Life, 1926-11-25 · page 24 of 44
Life — November 25, 1926 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a theater review page from Life magazine listing current Broadway productions. The single cartoon depicts two men in overcoats and hats (appearing to be college students or young men) in conversation. The dialogue reveals a Harvard-Princeton rivalry joke: A woman comments that it was "rude" of Princeton boys to tear down Harvard's goal posts. The Harvard graduate responds dismissively: "Oh, well—what of it? We never use them, anyway," implying Harvard doesn't need goal posts because they don't play football or are uncompetitive athletically. This satirizes the era's intense Ivy League rivalry and masculine athletic pride. The "rude" vandalism of goal posts was apparently a real occurrence between these schools. The Harvard man's response mocks his own institution through false bravado—claiming indifference to something clearly important to college identity. The page itself is primarily a theater guide with brief synopses of 1920s Broadway shows.
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newspapers the More or Less Serious An American Tragedy. Longacre—Just like the book, if you know what we mean, Caponsacchi. Hampden's—Walter Hampden ina play made from “The Ring and the Book.” The Captive. Empire—A highly dramatic handling of the Lesbian question, entirety without offense, Helen Menken and Basil Rathbone head an excellent cast. Civic Repertory Theatre. Le Gallienne and her company. Kocandiera.” The Donovan Affair. Fulton—Considerable croxs-questioning in the matter of who stabbed Just Life. bad one. Loose Ends. Kit:—To be reviewed next week, Lulu Belle. Belasco—Lenore Ulric in a vivid account of how a colored dancer got to Paris, Henry Hull seeing to it that she never got back. Mozart. Music Box—With Irene Bordoni. To be reviewed later. Naked. Princess—A Pirandello play. To be reviewed next week. (14th Sty This week La Morosco— Marjorie Rambeau in a She: 1. TWINK IT WAS VERY RUD THE FOF THOSE PRINCETON HARVARD GOAL Posts. Harvard Graduate: out, Wet.u—wiat or IT? Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. The Noose. /Hudson—Pairly conventional melodrama, with its moments. The Pearl of Great Price. Century—A great big allegory showing how hard it is for a girl to go straight, Pygmalion. Guild—To be reviewed next week Seed of the Brute. Little—Pretty potent stuff, with a good second act, Robert Ames as the Miracle Man, Sex. Daly's—Not worth the trip uptown. The Shanghai Gesture. Forty-Sixth St.— rence Reed as the Chinese madame who ited the color line. The Squall. Forty- Kighth St.—To be reviewed next wee! The Witeh. Greenwich Village—With Alice Brady. To be reviewed next week. The Woman Disputed. Forrest—Lowell Sher- man and Ann Harding in a war play revolving around a lady's good name. Yellow. National—One of those melodramas. BOYS TO TEAR DOWN: WE NEVER USE THEM, ANYWAY. Comedy and Things Like That pAbie’s Irish Rose, Republic—Thanksgiving! lah! Broadway. Broadhurst—To all intents and purposes a perfect play of back-stage Broadway. Daisy Mayme. Playhouse—George Kelly con- tinues to put America intact on the stage in an uncannily accurate character sketch. First Love. ooth—Reviewed in this issue. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Times Square— A_ perfect stage version of the book, with June Walker, Edna Hibbard and G. P. Huntley. Gertie. Bayes—To be reviewed next week. Bead or Tail. Waldor{—To be reviewed next week. If I Was Rich. Eltinge—Joe Laurie, Jr., in a play made for him. Judge's. Husband. The Forty- Ninth St— Wilham Hi. jge in his regular line. Lily Sue. Lyceum—To be reviewed later. ‘The Lion Tamer. Neighborhood—Alternating with “The Little Clay Cart.” Both worth seeing, The Little Spitfire. Cor!—Nah! Loose Ankles. Garrick—Some amusing com- ments by professional hoofers. Old Bill, M.P. Biltmore—To be reviewed next week. On Approval. Gaiei-—Light and amusi bickerings, from an expert cast headed by Wallace Eddinger. The Play’s the Thing. viewed in this issue. Sure Fire. Comedy—A trick play with con siderable entertainment attached to it. This Was a Man. Klaw—To be reviewed later. Two Girls Wanted. John Golden—Nice. What Every Woman Knows. Bijou—Helen Hayes bringing the Barrie opus back to life. Eye and Ear Entertainment Americana. Belmont—Good for those who don't like the average revue, Castles in the Air. Selwyn—Good staple stuff, with Vivienne Segal and Bernard Granville. Countess Maritza. Shubert—Highly superior score from Vienna, with what usually goes with Henry Miller's—Re- those highly superior scores from Vienna. Also Nvonne D'Arle, Walter Woolfe and George jassell. _Criss-Cross. Globe—Pred Stone at his fun- niest. which, if you ask us, isn't funny at all. Millions think otherwise, however. Gay Paree. Winter Garden—A new revue, containing chiefly Chic Sale. To be reviewed later. The Girl Friend. Vanderbilt—Puck and White in an old favorite. Honeymoon Lane. Knickerbocker — Eddie ling in a regulation show with good dancing. Ka Forty-Fourth St—Nice music. Oh, Kay! /mperial— With Gertrude Lawrence and Gershwin music. To be reviewed later. Queen Hi Ambassodor—Luella Gear, Prank McIntyre and Charles Ruggles in a tune- ful show. The Ramblers. Lyric—That infallible pair, Clark and McCullough, in a production replete with comedy. Scandals of 1926. A pollo—A revue de luxe, Mr. George White's best. Sunny. New’ Amsterdam—Still good. twinkle, Ywinkle, Litety—To be reviewed ater. Vanities of 19°6. Fars Carroi—A large num- ber of young lawes with comedy furnished by Julius Fasnen, Moran and Mack, and part of the old Avon Comedy Pour. The Wild Rose. Martin Beck—Highly re- spectable musical comedy, with William Collier, loseph Santley and Desirée Ellinger. comicbooks.com