Life — June 2, 1921 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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Tune 2 s certainly not made clear at the Columbia Theatre, where ek-a-Boo” has settled down for the summer. True, there are rough spots in the dialogue, but nothing that Mr. Avery Hopwood wouldn't consider baby talk. And if we can take “ The Tyranny of Love” seriously, there is no reason why we shouldn't stand for “ Peek-a-Boo.” At least in “ Peek- aBoo” they know they are funny about it. And aside from the comparatively few moments of what you generally think of as “ burlesque show,” the performance at the Columbia is much more consistently amusing than most of its refined colleagues on Broadway. It has More or Less Serious Bat. Morosco. — Nerve-shattering clodrama which should not be missed. Clair de Lune. Empire-—Last chance to tee Ethel and John Barrymore before they vecomie professionals again. The CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned, plexing combination of tragedy and The Gold Diggers. 3 has left the cast, but it still yoes on. Jost Married. Shubert—You laugh at a great many things that shouldn't be laughed at, chiefly because of Lynne Overman. 8or Bobby Clark, who appeals to your correspondent as being as funny a buffoon as has bi His lion taming act and the affair in the hotel room caused these old sides, en seen, long static, even through many moments of Leon Errol, to shake again with youthful hysteria. It may be because we went expecting noth- ing but crude clowning and were surprised into enthusiasm by Clark's methods, but whatever the cause, we came out with the feeling of having had one of the season's few hearty laughs. Of course, “ Peek-a-boo” is imitation Broadway, but for that matter so is most of Broadway itself. Robert C. Benchley. 8 \ readers should verify from the ~~ mee 2S farce, The Tavern. Hudson —George M.’ Cohan in person now riding at the head of his tri- umphant burlesque. Toto. Bijou.—Second-rate French stuff, with Leo Ditrichstein supplying a certain amount of tone m—Ina Claire | Deburau. Belasco.—Good poctic costume- Ladies’ Night. Eltinge—Propaganda for Welcome Stranger. Sam H. Harris— if you don’t mind the rhyme. The the stage censor. Rustic comedy of business methods and race- scenery is Tealistic anyway. Lightnin’, Goiety—If it lasts through its Prejudice, made interesting by George Sid- Gold. Frazee—To be reviewed next third summer it ought to be a hit. Rey's acting. week Little Old New York. Plymouth.—Pretty F The Green Goddess. Booth —The Hima- tittle thing, all in 1810 costumes Eye and Ear Entertainment jayas the scene of melodramatic hokum * " al The Belle of New York. Winter Garden. rave ever seen it before. George Arliss is Goi ent gully handled by an excellent cast. Century Midnight Rounders. Century —The goings-on of Koof.—A long trip and late hours, consider- ‘Ferguson. Garrick —The Theatre st success brought back to join its st in a triumphant trilogy our young Nice People. Kaz Set entertainingly portrayed un- til they begin to reform. ing what you get Golden Gate Revels, viewed next week Globe.—To be re- Liliom. Fulton—A_ splendid fantasy- Rollo’s Wild Oat. Punch and Judy—A e rama, showing what happened to a delicate bit of hot weather comedy which Honeydew. Casino.—The successful Zim- ck ‘who died and went to heaven. has lasted all winter, thanks to Roland balist musical comedy back again after ne of the season's big events, Miss Lalu Bett. Bel- — Remarkable wn characteriza- de from Zona ale’s novel. The Tyranny of Love. An all-star cast its time on a classic of marital thenia. [Comedy and Things Like That | Bad Man. Ritz. ¥ eok Blinn as the Ex baadit still going strong The Broken Wing. Fort, ghth St—Popu lar combination of avia cn, amnesia and Mexi can trouble The Champion. Long- lillions of people hat just this sort is very funny ays have thought Ve can endorse rant Mitchell, anyway The First Year, Little A sreat many unim. ortant items of home + together in one \niK NNN of funniest plays of The Ghost Between. ty Ninth St—Arthur ron and a good idea mixed up with a per- Young and the author, Clare Kummer. LOUISE CLOSSER MALE AND CARROLL M’COMAS 1n “* vacation. Irene. Vanderbilt, — Showi: what a dain little show can do once it puts its mind to it, The Last Waltz. Cen- tury —A combination of Straus music, delight- fully sung, and good ele- mentary comedy Love Birds. Apollo.— Pat Rooney and some other people entertaining Pat Rooney fans. June Love. Knicker- bocker—Harmless, occasional mome: Johnny Dooley. Phoebe of Quality Street. Shubert, — Per- fectly awful. The Right Girl. es Square.—Read the adver. tisements this show and see how good it is. Amster- the pre musical comedy of the season. Snap Shots of Seley ater, Two Little Girls in Blue. George M. Cohan —Some nice dancing by the Fairbanks Twins and their boy friends, and not a bad book. 1921, —To be reviewed MISS LULU BRETT.” comicbooks.com