Life, 1925-05-14 · page 23 of 40
Life — May 14, 1925 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **theater listing and review guide** for Broadway shows, typical of Life magazine's entertainment coverage in the 1920s. The text contains brief, witty descriptions of current theatrical productions—both serious dramas and comedies. The **illustration** shows three figures from the play "Caesar and Cleopatra" (credited as featuring Helen Hayes, Henry Travers, and Lionel Atwill). It's a simple theatrical sketch depicting actors in costume, likely meant to promote this Shaw production. The "satire" here is subtle—the descriptions mock theatrical conventions with tongue-in-cheek humor. For example, "Dancing Mothers" is described as teaching how to handle "refractory daughters and husbands," while "White Cargo" concerns "white men's troubles with tropical heat and women." This reflects Life's role as a **cultural arbiter** offering sophisticated commentary on New York's theater scene for educated, urban readers interested in the latest entertainment.
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21 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 Aloma of the South Seas. mptation at high tension. Dancing Mothers. Marine Filiott's—Still demonstrating how to handle refractory Lyric—Tropical ghters and husbands. Elms. Desire Under Earl Carroll. eof sex stir nd farm districts. The Dove. Empire—Holbrook Blinn ani Judith, Anderson in this year's version ol The Bad Man’? with extra-broken English. The Dunce Boy. Daly’s—Backwoods path The Gorilla. To be reviewed Ladies of the Evening. Lyceum —The busi es of e-straight. Night Hawk. Bijou Dealing with the possibilities of the gland treatment on in lulated streetwalkers, Old English. George Arliss in a de chtfal bit of characterization. s The Rat. Colonio!—A familiar view of the Var in underworkd Rosmersholm, Fifty-Second St.—To he re wed later. Silence. nal—IT, BL Warner in an IL BL Warner crook role. Taps Broadhurst—Old-time German mili ry trappings, with Lionel Barrymore being seul again, They Knew What They Wanted. Kaw of old love and young in California ly acted by. Pauline Lord, Richard anett and Glenn Anders. What Price Glory? Plymouth—War stuff for those who know war and for those who \ nk they do. White Cargo. Thirty-Ninth St.—White en's troubles with tropical heat and women. The Wild Duck. Forty-Eighth St.—Should t be missed, even though you never liked Ibsen before. The Witch Doctor. Martin Beck—Former ly called “Cape Smoke.” Either title will do. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republi viewed next week, The Back Slapper. Hudson—An_interest- vg character in a mildly effective play The Big Mogul. IWallack's—To be re viewed fic—To be re Guild—An excellent historical satire, with The Fall Guy. genuine comedy Eltinge—Ernest Truex in Manhattan peasantry. The Firebrand. Morosco—Several of the re speedy liaisons of Benvenuto Cellini, € very humorously, The Flourflusher. Apollo—You can guess t from the title. The Guardsman. Gerrick—Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt making a delightful thing tof Molnar’s comedy of domestic intrigue. The Harem. — Belasco—A__ well-thumbed from La Vie Parisicnne with Vivienne ome now mixed up in it, Is Zat So? Chanin's—Prizefight talk at which you don't have to be a fight fan to ‘augh your head off. Love for Love. Greenwich Village—Seven- teenth Century bad boys chasing equall; Seventeenth Century ladies ‘round and around Mrs. Partridge Presents—— Belmont— Blanche Bates in a very nice little play about . managing mamma, git] who O Nightingale. x the stage. comes to New Measantly sweet. Aster—The little York to go on The bi a pretty iness ventures of t continuously amus. ing cor ; The Poor Nut. Henry Miller's —To edy viewed later. Ruint. =P tend. vincetowen—Complications at ing a mountaineer’s daughter The Show-Off. Playhowse—Still the bell White Collars. | Cort—The of “Abie's Irish Rose” has just this show, but it really isn’t so think. Eye and Ear Entertainment Artists and Models. Cc of that name. China Rose. Knickerbocker to rave about, Lady, Be Good! it: son's hest, with the Asta lett. Louie the 14th. Cos fal spectacle, and ‘Leon Errol The Love Song. Century bad as you might Typical show Nothing much ty One of the sea es and Walter Cat jan—A beaut Real music Mercenary Mary. viewed later. The Mikado. revival, Music Box Revue. Music Bor —Fannie Brice and other favorites of ours in a first class revue. My Girl, Mond Princess Ida. Shubert—Where has this Gilbert and Sullivan one been all these years? Puzzles of 1925. Fulton—Elsie Janis, as sisted by Jimmy Hussey, in an evening’ full of your moneys worth. Rose- Marie. nf i —Perh heard the music played somewhere. Longacre—To be re: Forty-Fourth St.—A splendid Very pleasant. u've The School Maid. Ambassador—To be re viewed later. Sky High. Minter Garden—Lots ef good ancing, lots of old jokes, and Willie How The Student Prince. you like good singing Fifty Ninth St—If ta Tell Me More. Gaicty To be reviewed ater. Topsy and E Sam H. Harris —The Duncan Sisters ¢ & sop and alto ver sion of “Uncle Tom's ( Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam—W, ( Fields, Will Rogers, and Ray Dooley. They don't ‘come much funnier HELEN HAYES, HENRY TRAVERS AND LIONEL ATWILL IN “CAFSAR AND CLEOPATRA.” comicbooks.com