Monday, May. 19, 1924

Comedy

THE SWAN--A finely shaded picture of a royal family engaged in the indoor sport of keeping a blot off the scutcheon.

CYRANO DE BERGERAC--Walter Hampden attains heroic stature as the organ (though a nasal one) of chivalric poetry.

MEET THE WIFE--Chucklesome proof that it takes two husbands to make a quarrel.

THE POTTERS--The Potters' Field is full of just such genuine folk as these.

THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH--Gallantly giving the younger generation its due, long overdue on the stage.

THE SHOW-OFF--Holds the mirror up to Nature--if you don't mind laughing at your own image.

EXPRESSING WILLIE--A very affable satire on the need for expression in its most virulent form.

FATA MORGANA--A young man wakes up to "the fact that a mature woman's passing fancy is a mirage--and learns it a bit more spicily than Booth Tarkington would teach it.

BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK--Superbly fantastic proof that the paper-cutter is mightier than the sword, when it comes to disposing of the tiresome business man.

THE NERVOUS WRECK--Surprisingly amusing application of the homeopathic treatment to strengthen a young man's nerve by smashing the crockery all around him.