Monday, Nov. 01, 1926
List
Theatregoers will find the following selection worthy of first consideration:
DRAMA
An American Tragedy--Effective dramatization of Theodore Dreiser's story about a boy who allowed Fate to take the reins.
Broadway--What the audience wants to see but won't at its favorite night club; and very exciting, too.
The Captive--Lesbian fires burn fierce and unlovely in the sight of men.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes--Anita Loos' blonde pirate takes to the high seas, filches many a laugh, much jewelry, one Philadelphia millionaire.
Juarez and Maximilian--The ill-fated Habsburg Mexican empire presented in a historical pageant for thoughtful theatre-goers.
The Straw Hat--Reviewed in this number.
What Every Woman Knows--Helen Hayes superb as Barrie's everywoman.
White Wings--Reviewed in this number.
ENTERTAINMENT WITH MUSIC
Americana, Countess Maritza, Iolanthe, Queen High, Scandals, Katja, Sunny, Vagabond King.
The following are also playing:
Abie's Irish Rose--Still making money for playwright Anne Nichols.
At Mrs. Beams--Cannibal fare at an English boarding house table.
Black Boy--From hobo to heavyweight champion and back. Itinerary by Jim Tully.
Blonde Sinner--Sleazy society mystery.
Cradle Snatchers--Advice to the lovelorn of middle age.
Criss Cross--Reviewed in this number.
Deep River--Deep but slow. Native opera.
Donovan Affair--Murder in a first family. "Well, somebody had to do it."
Fanny--Funny Fannie Brice smiles through written-to-her-order mush.
God Loves Us-Reviewed in this number.
Henry--Behave!--By forgetting everything he ever knew, Henry gets into Congress.
House of Ussher--A dark-brown study of sophisticated, masterful folk.
The Humble--Dostoievsky's "Crime and Punishment" at the Greenwich Village Theatre.
If I Was Rich--A Noo Yawk lyric.
Immortal Thief--Ecclesiastical melodrama ; beautifully staged.
Jeweled Tree--Egyptian folklore melodrama.
Judge's Husband--He gets Her Honor back into the kitchen.
Just Life--The struggles of a down and out prima donna with a faithless husband.
Lion Tamer--Philosophical satire in a circus.
Little Spitfire--Trials and tribulations of an upstanding chorus girl with Southampton in-laws.
Loose Ankles--"One game I do not want to play is 20 questions with a house detective." And many more just as funny.
Lulu Belle--A scarlet Negress leaves black and white Harlem for Paris.
Red Blinds--A play by that prolix British peer, Lord Lathom. The periods roll, the audience slumbers.
Sex--Pre-eminently awful.
Shanghai Gesture--This ought to teach some people not, to fool around the Chinese underworld.
The Shelf--No place for a woman who has "it."
She Couldn't Say No--Florence Moore in a crude farce which becomes uproarious.
They All Want Something--William Tilden Jr. wants to make a living.
Tragic Eighteen--Reviewed in this number.
Treat 'Em Rough--Irish maids will not stand roughhousing; and thereby hangs an agreeable tale of love, with Genevieve Tobin.
2 Girls Wanted--Clever and clean little comedy, though advertised as such.
We Americans--Reviewed in this number.
Woman Disputed--The World War over Ann Harding.
Yellow--A good melodrama that was almost better.