Life, 1924-12-18 · page 21 of 37
Life — December 18, 1924 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **theater review section** from Life magazine, listing Broadway shows with brief critiques. The cartoon illustrates one show: Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman." The image depicts a tall woman in a polka-dotted outfit towering over a much smaller man in evening clothes—a visual joke about marital dynamics and theatrical melodrama. "The Guardsman" was a comedy of "domestic suspicion" (as noted in the text), so the size disparity likely satirizes the power imbalance or comedic conflict between spouses in the play. The accompanying essay, "The Pedestrian," is unrelated satire mocking Detroit drivers—incompetent, accident-prone motorists who can't navigate traffic. This is primarily **entertainment journalism** rather than political satire, reflecting 1920s Broadway culture and the emerging automobile age.
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More or Less Serious Badges. Forty-Ninth St.—To be reviewed next week, Conscience, Belmont—Lillian Foster mak- quite a lot of talk worth listening to. jancing Mothers. Marine Elliott's — The problem of the new generation. dawn, Sam H. Herris—Another statement he above. ¢ Desert Flower. Longacre — Love in open spaces, in re Helen MacKellar. Desire Under the Elms. Greenwich Village gene O'Neill's finest up to a point where comes anybody's play. The Fake. Hudson — How about killing chody? Godfrey Tearle starts a test case High Stakes. Eltinge — Lowell Sherman ng what he can for a cheap melodrama. My Son. Nora Bayes—Mildly worthy. Parasites, Francine Larrimore in a drama society leeches and how they live. Shipwrecked. Wallack’s—A dandy fire at Silence. Netional—H. B. Warner in a reg: + Grade-A crook play. Simon Called Peter. Klow—Just about t you would expect from the novel, ch may or may not recommend it to you. They Knew What They Wanted, r — Containing some of the t acting of the season by Vosline Lord, Richard Bennett Glenn Anders in a play bh is worthy of it. Vhat Price Glory? Plymouth— play about the war which stands 1 class by itself. White Cargo, Daly's—The dan- f staying out too long in sun. Comedy and Things Like That Abie's Irish Rose. Republic — the best comment to go in 5 space, we will give two tickets play. Artistic Temperaments. Cort— be reviewed later. The Best People. Lyceum—An- cr one about the Young Folks. Close Harmony. Gaicty—Re- wed in this issue. The Farmer's Wife. Comedy— casant Devonshire talk. The _ Firebrand. Mf. seph Schildkraut as Benvenuto ini in a delightful résumé of s agile amours. Grounds for Divorce, Empire— Vorth seeing for Ina Claire. The Guardsman. Booth—Dis tnguished playing by Lynn Fon- nne and Alfred Lunt in an amus- « comedy of domestic suspicion. The Harem. Belasco—To be re- iewed next week. The Little Clay Cart. Neigh- borhood—To be reviewed later. The Man in Evening Clothes. Henry Miller's—To be reviewed ext week. Minick. Bijow—A comedy of the visiting In-Law (O. P. Heggie) which is so good that it almost is tragedy. 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. New Brooms, Fulton—A reversal of sev- eral old business maxims. Peter Pan. Knickerbocker—Marilyn Miller in Barrie's fantasy. Pigs. Littlh—A couple of modern children who do not present a moral problem, and very grateful it is, too. qqibt Show-Of, Playhowse—A grand com ye The Steam Roller. Princess—Fair. The Way of the World. Cherry Lone—A revival of Congreve's comedy, if you like re- vivals of Restoration fun. Eye and Ear Entertainment Annie Dear. Times Square—Billie Burke and Ernest Truex in a musical version of “Good Gracious, Annabelle.” Artists and Models, Astor—This year's version. Dixie to Broadway. Broedhurst—Florence Mills in a Negro show de lure. The Grab Bag. Globe—You know Ed Wynn, Greenwich Village Follies. iV’ —A few minutes of fun and a things to look at. I'll Say She Is. 7 Garden t of nice Casino—Well, there are LYNN FONTANNE AND ALFRED LUNT IN “THE GUARDSMAN” the Marx Brothers, and you d thing any funnicr than that. Kid Boots. Selwyn—Eddic Cantor and his year-old vit. Lady, Be Good! next week. The Magnolia Lady. Shubert—Ruth Chat- terton in a musical version of “Come Out of the Kitchen.” Madame Pompadour. Martin Beck—A real score, with Wilda Bennett heading the cast. Marjorie. Forty-Fourth St—Good, regula tion stuff, with Elizabeth Hines and’ Andrew Tombes. _ Music Box Revue. in this issue. n't get any- Liberty—To be reviewed Music Bor—Review My Girl Vonderbilt—Mild but rather Princess April. Ambassador—Tessa Kosta's voice, Ritz Revue. Rite splendid spectacle but not so long on comedy except for Char- lotte Greenwood and Jimmy Sav Rose-Marie. Imperiai—The musical hit of the season. The Student Prince. Jolson’s Fifty-ninth St—To be reviewed later Vanities. Earl Corroli—Joe Cook and lots of girls negfeld Follies. New Amsterdam—Well, there's Will Rogers and, in general, what you go to the Follies for. The Pedestrian HE pedestrian is a biped of the genus homo whe idea of a crossword puzzle the traffic officer's He is regarded lightly by autoists and covetously by morticians. Although not in- a teetotaler, he stu- diously avoids carrying a flask in his hip pocket. This specimen of a fast- dying race wears out his brake lining with. startling rapidity and hits on all four much more frequently than the most prolific product of Detroit.. He is constantly boiling over. His valves are leaking. His headlights are out of focus and his steering gear twisted beyond repair. He gets stalled repeatedly in the midst of traffic. His timing is bad. He can go from high into reverse with- out shifting a gear. His pickup is astounding. But his trading-in value is practically nil. maphore. pedestrian is a biped—if he is lucky! RJ. P. comicbooks.com