Life, 1924-09-04 · page 21 of 36
Life — September 4, 1924 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains theater reviews and a separate illustrated feature titled "Intimate Glimpses of Famous Clubs: The Engineers." The main cartoon shows a working-class social club (the Engineers) where members engage in leisure activities—playing cards, drinking, socializing. The humor appears satirical: the caption "It's good for takin' the oil offs the hands / the hands" suggests ironic commentary on working men trying to relax and appear refined despite their manual labor origins. The accompanying brief anecdote "In Name Only" presents a darker joke: a young woman in an insane asylum is institutionalized simply because she "married a man named Smith"—implying her only "crime" was marrying someone ordinary or unremarkable. This satirizes arbitrary or cruel institutionalization practices of the era, when asylums warehoused people for minor social transgressions or convenience. The theater listings occupy most of the page, reviewing contemporary Broadway productions including works by Eugene O'Neill and reviews of comedies and musicals.
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by. Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should > LPF E BREE verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less Serious All God's Chillun Got Wings. Greentwi: Village—Eugene O'Neill's Negro tragedy, with sch as its protagonist. Not *Neill’s best, but a splendid piece of acting. Cobra. Longacre—The success of this hold over from last season shows what a good cast and a coat of varnish will do for the oll triangle. Conscience. Cherry Lanc—To be reviewed later. Dancing Mothers. Booth—The first play of the season to stand aghast at the Younger Generation, More to come. An. intelligent company, including Helen Hayes, and an bon: est ending give it what slight distinction it has. The Green Beetle. Klaw—To be reviewed later. Havoc. Maxine Elliott's—To be reviewed later. The Miracle. Century—Reviewed in this issue. Rain. Gaiety—Jeanne Eagel: a revival of the old classic which marked the beginning of the revolt against morality. Thoroughbreds. l’anderbilt—To be re- viewed later, White Cargo. Daly's—Still running as a warning to white men to stay out of the ot Comedy and Things Like That Abie's Irish Rose. Republic—And that, my dears, is how Old Doctor Ras h came to peep out from under the ground and show his red cheeks to you and me. The Best People. Lyceum—To be reviewed next week The Easy Mark. reviewed next weel Expressing Willie. Forty-Eighth St.—A facile an ly satisfactory satire on. the Over-Soul and its boosters. Fata Morgana. Garrick—Fmily Stevens in » comedy of adolescent love which might well © called a tragedy, £0 poignant is it made. The Haunted House. George M. Cohan— To be reviewed later Izzy, Broadhurst—To be reviewed later. Pigs. Little—To be reviewed later The Show-Off. Playhouse—As near the eal American comedy as we expect to see. Strange Bedfellows. Henry Miller’s—Re. rs to Politics, on the strength of the old lage. The Swan. Empire—Eva Le Gallienne in limited return engagement of one of last ason’s. most. no productions. The Tantrum. Cort—To he reviewed later The Werewolf. Forty-Ninth St.—To be re ewed next week Eye and Ear Entertainment Be Yourself. iewed later. Bye, Bye, viewed later. Charlot’s Revue. Times Square — Last eeks of the best all-around revue since the Cohan cycle The Chocolate Dandies. eviewed later. The Dream Girl. Ambassador—Fay Bainter and Billy B. Van in a vehicle for Victor Herbert's last compositions. Grand Street Follies. Neighborhood—Con- taining some of the best stuff in town. Thirty-Ninth St.—To be Sam H. Harris—To be re- Barbara. Nativnal—To be re- Colonial—To be I'l Say She Is. Casino—If you don’t laugh at the Four Marx Brothers, we have nothing more to do with you. Keep Kool. Globe—A good summer show, with Hazel Dawn, Johnny Dooley and Charles King. Kid Boots. Se/wyn—In a new theatre, but the same Eddie Cantor. Marjorie. Shubert—Reviewed in this issue. , No Other Girl. Morosco—Reviewed in this issue. Ritz Revue. Ritz—To be reviewed later. Rose Marie. I/mpcriai—To be reviewed later. Scandals of 1924. Apollo—Something of which George White may now be proud Top Hole. Fulton—To be reviewed later. Vanities of 1924. Music Bor—To be re- viewed later. Ziegfeld Follies. Rogers. <0 Amsterdam—Will 19 In Name Only HE superintendent of the insane asylum was showing us around, “This is a particularly sad case,” he said, indicating a thin, rather melan- choly-looking young woman gazing moodily at the floor “What is she here for?” we inquired, “Her name is Lucy Smith and she used to be one of the directors and mov- ing spirits in the Lucy Stone League.” “And what happened to her?’ we asked. She married a man named Smith,” said the keeper. who sat N. Es HIS is the time of year when the thay-fever victims get off their best wheezes. INTIMATE GLIMPSES OF FAMOUS CLUBS THE ENGINEERS comicbooks.com