Life, 1922-03-02 · page 21 of 34
Life — March 2, 1922 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily a **theatre review guide** for Broadway productions, not a political cartoon. It lists current shows with brief critical assessments, organized by category: "More or Less Serious," "Comedy and Things Like That," and "Eye and Ear Entertainment." The single illustration depicts a domestic scene labeled "INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 26: Mr. Heins prepares a little salad for his guests." This appears to be gentle satirical commentary on wealthy industrialists, humorously showing one at a trivial domestic task. The cartoon pokes fun at the contrast between these powerful business figures and everyday housework. The page serves primarily as entertainment guidance rather than political satire, reflecting Life's role as a cultural/theatrical publication of the 1920s era.
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More or Less Serious Anna Christie. M’anderbilt.—Pauline Lord su: perb in Eugene O'Neill’s drama of the sea. Back to Methuselah. Garrick—To be re- viewed ‘ater. The Bat. Morosco,—Particularly excellent crime A bl of Divorcement. Times Square—A jestw. problem forcefully handled, with Allan Polle the leading rdle. Bull oy Drummond. Knickerbocker.—All your favorit. melodramas rolled into one, giving op for limitless hissing and cheering. at and the Canary. National.—Reviewed sue. Thirty-Ninth St—Fun ameng the Deluge. Plymouth.—An exceedingly in- satire on what someone has called ratur Sands. Princess.—Eight hundred sion running wild in the desert. Norm.) Trevor is mixed up in it somehow. Drit\ing. Playhouse—Through China with bur camera. He Who Gets Slapped. Fulton.—Andreyev's beau | tragedy of a clown, enhanced by the The Guild’s production. The Law Breaker. Booth.—William Courtenay in an important sociological problem, not so im- portant as drama, however. Lawful Larceny. Republic—A good cast in | what ght to be a very bad play but which som w isn’t. National Anthem. Henry Miller.—To be 1 later in pamphlet form by the Amer- act Society for distribution among the ; and jazzers of our degenerate age. Un- tely, Laurette Taylor’s redeeming pres- 1 not be transferred to a pamphlet. Nest, Forty-Eighth St.—Reviewed in this Pigeon. Greenwich Village.—Reviewed in Rubicon, Hudson.—To be reviewed next The White Peacock. Comedy.—An intense of- feriv by Madame Olga Petrova Comedy and Things Like That Captain Applejack. Cort—Wallace Eddinger and Mary Nash in delightful_burlesque. Tie Czarina. Empire.—Historical comedy ma‘: extremely pleasant by Doris Keane. The Demi-Virgin. Eltinge—You usually out- gro» this kind of thing in the fourth grade. The Dover Road. Bijou.—Charles Cherry and support making the most of a very amusing 1ctish comed: icy. Frazee.—Last two weeks of Lynn tanne in this clever smack in the eye of ral sacred American institutions. The First Year. Little.—Frank Craven and epoch-making comedy of family life. Just Married. Nora Bayes.—Some very funny nutes in an ordinary bed-room farce. Kiki. Belasco.—A Parisian cocotte brought to 1 with great success by Lenore Ulric. lies of the Field. Klaw.—Kept-women who se ctimes say amusing things. adame Pierre. Ritz.—To be reviewed next The Mountain Man. Marine Elliott's—A pleosantly ‘tepid little play, with Sidney Blackmer to ake it better. Cylinder Love. Sam H. Harris—The suburban automobile problem hilariously set forth by Ernest Truex, June Walker and excellent support, 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. Thank You. Longacre.—Propaganda for un- derpaid parsons made interesting. next week. To the Ladies. Liberty.—To be reviewed next Get Together. Hippodrom Firm as a rock week. in the midst of world heavals, ° Good Morning Deari Globe.—First-class mu- Eye and Ear Entertainment sical comedy. Blossom Time. Ambassador—Franz Schu- Marjolaine, Broadhurst—Charming music in bert’s melodies arranged witl The Blue Kitten. Selwyn raine. worth a lot of money). The Blushing Bride. Astor.—Another. The Perfect Fool. George M. Cohan’s,—Ed Bombo. Fifty-Ninth Street.—A great deal of | Wynn in his element. Al Jolson. Pins and Needles. Shubert.—English revue Chauve Souris. Forty-Ninth St—Russian with occasional good features. singers and dancers in colorful vaudeville. Sally. N. For Goodness’ Sake. Lyric.—To be reviewed opened recent next week, Tangerine. Casino.—Richard Frank Fay’s Fables. Park.—Another “‘inti- Sanderson and some nice music. mate” revue. Up in the Clouds. Forty-Fourth St.—Not bad. INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 26, Mr, Heinz prepares a little salad for his guests, The French Doll. Lyceum.—To be reviewed hout offense. serted in the book of “Pomander Walk.” Staple musical The Music Box Revue, Music Bor—It costs comedy, with Joseph Cawthorn and Lillian Lor- @ lot of money, but is worth it (if any revue is Amsterdam.—The Paris branch Carle and Julia comicbooks.com