Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

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I have checked below the method of payment I prefer. $3.50 enclosed to pay in full, postage prepaid. $1.00 enclosed — balance of $2.50. plus postage will be paid Postman upon delivery of book. Name. City. For Canada add 75c — Foreign $1.25 Current Stage Plays {.Continued from page 6) porter. The performances of Mary Boland, as the mother, and Eleanor Griffith, as the daughter, are perfect. Knickerbocker. — "The Lullaby." An Edward Knoblock drama starring Florence Reed. This is the story of a sinning woman's life, seventy-five years of il. Liberty. — "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly." A lively musical comedy by George M. Cohan, with Virginia O'Brien, Emma Haig, Jack McGowan, Bobby Watson and others. Little. — "Chicken Feed." A comedy dealing with small-town life, setting forward what happens about the fifteenth year of married life. Roberta Arnold is featured. Longacre. — "Little Jessie James." A musical comedy with Nan Halperin as Little Jessie. The Paul Whiteman band, dubbed the "James Boys," takes care of the orchestration. Lyceum. — "Little Miss Bluebeard." A diverting musical drama in which the piquant comedienne, Irene Bordoni, is equipped with four delightful songs and twice that number of delightful gowns. The climax reveals a situation that comes as a complete surprise to nine-tenths of the audience. Henry Miller. — "The Changelings." A comedy by Lee Wilson Dodd. The cast includes Henry Miller, the producer, Blanche Bates, Ruth Chatterton, and Laura Hope Crews. Morosco. — "The Other Rose." A comedy by George Middleton, adapted from the French of Edouard Bourdet, with Fay Bainter, Henry Hull, Effie Shannon and Carlotta Monterey. Music Box. — "Music Box Revue." A new edition of Irving Berlin's extravagant display of beauty and humor. National. — "Cyrano de Bergerac." Walter Hampden in a perfect interpretation of Rostand's poetizing, swashbuckling hero with a grotesque nose who is in love with his cousin Roxane (Carroll McComas). The piece is beautifully mounted and thoroly worth seeing. Nezv Amsterdam. — "Ziegfeld Follies." The 1923 edition of the Follies has many of the famous vaudeville headliners, including Bert Wheeler, and a wealth of beautiful girls. Palace. — Keith Vaudeville. Always a good bill, and drawing more and more talent from the headliners of the regulars. Playhouse. — "Chains." A drama in which the heroine (Helen Gahagan) insists upon bearing her share of the blame following an affair with a young man. Plymouth. — "The Potters." A stimulating domestic comedy by J. P. McEvoy, with Mary Carroll, Donald Meek and Catherine Calhoun Doucet. Princess. — "Sun Up." A passionate tragedy of the North Carolina mountain folk. The widow Cagle is superbly played by Lucile La Verne. Punch and Judy. — "Go West, YoungMan." A satirical comedy. Poorly acted with the exception of one member of the cast, a sweet and pretty newcomer, Kay Johnson. Republic. — "Abie's Irish Rose." An amusing study in temperaments of the Irish and Jew in which the irreconcilable is reconciled thru emotion. Terrible, but incredibly popular. Rits. — "The Business Widow." A comedy from the German of Alexander Engel and Hans Sassman, adapted by Gladys Unaier, with Leo Ditrichstein, Lola Fisher, Adrienne Morrison, John Davidson, Mar jorie Wood, Elwood Bostwick, Gaby Fleury and others. Selwyn.— "Mr. Battling Buttler." A peppy musical comedy about a husband who impersonates a prize-fighter having tlie same name as his, which enables him to steal away from his wile on many supposed training trips. Very funny. Shubert. — "Artists and Models." A revue; the professional version of the Illustrators' Show. It includes sketches by James Montgomery Flagg, Henry Wagstaff Cribble and Clarence Buddington Kelland. Adele Klaer, who acts, paints and writes poetry has the lead. Thirty-ninth Street. — "The Alarm Clock." A comedy adapted by Avery Hopwood, from the French of Maurice Hennequin and Roman Coolus. The cast includes Blanche Ring, Bruce McRae, Marion Coakly and others. Times Square. — "Pelleas and Melisande." Jane Cowl looking as beautiful as a fairybook princess and Rollo Peters almost as beautiful as John B'arrymore in "The Jest" of a few seasons ago. Everybody looks beautiful and acts well, but the play is disappointing, the fault of the playwright, one Maurice Maeterlinck. Too bad, because a great deal of money and brains have been spent on the production. Vandcrbilt. — "In the Next Room." Mrs. August Belmont offers a thrilling melodrama which centers about the mysterious .murder of two men in the "next room." What Percy Hammond refers to as the "Who-done-it? drama." Better than the best of this breed. Winter Garden. — "Greenwich Village Follies." Fifth edition. Typical John Murray Anderson revue ; much beauty, a little music, less wit. Glorified vaudeville. OSTIA By Gordon Malherbe Hillman Red-golden was the galley and her sail was dark as wine, Her oars were flashing silver and her mast was carven pine, With awnings rich in silken stuffs; amber, white and corn, By Ostia, by Ostia, before the breath of dawn ! Clean from the salt of marshes, with her prow like a burnished brand Set straight for the dim-seen watchers on the wall above the sand, Whipped by the slashing spindrift and blinded by the spray We drove her into Ostia before the break of day ! Right gallant was the harbor in the glitter of the dawn With sails in blue and crimson and the roadstead dull saffron, And all the flags aflutter before a haze of trees, And rolling Roman sailormen asleep along the quays! TO A CERTAIN MAN By Mary»Carolyn Davies You are not worth two women's thought, Too small a man to make such stir ; For this, and not because I ought, I give you up to her. I have no will to be unkind, Only relief that all is done ; I can but hope that she will find Enough in you for one. (Eight)