Life, 1929-07-12 · page 31 of 48
Life — July 12, 1929 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a theater and film listing page from Life magazine, not a political cartoon. It provides reviews and showtimes for Broadway plays, comedies, musical revues, and motion pictures—both silent and "talkie" (sound) films, which were still relatively new technology in the late 1920s. The page includes brief critical assessments of popular entertainments: dramatic works like "Journey's End," comedies featuring stars like Bert Lytell and Miriam Hopkins, and films starring contemporary celebrities including Eddie Cantor, the Marx Brothers, Sophie Tucker, and Vilma Banky. The bottom section advertises Life's ticket service, explaining how readers could purchase orchestra seats at box-office prices without profit markup—a reader benefit the magazine emphasized. The "Tatkie" and "Silent" designations indicate films' sound capabilities, reflecting entertainment's technological transition during this era.
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New York Life Drama *KBrorutes. Forty-eighth Street. $3.00—Sat. Hol. $3.85—Bert Lytell makes this 10-20-30 interesting. Borrowen Love. Times Square—An enter- taining piece by Bide Dudley. Joursty’s End. Henry Miller's. $3.00—No hurry. It will be‘here several years. *Sracet Scene. Playhouse, $3.85—Sat. Hol, $4.40—It shows how a tenement squeezes out life to the rind. Tue Pearscr Aust. Charles Hopkins—A draw room mystery that clicks. Tae se. Turoven Tue Nerpie’s Eve. Guild. $3.00—Sat. Hol. $3.85—Miriam Hopkins as a Cinderella. Tue Jave Goo, Cort—Oriental with nothing to commend it. wah-wah Comedy Apas’s AppLe. Princess—A crab apple. *Bino Ix Hand. Morosco. $3.85—Heavy lines that Drinkwater intended for comedy. And it is packing them in. KJoxrsy Bijou. $3.00—Sat. Hol. $3.85—The Son home from college, and fun on Main Street. KLirrie Acciwent. Ambassador. $3.00—Sat. Hol. $3.85—It’s bug house comedy in the hospital birth ward. tLer Us Be Gay. Little, $4.40—Francine Lar- rimore in smart chatter. #My Grint Frivay. Republic. $3.00—Sat. Hol. $3.85—Good for a sly grin at least. Eye and Ear *®A Nici Is Venice. Shubert. $5.50—Ted Healy is great. *Fottow Turv. Forty-sixth Street. $5.50—Sat. Hol. $6.60—If you are a Golf addict, you'll love this one. *Howd Everymanc. Broadhurst. $5.50—Hi- larious monkey-shines with a pugilistic theme. Hor Cnocotarrs, Hudson—A negro revue with Harlem high yellows. *Tie Grano Srarer Fouies. Booth. $4.40— It’s been revised, Thank Hevings. #Tue New Moon. Imperial. $5.50—Sat. Hol. $6.60—Romantic operetta with Charlotte Lansing. *Tue Litre Snow. Music Box. $4.40—Sat. Hol. $5.50—"The" smart revue. Clifton Webb dances, Fred Allen nifties. *Wroorce. New Amsterdam. $6.60—Eddie Cantor has played to $.R.O. for a year. KSnow Girt. Ziegfeld. $5.50—McEvoy’s book as a musical comedy. Cast includes Ruby Keeler, Clayton Jackson and Durante. To be reviewed later. &Tue Sxercn Boox. Earl Carroll. $5.50—Sat. Hol. $6.60-—Sketches written by Eddie Can- tor, with Will Mahoney, William Demarest and others. To be reviewed later. Movies Drac. (Tarxte) First National Vitaphone— Dick Barthelmess having trouble with his in-laws. Reviewed in this issue. Brospway Banits. (Tatxte) First Netional— Alice White in a pretty bad one. Reviewed in this issue. Tie Pantor Pest. (Snort Tarxie) Columbia —One of the very funny short ones. Re- viewed in this issue. *See paragraphs below. Four Featuers. (Sitent) Paramount—Worth while for the remarkable animal pho- tography by Marian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack. Richard Arlen is also good. Tue Faut. or Eve. (Tarxie) Columbia—Bed- room farce with Ford Sterling and Patsy Ruth Miller, Not so hot. Howxy Tonk. (Tatkte) Warner Brothers— Sophie Tucker is good but the picture is not. Tins Is Heaven. (TaLxine Sequences) United Artists—Vilma Banky's beauty is the one recommendation. Farr ano Sox. (Tatxinc Sequences) Co- lumbia—Mickey McBan is great, but the rest is not so good. Tne Cocoanuts. (Tarxie) Paramount—The Marx Brothers and a flock of hilarious wise cracks. Lots of fun, Broapway, (Tatxir) Universal—Another fine dramatic vehicle mutilated through contact with the pretentious talkies. Some of the photography is exceptionally good. Ox Wirt Te Snow, (Tarxic) Werner Brothers—An effective extravaganza done in the Ziegfeld manner. The color pho- tography is beautiful. Mapame X. (Taxis) Metro-Goldwyn— Ruth Chatterton in a swell picture. A Dancrrovs Woman. (Taste) Paramount —Fair sex stuff about the dangerous fair sex. Tur Pacax. (Souxn) Metro-Goldwyn—En- tertaining South Sea stuff with Ramon Novarro going through the motions of sing- ing the theme song. If he does the singing his voice is not as good as advertised. Tue Sovart. (Tarxie) First National Vita- phone—Appropriately titled. One of the very bad ones. Buttv0c Daumaovn, (Tatxie) Samuel Gold- wyn—Sce it by all ineans. Ronald Colman is one of the best speaking performers. Lite’s Ticket Service HOW LIFE READERS CAN GET GOOD ORCHESTRA SEATS AT BOX OFFICE PRICES *We render this service without profit sole- ly in the interest of our readers. I} you are going to be in New York, Live's Ticket Service will not only save you money but an extra trip to the box-office. %Good seats are available for attractions above indicated by stars and at prices noted. All orders for tickets must reach Lire Office at least seven days before date of per- formance. Check for exact amount must be 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. IN ORDER TO KEEP TICKETS OUT OF THE HANDS OF TICKET-SCALPERS SEATS WILL BE HELD AT THE BOX-OF- FICE AND WILL NOT BE RELEASED UN- TIL AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK ON THE NIGHT OF THE PERFORMANCE. eee In selecting attractions, purchasers are asked to send two alternative choices of shows with each selection, in case Lire’s quota of seats for that performance is exhausted. Remit- tance will have to cover the cost of the highest priced seats asked for. Any excess amount will be refunded. . e- Lire will be glad to make appropriate se- lections for purchasers if they will indicate with order the type of show preferred and re- mit amount to cover top prices. Any excess amount will be refunded by return mail. eee NO ORDERS FOR SEATS TAKEN OVER THE TELEPHONE. eee No money refunded on orders without seven days’ notice. PURCHASE ORDER WILL BE FOUND ON “PAGE 42 comicbooks.com