Life, 1924-10-23 · page 21 of 36
Life — October 23, 1924 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily a **theatre guide and review column** for Broadway shows, with one notable cartoon at the bottom. ## The Cartoon The illustration depicts a crowd of sightseers at what appears to be a national monument, with a sign reading "POSITIVELY NO VISITORS ALLOWED WITHIN 10 FEET OF MONUMENT. KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS." **The satire**: This mocks the Association of Sightseers and Carvers' problem of visitors damaging monuments through careless touching, scratching, and writing (hence "handkerchiefs"—likely souvenirs people would mark). The absurdly strict sign humorously suggests the only solution to protection is complete visitor exclusion. ## The Theatre Reviews The bulk of the page catalogs current Broadway productions, organized by tone: "More or Less Serious," "Comedy and Things Like That," and "Eye and Ear Entertainment." Notable shows mentioned include *Rain* (Jeanne Eagels), *What Price Glory?*, *Abie's Irish Rose*, and *Rose-Marie*. Reviews are brief, often sardonic (e.g., *Abie's Irish Rose*: "Begins to feel like winter, doesn't it?").
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Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the altractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less Serious _ Bewitched, National—Reviewed in this issue. Cobra, Longacre—That little old triangle, enhanced by some excellent acting. Conscience, Belmont—An unusually fine performance by Lillian Foster in a discussion of sex and sociology. Crime in the Whistler Room. Provincetown—To be reviewed next week. Dancing Mothers. Marine Elliott’s— Helen Hayes as the conventionally uncon- ventional ‘Rapper in a play which Legins 0 live at the final curtain. The Fake. Hudson—Reviewed in this issue. _ The Far Cry. issue. Great Music. Earl Carroll—Reviewed in this issue.” The Green Beetle. Klaw—Chinese killings and gong-beatings. High Stakes. Eltinge—Lowell Sherman in pretty much garden-truck. The Miracle. Century—Stupendous. My Son. Princess—Cape Cod problems. Rain, Geicty—Jeanne Eagels in what looks like a hit. The Red Falcon. Broadhurst—To be re- viewed next week. _The Saint. Greenwich Villege—To be re viewed next week. Mme. Simone. Henry Miller’s—In reper- toire. This week “L'Aiglon.” What Price Glory? Plymouth—A about the war which no one should mis: White Cargo, Dely’s—We thought this was a good show when it opened, but really food enough to run as long as this. only goes to prove. Cort—Reviewed in this Comedy and Things Like That Abie's Irish Rose. Republic—Begins to feel like winter, doesn't it? The Best People. Lyceum—Not our favorite play about the Younger Generation, Cock 0° the Roost. Liberty—To be re- viewed later. Expressing Willie. Forty-Eighth St.— Amusing cracks at the fashion of soul-ex- pression as practiced on Long Island. The Farmer's Wife. Comedy—To be re- viewed later. _ Gre for Divorce. Empire—Ina Claire livening up a buckety-buckety marriage com- plication. The Guardsman. Garrick—To be reviewed next week. The Haunted House. George Mf. Cohan's— Pretty funny mystery farce with Wallace idinger, In His Arms. Fulton—To be reviewed later. Iszy. Thirty-Ninth St—Jimmy Hu: speakiag excelicat Jewish, erties Lazybones. Vanderbilt—Real characters well played. The Little Angel. Frazee—Obstetrical but unoffensive. Minick. Booth—A human and satisfying play built on the futility of an old man's trying to live with his son's family. Pigs. Little—Very pleasant indeed. The Show-Of. Playhouse—A home com: edy such as comes only once in a decade or two. g . The Werewolf. Forty-Ninth St.—Sex ac. tivity. Eye and Ear Entertainment Artists and Models. Astor—To be re viewed later. Be Yourself. Sem H. Harris—Jack Dona- hue and Queenie Smith in a funny show. The Chocolate Dandies. Colonial—The colored favorites. The Dream Girl. Ambossedor—Fay Bain. ter and Billy B. Van in something unexciting but tuneful, ‘The Grab Bag. Globe—Ed Wynn's new show. To be reviewed next week. Grand Street Follies. Neighborhood—Still Proving that there is a public for an in- telligent revue. Greenwich Village Follies. Beautiful and dumb, I'll Say She Is. Cosino—The Marx Brothers, which is enough for any show. Shubert— die Cantor going Marjorie. Forty-Fourth St.—A good show, with Elizabeth Hines and Andrew Tombes. Passing Show. Winter Garden—Jim Barton makes up for a lot. Ritz Revue. Rits—Glittering but pretty dirty. Charlotte Greenwood and Raymond Hitcheock. Rose-Marie, Imperial—The best music in town. Scandals, Apollo—A good all-around re- vue, with Tom Patricola, Lester Allen, and nie Lightner, Top Hole. Knickerbocker—Pair. Vanities. Music Bor—Joe Cook. Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam—You know what it's like, anyway. And there's Will Rogers. A WAY TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS FROM THE SCRIBBLERS, SCRATCHERS AND CARVERS’ ASSOCIATION OF SIGHTSEEKS comicbooks.com