this precaution will not be long necessary as Lire expects shortly to be back on its regular schedule of publication. —Metcalfe. ad J EN SCONFIDEMHAL GUIDES AY A By Astor. —"East Is West,” by Messrs. Shipman and Hymer, with Fay Bainter as the star. Continuance of the long run of a well-acted and fairly interesting drama of Chinese- American life in San Francisco. Belasco.—"The Son-Daughter,” by M and Belasco. Notice later. Bijou.—"“His Honor Abe Potash,"" by Messrs. Montague Glass and J. E. Goodman, with Mr. Barney Bernard in the title role. Not quite up to the laugh-provoking standards of the Potash and Perlmutter comedies. Booth.—"Too Many Husbands,” by Mr. W. Somerset Maugham. Light, polite comedy, which opens charmingly and with considerable promise, but toward the end rather dwindles in interest. As husbands of the same charming wife, portrayed piquantly by Estelle Winwood, Messrs Lawrence Grossmith and Kenneth Douglass give us two of those distinguished juvenile types in comedy which the present generation of Ameri ‘tors find outside their powers. As Scarborough a whole the picce is slender, but diverting. Broadhurst.—"The Cri rs. Cohen and well staged. son Alibi,” by Me: ime melodran a Matinces of Mr. Irving Cobb's “Boys Will Be Boys, dramatized by Mr. C. O. Kennedy. An ingenuous rural comedy of boy life, introducing an admirable piece of charac- ter acting by Mr. Harry Beresford, a lovable creation, who has his first taste of pleas when he gets to be an old Messrs. Harbach and female seminary, girl-and-music n tunefulness and abounding in Friml. A very up-to-date show, above the avers “LIFE* the quality commonly diagnosed as “pep.” It shows Vivienne J, a bit matured, but still girlish and ‘sprightly, and also two excellent recruits from the legitimate stage, Lotta Lin- thicum and the always finished veteran artist, Mr W. J. Ferguson. Capitol. —Quite the latest word ia immensity and gorgeous- ness, devoted to moving pictures, music and cabaret features. Century. —Aphrodite,"" made into spectacle from the fa- mous novel of Pierre Louys. Notice later. Central.—*‘The Little Blue Devil." Girl-and-music show of the ordinary type, boasting Lillian Lorraine as its principal attraction. but not of the most refined kind. by Messrs. Biggers and Hirsch. Tune- ful and dainty musical piece, excellently staged Cohan and Harris—'The Royal Vagabond." vigorous and vivacious girl-and-music show Comedy.—"Fifty-Fifty, Ltd." The old farce, “All the Comforts of Home,” turned into a girl-and-music show with the usual accompaniments of ragtime, high-kicking, and numerous chorus young persons Cort —"‘Just a Minute Another cf the many gitl-and- music shows so like one another that it is a cause of wonder why anyone goes to the trouble and expense of producing new ones when the old ones would do quite as well Criterion Jn The Hiring Line," by Harriet Ford and Mr. Harvey O'Higgins. A really laughable and original light comedy, furnishing a novel but not entirely practical solution of the ever-present servant problem. Well acted by a judi- ciously-chosen company headed by Laura Hope Crews and Mr. Cyril Scott Empire. —"' Déclasée, Unusually by Zoé Akins. Drama of modern international society, convincing in plot and construction, except to a highly art: final death scene, evidently lugged in to give the star a chance for a stunt. Strong in interest and admirably cast, with the star part giving Ethel THE: REALM OF ENCHANTMENT comichooks.com