Life, 1925-01-08 · page 21 of 37
Life — January 8, 1925 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page functions as Life magazine's theater guide with capsule reviews of Broadway productions. The illustration shows **H. B. Warner** (identified in the caption) in the play "Silence"—depicted as a character in a dramatic crouch or emotional moment, rendered in bold black-and-white line art typical of period theatrical illustration. The reviews themselves reveal early 1920s theatrical tastes: dramas like "What Price Glory?" (a war play), classical revivals (Walter Hampden in "Othello"), and light comedies featuring popular stars like the Marx Brothers ("I'll Say She Is"), Eddie Cantor ("Kid Boots"), and the Astaires ("Lady, Be Good"). The tone is gossipy yet informative—reviews use shorthand ("if you know what we mean" about "Simon Called Peter") and frankly assess quality. References like "Abie's Irish Rose" (a contest-line joke) and "White Cargo" (described vaguely as tropics-themed) indicate what audiences found entertaining. The guide serves practical readers wanting current entertainment options in New York.
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19 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 The Bully. Hudson—To be reviewed next week. Carnival. Cort—To be reviewed next week. Conscience. Belmont — Considerable talk, and one fine performance. Dancing Mothers, Marine Elliott's—About the young folks and what's to be done with them. Dawn. Desire Under the Elms. —Rustic romance which begins like hest and ends like his worst. Old English. Rito—To be reviewed next week. Othello. Shubert—Walter Hampden. Parasites. Thirty-Ninth St—Francine Lar- rimore ina play about nightlife at Bar Harbor. Silence. National—A crook play made for HB. Warner. Simon Called Peter. Klaw—Made from the novel, if you know what we mean. They Knew What They Wanted. Garrick Pauline Lord and Richard Bennett in onc f the season's justified successes. What Price Glory? Plymouth—A war play which shows up war—and other war plays. White Cargo. Daly’s—Well, there was this man who went down to the tropics—— Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—Contest for line closes at midnight, or at the latest, quar- ter-past midnight, on January 8. At present Mr. Arthur Mar: leading with “No worse than a bad cold.’ Badges. Forty-Ninth St.— Gregory Kelly und Madge Kennedy in an amusing detective thing. The Farmer's Wife. Comedy—Lnglish rus- tics talking cheerily about marriage. The Firebrand. Morosco—Delightful liai sons of Benvenuto Cellini, with Joseph Schild kraut as the kid himself. Grounds for Divorce. Empire—Ina Claire raking a silk purse out of something else. The Guardsman. Booth—Should be seen for the performances of Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt alone. The Habitual Husband. Forty-Eighth St.— To be reviewed next week. The Harem. Belasco— Lenore Ulric in something fondly described as “daring.” Ladies of the Evening. Lyceum—Reviewed in this issue. The Little Clay Cart. Neighborhood—Very nice Indian (East) comedy. La. ee Progress, Wallack’s—To be re- viewed next weel Minick. Bijow—O. P. Heggie in a true play of home life. New Brooms. Fulton—A Frank Craven opus, with the author as star and producer. Peter Pan. K: erbocker—Marilyn Miller in a revival of Barrie’s fantasy. Pigs. Little —A play about the younger generation which is refreshingly amusing. Eltinge — More about the young Greenwich Village O'Neill's Quarantine. Henry Miller's—Helen Hayes and Sidney Blackmer in something good enough but no better. The Sap. Afollo—Raymond Hitchcock back again in his old form. The Show-Off. Playhouse — Reviewed in this issue. The Youngest. Gaicty — Reviewed in this issue, Eye and Ear Entertainment Annie Dear, Times Square—Billie Burke ind Ernest Truex in a musical version of Good Gracious, Annabelle." Artists and Models. Astor—You know. Betty Lee. Forty-Fourth St—To be re- viewed next week. The Grab Bag. Globe—Ed Wynn. I'll Say She Is. Casino—If you don't laugh at the Marx Brothers you are off our ist, Kid Boots. Selwyn—Eddie ow. Lady, Be Good. Liberty--The Astaires and Walter Catlett in very good stuff, with music to match, _ Madame Pompadour. Martin Beck—An imported score which justifies all the trouble. Music Box Revue. Music Bor—Fannle Brice heading a superior cast in a superior My Girl. Venderbilt—All right. Rose-Marie, IJmperial—Just about as nice as you will find, TX and Eva. Sam H. Harris—To be reviewed later. Ziegfeld Follies. Rogers and others. Cantor's big New Amsterdam—Will H. B, WARNER IN “SILENCE” comicbooks.com