The New York Clipper (December 1919)

December 3, 1919 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER PALACE Ten acts made op tills week's pro- gramme and each number scored, espe- cially Alice Lloyd, Walter Weems and "The Creole Fashion Plate". The pic- tures opened at exactly 2 o'clock and the final curtain deoended at 5.30. A few of the acts' could stand cutting and probably this will be done at the night performance. Everest's Circus, consisting of a troupe of-monkeys who present a vau- deville show with the assistance of an orchestra got many langha while doing their comedy. The act is a decided novelty and the audience applauded loud anA long. They were desirous of getting a glimpse of the producer, but he did not make his appearance. Warren and Templeton, with a line' of songs anid patter, augmented by a routine of acrobatic dancing, easily held down number two position. The boys are corking dancers and walked off with an easy hit. "Once Upon a Time" is a dream skit wherein a bachelor, while reading, falls asleep and dreams at the girls he knew in the past. While supposedly in slum- ber, a quartette of them come to view and sing and dance. The act, although not new in theme, scored substantially, due mostly to the good work of Jack Princeton and Leon Leonard. Walter Weems opened with a number and then went into his monologue,' in- tersperced with atories that were a riot. The gag about the '^Spoiled" child was a howL Weems is a corking performer and knows the art of delivery In ad- dition to being the possessor of a per- sonality that is bound to get him over anywhere. He played three selections on the horn for a finish and bowed off amidst heavy applause. The Marion Morgan Dancera, retain- ed for the second week, iuterestor" all, as the act Is excellently pat on and the girls danced most gracefully. Charles Havelln, as Attila, portrayed the part of the "Hon" to perfection. "Topics of the Day" was flashed during the intermission. Alice Lloyd came and conquered with a budget of aonga that won for her the admiration of all. Six numbers were offered, the last two of which were done on her previous visit. Mies Lloyd is an artiste of song rendition and, un- doubtedly, will score emphatically where ever she appears. James C. Morton, assisted by Mamie, Edna and Alfred Morton, offered a hodge-podge of material. Some of it was not so new, but, in summing up the act, It reveals the fact that "It is'nt what you do. but the way you do it" that counts. Morton almost brought down the house with his eccentric step- ping and other antics. The kiddies are improving rapidly and should always listen to "Pop". The audience liked them immensely. Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hyson are as clever a pair of dancera as has graced the Palace stage. Miss Dickson is a marvel and does not resort to the "Shimmey" to get over. Max Dolln and his orchestra accompanied and Dolin rendered a solo that was In keep- ing with this extraordinary act. - "Creole Fashion irate" repeated his success of last week. William Brack and his six assistants have a novelty In their rlsley act and the work of all is highly commendable. -\.,. ; : : .. ,.:. J. D. " ■ .'■ •-..';:' ■':.•-. ~-'i- &£ ' ■ ''■ VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS (Continued en Page 10) RIVERSIDE Marconi and Fitzgibbons started things going with a musical act that, for an opener, is out of the ordinary. Fitzgibbons plays the piano and xyla- phone equally well and Marconi handles a piano accordion adeptly. They took two encores. Second position fell to Permane and Shelly. Their act is novel. They open with the name card reading "special", and the taller of the two mnlrro a lenghty announcement that acts as a blind for what follows. The other fel- low then goes through a series, of motions such as the conventional acro- bat goes through. After considerable tomfoolery, the curtain falls, and their own card is flashed. They then offer a number of selections on the violin and concertina. Kathleen O'Hankm and Theodore Zamboni, assisted by George Oregoros, ' oferedl a musical and dancing act that has only one fault, the lengthy piano solo by Miss O'Hanlon at the beginning. This could be eliminated and replaced with another whirlwind dance, much to the good of all concerned. Charles Irwin, with all the old gags and tricks, followed and found it an easy matter to get across. There is something about ids act that seems to get him over without any noticeable effort on his part. He went through the whole list of gaga as usual, elab- orating rather lengthily on some. This should be watched, for some of them are too long already. Blossom Seeley seems determined to annex all the Jazz honors In vaude- ville, and, from all appearances, she Is having no trouble in doing so. We have never seen her work to auch ad- vantage as we did this week. Following intermission and "Topics of The Day", Crawford and Broderlck appeared and offered their little skit which has seen so much service. Still, the older they are, the harder they fall, and the audience surely fell for their gags and cross fire. They finished with a neat little song and dance, de- clining an encore which would have been theirs had they desired. William Bock, assisted by Alyse Church, Louise Dale, Phoebe King, He- len Eby, Gladys James, Ethel Broad- hurst and Hallie Manning, offered his fashion, song and dance revue. The act, a combination of bits, has been splendidly arranged and staged. The girls in the act ere not only beautiful, but clever as well and Rock has spared no expense in clothing them. Some of the costumes were greeted with hearty applause. The act went over with a biff-bang, that was deserved, for it won all the success it had bestowed upon it. Williams and Wolfue followed Bock, and undaunted by the hit he bad scor- ed, succeeded in bringing borne the bacon themselves. Williams was never funnier nor ever worked harder than he did on Monday afternoon, and all the credit of the victory Is hie.. ■Sylvia Loyal and her pigeons, aug- mented by "Marquis", closed the show. The act i« a beautiful bit of picture work and was enthusiastically re- ceived by an andience that stayed until the odrclualon. 