Life, 1923-01-11 · page 21 of 36
Life — January 11, 1923 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This is a theatre listings and reviews page from Life magazine, circa early 1920s. The main content consists of two sections: brief critical reviews of Broadway theatrical productions, divided into "More or Less Serious" dramas and "Comedy and Things Like That," plus an "Eye and Ear Entertainment" section covering musicals and revues. The cartoon at bottom, captioned "Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry, No. 56: Mr. Alfred Dunhill takes out his naturalization papers," depicts a man in formal dress at what appears to be an immigration office, surrounded by officials and onlookers. The humor targets wealthy industrialists undergoing citizenship procedures—suggesting satire about newly wealthy businessmen gaining formal American status. The cartoon's tone implies gentle mockery of the formality and bureaucratic process such prominent figures must endure, equating business success with a kind of "arrival" in America.
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19 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. More or Less Serious The Fool. Times | Square.—The Testament in ten-twent’-thirt’. Gringo. Comedy.—Predatory love-making 1 mining in Mexico. “The Bad Man” 23 model. Hamlet. Sam H. Harris—John Barry- more making Hamlet human. It Is the Law. Ritz—Type A. rse-action mystery play. Johannes Kreisler. Apollo.—Reviewed in this issue. The Last Warning. Klow.—The word in trick murder drama. Listening In. Bijou.—Showing that you can push an cetoplasm too far. The Love Child. George M. Cohan'’s.— Several French emotions on the loose. Loyalties. Gaicty.—A real play, acted as it should be. The Masked Woman. ) this issue. The Merchant of Venice. be reviewed later. The Moscow Art Theatre. Fifty-Ninth St.—Famous Russian actors in repertoire aii Marine Elliott’s—Jeanne Eagels in thrillingly strong medicine. New Re- last Lyceum—To Romeo and Juliet, Longacre.—Ethel Rarrymore as the first of the season's Julicts. U. R.. Frazee.—An intensely inter- ng fantastic drama dealing with the prob- extinction of mankind. Characters in Search of an Author. Princess,—Metaphysics made palatable by a leverly-handled dramatic stunt. The Tidings Brought to Mary. Gar- ick—To be reviewed next week. Will Shakespeare. National—To be re viewed later. The World We Live In. Forty-Fourth St.—Insects showing up the human race in spectacular style. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—Denounced continuously as cheap by this department since last May but apparently unconscious f the fact. The Awful Truth. Henry Miller.—Ina Claire and Bruce McRae in conversation very easy to listen to. The Egotist. Thirty-Ninth St.—To be reviewed next week. Fashions for Men. Belmont.—OQ P. Heggie in a superior comedy by the author { “Liliom.” Give and Take. reviewed later. Forty-Ninth St.— To be Kiki. Belasco—Lenore Ulric as the perennial cocotte. The Lady Christilinda. Broadhurst.— To be reviewed later. Merton of the Movies. Cort.—Glenn Hunter as the exceedingly appealing hero of the dramatized story. the Old Soak. _ Plymouth.—Pleasant words for liquor from Don Marquis. The Red Poppy. Reviewed in this issue. Rose Briar. Empire—To be later. Greenwich Village. — reviewed Secrets. Fulton.—To be reviewed later. So This Is London. Hudson.—Another comedy which, under the continued scorn of this department, has become the biggest money-maker in town. Eltinge.—Reviewed « Why Men Leave Home. Morosco. — Bed-room comedy with a covering of moral. Why Not? Forty-Eighth St— To be re- viewed later. Eye and Ear Entertainment , Better Times. Hippodrome.—Just emerg- ing from the pile of children who swarmed down during the holidays. Blossom Time. Century.—A chance to hear some real music. The Bunch and Judy. Globe.—A lot of good people in the cast (the Dooleys, the Astaires and the Six Brown Brothers) but not much to work with. Chauve-Souris, Century Roof.—T he fourth and last bill of these successful Rus- sian entertainers, The Gingham Girl. Earl Carroll—All right without being anything extra. Vanderbilt.—To be reviewed later. Greenwich Village Follies. Shubert. — Good to look at. Savoy and Brennan and Jack Hazzard furnish the laughs. in Ermine. Glory. Ambassador.— Little Nellie Kelly. Liberty.—It moves fast, at any rate. Liza. Daly's—Negroes in a whirlwind. Music Box Revue. Music Box.—Gorge- ous, and gradually getting better, they say. Our Nell. Nora Bayes—Hick melo- drama with music. Sally, frene, and Mary. Casino.—A genuinely popular show. Up She Goes. Playhouse.—Very pleas. ant fare. Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam.—You know what the Follies are as well as we do. r Mr. Donhull, who is President of these —_— 37343 good Try som enuf folme of ay = A189 INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 56. Mr. Alfred Dunhill takes out his naturalization papers. comicbooks.com