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...most part, however, it is great good fun. There is the preposterous old plot which was taken bodily from Faust. And there is some very lovely dancing and singing by Miss Beth Meakins...
...hero came back into vogue with the revival of After Dark a few months ago, at Christopher Morley's Theatre in Hoboken (see above). This is another by the author of After Dark. Dragged from its pre-war (Civil) dust and presented on Broadway, its thunderous plot is played "straight" by a capable cast. For those who can get enjoyment out of making fun of abandoned sentimentalities, it provides a pleasant evening...
...real horse-race on the treadmill which once played so important a part in Ben Hur; there is an aviator for women who are still pining over Col. Lindbergh; there is a mean old bond-dealer, and a self-sacrificing heroine, and a waitress in trouble; there is enough plot for six plays; there are two intermissions and, at long last, a final curtain. But it all looks like another misfortune for the new Craig Theatre...
Rome Haul is well peopled, but it is rather the story of a canal, and the history of a vivid phase in the development of U.S. civilization. Burdened with no plot or proof, it is engrossing for its otherworld, yet essentially new-world, atmosphere...
...sidewalk inasmuch as the building line extends five feet beyond the front of the present structure. According to law, a notice of ownership must be posted one week in every 20 years in order that property rights may be retained. No obstruction will be set up around the plot and no prosecutions will be carried out against trespassers...