Life, 1924-07-10 · page 21 of 36
Life — July 10, 1924 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **theater listings and reviews section** for Broadway shows, typical of Life magazine's entertainment coverage. The cartoon at the bottom depicts two elegantly dressed figures (appearing to be a woman and a devil or demonic character) observing mysterious rays emanating from the ocean. The joke plays on a double meaning: the "diabolic rays" are being named after the female figure, who protests that being associated with something destructive or dangerous is unflattering—essentially, "why would they name something terrible after *me*?" This is **social satire about vanity and reputation**: a witty jab at how even vain individuals might object to having harmful things named in their honor, subverting the typical vanity that would seek such notoriety. The humor relies on the contrast between desiring fame and being horrified by *what kind* of fame one receives. The page itself catalogs current Broadway productions with brief critical notes—shows like the Marx Brothers' "I'll Say She Is," W.C. Fields in "Poppy," and "Abie's Irish Rose."
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Eye and Ear Entertainment Charlot’s Revue. Sc/wyn—Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence, ‘and Nelson Keys in a revue from London'which shows us how. Flossie. Lyric—Something awful Grand Street Follies. Neighborlood—In- le stuff, but the very best I'll Say She Is. Casino—The Four Marx Brothers, the boys who made this department laugh out loud. Innocent Eyes. Winter Garden—Mistin- guett and a pretty sad show. Keep Kool. AMorosco— A fast-moving ar- ally good stuff, with flazel any Dooley. E © rangement of gen Dawn, Charles Ki Little Jessie James. Litth—We shall have to see this again now that Gregory Kelly is in it. Moonlight. Longacre—Julia Sanderson and quite a lot of music. Plain Jane. Sam H. Harris—Joe Laurie for comedy, Poppy. Times Square—W. C. Fields in ate characteriza the season's one of Tegiti —A new edition of the Negro show which we haven't scen yet. Scandals of 1924. Apollo—To be re viewed later, Sitting Pretty. Imperia!—You couldn't find anything much nicer, if you want a nice show 9 to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. Vogues. Shubcrt—Jimmy Savo and Fred Allen are very funn: Ziegfeld Follies. reviewed later. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose, Republic—Well, here's the warm weather again Beggar on Horseback. Broadhurst—Ro- land Young as the dreamer in a delicious satirical fantasy. Amsterdam—To be The Blue Bandanna. — I’enderhi/t—Re viewed in this issue. The Bride. Thirty-Ninth St play of such familiar pattern that it b on burlesque. Peggy Wood, by strange chance, is in it Expressing Willie. Forty-Eighth S modern craving for self-expression uy between Miss Crothers’ very deft thumb and forefinger. Fashion. Greenwich Village—The way they used to take their drama in 1845. Ver amusing now, Fata Morgana. Lyceum—Emily Stevens in intense and effective dalliance with the heart of a youth. The Goose Hangs High. Bijox—Home life among the Boys, Girls, and the conserva- tive members of the family. Meet the Wife. Kiaw—The fairly con- ventional troubles of a wife with two hus bands, played for all the comedy there is in it by Mary Boland, The Potters. | Plymo: nak Meek as the middleclass American father in a series of poignant ep ily life absolutely an comedy, with @ fitting charac The Show-Of. Pi Grade-A prod Louis John terization, So This Is Politics, paigning made into a {3 unimportant, pla Spring Cleaning. Flti you can get away with if you hand ly and engage a good cast. of An Bartels givir ary Miller’s—Cam ly interesting, if Showing what More or Less Serious All God's Chillun Got Wi we—Paul Robeson t itter tragedy of the Neg Cheaper to Marry. nt—) ig for the Ideal State, Woman searc Samuel Shipma Cobra. H: Song, very well ren Her Way Out. next week. The Shame Woman. that sin’s wages a just as regularly as White Cargo. the effect of the b morale, Love's Old Three-Part icty—To be reviewed n Broadw "s—A vivid example of t sun on the white man’s jesty: THE DIABOLIC RAYS 1 WONDER IF THEY'LL BE FATAL TO mi NO, NO—BUT WHAT DO THEY MEAN CALLING THEM APTER me? comicbooks.com