Life, 1923-03-22 · page 21 of 36
Life — March 22, 1923 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a theater and entertainment guide for New York City productions, likely from the early 1920s (based on references to plays like "Rain," "Abie's Irish Rose," and "Seventh Heaven"). The main illustration at bottom shows "**Intimate Glimpses of American Generals of Industry**" — specifically "Mr. Tetley" conducting a tea-tasting test. This is gentle corporate satire: the "general of industry" (a businessman, likely a tea company executive) is humorously elevated to military rank while performing the mundane task of taste-testing tea with his staff gathered around him in a formal indoor setting. The humor lies in the **contrast between grand titles and ordinary activities** — treating commercial enterprise with mock-military solemnity was a common satirical technique of the era, poking fun at American business culture's self-importance. The bulk of the page consists of cynical, dismissive theater reviews that mock both productions and audiences' tastes.
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Entia 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. brought up to date. The God of, Vengeance. Times Square.—Christianity Acting version, Apollo.—Bring the kiddies. The dirt is too advanced for them to get. The Guilty One. Selwyn.—To be reviewed later Hail and Farewell. Morosco.—Florence Reed in a familiar love tragedy. Humoresque. Vanderbilt.—Reviewed in this | | | issue The Last Warning. Klaw.—The | ing murder mystery in town. one re- The Love Child. George M. Cohan’s.—Sid- | ney Blackmer as the boy with family troubles. Loyalties. Gaicty—A combination of good play-writing, dramatic suspense, and good act mg | \ The Masked Woman. Eltinge.—One of those plays in which the villain never quite makes the grade in his attempts at dastardly action. Cause: Heart-failure. Moscow Art Theatre. Fifty Should be seen by all students ot Pasteur. Gynt. Shubert.—Ibsen's _poem-play Schildkraut as the picaresque hero, Rain. Maxine Elliott's—A__ devastating y of sex salvation, with Jeanne Eagels ing it even more notable. Empire.—To be reviewed later Peer ( with Josep! ' ma Roger Bloomer. Forty St.—Re viewed in this issue. ighth Romeo and Juliet. Henry Miller’s.—Jane Cowl proving that it can be done. Seventh Heaven. Booth.—We are in a de cided minority in thinking this sponge-cake Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic.—Another suc- ess that we hoped would by a flop. The Adding Machine ewed later. Garrick.—To be re- Anything Might Happen. — Comed Medium comedy redeemed by very amusing ting. Barnum Was Right. Frazee.—To be re- ewed later. The Comedian. ater. Give and Take. worth comedy. Lyceum.—To be reviewed Forty-Ninth St.—Wool- Icebound. Sam H._Harris.—Very well- cted New England stuff. Kiki. Belasco—Lenore Ulric’s perennial recess. The Laughing Lady. Longacre.—Ethel tarrymore in polite and amusing divorce con- ersation. Mary the 3rd. Thirty-Ninth St—The new lea in marriage stated by representatives of he younger generation. Merton of the Movies. Cort.-—Effective combination of smiles and tears, with Glenn Hunter as the heart-breaking hero. The Old Soak. Plymouth,—Showing what ne or two new characters will do for an old iramework. Polly Preferred. Little-—Amusing movie kidding, which you ‘never believe for a minute. Rita Coventry. Bijou.—Fairly entertaining prima-donna play with good spots. Secrets. | Fulton.—Margaret Lawrence in— what does it matter? So This Is London! but popular, Hudson.—Obvious or rather, obvious avd popular. The Sporting Thing to Do. Rits.—Emily Stevens in bad company. _Why Not? National.—Intelligent satire on divorce laws and such things. You and 1. polished but pl cast. Eye and Ear Entertainment Better Times. Hippodrome.—A great big show for the money. Belmont.—Slightly _ over sant, thanks especially to the Caroline. at any rate. Ambassador.—The music is good The Clinging Vine. Knickerbocker — gy Wood and an evening’s entertainment The Dancing Girl. Winter Garden.—The old Winter Garden, except that you can't smoke, Peg. The Gingham Girl. Ear! Carroll—We have forgotten it, but our impression is it isn’t bad. Go-Go. Daly’s.—To be reviewed later. Jack and Jill. Globe.—To be reviewed later. The Lady in Ermine. Century.—Better than the average. Little Nellie Kelly. Liberty —Lots of dancing. Liza. Nora Bayes.—Whirlwind Negroes Music Box Revue. Music Bor.—Elaborate and intermittently amusing Sally, Irene and Mary. Forty-Fourth —Still bowling along. St Up She Goes. Playhouse.—Very nice little show. Wildflower. Casino.—A delightful score, and Edith Day. Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam—We don’t have to tell you what these are. Name grade and varie unee yonghee sxe li to mein INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF AMERICAN GENERALS OF INDUSTRY No. 65. Mr. Tetley gives a tasting test to tentative tea tasters. comicbooks.com