Life, 1921-11-17 · page 21 of 34
Life — November 17, 1921 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily a **theater guide** listing Broadway shows and reviews from what appears to be the early 1920s. The main cartoon illustrates the caption "Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry: No. 13—Retiring Time at Mr. and Mrs. Fisk's." The satire depicts wealthy industrialists (the Fisks) at bedtime in an absurdly grand mansion—figures laboriously climbing an enormous staircase, preparing for sleep with exaggerated formality. The joke mocks the excessive wealth and ostentatious lifestyles of America's industrial elite, treating mundane domestic activities as if they were epic undertakings requiring tremendous effort and elaborate pageantry. This reflects *Life* magazine's satirical stance critiquing the conspicuous consumption and pretensions of the rich during the Jazz Age. The cartoon series appears ongoing ("No. 13"), suggesting regular mockery of wealthy industrialists' daily lives as comedic fodder for the magazine's audience.
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Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily news- bapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less Serious Ambush. Garrick.—Gray tragedy of a Jersey City clerk, well done. Anna Christie. Vanderbilt—To be re- viewed next week, The Bat. Morosco—Murder mystery that iv a mystery. A Bill of Divorcement. Times Square. —A strong drama dealing with hereditary insanity, excellently acted. Blood and Sand. Empire.—Otis Skin- ner in a four-act fight with a bull, losing heavily. The Claw. Broadhurst—A translation from the French which Lionel Barrymore makes into a play worth seeing. Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting. Plymouth. —Quniet domestic tragedy, with Marjorie Ramlcau at her best. The Grand Duke. viewed next week, The Green Goddess. Booth—George \rliss as a slick rajah in old ioned melodrama. The Hero. Belmont.—A good presen- tation of a daring idea. Liliom. Fulton—Unique among the plays of both this season and last. The Silver Fox. Maxine Elliott's—A Lyceum, To be re- goo’ cast, headed by William Faversham, drawing-room infidelities. The Straw. Greenwich Village—To be Reviewed later. The Wandering Jew. Knickerbocker— Reviewed in this issue. Comedy and Things ‘Like That Beware of Dogs. Thirty-Ninth St— William Hodge as William Hodge. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife. Rits.—Bed- room play, with Ina Claire, not very far from the French, The Circle. Selwyn—John Drew and Mrs. Leslie Carter in a delightful play for grown-ups, Duley. Frasee—American _conversa- tional and business methods satirized in one of the season’s most amusing plays. The First Year. Little—Frank Cra- ven’s epic of the unimportant, now in its second year. Golden Days. Gaicty—To be reviewed next week, Just Married. Nora Bayes—Lynne Overman makes funny an otherwise very common farce. _ Main Street. National—A dramatiza- tion of the novel, for those who didn’t get around to finishing the book. The Night Cap. Bijou.— Murder comedy. Oh! Marion. Playhouse.—A gentle play of slight significance. Only 38. Cort—Very sweet. _Six-Cylinder Love. Sam H. Harris.— Ernest Truex in a highly amusing en- counter with an automobile. The Six-Fifty. is issue. Thank You. Longacre.—Propaganda for under-paid preachers, well acted and excellent if you like that sort of thing. Hudson.—Reviewed in Eye and Ear Entertainment Bombo. Jolson’s Fifty-Ninth St—Al Jolson in good form, but not much else. Blossom Time. Ambassador.—The best music in town, adapted from melodies of Franz Schubert. Get Together. Hippodrome.—More tal- ent, less scenery and less admission’ price than in former years. Good Morning, Dearie. viewed in this issue. Globe.—Re- Greenwich Village Follies. —Beautiful to look at. , Love-Dreams. Apollo.—“A play. The Music Box Revue. Music Box.— Expensive and pretty near worth it, what with William Collier, Sam Bernard, Flor- ence Moore, etc. The O’Brien Girl. little show. Sally. New Amsterdam—Everyone has seen it now anyway. Shuffle Along. Sixty-Third St—Negro singers and dancers who enjoy their work tremendously. Tangerine. Casino—Julia Sanderson and Jack Hazzard in a pleasant musical comedy, with the music better than the comedy. Shubert. melody Liberty—A nice INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 13.—Retiring Time at Mr. and Mrs. Fisk’s. comicbooks.com