Life — June 21, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE Drama More or Less Serious Coquette. Maxine Elliott—If you haven't alre seen Helen Hayes in this poignant little tragedy youthful love ‘and misplaced chivalry, don't look any farther for something to see tonight. Diamond Lil. Royale—Ordinary low-life of the Nineties, with Mae West to give it verisimilitude. One of the things to see if you would be au courant. Otherwise you needn't bother. Diplomacy. Erlanger’s—Reviewed in this issue The Ladder. Cort—The seats are free now, but a lot of wise ones are holding out until the manage- ment offers a bonus for attendance, Porgy. _Republic—Worth bringing back and worth seeing again. The Skull. Forrest—Prankly, we have forgotten what this is about. Strange Interlude, John Golden—Eugene O'Neill's five-hour outline of a woman's emotional life. An interesting mixture of good and not-so-good. ‘The Trial of Mary Dugan. National—More enter- tainment than one usually gets in a court-room. Comedy and Things Like That Anna. Lyceum—Judith Anderson and Lou Tel- legen in something pretty cute and idyllic. The Bachelor Father. — Belasco — Illegitimate children home for the holidays. June Walker, C Aubrey Smith and Geoffrey Kerr’ are the featured players. Burlesque. Plymouth—Hal Skelly and Barbara Stanwyck as the pair of hoofers who go back into their dance after three acts of trouble, Some excellent scenes. The Cyclone Lover. issue. Excess Baggage. Rits—Inside stuf on how vaudeville actors live and love. ‘The Happy Husband. Empire—Billie Burke, sur- rounded by such pleasant actors as A. E. Matthews, Lawrence Grossmith and Walter Connolly, in very good summer entertainment once it gets under way. Paris Bound. Music Box—Some charming ideas on adultery very nicely expressed. Madge Kennedy heads the cast. The Road to Rome. Playhouse—Jane Cow! back from a successful road-tour in the comedy which resents some new ideas about Hannibal and what Berhad to contend with besides the Roman army. The Royal Family. Selwyn—If life in a family of theatrical stars is as amusing as this we should like to be a house-guest for a month. Skidding. Bijou—Very slight. Ten Nights ina Bar-Room. Wallack's—Showing what Prohibition saved us from. _ Volpone. Guild—Good, hearty Renaissance romp- ing for those who like Renaissance romping. Frolic—Reviewed in this Eye and Ear Entertainment Black Birds of 1928. the best of the whole series of Negro revues. Liberty—In several respects A Connecticut Yankee. Vanderbilt — Modern wise-cracks in Arthurian settings, with some extra- nice music. William Gaxton and Constance Car- penter. Funny Face. Alvin—The Astaires, Victor Moore and Andrew Tombes in a dancing show to Gershwin music. Good News. Forty-Sixth St.—The speed show of the season. A , Grand Street Follies. | Booth—Reviewed in this issue. Greenwich Village Follies. Regulation revue, with “Dr. best stuff from vaudeville. Winter Garden — Rockwell bringing his Here's Howe! Broadhurst—What with Ben Bernie and his band, Walter Catlett and “Puzzy” Knight, you ought to be able to seek out a good evening's entertainment here. Present Arms! Lew Fields’ Mansfeld—Musical marines led by Charles King. with Plora LeBreton and Joyce Barbour to lend the feminine touch. Rain or Shine. Cokarn—Joe Cook, the Man Who Can Do Everything. Rosalie. New Amsterdam — Jack Donahue in very good form assisting Marilyn Miller to make an agreeable show of it. Show Boat. Zieg/eld—The season's big show, with Charles Winni Puck and White, Helen Morgan and Norma Terns, not forgetting Jules Bledsoe sing- ing “Old Man River.” The Three Musketeers. Lyric—Dennis dashing and everybody very Dumas in a g zooksing operetta. very gad- Robert Benchley. Silent Drama Recent Developments The End of St. Petersburg. Hammerstein—A mag- nificent picture of the events leading up to the Russian revolution, with less impressive views of the revolu- tion itself. Produced by the Soviet Government, but don’t iet that frighten you away. Tempest. United Artists—Another aspect of the Red Dawn in Russia, from a strictly Hollywood point of view. John Barrymore does grand work. Ramona. United Artists—Dolores Del Rio, of the deep orbs, as an Indian girl who had her troubles in Old California. There are too many feet. in this Im. Hangman's House. Fox—Melodramatic and senti- mental hokum in an Trish setting, beautifully photo- graphed and well played. Street Angel. Fox—A Neapolitan romance which takes an unconscionably long time to get settled. Charles Parrell and Janet Gaynor are both ill at ease. The Big Noise. First National—A commendably satirical