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.