8. K. ROYAL Page, Hack and Mack opened the show with an accrobatie act that was nothing short of sensational. With bare knees and Kilts, Elmer Kl Cleve proved himself to be a vertitable virtuoso upon the xylophone. He offer- ed a well balanced program of popular and semi-classic numbers which are ar- tistically phrased, well shaded In es- presslon and rendered with consider- able technical ability. Cleve scored from the very start and was forced to take an encore and make a curtain speech. "A Friendly Feud" presented by John G. Sparks and company is a rather well written comedy playlet which gives chance for some good cha- racter acting. The plot Is woven about two Irish-Americans possessed of "Erin- 1c" temperaments. James Thornton, billed as the young- est of the old timers, with his time- proof monologue had little difficulty in walking away with one of the biggest hits of the evening. Thornton delivers his materiel in the conventional man- ner of the old time variety actor, which is a decided novelty on the vaudeville stage of to-day. With bis "keyboard of beautiful notes" and talented principals Anatole Friedland closed' the first half of the program, presenting his tuneful offer- ing "Musicland". Friedland has writ- ten an act which Is by far the best of its kind. It is well staged, with elabor- ate setting and costumes. Following Intermission Martin and Webb presenting "Cousin Giuseppe", scored a decided bit with his well work- ed out Italian offering of songs' and chatter. Both young men possess pleas- ing voices and equally pleasing per- sonalities. Thomas H. Shea In "Spotlight*" pre- sents a character offering that la one of the best to be seen on the vaudeville Stage. In the leading roles be enactes scenes from "The Cardinal", "The Hells" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", with a perfect sense of dramatic fit- ness which lifts, his characterizations to a high artistic level. In the first mentioned characterization he enacts the part of Cardinal Richelieu and gives a masterful portrayal of that historical French figure. The two other characterizations are enacted in an - equally finished manner. After the dramatic routine of the preceding act, Rath Roye in ber cha- racter songs and humorous facial ex- pressions scored the biggest hit of the evening. Miss Roye is a comedienne who possesses the necessary something to put ber material over and still leave the audience crying for more. Her songs are well chosen and their inter- pretation Is artistic to say the least. At the conclusion of ber act she was repeatedly called back until she was finnaiiy forced to make a short curtain speech. In closing the bill Anderson and Yvei presented a roller skating novelty which Is bound to please anywhere on any time. They open their offering with an introductory song in which Anderson displays a small and rather unmusical voice which might be elimin- ated without injuring the entertain- ment value of the act. COLONIAL "Over Tour Head", opening the show, is an act somewhat along the lines of "The Girl in the Basket", and "The Girl in the Air". The girl, using a flowery contrivance, electrically lighted, rides out over the heads of the or- chestra as she sings an appropriate song. Her opening number, In which she sings and dances, la weak, especially the dance but the rest ef the act is quite novel. The dance at the open- ing could be dispensed with to the act's advantage. Walter Clinton and Julia Rooney took an encore and received a big hand, which Is saying a great deal for a num- ber two act at this house. Some of the patter can be changed, hot the dancing, which makes up the offering for the most part, is.very good. Missa Rooney offered an imltaion of her brother Pat that brought a big hand, for It was well done. Clinton also does some nifty stepping and handles the comedy well. George Choos' production "The Little Cottage", now in its second week, is one that can easily take its place with the best girl acta playing on the big time. Sinclair, Collins and Dixon,-two men and a-pretty little girl, are featur- ed, and do their work excellently. The book, which is unusually good for a vaudeville production, was written by William Brandel; the music, by Walter L. Rosemont, and the lyrics by Ilarl MacBoyle. One of the songs stopped the show, after an encore had been taken. The chorus are capable. Joe Browning was greeted with a big hand and. though handicapped by a cold, he was not allowed off until he had taken an encore. Browning's ma- teria! 4s clever and is handled in an equally clever manner. Mabel McCane, with Tom Bryan, Lil- lian Broderlck and William Taylor, of- fered her revue. Miss Broderlck's danc- ing Is very good and. In Tom Bryan, she is well-matcbed for dancing partner. Taylor sang bis numbers well and Mlas McCane, whose work la familiar to all. found no difficulty in going over big. Fay Countney found herself among friends with her new single. Assisted by Fred Farber at the piano, ahe rendered a repertoire of numbers that ranged from comedy, popular, •■bines", and Irish, to an exceptionally good Japanese ballad that brought ber back with an encore After taking a number of bows, she brought on her slater, Flo Courtney, and both rendered a number together. That her sister la still re- membered here was shown by the riot of applause which greeted her entrance. Claude and Fannie Usher were also received with applause, which waa re- peated at the close of their sketch. Their new offering "The Bid-A-Wee Home" is a classic among playlets. The work of Fannie Usher evenly balances the comedy and pathos, and the support of Claude Is excellent. The pair will be more than even welcome wherever the may go with this new offering. Ted Lewis and his Jazz band came on after Boberts* orchestra had filled In with a number to allow the stage to be set, and then Lewis worked In two. This clever performer did not offer all. that hi did to the Palace audience, but. he stopped On show at that.. Those who remained to see the Three Blighty Girls gave the girls a generous amount of applause for their singing and dancing, which are very well done. O. J. H.