Life, 1922-03-09 · page 21 of 34
Life — March 9, 1922 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a **theater review section** from Life magazine, listing Broadway shows with brief critical assessments. The cartoon at the bottom, captioned "Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry," shows **Dr. John Woodbury demonstrating his facial soap** to an audience of well-dressed men and women. The satire is straightforward: it mocks the exaggerated advertising claims of the era by calling soap manufacturers "Generals of Industry" and presenting a product demonstration as if it were a serious scientific or military achievement. The cartoon ridicules both the grandiose marketing language of 1920s consumer goods and the gullibility of the audience watching intently. The reviews above reference contemporary Broadway hits like Al Jolson's *Bombo*, George M. Cohan's *The Perfect Fool*, and *Shuffle Along* (notably one of the first successful all-Black Broadway musicals). The casual critical tone—"All right if you haven't anywhere else to go"—captures Life's sardonic theater criticism style.
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Entia 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 A Christie. Vanderbilt-—Eugene O'Neill's a val-barge life made memorable by Paul. acting. B. to Methuselah. Garrick.—To be reviewed Morosco.—Staid and in its second year. Drummond. Knickerbocker. — An hilarious excitement. tand the Canary. Naticnal.—Four chills e, followed by nervous collapse. I Thirty-Ninth St—Intimate glimpses sual life of our two-footed friends: Deluge. Plymouth.—Highly ankind in general. D. Sands. Prince. it. T Bat established interesting Norman Trevor in Playhouse.—Robert Warwick and nken bumming around China, He Who Gets Slapped. Fulton the circus, at times a bit nebulous Andreyev’s but tiful. T w Breaker. Booth.—Pretty fairly ham. 1 Larceny. Republic—Ham but inter- t National Anthem. Henry Miller’s.— Taylor saves it from being just an or. Nest. Forty-Eighth St—As well-acted and 1a play as there is in town. Pigeon. Green’ Pleasant but lative in it The White Peacock. Comedy.—Olga Petrova q her natural talents under high pressure. Comedy and Things Like That n Applejack. Cort. rtainment, with Wall c A deservedly popu- dinger. Czarina. —Doris Keane in history ¢ Demi-Virgin. Eltinge.—Probably the only seen this season by the Rev. John Roach The Dover Road. Bijou.—Ex' E h featuring Charl emely pleasant Cherry medy, Duley. ast week in New York of ghly successful comedy The First Year. Little——Apparently inexhaust- its appeal to the normal citizer The French Doll. Lyceum.—To be next week Just Married, Nera Bayes. reviewed Common bed-room f very funny in- Belasco—Lenore Ulric as a_ little n chorusgirl. One of the season's nota- terizations. Madame Pierre. Ritz.—Reviewed in this issue. The Mountain Man. Marine Elliott's —Not much of a play but Sidney Blackmer contributes something worth while. The Rubicon. Hudson.—Reviewed in this issue, Six-Cylinder Love. Sam H. Harris.—Amusing age’ly of suburban life, with Ernest Truex and J Valker in a great deal of trouble. Thank You. Longacre—What is known as goo, clean fun.” To the Ladies. Eye and Ear Entertainment Blossom Time. Ambassador.—The music is lapted from Franz Schubert's melodies, so. you can count on that anyway, Liberty.—Reviewed in this The Blue Kitten. Se/wyn.—Elaborate musical show on French 1920 model. The Blushing Bride. Astor.—All right if you haven't anywhere else to go. Bombo. Fifty-Ninth St—Al Jolson in a show which doesn’t have to be any better so long as he is in it. Chauve Souris. Forty-Ninth St— performance of several familiar numbers ani others more exotic by a group of Russian artists. For Goodness’ Sake. Lyric.—To be reviewed next week. Frank Fay’s Fables. Park.—Frank Fay direct. ing his own show from the aisle. Get Together. Hippcdrome.—Just the ane: Good Morning Dearie. Globe.—A darned nice musical comedy. Marjolaine. Broadhurst.—Dainty and_tuneful, with Peggy Wood and the book of “Pomander Walk.” The Music Box Revue. Music Box—If you don’t care how much you spend on the theatre, this is worth it. The Perfect Fool. George M. Cohan’s.— Wynn busy every minute of the time. Pins and Needles. Shubert.—English revue which has its good points. The Rose of Stamboul. viewed next week Sally. New Amsterdam— Century—To be re- Needs no help here. Shuffle Along. Sixty-Third — St.—Incredible energy displayed by Negro singers and dai Tangerine. Casino.—Julia Sanderson in a good shew Up in the Clouds. Forty-Fourth St.—Lots worse than this hi got away with it. | ey INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 27. Dr. John Woodbury and his assistant give a startling demonstration of the efficacy of his facial soap. comicbooks.com