Life — January 11, 1929 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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More or Less Serious The Age of Innocence, Empire—This would be a fairly tepid adaptation of the novel were it not for the presence of Katherine Cornell. Even with Miss Cornell it marks no epoch in the American theatre. Brothers, Forty-Eighth St—A play by Herbert Ashton, Jr., with Bert Lytell, Irene Shirley, William Ingersoll and others. To be reviewed later. nal, Sam Hl. Herris—Someone has gone to a great deal of trouble to reproduce the details of life in Indo-China as a setting for Miss Helen Menken’s troubles. It all makes an interesting picture. Cyrano de Bergerac, Ham pden's—Walter Hamp- den at his best in one of the world’s best shows. Diamond Lil, Royale—Mae West projecting her personality back into the Bowery of the Nineties, Exceeding Small, Garrick—Pretty tough sted- ding for a young married coupte, ending in tragedy. Deliberately heart-rending but well done. The Grey Fox, Playhouse—Some little-known inci- dents in the life'of Machiavelli, with Henry Hull as the Old Fox himself. Chrystal Herne manages to bother him a great deal. Jarnegan, Longacre—Richard Bennett as the director who didn't like Hollywood and made no bones of telling the moderately cock-eyed world about it, Jealousy, Maxine Elliott—There are only two people in this cast—Pay Bainter and John Halliday —but they manage to carry their worries through the | evening and be pretty interesting about it. The Kingdom of God, Ethel Barrymore—Miss Barrymore's first offering in her brand new theatre. To be reviewed later, Night Hostess, Vanderbili—About the only one left of the old Tenderloin night-club cycle. One Way Street, Cohan—A melodrama-mystery lay by Beulah Pointer, with Joan Blair, Robert Hudson and others. To be reviewed later. Sakura, Belmont—A_ dramatization of “The Breath of the Gods” with Walker Whiteside. To be reviewed later. The Sign of the Leopard, National—Pleasant mystery play with some amusing characterizations. Not quite so thrilling to New York as it was to London ler the title of “The Squeaker.”” he Squealer, Forresi—This was buck-eye enough asa melodrama without the introduction of “Peaches” Browning into the cast. perfect of its type, Strange Interlude, John Golden—A five-hour clinic | over a woman's soul, with plenty of asides for the less | nimble-minded members of the audience. Interesting in spite of its method The Wild Duck, Forth-Ninth St—One of the theatre's imperishable possessions. Wings Over Europe, Martin Beck—Por those who are thrilled by ideas intelligently presented. No sex. Now it should be practically Comedy and Things Like That Back Seat Drivers, Wallack’s—A comedy by Larry E, Johnson with Hugh Cameror ys Feldman and cthers. To be reviewed later. Capcice, Guild—A play from the Hungarian, with Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontaine, Ernest Cossart and others. To be reviewed later. Courage, Rits—Janct Beecher as the mother who | had so many children who knew what to do, Good if you don't mind stage children. : Palstaf, Coburn—A comedy by James Plaisted Webber, Based on Shakespeare's character, with Mr. and Mrs. Coburn and others. To be reviewed later. The Front Page, Times Square—Newspaper re- porters all mixed up with Chicago criminals in a fast ang furious entertainment. e High Road, F ulion—Something less than Lons- dale’s best, but good enough for a delightful per- formance by Edna Best, Herbert Marshall, Prederick Kerr and other Britishers. Holiday, Piymouth—Lo, a class by itself for enter- taining dialogue delivered by real people, including Hope Williams, Ben Smith and Donald Ogden Stew- art. Philip Barry wrote it. The Jealous Moon, Majestic—Even Jane Cowl's presence, with Philip Merivale and Sir Gay Standing. can not make this anything more than just another Pierot whimsey. The Lady of the Orchids, Henry Miller’s—Peggy Hopkins Joyce, in full regalia, carrying along a comedy written for Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Little Accident, Morosco—Some, hilarious compli- from a young man’s devotion to his . Katherine Alexander and Thomas as the unmarried parents, The Marriage Bed, Booth—A Ernest Paschal’s novel, with Ann Davi hart and others. To be reviewed later. Mima, Aelasco—A gigantic contraption of Mr. Belasco’s showing Hell in action, devised