Life, 1922-05-04 · page 21 of 34
Life — May 4, 1922 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine is a theater guide and review section for Broadway shows. The cartoon illustrates the page's satirical purpose: it depicts a Saturday night at "Dr. Humphrey's Specific dispensary"—a humorous reference to theater-going as a form of social medicine or cure. The cartoon shows well-dressed patrons in what appears to be a pharmacy or medical office, with dialogue about "short 87s" and prescriptions. The joke equates attending Broadway shows with medical treatment—theater as therapeutic entertainment for the urban elite. The surrounding text reviews current productions, mixing serious drama (*The Hairy Ape*, *He Who Gets Slapped*) with comedies and musicals (*Six-Cylinder Love*, *For Goodness Sake*). The reviews are brief, snide assessments typical of *Life*'s satirical voice, dismissing some offerings as "respectably stupid" or "hardly worth the trouble."
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19 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 The Bat. standing Bulldog drama » The Cat and the Canary. cr the minute. Morosco.—Murder mystery of long Knickerbocker.—Melo- Drummond. ared. National.—Fifty The Charlatan, Times Square—To be re- viewed later. The First Fifty Years. Princess.—Married life in six stages, portrayed by a cast of two people. The Green Ring. fooling, The Hairy Ape. Plymouth.—A powerful and bitter play by Eugene O very effectively done. Neighborhood.—Intellectual He Who Gets Slapped. Fulton.—The circus as the scene of a tragedy of considerable beauty. The Hindu. Comedy.—An off-shoot of “The Green Goddess” in the Oriental melodrama class. Lawful Larceny. Republic. — Unimpressive material made into something interesting if noth- ing els Montmartre. Belmont, — French importation which was hardly worth the trouble. The National Anthem. Henry Miller’s— Laurette Taylor in a little sermon on the evils of wine and song. The Nest. Forty-Eighth St.—A poignant play, excellently done. Comedy and T?sings Like That The Bronx Express. later. Astor.—To be reviewed Captain Applej burlesque romanticism. The suscep deli Cort.—Extremely amusing Czarina. Empire—Doris Keane as the le Catharine of Russia in some of her 1 affairs. The Demi-Virgin. ing makes you sick. The Dover Road. comed, Eltinge.—All right if noth- Bijou.—Delicious English with Charles Cherr: The First Year. Little. quite rightly so. Still in the lead and The French Doll. Lyceum.—A rather ordinary play with Irene Bordoni and an extraordinarily good cast The Goldfish. this issue. Kiki. Belasco.—Lenore Ulric in characterization of a little cocotte. Lady Bug. Madeleine and the Movies. Gaiety.—George M. Cohan and daughter in a swift arrangement of nothing much. The Rubicon. Hudson. — Not Parties, even of old friends. The Shadow. Klaw.—To be reviewed later. Six-Cylinder Love. Sam H. Harris.—Ernest Truex and June Walker in a lot of hilarious trouble over an automobile. To the Ladies! Liberty—Some of the most original comedy in town. The Truth About Blayds. Booth,—Excellent and amusing iconoclasm. Maxine Elliott's—Reviewed in a_ notable Apollo.—Reviewed in this issue. for theatre- Up the Ladder. Playhouse, — Old-fashioned play with a new-fashioned angle. Eye and Ear Entertainment Blossom Time. Ambassador.—Real music. Chauve-Souris. Forty-Ninth St. — Russian artists in an arrangement of old favorites. For Goodness Sake. Lyric.—The Astaires’ dancing is worth seeing. Good Morning, Dearie. around entertainment. The Hotel Mouse. Shubert.—Not much of a show but Frances White has some new songs. Just Because. Ear! Carroll—Respectably stupid. Letty Pepper. Vanderbilt—Charlotte Green- wood in another of the Letty series. Globe. — Good all- 89 may be fi ‘But i? for mine Make It Snappy. in this issue. Winter Garden.—Reviewed Marjolaine. Broadhurst.— Mary Hay in a charming musical version of “Pomander Walk.” The Music Box Revue. Music Box.—Now that the prices are down there really is no ex- cuse for not seeing it. The Perfect Fool. George M. Cohan’s.—Ed Wynn in a great deal of trouble. The Rose of Stamboul. Century.—Large mu- sical comedy well sung by Tessa Kosta, with James Barton for comedy purposes. Some Party. Fifty-Ninth St-—DeWolf Hopper and contemporaries in just a little something they got up. Tangerine. Casino—Julia Sanderson in what has been quietly running along as a big hit. ‘Two short 27s an’ a seidet of 94 Down where the 132 INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 35, Saturday night roughhouse at Dr. Humphrey’s Specific dispensary. comicbooks.com