Life — May 10, 1929 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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New York Life peepee ee UGS eee ee %Tie Love Duet. Ethel Barrymore. $3.85— *Binv 1x Hanv. Morosco. $3.85—All-English play by John Drinkwater about a flapper's clash with her dad and rather dull, but the English is flawless, WBrornens. Forty-cighth Street. $3.00—Sat. $3.85—This is sheer hokum but, with Bert Lytell dealing “Hoke”, is an enjoyable eve- ning. Cansivat. Forrest—Norman Foster in a side- show life thing. Reviewed later. kConriicr. Fulton. $3.00—Sat. $3.85—A war- time mésalliance that is just fair. WCourace. Ritz. $3.85—Tremulous mother and kiddie stuff with Junior Durkin and Janel Beecher. HHaxcest. Apollo. $3.00—Glorifying the “rent party” in Darkest Harlem, and thin drama often thickens into real stuff. #Joursey’s Exp. Henry Miller, $3.00—A phil- osophic play of the wrenches and about the best thing in town. All-English. Max's Esrare. Biltmore—Margalo Gillmore in an interesting Theatre Guild play. #Minta. Belusco. $5.50—La Ulric does some panting. It is very mechanistic. Mysrery Square. all. Rockwouxv. Cort—Maine coast grimness, Re- viewed later, #Sraver Scene. Playhouse, $3.85—Sat. $4.40 —A New York tenement from dusk until dawn. A moving drama. Srxeets or New Yorx. Spanish—Another ten-twent and thirt revival. *Tie Ace or Innocence. Empire. $4.40—All to the crinoline. With Katie Cornell in a Victorian role. Tue Camer Timovcn tHe Neepte’s Eve, Martin Beck—Miriam Hopkins has several moments from the Czecho-Slovakian. Longucre—It's name tells *Berort. You're 25. Maxine Elliott, *Houway, #Kinrrzer. *Ler Us Lire Acciwenr. eMeer THe *Mrs, Bumpsreap-Leicn. Sat. $4.40—Miss Barrymore in a love match with Lewis Calhern. Reviewed in this issue. Tue Perrecr Axssi. smooth little plot. Tue Sea Gute. Comedy—Heavy but inter- esting, With a Russian emoter. Unper Tie Gasticir. People’s Bowery—An old time melodrama. The pigs knuckles and beer at intermission are pretty good. Charles Hopkins—A Comedy $3.00— Sat. $3.85—Reviewed in this issue. Caprice. Guild—One of the Guild things with Lynn Fontanne and the other guy. Plymouth, $3.85—All_ about life in one of those gloomy Fifth Avenue man- sions, Jonesy. Bijou. $3.00—Sat. $3.85—What hap- pens when parents mix in an adolescent love affair. Lots of laughs. Royale. $3.00—Sat. $3.85—Ed- ward G. Robinson in a play naan pinochle players but not the common her Be Gay. Little. $4.40—Francine Larrimore in a Long Island house party comedy that is worth almost the specu- lator’s price. Ambassador, $3.00—Sat. $3.85—All about an unwanted brat with a hospital waiting room scene that is a wow. Marry THE Man. Frlton—Reviewed later. Prince, Lyceum. $3.85—Basil Sydney and Mary Ellis in one of Milne’s ones. Klaw. Fiske in a revival that is excellent. must see Sidney Toler. $3.00—Mrs. And you My Girt Frivay. Republic. $3.00—There have been complaints but it is still going, *Sxiwvinc. Bayes. $3.00—It is. Tite, Come-ON Man. Forty-ninth Strect—Re- viewed later if it lasts that long. Eye and Ear *Bracksirvs. Eltinge. $3-85—Sat. $4.4o—All- colored revue in its second year. #Fionerts. Earl Carroll, $6.60—A gorgeous spectacle and good acting, but not much tuneful music. *Fotvow Turv. Forty-sixth Street. $5.50—Sat. $6.60-—Golf to music with Zelma O'Neal stamping about. *Hetto Dappy. Cohan. is chief entertainer. *kHorp Everymuinc. Broadhurst. $5.50—A prize fight to music with chatty Bert Lahr. KLapy Fincers. Liberty, $4.40—Sat. $3.95 —A crook play musicalized and Marjorie White as cute as a bug's ear. *Music 1s May. Casino. $5.50—A pleasing operetta with laughs by Solly Ward. Messin’ Rounp. Hudson—Another all-colored revue. Reviewed later. *New Moox. Imperial. $5.50—Sat. $6.60— We are tired shouting the praises of the theme song. Go hear it yourself. *Peasure Bounn. Majestic. $5.50—A Shubert revue featuring Jack Pearl and Phil Baker. The accordion is there too, but not in the billing. Tue Rev Rove. Shubert. Woolf in a pleasing operetta. *Spainc 1s Here. Alvin. $50 Glenn Hunter in his first musical comedy and very nice too. Also Charles Ruggles and Inez Court- $4.40—Lew Fields $5.50—Walter mey. kWitcores. New Amsterdam. $6.60—It is Ed- die Cantor out west as a nervous invalid with lots of girls and clean laughs. (Continued on Page 28) Lite’s Ticket Service HOW LIFE READERS CAN GET GOOD : ORCHESTRA SEATS AT BOX OFFICE PRICES. If you are planning a visit to New York. ? or if you live in New York, Lire’s Ticket Service will not only save you money but an extra trip to the box-office. Help Live. to drive the Ticket scalper out of business! HOW TO USE LIFE’S TICKET SERVIC Good seats are available for attractions above indicated by stars and at prices noted. All. orders for tickets must reach Lrre’s Office at least seven days before date of per- ? formance. attached to each Purchase Order. Receipt will be sent to purchaser by return ; mail. This must be presented at the box office on the evening of the performance. 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