The Theatre: New Plays: Dec. 14, 1925

Beware of Widows. Madge Kennedy has once more demonstrated her right to be known as a superlatively attractive person. Alexander Woollcott went so far in his commentary on the comedy as to call her the most charming person in Manhattan. As such she makes this play worthwhile. Shorn of her amazing personality it would be a slender, an insufficient venture.

Owen Davis is the author and it is not one of his best plays. He tells the story of a wilful and penetrating widow in love with a handsome and promiscuous doctor. Her...

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