Life — May 6, 1920 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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nurturing and caref are always duds. He tries so hard, and is so eager to please, that Jures might well call for tears from audience, if it was not so But, for once, Ed. Wynn fallen short of his goal. He has tried to produce a good entertainment in his and he has unquestionably ORD nouncement of Mr. Diilingham e dollars will be the pvox- office price for one good seat tc the next Fred Stone show is not so revolutionary asit Five dollars has for a long tine 4 the price of a good seat to a Fred Stone show and to most other Broad successes, only it has never been so advertised because you had to pay the five dollars to an agency. It 1 comfort if one could be sure seat could really be had for Five dollars will be an the box-office price for the it when you go to the box- vill find that there are no best nd by the time you have in e clerk in the ticket agency re two for you, there will be prac- nothing left of fifteen dollars but a faint But you can't blame Mr. Dillincham, And so long as people will elbow cach other out of line to pay high price r seats, he and the other pro- ntitled to all that they can get Robert C. Benchley, jokes. in spite of solicitoy | editing. would I roma, Owing to the time wu takes to pr readers should verity trom the da fopers the continuarce of the attractions at the theatres mentioned, Astor East Is West." The second sea son of a Chinese girl's romantic adventures with the English language and San Francisco yout Belasco.— The Son-Daughter.". The first cf a similar Chinese girl's romantic d with the English language and N-w# York revolutionists. _ Belmont ~* The Passion Flower.” ish peasout tite portrayed in a | by Nance O'Neil. Very. tragic. Bijou. —* The Ouija Board.” and crime blended in a novel + Booth. —“ Not So Long Ago.” later. Broadhurst, —** Smilin’ Cowl with a sent returned spirits, all of whom wear Civil War period costumes charmingly Cas!no.—" Betty, Be Go Notice later. Century “FI dora.” A revival of the old success. with two extra sextettes and a new joke added to bring it up to date. Central.—" As You Were.” Sam Bernard Irene Rordoni. with m Cohan.—" The Hottentot,” William Col. lier has bad time with a horse and causes considerable lasebter. Cohan and Harris cleverly worked-out m; cellent acting. Comedy. —“ My Lady Friends." Clifton Crawford in a broad but very funny farce involving a catchy so Cort—"* Abraham Incidents ta Civil War history, ma by a deli- cate dramatization anc nt “acting. Empire. — Ethel Barrymore in a remar characterization of a high- born Englishwoman socially banished to America, Forty-cighth Street—" The Storm.” Virile y of the Canadian Northwest. full of hearty shakes and a big forest fire, with a dash villainy. The Acquittal.” A stery dramia, with ea MY DEAR, WHY bo you © WE CAN HEAR HIM IF HAVE SUCH A HIGH BED FOR YOUK LITTLE poy HE PALLS OUT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SOUND SLEEVERS MY HUSBAND AND I are!” Street—" Look Who's Here.” based on Cecil Lean and Forty-four A_ musical shor Cleo Mayfield. Fulton, —“ The Greenwich Village, Old wine in an ¢ Gaiety.—" Lightnin’.” Frank Racon in a record-breaking r giving a new character type to the American st Garrick English middle class virtues an to a strong Ronchead. free verse Notice ich Village.—" Sophie." A_ story usually told between red covers in subserip: ditions cleve natized viva ciously acted by E tevens in attractive costumes, Henry Milter’s—"* The Famous Mrs. Fai with Blanche Rates and Holbrook Bltnn. Satire directed at the pubtic activities of the Hippodrom “Happy Da A great deal of entertainment at box-office prices Hudson.—* Clarence.” An unt comedy, dealing with American y its parents Knickerbocker,—" dy of Cape Cod. Liberty. — “The Night Boat Musical show, featuring Ada Lewis and John Haz Little —" Beyond the Horizon.” A tragedy of American farm !{e, sell written and well acted, Lonoccre.—* Adam and Eva.” man cures his family of extravagance, resultant love complications. Lyceum.—" The Gold Diggers.” If you have influence with a ticket agency you may get to sce this popular comedy of chorus-girl life in which Ina Cla Lyrie.—"* What show in which layed by the pi Madison Squ Ringling Brothers Circus mnplies, Marine Elliott's, —" The Letter of the Taw.” Lionel Barrymore effectively portray ing the inexorable art unjust course of French law Moro: Sacred and Profane Love.” A drama of unconventional love and the cocaine needle. played with a saving delicacy by erg Amsterdam. —" Fd. See above. Nora Bayes.— Lassie.” A musical comedy with exceptional'y tuneful_ music Rutaigore.” Contin of what was t» have been a one-week revival of this too ‘or g-neglected Gilbert and Sullivan opera Playho - “The Thing.” Jeanne Eagles in love Very sweet. Plymouth.—" Three the South, with music. Princess.—" Mrs. Ji farce involving boarding-b an amusing manne Punch and Judy.—* The Hole in the Wall.” Martha Hedman, very attractive and all mixed up with lism and crime Republ The Sign on the Door,” with Marjorie Rambeau. A mystery play in which the audience and the murderer are the only ones who know who fired the shot. S * Buddies.” Tuneful comedy, dealing with life in the remnan he ALE F. in. France. Thirty-ninth Str — “ Scandal.” sex lines, cleverly spoken Vanderb “Irene.” “Recommended tonic for those who feel discouraged a usical comedies, ‘er Garden.—"* The Passing Show You know very yell what it is like Midnight Fro Enterta with a side order of food. ally clever Shavings.” Genial come A business with — Rarnum-Railey- All that the name Wynn's Carni. Wonderful propaganda, Showers." All about Thompson.” A © characters in Smart comicbooks.com