Life, 1922-06-15 · page 21 of 36
Life — June 15, 1922 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a theatre guide from *Life* magazine listing current Broadway shows with brief reviews. The single cartoon at bottom depicts anthropomorphized animals—a lion, what appears to be a bird or rooster, and other creatures—bowing to each other formally. The caption reads: "Is it coming to this? Only a bowing acquaintance with our allies." **The satire:** This likely references post-World War I diplomatic relations. The animal caricatures probably represent Allied nations (possibly Britain as the lion, France as the rooster—traditional national symbols). The joke expresses concern that former wartime allies are becoming distant, maintaining only superficial courtesy rather than genuine alliance. The cartoon suggests diplomatic relationships were cooling or becoming merely formal rather than substantive, a common post-1918 anxiety about fractured international partnerships. The specific date and context remain unclear without additional publication information.
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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 The Pat. Morosco—Crime melodrama in a recor) run, The Cit and the Canary. National.—Will keep you" spine cool at least. The Charlatan, Times Square-—More mur- der m. eYe Drun. of Jeopardy. Gaicty.—Reviewed in this is: Fanny Hawthorn, — Vanderbilt.—Honest drama caling with the single standard. The [fairy Ape. Plymouth.—A_ powerful and fy castic play by Eugene O'Neill, show- ing br:'c man in a blind alley. He \Vho Gets Slapped. Garrick.—Last week «’ Andreyev’s beautiful tragedy of the circus Lawiil Larceny. Republic.—Unimportant but incresting. Makers of Light, Neighborhood.—Reviewed in th ssue. The Nest. Forty-Eighth St—One of the most » ving plays of the season. Comedy and Things Like That Abic’s Irish Rose. awfu Bronx Express. Astor.—The makings of an effective dream-fantasy, badly handled. Captain Applejack. Cort—Wallace Eddin- Fulton.—Something ger and Mary Nash in a very amusing roman- tic burlesque. The Demi-Virgin, Eltinge.—Smoking-room drama. The Dover Road. Bijou.—Delightful Eng- lish comedy with Charles Cherry in the lead. The First Year. Little.—The dean of home plays. The French Doll. Lyceum.—Irene Bordoni and an excellent cast in a conventional story of marrying for money. The Goldfish. Maxine Elliott’s—A some- times amusing mixture of things, with Mar jorie Rambeau and Wilton Lackaye to help things out. Heads I Win. viewed later. Kempy. Belmont.—A very nice little play written and acted by Nugents. Kiki. Belasco.—Lenore Ulric in one of the outstanding performances of the season, Partners Again. Selwyn.—Potash and Perl- mutter with a new line of laughs. A Pinch Hitter. Henry Miller’s.—To be re- viewed next week. The Rotters. Thirty: worse. The Rubicon. Hudson.—Peeking over the transom. Six-Cylinder Love. Sam H. Harris. Earl Carroll—To be re- Vinth St—Couldn't be Truex and June Walker in a hilarious ac- count of automobiling in the suburbs. To the Ladies! Liberty—Several dignified American institutions kidded with delightful effect. Up the Ladder. Playhouse.—Clean, Eye and Ear Entertainment Blossom Time. Ambassador.—Good music, Chauve-Souris. Century Roof —A new gram by Russian singers and dane have become one of the fads of Good Morning, Dearie. Globe.—Still up in the lead among musical shows. Make It Snappy. Winter Garden.—Eddie Cantor in sober white face and much funnier than usual to our way of thinking, The Music Box Revue. Music Bos. vue which has established a standard. The Perfect Fool. George M. Cohan's.—Ed Wynn in a great deal of trouble. Red Pepper. Shubert.—Reviewed in this issue. The Rose of Stamboul. orate comic opera, with Tessa James Barton. Shuffle Along. Sir singers and dancers in their s the same stand. Ziegfeld’s Follies. New Amsterdam.—To be reviewed later. A re: Century.—Elab- Kosta and Is it coming to this? Only a bowing acquaintance with our allies. comicbooks.com