Life — June 23, 1927 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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EXGnfidenfial 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. More or Less Serious The Barker, /iltmore—The emotional troubles of a sideshow ballyhoo artist, with Walter Hus in the title réle. Crime. crook play excitement. The Green Rabbit. Greenwich Village—The latest of the mystery plays. To be reviewed later. In Abraham's Bosom. Prorincetown—A sincere (and prize-winning) outline of the trials of an ambitious Negro. The Ladder. Cort—According to a New York pastor, this isa play of great importance. Well. maybe we're wrong. The Mystery Ship. Comedy—The fact that this doesn't cost much to run is no excuse for keeping it running. One for All. Princess—In spite of practically unanimous opposition, this one has moved up- town. The producer of this should pool with the producer of The Ladder” and between them they ought to be able to lose close to a million. The Silver Cord. John Golden—A provocative play dealing with’ the malign side of excessive Mother Love. The Spider. Music Bor—After you have been at this play for an hour you don't know whether you area murderer or not. It is all very thrilling. Times Square—A good, conyentional with a few moments of intense Sa no 7 pd Spread Eagle. Martin Beck—There hasn't been a play which has worried the Authorities so much as this one for a long time, It ts melodrama and yet packs a nasty wallop at several things that have never been walloped befor The Squall. Forty- Eighth St.— of the less sunny portions of Spain. Tamaki Miura. Selwyn—Japanese star in what is billed as a ‘love drama in English.” Possibly to be reviewed later. The Thief. Ri x life in one Alice Brady and Lionel Atwill in a good revival of the Bernstein dram Triple Crossed. Wallack"s—"*The Spider” gone crazy and not a bad entertainment either. The Wooden Kimono. Fulton—Burlesque clodrama with everything in it to elicit screams. Partially successful and seldom d Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—This department is panic-stricken at the possibility of this closing in August. What shall we have to write about? Baby Mine. Fort hk SL—A revival of the old farce success, with ‘*Patt Arbuckle in the leading réle. Broadway. Broudhurst—Several return visits to this underworld melodrama have convinced us that it is practically perfect entertainment. First Gold-Digger: 1 HAVE A NEW SUGAR PAPA Now. Second Gold-Digger: WHAT BECAME OF THE OTHER ONE? First Gold-Digger: oH, 1 MELTED HIM DOWN. The Constant Wife. Maxine Flliot!’s—Plea: hadinage as an excuse for the pleasure of listenin to Ethel Barrymore. Gertie. Bayes—The o old, old way, and it wo either. Her Cardboard Lover. F'mpire—Jeanne assisted greatly by Leslie Howard, in a comedy of familiar pattern and occasional Kempy. Hudson—Several Nuge of their best comedy. Lombardi, Ltd. Cohan—Another revival, time with Leo Carrillo. To be reviewed week. Mr. Pim Passes By. Garrick—Still ano revival. Laura Hope Crews in Milne’s very little play. The Play's the Thing. Henry Miller’s—Hol brook Blinn with excellent support in an amusing comedy of Molnar’s which has its moments of salacity but is always genteel about it. The Road to Rome. Playhouse—An engagingly modern handling of one of history's little-know events, with Jane Cowl to make it even pleasante Saturday's Children. Booth. Id ec the nomics as the basis for a cha: deals with many other things be! ther ope! . old story told in th t cost you much to see it ts ina revival Ruth Gordon is the young wife. The Second Man. G i gan done by an exce c es I red Lunt, Lynn Pontanne, Margalo Gillmo: and Earle Larimore. * . mor Tommy. —Eliinge—Youthful_ courtship and 1 business dealings in a pleasant little play. whi __A Very Wise Virgin. ijow op issue. Fl “El Eye and Ear Entertainment ane Bare Facts of 1927. later. The Circus Princess. Winter Garden— elaborate production built to amuse those w are amused by Vienna operettas, with **Poodte Hanneford, George Hassell and George Bickel furnishing the comedy. The Desert Song. Casino—Eddie Buzzell in ‘one of the season's best. , Grand Street Follies. Litsle—Some clever imitations of Broadway stars and satincal sketches done by the young people from the late Neighborhood Playhouse. Hit the Deck. _Belasco—The best of the new- comers. with Louise Groody, Charles King and Stella Mayhew. Honeymoon Dowling’s hit. __ Merry-Go-Round. issue. A Night in Spain. Forty-Fourth St.—Portunate ly not so much Spanish as Phil Baker and Ted Healy. Oh, Ernest! Ear! Carroll—Don't bother. Ob, Kay! /mperial—Gertrude Lawrence. Victor Moore and Oscar Shaw in an evening of song and dance. Peggy-Ann. Vanderdili—At least one out-of- the-ordinary musical show for the summer. Helen Pord in the lead. Queen High. A mbassodor—A musical version "A Pair of Sixes.” with Prank McIntyre and Charles Ruggles, which turned out to have a year’s run. Rio Rita. Ziesseld—A nice show to look at. Reviewed in this Triangle—To be review Lane. — Knicker bocker—Eddie Klaw—Reviewed in this Not So Silent Now GNORANT: Say, what's this here Vitaphone I hear so much about? Wiser Guy: Vitaphone? Oh, that’s just the official spokesman of the movies. comicbooks.com