Life, 1924-11-13 · page 27 of 42
Life — November 13, 1924 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a **theater review guide** for Broadway and other New York productions, not a political cartoon. The heading "Confidential Guide" indicates it's Life magazine's satirical commentary on current theatrical offerings. The illustration shows a **theatrical dressing room scene** with Cecil Fayre (a silent film actor known for "The Great Necker") preparing for his role in a new film called "Rowdy Riley, the Halfback of Notre Dame." The cartoon mocks the contrast between cinema and stage work—Fayre, a movie star, is shown in theatrical surroundings, suggesting the blending of entertainment mediums in the 1920s. The text consists of brief, witty capsule reviews of shows running in fall 1923, using satirical one-liners to skewer productions. For instance, "Cobra" is dismissed as "Well-acted infidelity," and "What Price Glory?" is praised as "A grand play of the war and the marines"—reflecting contemporary concerns and theatrical trends of the period.
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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 Princess—To be reviewed next Alloy. week. Ashes. National—Florence Reed in tears. Cobra. Longacre—Well-acted infidelity. Conscience. Belmont—Social and sexual ethics galvanized by Miss Foster's perform- ance. Dancing Mothers. Marine Elliott’s—The Younger Generation (personified by Helen Hayes) throwing the customary scare into the old ‘uns. The Fake. Hudson—Godfrey Tearle as a virile exponent of the theory that a little kill- ing now and then would help the world along. ermin Gemier. Jolson’s Fifty-Ninth St— The Odéon Company from Paris in repertoire. High Stakes. £ltinge—Not much, in spite of Lowell Sherman. My Son. Nora Bayes—Cape Cod Portu- guese and their problems. fain. Gaiety—Still here. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray. Cort—Re- viewed in this issue. Tiger Cats. Belasco—Robert Loraine and Katharine Cornell in something which doesn't matter an_awful lot hat Price Glory? Plymoxth—A grand play of the war and the marines. ite Cargo. Daly's—The story of a gen- tleman with a sun-struck soul. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. it is November aj The Best People. The Big Moment. be reviewed later. Comedienne, i Kon Astel ‘epublic—My, my, here Lyceum—An old record. Fifty-Second St.—To Expressing Willie, Forty-Eighth Clever and well done. The Farmer's Wile. in_this issue, The Firebrand. Morosco—Bedroom farce in the time of Cellini, much funnier than those laid in_ modern bedrooms. Joseph Schildkraut as Cellini, Grounds for Divorce. Empire—Ina Claire making a medium comedy into much better than that. The Guardsman. Garrick—Delightful de- ceit, practiced by Alfred Lunt on Lynn Fon tanne. The Haunted House. George M. Cohon's —Wallace Eddinger ina mystery play which amuses if it doesn't thrill In His Arms. Fulton—Pretty thin show, with Margaret Lawrence. azy. Thirty-Ninth St.—Jewish talked as caly Jimmy Hussey can talk it. rybones. Vanderinit—Rustic gossip, with several ‘very good performances, The Little Angel. Frazee—A nice little play about a subject which is not generally considered nice. Minick. Booth—Genuine American comedy with pathos and O. P. Heggie. Peter Pan. Knickerbocker—To be reviewed later. St— Comedy—Reviewed Little—Pleasant young folks for a change. The Rising Son. Klaw—Reviewed in this issue. The Show-Of. Playhouse—Still the list in its class. The wey of the World. Cherry Lane—To ed be reviewed later. Forty-Ninth St.—Hardly heading The Werewolf. funny enough to excuse the dirt. Eye and Ear Entertainment Annie Dear. Times Square—To be re- wed later. Artists and Models. Astor—Pretty bad. Be Yourself. Sam H. Harris—Nice music and some heavy laughs. Jack Donahue and Queenie Smith. The Chocolate Dandies. wine ch Colonial—Negro Dixie to Broadway. Broadhurst—To be reviewed next week. . The Dream Girl. Ambarsador—Fay Bain- ter_in something rather pale. Grab Bag. Globe—Ed Wynn person- ally. Grand Street Follies. Neighborhood—Still proving that there is a public for an intelligent revue. Greenwich Village _ Follies. Shubert— Aside from Moran and Mack, pretty deadly. Tl Say She Is. Casino—A terrible show with the Four Marx Brothers furnishing us the heartiest laughs of the year. Kid Boots. Sefwyn—You must have seen Eddie Cantor in this by now. Marjorie. Forty-Fourth St.—Elizabeth Hines and Andrew Tombes in good all-around stuff. The Passing Show. Minter Garden—Jim Barton and that's about all. Ritz Revue. Xi and occasionally fit to hear. wood heads the list. Rose-Marie, /mpcrial—A delightful score. Scandals. “Apollo—George White's best Lester Allen, Tom Patricola and Winnie Good to look at Charlotte Green: show it opened, especially now that Joe Cook has more to do Ziegfeld Follies. | New slightly new edition. Amsterdam—A CECIL FAYRE, WHOM MOVIE FANS WILL RECALL FOR HIS SUPERB WORK IN “THE GREAT NECKER,” IS SHOWN HERE DRESSING FOR THE FILMING OF H NEW ROLE, “ROWDY RILEY, THE HALFBACK OF NOTRE DAME.” comicbooks.com