SERIOUS
Coquette—HELEN HAYES IN LOVE KILLING WHILE MILLIONS WEEP
Marco Millions—MARCO POLO IS TOOL IN BABBITT FLAYING WHILE O’NEILL SNEERS
Strange Interlude—FIVE-HOUR FATHOMING OF FEMALE FRAILTY BY THEATRE GUILD WHILE SHUBERTS SQUEAL MELODRAMA
Dracula—VAMPIRE CRAWLS WALLS IN CLOAK, BITES GIRL, Is SLAIN
The Trial of Mary Dugan—BROTHER QUESTIONS CHORINE TRIED FOR SUGAR DADDY’S DEATH
The Silent House—BOND THEFT LAID To YELLOW FIEND
Diamond Lil—MAE WEST SEEN IN EAST SIDE SIN-DIVE
FUNNY
Paris Bound—ADULTERY ALLEGED BY PENTHOUSE GIRL-WIFE
Yolpone—MIDDLE AGE BROKER, ALLEGED SICK, DISAPPEARS AT OOM CULT RUMOR
The Royal Family—FAMOUS THESPIANS HAVE UNUSUAL AND AMUSING DOMESTIC LIFE—BARRYMORE’S OBJECT
The Shannons of Broadway—HOOFER AND WIFE FOOL SMALL TOWN CROOK MUSICAL
Safe Bets—Show Boat, Present Arms, Funny Face, A Connecticut Yankee, Good News, Three Musketeers, Rain or Shine.
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