Life — November 4, 1920 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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thrown back for a loss of two weeks, all the time trying to sing the tune without its incredibly awful lyric. A good way to accomplish this is to keep repeating the words, “Just a Love Nest cozy and warm,” over and over in place of the rest of the words which were written for it. ~LIFE- But it isn’t a question of how long the popularity of “The Love Nest” will last. It is a question of how long the dancers will last at the present rate. And the Knickerbocker is one of our older the- atres. It can't stand much of the strain that its foundations are being put to nightly. Robert C. Bench Py CONFIDED DIP) GWE ing to the time it takes to. print Live, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attrac- tions at the theatres mentioned. Astor —* The Unwritten Chapter.” A play of Revolutionary times, showing the finan- cial assistance given the American cause by Haym Salamon, a Jewish banker. Good ma- terial cheaply trimmed. Belasco.—" One. Frances Starr playing the part of twin sisters who share a single soul. In spite of good staging and good act- ing, the illusion falls short by about a mile and a half, Belmont.— Little Miss Charity.” Such a clean musical comedy that one wonders how it can last so long. Bijou.—" The Skin Game.” Notice later. Booth. —“ Happy-Go-Lucky.” _ Boisterous comedy of English middle-class life, refined by a remarkable bit of characterization by O. P. Heggie. Broadhurst.—" The Guest of Honor.” A comedy of William Hodge, by William Hodge and for William Hodge Casino.—" Honeydew.” Music by Efrem Zimbalist, book by almost everyone who has ever written a musical comedy before. Good singing and dancing. Central— Afgar.” Notice later. Century. — “Mecca.” A__press-agent’s dream of superlatives all gathered together under one roof in the world’s most expen- sive spectacle. Century Roof —Elaborate revues at 8:30 and 11:30 Pp. M., with eating and dancing by the guests as added attractions. George M. Cohan's—" The Tavern.” Ro- manticism kidding itself in a burlesque for which the world has waited since ‘Drama began. Don't try it if you aren't likely to know a joke when you see one. Cohan and Harris.—“ Welcome, Stran- ger.” Rather commonplace comedy, but in- teresting exposition of Jewish vs. Yankee shrewdness. Comedy.—“ The Bad Man.” Holbrook Blinn as a charming bandit shooting up the Mexican border in benevolent fashion. Cort-—" Jim Jam Jems.” Vaudeville with- out the trained seals. Eltinge —" Ladies’ Night.” Showing what happens when three men find themselves in the wrong department of a Turkish bath. Just as crass as it sounds, and considerably more so. Empire. —“Call the Doctor.” An old comedy polished up to look like new, and presented by a much better cast than it de- serves. Forty-eighth Street-—" Opportunity.” The curse of women and Wall Street shown in a drama of business. Frazee.— The Woman of Bronze.” Mar- garet Anglin in an emotional part worthy of a better play, but decidedly worth seeing. Fulton.—* Enter Madam As the sea- son progresses this comedy stands out more clearly than ever as the leader in its class. Gaiety. —" Lightnin’.”. Plays may come and plays may go, but this comedy charac- terization of Frank Bacon's seems a per- ure. —“ Heartbreak House.” Notice —"Tip-Top.” You couldn't do much better for an evening's entertainment, unless you insist on brain-work as recrea- tion, Of course, you know that Fred Stone is in it, Henry Miller— Just: Suppose.” later. Hippodrome.—* Good Times.” A gigantic presentation of practically everything that a child can enjoy and that a grown-up ought to enjoy. Hudson.—“ The Meanest’ Man in the World.” A conventional business comedy brought out of George M. Cohan’s hat look- ing like a highly original and amusing play. Knickerbocker, —“ Mary.” Reviewed in this issue. Liberty.—“ The Half-Moon.” Notice later. Little-—" The First Year." Notice later. Longacre. — “Pitter-Patter.” Musical Notice 821 comedy built around the old Collier piece, the Rain.” Sic transit gloria y “ The Gold Diggers.” Ina Clai in a highly successful comedy of chorus-gir life. Lyric.— Kissing-Time.” of moderate value. Maxine Elliott's, — “Spanish Love.” A brilliantly colored presentation of several of our more prominent passions, with tenet accompaniment, Morosco.—“ The Bat.” alloyed crime and delight. name for it. Musical com: An evening of Mystery is no New Am rdam, —“ Hit mond Hitchcock's annual stars in a musical revue. Jul here this year among others. Nora Bayes.—" Three Live Ghosts.” An amusing and well acted comedy concerning three returning war veterans. Park.—" Bab.” Rev Playhouse-—" Ani crying aloud, but play. Plymouth.— Little Old New York.” Cos- tumes and names of 18:0 combined in a charming (but not too charming) comedy Princess.—" Blue Bonnet.” lent character-acting by appealing réle of a cowboy who never owned a gun. It could be a better cor y, but it couldn't be a much better single perform- ance. Punch and Judy.—" Because of Dress suits and epigrams, with a g of cynicism about women it is good in spots .—"The Lady of the Lamp.” and elaborate presentation of nee as seen through the moker. ickle Me.” music in town, a che and—oh, yes, t¢ Shub Sanderson is ‘wed in this issue. Ascends.” Alice Br tractively, for a better Some excel- nest Truex in the Helen.” at deal In spite of this, eyes Some of the who can sing rank Village Fol! revue, to the comedy The A comedy of temperame emotional reenwich Lavish and beautiful when you are not listening th Street. Palmer.” depicting the famous actress. Mrs. adventures of a Times Square.—" The Mir Florence Reed in one ¢ n- try girl who goes wrong in New York and her country lover who forgives all: Vanderbilt. — inty musical ¢ ahead just as if nothing Kad h Winter Garden, —" Broad?! Bert Williams in bad compan, tor in his clement Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic—Eating, danc ing and light laughter. Eddie Can comicbooks.com