for the degradation of Mr. Sidney Blackmer by Mima (Miss Lenore Ulric). Pormerly “The Red Mill,” by Molnar. ‘A Most Immoral Lady, Cort—Alice Brady doing another excellent piece of work as a member of a badger-team, with appropriate music at the finish of an enjoyable evening. On Call Girl, WWaldor/—With all the shows that have been closing lately, this seems a little out of place in the list of survivors. Paris, Music Box—If it weren't for Irene Bordoni, the “Commanders” and Cole Porter's tunes, this farce would be like a hundred others. But still, that is quite a lot. The Perfect Alibi, Charles Hopkins—A murder gystery which is really entertaining, “It is by A. A. Milne, Poppa, Biltmore—A comedy by Bella Cohen and Samuel ‘Spewack, with Harold Walbridge, Mary Ricard and others. To be reviewed later. Potiphar’s Wife, Craig—By Edgar C. Middleton, based on the biblical story. with Prances Carson, Barry O'Neal and others. To be reviewed later. That Ferguson Family, Little—By Howard Chenery. with Halliam Bosworth, Alan Ward, Jean Adair and others. To be reviewed later. This Thing Called Love, Bijou—Violet Heming in a comedy dealing with some fresh ideas on love and— what is that other thing—oh, marriage. Tonight at 12, Hudsmon—Soe deft manipulation of situations by Owen Davis, making for a pleasant mystery without bloodshed. Young Love, Masque—A cast of four nice people— lard and | dying the ladies’ names about in dramatization of . Allan Dine- Dorothy Gish, James Rennie, Catherine V Tom Douglas \ Eye and Ear Entertainment ela, Century—There are plenty of oth. Pepi os you try tha” oF cauie “Animal Crackers, For!y-Fourth St—This one, (, instance. (The Marx Brothers.) % Billie, Evianger's—One of Mr. Miss Polly Walker as star. Blackbirds of 1928, Eltinge—Still the Same of amazing combination’ of dancing and singing Negroes. Follow Thru, Forty-Sixth St. Chonin't—The tex Schwab and Mandel show, with DeSylva. Browns) Henderson score, and Irene Delroy, Madeline Cas cron, Zelma O'Neal and others. To be reviewed late Good Boy, Hammerstein's—A good show, vay Eitiot Nugent, Charles Butterworth, Helen Kate an others. Hello, Daddy, Field's Mansfeld—A musical versce of “The High Cost of Loving.” by Herbert Pica Score by Jimmy, McHugh and Dorothy Pields (wbs did “Blackbirds"). with Lew Pields, Allen Keara, George Hassell, Billy Taylor, Betty Starbuck ast others. To be reviewed later. Hello Yourself, Casino—Coliegiate musical comedy relying on the able services of Waring’s “Pesan! vanians” to make it good. Hold Everything, Broadhurst—One of the bes with Ona Munson, Bert Lahr, Victor Moore, Jact Whiting and others. The Houseboat on the Styx, Liberty old John Kendrick Bangs stories. With Jack Has zard, Blanche Ring, Hal Porde, William Danforth ax! others. To be reviewed later. Midnight Frolic, New Amsterdam Roof—Somethi to take up Eddie Cantor's time after the night per formance of “Whoopee,” together with Geerp isen’s band. To be reviewed later. The New Moon, Imperial—As nice a mesial y as you would care to see. Evelyn Herter Gus Shy and Robert Halliday. ; The Red Robe, Shubert—A musical version d “Under the Red Robe.” with Walter Woolf, Hea Gilliland, Barry Lupino, Jose Ruben and other. Tp be reviewed late : Scandals of 1928, A pollo—Harry Richman, Prases Williams, Willie Howard, Tom Patricola and As Pennington seem to be able to keep this show d George White's near the top. Show Boat, Zies/eld—The gucen-bee. Cast sl includes Charles Winninger, Helen Morgan, Peck and White, Edna May Oliver and Norma Terris This Year of Grace, Selwyn—Noel Coward's reve. from London. starring Beatrice Lillie, which should be a delight to those who like their’ entertainmest neat. Three Cheers, Globe—Will Rogers carrying a whole show by his wits. Treasure Girl, Alrin—A tough break for Gertrede Lawrence, Walter Catlett, Mary Hay and Cite: Webb, who have to work so hard to make this gu A good Gershwin score helps. Vanities of 1928, Earl Carroll—Not for tender minds, but undeniably funny when W. C. Pields is ea aided by Joe Prisco. White Lilacs, Jolson—Unexciting cal comedy based on Chopin's life. Cohan’s bits, way ‘Based on the but worthy mes with Guy Rover. son. Odette Myrtil and De Wolf Hopper. ‘Whoopee, New A msterdam—Just try to get inant see Ed lve Cantor in this. Just try. Votunteer Fire-cuier; H’mm! No fire here. Musta been a false alarm. comicbooks.com 1G