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26 New York Life rae (/ ZUR For Instructions on Life's Ticket Service See Page 28. Drama %A Mosr Intssonat. Lavy. Cort, $3.00—Alice Brady doing her best acting in several years. *Broruers. Forty-cighth Street—$3.00, Satur- day $3.85. Bert Lytell playing both brothers and making you like it. *Cyrano ve Bercersc, Hampden's. $3.85— Hampden always means an__ intelligent worth-while performance. KHantem. Apollo. $3.30—A sepia print of the Black Belt. Iypiscretion. Mansfield—As monotonous as the itch, Jourxny’s Exo. Henry Miller—They're rav- ing about it. To be reviewed next week. Kiwirzer. Royale—A luke warm drama of the pinochle pest with one of America’s best actors, Edward G. Robinson. ®My Girt Fripay. Republic, $3.00—Revamped to pass the censors. #Miata. Belasco. $5.50—Lenore Ulric with Sidney Blackmer in one of Father Dave's epics. %Paoro anv Francesca. Forrest Theatre—Jane Cowl, Guy Standing, and others. To be reviewed later. Srmance Inrertuve. John Golden—Take a big shot in the arn first. WSraver Scene. Playhouse. $3.85—This is al- most The Great American Drama you've been yelping for. Tue Lavy yrom THE Sea. Yurka in an Ibsen effort. WTie Pervecr Avi. Charles Hopkins. $4.40 —A different mystery play and swell. Bijou—Blanche Tie Act ov Iyxocence. Empire—Katharine Cornell making the most of 3 pretty good show. Unoen tut Gas Liou, People’s Bowery— To be reviewed later, Comedy Avrearances. Hudson—James LaCurta, Mar- tina Martin and Doe Doe Greene. To be reviewed later. *Courrce. Guild. $3.85—A sobby little play with Janet Beecher. Junior Durkin is great. Take the kiddies. Caprice. Gwild—Lynn Fontanne and Alfred What's-his-name, in the sort of play they enjoy—no action but lots of fat lines. HHouway. Plymouth. $3.85—The smartest play in town until “Let Us be Gay” arrived. Ler Us Be Gay. Litth—You'll have to shop a long while to match this one. It has Francine Larrimore. Lrrrz Accivent. Ambassador—This is bet- ter than “Sparks or Fun in a Photograph Gallery”, that played Gallipolis, O. the year of the grasshopper blight, but not much better. Mrs. Bumpsrean-Leicu. Klaw—With Mrs. Fiske, Sidney Toler, Stella Mayhew, and others. To be reviewed later, May's Estat, Biltmore—With Margalo Gill- more and Earle Larimore. To be reviewed later, *Meer Tie Prince. Lyceum—$3.85. Basil Sidney and Mary Ellis. To be reviewed later. Sue Gor Wuar Sie Wasten. Wallack's— Billed as “The Great Comedy Hit" and is fairly funny. Serexa Branoisn. Morosco—Eccentric to the point of being a touch ga-ga. Highbrows adore it. KSxiwv1xc, Bayes—$3.00. They said this one couldn't last, but it shows no signs of weak- ening. Eye and Ear HBracksinos or 1929. Eltinge. $4.40—Bill Robinson tapping up the golden stairs, and “I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby!” Fiorerta. Earl Carrolli—An eyeful of beauty and Leon Errol cuts up with a dove-gray donkey. *Forrow Turv. Forty-sixth St. $5.50—Zelma O'Neal slapping ‘em down and Irene Delroy as coy as can be. Goon Bor. Hammerstein. $5.50—IE you leave this without a secret yen for Helen Kane to perch on your knee and sing her “Boo- boop-adoop" song you're ripe for the ether cone. *He1L0 Davoy. Cohan. $4.40—Lew Fields car- rying on and several nice songs, KHorn Evervraine. Broadhurst, $5.50—One of the Season's hits and deservedly. KLavy Fixcers. Vanderbilt. $5.50—Eddic Buzzell buzzing around in a crook comedy. Music iw May. Casino. $5.50—An operetta adapted from the German by Fanny Todd Mitchell. Music by Emile Berti and Maurie Rubens. To be reviewed later. H&Preasune Bounn. Majestic. $5.50—An amus- ing Shubert revue with gabby Phil Raker and tongue tied Jack Pearl. And, of course, a Spanish dancer with a fan. *Sprine 1s Here. Alvin. $5.50—The dean of America’s adolescents, Glenn Hunter, in a nice performance. Snow Boar. Ziegfeld—Charles Winninger turning hand springs—and at his age! It has been afloat almost a year. Ture Curras, Globe—Only one more night to hear Will Rogers sing in his bare feet. &Tue Reo Rost. Shubert. $5.50-—Walter Woolf in operetta and very good. *&Tue New Moon. Imperial. $5.50. Sat. $6.60 —Ed and Grace Nolan, of Los Angeles, went back three times just to hear the “Lover, Come Back to Me!” song. Wuoorte. New Amsterdam—Eddie Cantor, Paul Whiteman's band and the Ziegfeld touch—and that's enough for anybody. Movies Hearts 1x Dixie, (Tatxie) Fox—An excel- lent study of the Southern rural negro. Good singing and a swell comedy per- formance by Stepin Fetchit. Broapway Metopy. (Tatxie) Metro-Gold- wyn—The best of the song-and-dance talk- ies. A triumph for Bessie Love. Tur Inox Masx. (Sounn) United Artisti— ‘The sequel to “The Three Musketeers”, but not quite as good. Two short talking s¢- quences by Doug Fairbanks for their adver- using value, Tue Frvinc Fret. (Sounn) Metro-Goldwyn —Ramon Novarro shows how Annapolis graduates become flyers. Exceptional aero- plane photography. Captain Last. (Soup) Fox—Victor Mclag- len proves that movie heroes do not have to be handsome. Good comedy by Clyde Cook. Tue Sins or THe Farner. (Sounn) Para- mount—Even Mr. Volstead will like Emil Jannings as a bootlegger. A Wonan or Arrairs. (Sounp) Metro-Gold- wyn—Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in a slightly purified version of “The Green Hat.” Greta is great. Weary River. (Tarxie) First National—An- other crook reforms through the power of music. Richard Barthelmess sings the theme song (or goes through the motions.) Tne Barker. (Tatxie) First National—A really good talking picture. Milton Sills supported by lots of sex appeal. Recom- mended for adults ie Tre Snopworn Ancer. (TaLxine sequences) Paramount—Much better than the average. Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper and Paul Lukas. Supper Clubs *Dressy. C Cover Charge. H Head Waiter. Ampassapor Grint, Park Avenue at 51st. Niue quiet place to dance. * C.$1.50-2.00. Barney's, 85 West ard. A. swell place. A swell orchestra. C.$2.00-3.00. H.Arnold. Casanova, 152 West s4th. Great hang-out. C$3.00. Coun Ricintan, 157 West 56th. Olsen is back. C$s5.00. Hutcw-Ho, 35 East 53rd. Nice place. Good orchestra. ®C.$2.00-3.00. H.George. Lipo, 7th Ave, at sand. Very Park Avenue. . Beatrice Lillie and Moss and Fontana. *C.$5.00. H.Cabiati. Montmartre, 205 West s0. Oldest supper club in town and still popular, C.$3.00. H.Charlie. (Continued on Page 30) comicbooks.com