Life, 1923-02-01 · page 23 of 40
Life — February 1, 1923 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **theater review page** from Life magazine's "Confidential Guide" section, listing Broadway shows with brief critical assessments. The page covers both serious drama ("Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet") and comedies ("Abie's Irish Rose," "The Old Soak"). The **single cartoon** at bottom depicts a scene labeled "Ladies an' Gennlemen" at what appears to be a theater balcony or box seating area. A man in formal dress (likely a theater manager or usher) addresses well-dressed patrons. The caption references "Mr. Huyler harks back to 'ye olde days,'" suggesting satire about nostalgia or outdated theatrical practices. The humor likely mocks either theatrical pretension, old-fashioned audience behavior, or management's attempt to recreate past grandeur. Without identifying "Huyler" specifically, the joke appears to critique someone's retrograde approach to modern entertainment.
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21 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 Dagmar. Sclwyn.—To be reviewed next kK. The Fool. Times stige version of the silerably pepped up. Hamlet. Sam H. it Is the Law. with a cut-back. itta’s Atonement. viewed next week. Tohannes Kreisler. __Apollo.—Gigantic sc nic accomplishment ‘setting forth a play in forty-one scenes. The Last Warning. Klaw.—One of the st novel creep plays you ever saw. Listening In. Bijou.—An attempt to in- ve ectoplasms in crime and business. The Love Child. George M. Cohan’s.— nich family in the usual illicit home-life. oyalties. Gaiety.—A — smooth-running pls of absorbing interest. The Masked Woman. F vruary seduction sale. Square-—A modern New Testament, con- Harris.—John Barry- Nora Bayes.—Melodrama Comedy.—To be re- m Eltinge.—Special he Merchant of Venice. Lyceum.— You know the play. Well, David Warfield plivs Shylock. The Moscow Art Theatre. Fifty-Ninth S:-Reviewed in this issue. in. Maxine Elliott’s—One of the most envtionally thrilling plays we have ever sel, with Jeanne Eagels doing a great desl’ to. make it so. Komeo and Juliet. Henry Miller's.— Juve Cowl holding the field. R. UR. Frazee.—A fantastic and bitter ghsce into the future of mankind, well worth taking. Seventh Heaven. Booth.—Reviewed in this issue. ix Characters in Search of an Author. Priicess-—An odd dramatic device to put metaphysics across in a most agreeable manner. Whispering Wires. Broadhurst.—Tricky killing. Will Shakespeare. National—An at s beautiful and always interesting view of se of young Shakespeare's life. The World We Live In. Forty-Fourth St. Showing how the insects live, by way of taking a dirty crack at us humans, Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic.—Comic supplement fun. The Egoti Thirty-Ninth St—Leo Dit- richstein in highly amusing amours. Give and Take. Forty-Ninth St.—To be reviewed next week. The Humming Bird. this counter 10 cents. Kiki. Belasco.—Lenore Ulric, etc. Merton of the Movies. Cort.—A drama- tization of the book, with Glenn Hunter tre:endously appealing. Mike Angelo. Morosco.—Leo Carrillo ooh ing handsome. The Old Soak. Plymouth.—Gentle Anti- Prohibition arguments from Don Marquis’ famous character. Passions for Men. Belmont.—In spite of their having changed its name from “Fashions for Men” it is a play. Polly Preferred. Little.—Reviewed in this issue. Ritz.—Anything on Rose Briar. Empire.—Billie Burke in a comedy which’ you are slightly surprised to find is by Booth Tarkington. Secrets. Fulton.—Old_ stuff and bad shooting made bearable by Margaret Lawrence. So This Is London. Hudson.—Obvious caricatures of Englishmen and Americans. Why Not? Forty-Eighth St—Clever satire on marriage and divorce. Eye and Ear Entertainment Better Times. Hippodrome.—Big. Blossom Time. Century.—It seems as if people were never going to tire of hearing this music. Chauve-Souris. Century Roof.—The final bill of our Russian singing and dancing friends. The Clinging Vine. Knickerbocker. — Peggy Wood in just about as good as there is. The Dancing Girl. Winter Garden.—To be reviewed later. The Pleasant. Glory. Vanderbilt—One of the family and worthy of the name. Greenwich Village Follies. Shubert.— Savoy and Brennan and Jack Hazzard fur- nishing the humor for a grand spectacle. Lady Butterfly. Globe-—To be reviewed later. The Lady in Ermine. Bennett in one of those. Little Nellie Kelly. Liberty—The Cohan touch. Liza. Daly'’s.—A rapid-fire negro show. The Music Box Revue. Music Box.— Gingham Girl. Earl Carroll.— “Trene” Ambassador.—Wilda Spending the money made on last year's show. Sally, Irene and Mary. Casino.—Good popular’ stuff. Up She Goes. Playhouse—Very nice. Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam.— Will Rogezs and others, ‘Laidees an’ Gempmun—— On behalf of th’ manidgemunt of this here theeayter Iam offereen for your A\ approval this afternoon, th’ famous |) _ 7 Hoyferis chabllit pepmints. In each} © © an’ ewry packidge will be foun’ a hanes sampil of th’ delicious cream cheweeh¥@A cannies, our latest novelty. Thankin’ “@32 you wonanall fi yer kine attention. Th’ gempmun in th balcony will also pass among INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 59. Mr. Huyler harks back to “ye oldene dayes.” comicbooks.com