Theatre: New Plays: Nov. 10, 1924

Dixie to Broadway. Another machine gun of the show business has opened up on the line. It is a Negro musical comedy with Florence Mills directing the fire. Experts assert that the new contrivance shoots the fastest of all its kind.

It differs from earlier Negro models in elaborateness of dress. Money and a mild amount of taste have gone into the manufacture.

Speed and decoration have overwhelmed slightly the humor of the evening. Hamtree Harrington is hired to induce hysterics and is not as thoroughly ridiculous as he...

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