Life, 1923-01-25 · page 21 of 36
Life — January 25, 1923 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **theatre review section** from Life magazine (circa 1923, based on references like "Abie's Irish Rose" and "Rain"). The page lists Broadway shows with brief, often sardonic critiques rather than traditional reviews. The **cartoon below** illustrates "Dr. Glover of Glover's Mange Cure" giving a medical demonstration at the Academy of Medicine. This is a satirical reference to **patent medicine charlatans** who were common targets of early 20th-century satire. The caption calls it "Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry"—sarcastically elevating a quack doctor to "general" status, mocking fraudulent medical practitioners who presented themselves as serious scientists to gullible audiences. The reviews themselves are witty, dismissive observations: "We give up" on *Abie's Irish Rose*, calling *The Merchant of Venice* merely "something of Shakespeare's," and noting audiences "can't understand a word" of the Moscow Art Theatre despite finding it "impressive." The humor relies on theater-savvy readers recognizing shows' formulaic plots and pretensions.
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More or Less Serious The Fool. Times Square—Christianity dramatized with an eye to the movies. Hamlet. Sam H. Harris—John Barrymore in a lucid and beautiful performance. Johannes Kreisler. Apollo—A gigantic scenic stunt, at times very effective. The Last Warning. Klaw—Trick murder- mystery. Absolutely” uniqu Listening In. Bijou—Combining ecto- asms and. business. The Love George M. Cohan’s— French doniesticity, all illegal. Loyalties. Gaicty—A first-rate play with first-rate acting. The Masked Woman. Eltinge—Let's see. Oh yes, honorable wife trapped in lecherous bachelor’s rooms. You know. The Merchant of Venice. Lyccum— id Warfield excellent in something of hakespeare’s. The Moscow Art Theatre. Fifty-Ninth St. Famous Ru company in’ repertory. Impressive in spite of the fact that you can’t understand a word. Rain. Maxine Elliott's A _ smashing tragedy of misplaced religion, with Jeanne Eagels as the duped prostitute. Romeo and Juliet. _ Longacre—Ethel Barrymore leading’ the field. Romeo and Juliet. Selyn—Jane Cowl next. R. U. R. Frazce—A thrilling prophecy of the future of man-kind. Seventh Heaven. Booth—Some excellent acting by Helen Menken in a fair play. Six Characters in Search of an Author. Princess—A remarkable combination of en- tertainment and metaphysics. The Tidings Brought to Mary. Garrick Medieval talk against a striking back- ground. Whispering Wires. Comedy—The season's first murder mystery. Will Shakespeare. National—The poet's callow years made into a play at times bedutiful and very well acted. The World We Live In. Forty-Fourth St.—Insects showing us humans what we look like. Comedy and Things Like That Abie's Irish Rose. Republico—We give up. The Awful Truth. Henry Miller’s—Ina Claire and Bruce McRae in a genuinely amusing comedy of divorce. The Egotist. Thirty-Ninth St.—More love affai: of Leo Ditrichstein and better than usual. Give and Take. Forty. reviewed next week. The Humming Bird. Rits—To be re- viewed next week. Kiki. Belasco—Lenore Ulric still charm- ing them. The Lady Cristilinda. — Broadhurst— Very nice sentiment, with Fay Bainter. Merton of the Movies. Cort—Glenn Hunter breaking your heart in highly satis- factory manner. Mike Angelo. Morosco—To be reviewed next week. The Old Soak. Plymouth—Genial _phil- osophy from Don Marquis’ famous bon vivant. Passions for Men. Belmont—Formerly “Fashions for Men” and a very good play it was, too. Polly Preferred. Littlh—To be reviewed next week. inth St.—To be 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. Rose Briar. Empire—Billie Burke just The Clinging Vine. Knickerbocker— as gay as ever in Booth Tarkington's Peggy Wood in a good, all-around show. second-best. Secrets. Fulton—Margaret Lawrence be reviewed later. makes it better than it is. Watch out for The Gingham Girl. Earl Carroll— gun-play in second act. Pleasant. So This Is London. Hudson—Broad Glory. Vanderbilt—“Irene” music re Anglo-Americanisms for popular consumption. written nicely, and a good. story. Why Not? Forty-Eighth St—Excellent Greenwich Village Follies. Shubert— and witty dialogue on the futility of our Something to look at, and a couple of good divorce laws. laughs. Eye and Ear Entertainment Better Times. — Hippodrome—Something for everybody. Blossom Time. Century—Good music Music Box Revue. Music Box—An beating them all out. The Bunch and Judy. to be better than it is, what with the A: Brown Brothe! . Roof—The last Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam—Will bill of these Russian entertainers. Rogers and the rest. the Dooleys and the Sis Chauve-Souris. Century Globe—It ought Sally, Irene and Mary. Casino—Regular Fashions of 1923. Winter Garden—To The Lady in Ermine. ” Ambassador— musical comedy. Little Nellie Kelly. Liberty—A Cohan made success. Liza. Daly —Negroes in a tornado. elaborate display. sure-fire stuff. Up She Goes. Playhouse—Very pleasant. —— ‘A contribution of the highest import - ance to Modern Medical Science INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 58. Dr. Glover, of Glover’s Mange Cure, gives a private demonstration before the Academy of Medicine. comicbooks.com