Life, 1921-12-15 · page 21 of 34
Life — December 15, 1921 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **theatre review and entertainment listing** for Broadway shows, not a political cartoon. It includes two sections: **Left column:** Capsule reviews of current plays organized by tone—"More or Less Serious" (featuring shows like Eugene O'Neill's *Anna Christie*), "Eye and Ear Entertainment" (musicals), and "Comedy and Things Like That." These are brief critical assessments helping readers choose what to see. **Right side:** An illustrated feature titled "Eine Christmas Fantasy" (A Christmas Fantasy) showing a whimsical Christmas tree decorated with theatrical masks, lanterns, and stage props. The German subtitle "Alt Nürnberg macht foolishness mit Tannenbaum" (Old Nuremberg makes foolishness with Christmas tree) appears to reference traditional German Christmas imagery while making a light joke about theatrical excess during the holiday season. This is a practical entertainment guide for prosperous urban readers seeking cultural recommendations—typical of Life magazine's appeal to educated, theatre-going audiences in the early 1920s.
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Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily news- papers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less Serious Ambush. Belmont—A gray drama of New Jersey tragedy, well done. Anna Christie. Vanderbilt—Remark- able characterization by Pauline Lord in a play by Eugene O'Neill. The Bat. Morosco.—Popular crime. A Bill of Divorcement. Times Square. Th: new generation comes into its own in this depressing but powerful play. The Claw. Broadhurst—Lionel Barry- more at his best in a regulation French drama. The Green Goddess.” Booth—Well- wor!) melodrama made new by George Arlis Liliom. _Fulton——Nothing distinctive eno has been produced this season to challenge the position of this remarkable fant of realism. The Madras House. Play \ delightfully acter as it should be. The Silver Fox. Maxine iott’s. \Villium Faversham in polite divorce pro- ceedinus. The Varying Shore. ed next week. Wandering Jew. Knickerbocker. —Elshorate spectacle beginning at 8:30 and Jasting several centuries. Neighborhood wordy play Hudson—To be Comedy and Things Like That Thirty-Ninth St. thousands and thousands of peo- ple who like William Hodge. Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife. I Claire in a play of French dormitory life. B re of Dogs. There are Ritz —Ina The Circle. Selwyn—A real play for people who do not believe in fairies, pre- sentel by an all-star cast including John Drew and Mrs. Leslie Carter. Duley. Frazce—The eager. wife who tries to help her husband in his business, made into a refreshingly new character for our stage by Lynn Fontamne. _ Everyday. Bijou—An_ excellent cast in ove of Rachel Crother’s inspirational iract The First Year. Little. recommended to almost everyone doesnt mind laughing now and then. The Grand Duke. Lycewm—French con of the conventional school, with Lionel Atwill in the leading réle. The Great Broxopp. Punch and Judy. —Bnitish fun, rather heavily hammered in. The Intimate Strangers. Henry Mill-’s—Billie Burke in a nice little thing by Sooth Tarkington. Just Married. Nora Bayes.—Low stufi. but undeniably funny in spots. Lilies of the Field. Klaw—A clumsy play about amusingly kept women. Six-Cylinder Love. Sam H. Harris.— Ernest Truex in a highly amusing comedy of suburban automobiling. May be who Main Street. National.— Many who didn’t like the novel will like the play. Thank You. Longacre. — Evangelical drama at its best. The Wife With a Smile. Reviewed in this issue. Garrick.— Eye and Ear Entertainment Bombo. — Jolson’s Fifty-Ninth St.— Al Jolson is in good form but in poor company. Blossom- Time. Ambassador. — For those who still have an ear for music. Get Together. Hippodrome.— What “Christmas vacation” means to the chil- dren. Good Morning, Dearie. Globe——As good a musical comedy as has been seen here for a long time. Greenwich Village Follies. —Nice on the eyes, anyway. The Music-Box Revue. —Sell the automobile and go. The O’Brien Girl. Liberty. — Pretty music gracefully rendered. The Perfect Fool. George han’s—Reviewed in this issue. Sally. New Amsterdam.—Now in its second year, showing what a good word from this department will do for a show Tangerine. Casino—Julia, Sanderson and John Hazzard in a musical comedy which is above the average. Shubert. Music Box, M. Co- Kottetel ba ping Bois unc Yack” Heilige - Eine Christmas Fantasy Alt Niirnberg macht foolishness mit Tannenbaum comicbooks.com