Life, 1926-07-22 · page 20 of 37
Life — July 22, 1926 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains theater reviews and a cartoon titled "Solomon's Wives' Bridesmaids Arrive for a Reunion." The cartoon illustrates a biblical reference: King Solomon, famous for his many wives, is being visited by their bridesmaids arriving for a reunion. The image shows women in elaborate dress approaching ornate palace columns, with a peacock (symbol of opulence) visible in the background window. The joke plays on the absurdity and excess of Solomon's legendary marital situation—the notion that bridesmaids from *all his wives* would reunite creates comic imagery of overwhelming numbers and elaborate ceremony. It's a lighthearted mockery of both biblical excess and the social pretensions of formal gatherings. The rest of the page comprises brief theater reviews typical of 1920s entertainment criticism, rating current Broadway productions with casual, gossipy commentary.
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More or Less Serious fe. Morosco—A prizewinning play ish wife who went and spoiled every- Cri about a sel thing. The Great God Brown. Klaw—The most ambitious dramatic essay of the year, by Eugene O'Neill. The House of Ussher. Forty. Ninth St—Not quite stimulating enough for the hot weather. Kongo. _Biltmore—All the old spine-shakers assembled in a South African jungle. Lulu Belle. Belasco—Lenore Ulric as the cole 1 who forgot that the whirlwind harvest is a sure thing. Henry Hull as the reaper. Sex. 's—Just the usual truck. The Shanghai Gesture. Shuher!—Chinese vengeance in an exi ve brothel and thorough, too, thanks to Florence Reed. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish R. Republic—There'’s that queer fee a the back of our head again! It’s sort of as if—well. it’s difficult to explain. The doctor says it’s nothin; at_all we need is a rest, but—there it goes again! Can it be a mental breakdown? And what's that shadow over be- hind the book-case? We must pull ourself together. Alias the Deacon. Hudson—The kindly card- sharper at work. At Mrs. Beam's. Guild—Suspicious charac- ters at large in a London boarding-house, with quite a bit of resultant comedy ~ Owing to the time it takes to print Live, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. Cradle Snatchers. Music Box—Dealing with sex in its middle-age manifestations, which, to our way of thinking, are not its pleasantest. The Half-Naked Truth, — Mayfair—Just nothing. Honest Liars. Harris—To be reviewed later. Is Zat So? Forty-Sixth St.—So good that England wants a second company. Laff That Off. 1Wallack*s—Good second-rate stuff. Love-in: Gaiety—A mild piece with Madge Kennedy furnishing considerabie life. The Man from Toronto. Cort—Pair. One of the Family. the in-laws farcically Mitchell. The Patsy. Booth—Chiefly Claiborne Foster. Pomeroy’s Past. ngacre—Ernest Truex as ‘one of Clare Kummer's delightfully implausible heroes, with Laura Hope Crews to tell him what to do. What Every Woman Knows. Bijou—The old Barrie favorite, with a new and triumphant Maggie, Helen Hayes. Eye and Ear Entertainment Americana. Belmon!—To be reviewed later. The Cocoanuts. Lyric—On the whol hese Marx Brothers are funnier than anything else in town. Garrick Gaieties. Gay h—Smart cracks at the current world done by ed youngsters. The Girl Friend. Vanderdilt—Puck and White in a good show. , Grand Street Follies. Neighborhood—Rather impotent satire. The Great Temptations. Winter Garden—An elaborate mixture of good and bad. Tolanthe. Plymouth—The way Gilbert and Sullivan should always be done. Kitty’s Kisses. Playhouse—Just dancing. The Merry World. American c tainment. Imperial—English and edians in a good all-around enter- A Night in Paris. Century Roof—A diverting show in an ideal hot-weather theatre. Scandals of 1926. A pollo.—George White's chefdeurre, with Ann Pennington, Willie Howard, Harry Richman and dozens of others. Song of the Flame. Forty-Fourth St—Tessa Kosta in Russian singing. Sunny. New Amsterdam—What with Marilyn Miller, Donahue and the rest of the stars, you can’t go wrong. The Vagabond King. Casino—Bona fide comic opera. Vanities of 1926. Earl Carroll—A new show in preparation, but this one still has Joe Cook, Julius Tannen’ and Frank Tinney. Ziegteld Revue. Globe—A highly revue in spite of being advertised as tisfactory clean.” SOLOMON’S WIVES’ BRIDESMAIDS ARRIVE FOR A REUNION comicbooks.com yea teu ula: Lit! Clu the pea fric has we 10 tive in wit eur tar wh tro sh we the we to re nu in tw