gag-comedy, with Chester Conklin bearing most of the brunt. Across to Singapore. MetroGoldwyn—Ramén Novarro does a Milton Sills on an old sailing vessel and proves that he is perfectly willing to have his hair mussed. Mother Machree. Foxr—Another excellent imper- sonation of a mother by Belle Bennett, who somehow manages to avoid the obvious. The Trail of *98. Metro-Goldwyn—This, in my m, is not nearly the picture that it might A Girl in Every Port. For—Rendered notable by the breadth of its humor and the heftiness of Victor McLaglen’s performance. Skyscraper. Pathé—William Boyd and Sue Carol work well together in a pleasant picture. The Patsy. MetroGoldwyn—Not so bad and not so good, Red Hair. Paramount—That shy little miss, Clara Bow, at last consents to take off her clothes for the nice gentlemen, Burning Daylight. First National—There's one thing to be said for Milton Sills: he’s never reluctant to defend his title. There are far more fisticuffs in any one of his pictures than there have been in the last twenty heavyweight championship bouts. Glorious Betsy. Warner Bras.—Poor Dolores Cos- tello is used again as a laboratory experiment by the Vitaphone engineers. This time she is dressed up as an American girl who talked back to Napoleon. The Gaucho. United Artists—Douglas Pairbanks, but not at his best. Three Sinners. Paramount—It is rumored that Pola Negri has left Hollywood for good and all. Per- haps this picture was one of the chief reasons. The Crowd. MetroGoldwyn—King Vidor wean himself out (and his audience, too) invan attempen, show that the life of an average couple is pretty dan Uncle Tom's Cabin. Universal—The next thing we know, Ziegfeld will discover this story acd trait Bn operetta of it. The Man Who” Laughs (Universal), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (United Artists), Speedy (Paramount), Sear rise (Fox), The La: meaand (Paramount), The Cireus (United Artists), and Wings (Paramount) These are all recommended. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (MctroGoldwyn), His Lady fPargmonay arth Shs Nowe Bored page Reviewed in this issue. R. E. Sherwood, Reading Matters Fact The Gangs of New York. By Herbert Asbary, Knopf—A fascinating record of blackjack and badger days in the great metropolis. Tammany Hall. By M. R. Werner. Doran—This family history of the Tiger offers facu. for Republicans, indignation for reformers, and faa for those who don’t give a damn. Hearst—An American Phenomenon. By John K Winkler. Simon & Schuster—Some entertaining a ecdotes fail to tell us very much about our mos mysterious citizen, What'll We Do Now? By Edward Longstreth and Leonard T. Holton. Simon & Schuster—How to Be the Life of the Party. With Messrs. Sherwood, Benchley, and Maxwell contributing, who are we to dislike parlor games? Captain Jack. By (as told to) Henry Outerbrite. Century—This ‘oilicking yarn of a Secret Service man would be a better story if you weren't asked to believe it. “Gentlemen, Be Seated.” By Dailey Paskmaa and Sigmund’ Spaeth. Doubleday, Doran—Some tunes and lines from the old-time minstrels to while away the Daylight Saving twilight. Recommended to bathroom baritones. New Dimensions. By Paul T. Prankl. Payson Clarke—The low-down on this modern art in the home by one of its most eminent practitioners. Fiction The Road to Heaven. By Thomas Beer. Knopf- Pireworks on a clear night. Mr. Beer's usual rast style completely hides the story, but who cares? But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes. By Anita Loot Liveright—Lorelei and Dorothy, those connoisseurs of geatlemen, coutioue their lively adventures, Sunset Gun. By Dorothy Parker. Boni & Liw right—As for us, give us a good shot of verse by Dorothy Parker. We're like that. The Closed Garden. By Julian Green. Harper's —Why girls go crazy in those little Prench villay A distressing exhibition, but one you're supposed to fee. The Queene. By Harford Powel, Jr. Little, Brown—Home life of the men who write those lovely, lovely ads. Don't be misled by the title, it's the brightest book of the moment. Behind That Curtain. By Earl Derr Biggen Bobbs-Merrill—A good, clean killing, with some almost human characters. and, wonder of wonders & modest detective—Mr. Charlie Chan. The Greene Murder Case. By S. S. Van Dise, Seribner’s—Until Philo Vance, the psychological deteckatiff, solves another, we'll have to keep 08 mentioning this one, Bad Girl. By Vifia Delmar. Harcourt, Bret. Alice in the Delighted States. By Edward Hope Dial Press. The e of San Luis Rey. By Thor ton Wilder. Boni—Haven’t you read these by now? Perry Githens. comicbooks.com