Life, 1922-12-14 · page 21 of 36
Life — December 14, 1922 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a **theatre review section** from Life magazine listing Broadway shows and their quality. The OCR'd text consists entirely of brief critical notices of plays and musicals—there is no political cartoon or satire to analyze. The accompanying illustration labeled "Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry" (No. 54) depicts **the Scott Family return with the day's catch**—a domestic scene showing a wealthy family arriving home with fish from fishing. This appears to be a humorous social commentary on industrialists' leisure activities, presenting them in an ordinary domestic moment rather than as powerful business figures. The reviews themselves use wit to evaluate shows: "Rain" is praised for revealing "all men are alike when they get their collars off"; "R.U.R." warns about mechanizing humanity; and several comedies are noted for addressing divorce and domestic themes popular in 1920s theatre. The page reflects postwar entertainment tastes rather than political satire.
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| More or Less Serious sist of Suez. Eltinge.—Torrid emotion- cma, giving Florence Reed, as the ceYamp, every home-wrecking oppor: ¢ Fool. Times Square.—Christ’s teach- ing. modernized and set forth in excessively dr tic trappings. Hamlet. Sam H. Harris —Reviewed in this issue Hospitality. Forty-Eighth St—The Equity s in a new sort of “mother play. The Law. Ritz.—To be reviewed next Last Warning. Klaw. — Something mystery plays. Bijou.—To be Lostening In. reviewed ¢ Love Child. George M. Cohan'’s.— h drama dealing with all the more emotions. Loyalties. Gaiety.—A straightforward play of absorbing interest. The Lucky One. Garrick.—Reviewed in this issue. The Merchant of Venice. be scviewed later, Rain, Maxine Elliott’s—A grim and gor- geous presentation of the truth that all men are alike when they get their collars off. agels excellent as the prostitute who Lyceum.—To proves it. Rose Bernd, Longacre.—Ethel_ Barrymore as the troubled peasant girl in Hauptmann’s tragedy. R. U. R. Frazee—Showing in a highly exciting’ fashion what will happen to our civilization. if we keep on reducing humanity to ermis of machinery. Six Characters in- Search of an Author. Proicess—Like nothing you have ever seen c, but don’t let that keep you away. vhispering Wires. Forty-Ninth St. — losing a neat method of murder. The World We Live In. Fifty-Ninth St— A hitter satire on modern life, slipped over in a spectacular manner by means of insect characters. Comedy and Things Like That bie's Irish Rose. Republic. there are the people who like this. The Awful Truth. Henry Miller —Ina Clore and Bruce McRae in divorce comedy which is very easy to listen to. The Beotleggers. Thirty-Ninth St—To be reviewed next week. ‘And then ‘ashions’ for Men. National.—To be re- virwed next week. Kiki, Belasco. forgetable cocotte. ‘Lenore Ulric as the un- Merton of the Movies. Cort.—A success- fy dramatization of the book, with Glenn Hunter adding a note of poignant pathos. Mike Angelo. later. The Old Soak. Plymouth.—Anti-Prohibi- ticn propaganda from a horrible but ingratiat- ing example, Morosco.—To be reviewed The Romantic Age. Comedy.—Reviewed in this issue. So This Is London. Hudson.—British and American characters acting according to the best funny-paper traditions. The Texas Nightingale. viewed in'this issue, Empire,—Re- Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. The Torch Bearers. Vanderbilt. — A hilarious evening for anyone who has been through amateur dramatics. Why Men Leave Home. room play with a moral. Eye and Ear Entertainment yiBetter Times. Hippodrome—Good and ig. Morosco.—Bed- Blossom Time. Century.—Real music which is showing them all up. The Bunch and Judy. Globe—To be re- viewed next week. Chauve-Souris. Century Roof.—Russian Sesdeviltc artists in naive and brilliant child’s- play. The nice. Greenwich Village Follies. Shubert.— Good for the eyes, with several coarse laughs from Savoy and Brennan and Jack Hazzard. The Lady in Ermine. Ambassador.—Reg- Gingham Girl. Earl Carroll_—Very ulation comic opera elaborately presented. _ Little Nellie Kelly. Liberty.—Fast-mov- ing. Liza. Daly's. later. ‘Negro show, to be reviewed Music Box Revue. Music Box.—Elaborate setting for Irving Berlin's music and a con- stantly improving program. Our Nell. later. Sally, Irene and Mary. Casino.—A good popular’ show. Springtime of Youth. Broadhurst.—Ty; cal musical comedy, Up She Goes. Playhouse.—Frank Craven's old “Too Many Cooks’ turned into a musi- cal show with considerable success. The Yankee Princ Knickerbocker.— Imported score which is above the average and well sung. Ziegfeld Follies. Rogers makes. it like Will Rogers. * Nora Bayes—To be reviewed New Amsterdam. —Will orth your while if you - INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 54, The Scott Family return with the day’s catch, comicbooks.com