Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 6, 1929

Carnival. The salesmen's smoker was an orgy. The smalltown boys had plenty of liquor on their breaths, carnival girls on their laps. A cooch dancer came out and began her undulations. Through her Oriental veil, Bobbie Spencer recognized Helen, the blonde witch whom he loved and had persuaded that very afternoon to quit the show business. Maddened, sickish, he tried to drag her away. Showman Blackie intervened. When Bobbie lunged at him, Blackie drew a gun and fired.

On a later evening the wounded, lovelorn Bobbie returned to the carnival tents. Then...

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