Life, 1926-10-21 · page 24 of 44
Life — October 21, 1926 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This page reviews Broadway theatrical productions, a standard Life magazine feature. The cartoon titled "Pour le Sport" depicts a woman playing tennis in an exaggerated, comedic pose—her body contorted awkwardly mid-swing, with her tennis racket prominently featured. The satire targets the "modern woman" of the 1920s Jazz Age. The cartoon mocks women's newfound participation in sports and athletic activities, which represented changing social norms. The absurdly exaggerated pose suggests ridicule of women attempting "masculine" pursuits like competitive tennis. The woman's ungainly form—with legs splayed and body twisted unnaturally—implies women were physically unsuited for such activities, a common sexist trope of the era. The overall effect is satirical commentary on social anxieties surrounding women's expanding roles and independence during the 1920s, presented through physical comedy and caricature.
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More or Less Serious a Steret Sands. Fdyth Totten—To be reviewed An American Tragedy. Longacre—The Dreiser Sez. Daly’s—Traveling along on its name. opus dramatized, with Morgan Parley and Kathe The Shanghai Gesture. Forty-Sixth St—A erine Wilson. To be reviewed next week. rathering of the old boys of Madame Godam's ‘Siadd 6=“THB aia 6 col ss in Chinese vice, with a surprise for each one. champn With Paul Rober Terme seeuered— Plorence Reed as Teacher. next week, The Straw Hat. American Laboratory—To be The Captive. Empire—Re ; reviewed later. Scorers baeire neviewed in The Woman Disputed. Forrest—A war play Deep River. Imperial—z with Lowell Sherman and Ann Harding. To be jazz by Fra Ha % and Laurence reviewed next week. eviawed in this ies | Yellow. National—A melodrama which you The Donovan Affair. Fulton—The old inquiry will never reproach yourself for not having seen. into who killed Cock Robin. The Ghost Train. —That old midnight choo-choo, with a Ic spooks Siting W you are in therright’mood =" * Comedy and Things Like That The House of Ussher. Mayfair—This thing has gone far enough. The Humble. Irish Rose. Republic—A rumor that > close soon has completely disorganized epartment. What would we do, at our age, thrown out of work? (Later) Our panic has been somewhat allayed by a denial of the rumor from the Nichols headquarters. It has made us stop and think, however. No one is safe in these The Immortal Thief. Hampden's—A play by ys of helter-skelter change. Tom Cushing. with Walter Hampden. To be Beam’s. Garrick—A cont’ ation of reviewed next week. The Jeweled Tree. Forty-Eighth St—An the Guild. PEy(Ons Tantasy, Fo be deviewsl next Wetk The Blonde Sinner. Frolic—Couldn't be worse. atte oe Me a Broadway. Broadhurst—Couldn't be better. . Plan now to see it around Christmas-time be reviewed later. i Lulu Belle. Belasco—Lenore Utric in her Crewe, Alton Stipworth and Edwin: Sean comedy which opened last spring at vivid characterization—that of a Harlem h Frere Asoo Ee who goes the way of all flesh, but only after having _10_D€ reviewed later had a@ very good time. Henry Hull as the de- Fanny. Lyceu Brice being funnier ceived boy. in a poor serious has been for years Sandalwood. G. in comic revues. of one man’s struggle Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Times Square— ine Lord makes it som Reviewed in this issue. “Pour le Sport’’ 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. The Good Fellow. Playhouse—With Jack Hazzard, To be reviewed next week. Henry—Behave! Bayes—John Cumberland in a play which is funny at great effort. Her Cardboard Lover. Henry Miller's—W Laurette Taylor and Leslie Howard. To be ri viewed later. The Home-Towners. Hudson—George Cohan makes an accurate transcription of town repartee, with the result that it is just funny as small-town repartee is. he Judge's Husband. Forty. Ninth St— iam Hodge in what a lot of people love to see iam Hodge in. Laff That Of Grade-B com ' The Lion Tamer. Neighborhood—To be re viewed next week. The Little Spitfire. Cort—Just what you think itis. Loose Ankles. Biltmore—Inside dope on gigo- los and gigoloing, so of it highly amusing. She Couldn't Say No! Rit>—Plorence Moore all over the place in hilariously effective clowning. The Shelf. Morosco—If this was the best that Frances Starr could find to return in, she mig better have waited. Treat ‘Em Row; With Genevieve Tobin and Alan Dinchart. To be reviewed next week. Two Girls Wanted which no amount of make us think is spicy. We Americans. Harris—To be reviewed later. What Every Woman Knows. fijou—Helen Hayes lending a new charm to Barrie. White Wings. Booth—With Winifred Lenihan and J. M. Kerr To be reviewed later. T Wi Wi Wellack"s—A good regulation Eye and Ear Entertainment Americana. — Belmont—A satirical revue in I and satisfactory doses. Castles in the Air. Selwyn—Regulation musi- comedy. well done. Vivienne Segal and Ber- nard Granville, Countess Maritza. Shuber!—One of those big. c z events from Vienna, with Idette Myrtil and Walter Woolf, fi Criss-Cross. Globe—The Fred Stone show. To be reviewed later. The Girl Friend. Vonderbilt—Last summer's song hits still good. Puck and White. The Great Temptations. Winter Garden—If you like Winter Garden shows, this is a good one. Jack Benny makes it better. Happy-Go-Lucky. Liberty—Pair! pretty dull. Taylor Holmes and banell. Honeymoon Lane. Knickerbocker—Eddic Dowling’s best show. Tolanthe. Plymouth—When all others tire you, go back to this. Naughty Riquette. Cosmopolitan—Mitzi as Mitzi. A Night in Paris. Forty-Fourth St-—A revue with enough good stuff to pass the evening pleas- antly. Queen High. A mbassador—Probably the best of the new musical comedies, with Luella Gear, Prank McIntyre and Charles Ruggles. The Ramblers. Lyric—Bobby Clark with at last enough room to work in. Sunny. New Amsterdam—Marilyn Miller and Jack Donahue in the best of them all. The Vagabond King. Casino—Still singing. Vanities of 1926. Earl Carroll—This is said to be a better show now. It ought to be, with Julius Tannen, Moran and Mack, and Dale and Smith. The Wild Rose. Martin Bech—With Lew Pields and Joseph Santiey. To be reviewed later comicbooks.com line Ani its pla seri hav ’ mot whe hig due pie A not tlin hon on no but hay can