Life, 1927-09-15 · page 22 of 40
Life — September 15, 1927 — page 22: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **theater listings and review guide** for Broadway shows, not a political cartoon. The content consists of: 1. **Theater reviews** organized by category ("More or Less Serious," "Comedy and Things Like That," "Eye and Ear Entertainment"), briefly describing current productions with performer names and venues. 2. **A single advertisement** at the bottom—a stereoscope card image labeled "A Lively Evening," promoting stereoscopic entertainment as a novelty home attraction. The text encourages readers to "entertain your friends with this new invention." The stereoscope was an optical device popular in the late 19th-early 20th centuries that created 3D visual effects. This ad represents period technology marketing rather than satire. **No political cartoon or social commentary appears on this page.** It's a straightforward entertainment section typical of Life magazine's practical reader content from this era.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Owing to the time it takes to print Lure, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less Serious Blood Money. fi Il and P in Abraham's, Bosom. vival of la: Linge—We iam B Wil Comedy. and Things Like That Republi Henry with Gra Abie's Irish Rose. The Baby Cyclone. by George M. Cohan. Georgia Caine. To be Broadway. Broadhurst—As pected: this has st a long s head-start is pretty Burlesque. Plymouh—With, Hal. Ske Barbara Stanwyck. To be reviewed next w Footlights. Lyri Her First Affaire. issue. Miller’s—A f Mitchell Ad Bayes—Reviewed . Romeo. Pickwick The y c > be reviewed What the "Doctor Ordered “The Wild Man of Bera. and H Owen D be ¥ Mare Conne rge Hasse later. Women Go Yellow Sands. he On Forever. x reviewed Fulton— Bachelor With Sydney Shields reviewed next Biltmore A with Rober Rite Bi M he Desert Song. e this hat we Eddie at it was however, The Follies of 1987. New Good News. Ambs and Gus Shy. To be rev Grand Street Follies. Litt “Hit ithe Deck Belasco Chaties Ki The Manhatters. Klaw—Marie Forrest—With Mary be reviewed My with B: reviewed Eye and Ear Entertainment Africana. Ala C Na A The Circus Princess W se show, by full of George ne of those revu tor Moore, Chi 4 A de Ziegfeld—One “A LIVELY EVENING" asino—It has been so Ic re alm zell 13, With Mary Selwyn — A revue p folk whi hh has 5 Cahill luxe Negro show of Mr. Zieefeld’s NOTLINAANI MAN SIKL HLIM SON3IA3 YNOA NIVLYALNS comicbooks.com