(4 of 5)
Raquel Meller seems to have stored up within herself an infinite number of personalities, which she reveals, one by one, according to her program. Only one quality do all these personalities possess in common—a femininity that is altogether bewitching. An effort to analyze her art is like breaking up butterfly wings with a cold chisel. So it is perhaps better simply to announce that Raquel Meller is back—to be seen, heard, and delighted in, at the Henry Miller Theatre.
List
Theatregoers will find the following selection worthy of first consideration:
DRAMA
American Tragedy—Effective reproduction of
Theodore Dreiser's tragedy about a weak
young man who became desperate. Broadway—Night club entertainers make
quick love in quick changes between
shootings. Captive—A fascinating tragedy laid in the
byways of life.
Daisy Mayme—Reviewed this week. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes—Lorelei Lee,
golden-haired pirate, swoops down upon
the merchant men. God Loves Us—"But with reservations,"
says J. P. McEvoy in good satire. Juarez and Maximilian—Downfall of the
Mexican Empire in a historical pageant
play for the thoughtful. Meller, Raquel—Reviewed this week. On Approval—Reviewed this week. White Wings—Trailing clouds of yesterday.
ENTERTAINMENTS WITH Music
Americana, Katja, lolanthe, Scandals, Queen High, Criss Cross.
The following are also playing:
Abie's Irish Rose—Good enough for our fathers.
At Mrs. Beam's—Amusing comedy about a bluebeard in an English boarding house.
Black Boy — Paul Robeson, Negro "pug,"fights his way to wormwood and ashes.
Blonde Sinner— Nicer than the name, but not as fetching.
Deep River— The soul of old Louisiana in music ; a beautiful native opera.
Donovan Affair— There is absolutely no use in trying to guess who killed Jack
Donovan. The business of the audience is to shiver.
Fanny — Fannie-Brice plus mush.
Henry— Behave !— Because if you do not, you will get into Congress. Moderately funny farce.
House of Ussher — Domestic intrigue, oppressively dark-brown in tone.
Humble — Reviewed this week.
If I Was Rich — The shipping room moves into Southhampton.
Jeweled Tree — Egypt before King Tut won fame as a mummy ; slow.
John Ferguson— A great play enjoys a good revival in a little theatre.
Judge's Husband — William Hodge as William Hodge by William Hodge ; and good,
Just Life — Just bunk.
Ladder — Reviewed this week.
Lion Tamer — Incoherent philosophy in a circus.
Little Spitfire — Tribulations-in-law of a right-thinking chorus girl.
Loose Ankles — The private life of 5 & 10 cent sheiks ; very wise-cracky.
Lulu Belle — A colored wench plies her trade between Harlem and Paris ; very exicting.
Noose — Reviewed this week.
Sex — Stupid.
Shanghai Gesture — The day of reckoning in a Chinese bawdy house.
She Couldn't Say No — Even a dumb remark sounds funny when it comes out of Florence Moore.
They All Want Something— Et tu, Tilden.