New York Clipper (Feb 1923)

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10 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER February 7, 1923 EIGHTY-FIRST STREET Five standard acts, a neighborhood fash- ion promenade and Marshall Neilan's grip- ping photo-drama, "The Stranger's Ban- qnet," comhine to malce the ciurent bill at this house a rattling good show. Comedy runs rampant tfaroughoat the vaudeville section, the fashion show dazzles both mas- coline and feminine eye, while the phot- ptay blends comedy and pathos with an essence of thrills. '^e Fashion Promenade" was arranged as an additional feature of the bill hy Man- ago- Edward B. Lewis. Gowns of all de- acripticos. loaned foy local merchants, are paraded oy adoring living models whose beauty rivals that of the many gowns and negligees displ^«d tqr them. Allman and Harvey captured comedy honors of the bill in their novel offering, "The tare of the Yukon." The comedy motif revolves arotmd a prospector, who has invested a little Southern darkey to accompany him north on a gold hunt The Alaskan breezes are too decided a contrast for the son of Ae snmiy Sonth. With noth- ing to p r o t ect him from the chill air but a mothcatcn Falm ^"^^ suit; they ^^dr to return to the more balmy regions of south- land. 'But before the dnoax is readied the 'pair have «—g^B~* in some np roaring comedy- that wowed the audience and the little aap working blackface put over sev- eral comedy nunAers that bad them roar- ing. The straight man, a basso of more than oidmary ability, was equally success- ful with an improv^cd versioa of "Coal Bla<^ Mammy." Rmming them a dose second was Jane Conndly and Her Associate Players in their ftnniliar comedy cem, ''Extiavagant Wives." The pbt concerns a yotmg wife, played by Miss Connelly, who when being fafonght to task by her liusbaad for her extravagant habits, continually threatens suicide. Her argument drives the distract- ed husband to the dub. With everything favorable for her to carry out her suldde plans she •^^'^'^ not to. However, she has already left'a faivwen aote. The cur- tain is lowered to denote the passing of night into morning. She receives a tele- gram that the husband had committed soi- dde. She u .frantic. The note is a hoax and the biisband returns to find the note. He; too, carries on,, bewailing her death. She talcies advantage of this and "plays dead" until her husband offers everything in the world to bring her back to life again. She readily comes bade to life to make him live up to his promises. Miss Connelly is supported by three others and all con- cerned worked in harmony to get the play- let over for the hit it scored. William 'Young and Charles Wheeler, "bachdors of music," offered a ddig^tful repertoire of instrumental numbers, utiliz- ing piano and violin to advantage. They feature dassical sdections, but manage to incorporate a few popular melodies in thdr repertoire to provide added diversity. Kate Elinore and Sara WQliams were as nnrth-provoking as ever in their comedy skit, "Wanted—A Cook." Whatever sem- fa^ce of plot the skit boasts is hinged upon a mistaken identity idea. Williams mis- takes Kate as an applicant for position as cook .wfiSe she snspects him to lie her next candidate for matrimony. The offering is punctuated with some dever wit and pleas- iog songs that are nicdy handled and are put over with a finish that brings top value. "The Rose Revue," a delightful song and dance production act enlisting the services of three girb and a man, opened the bill, while "The 81st Street Theatre Fashion Promenade" closed the show. £. J. B. GRANVILLE REVIVING "STAR BOUT" Tavlor Granville, who produced "The Gnidmg Star" for Laura Pierpont, is plan- ning to revive his tabloid mdodrama. "The Star Bout" for a showing in the big time houses. Last wedc be was in negotiation with Joe Lyndi, the former bantam cham- pion, to sign artidcs to essay the leading rofe in the forthcoming revrnL BROADWAY The show at the Broadway' Monday morning got better as it went along, al- though most of this was due to the early hours. There was a good bill all the way through with the honors going to Ernie Golden and liis band. Lane and Harper and Maurice DUmond and Company. The McBans opened the show with a dub juggling and hat throwing act the comedian getting many laughs and the work in general bdng dever. The bam scene manages to be funny with the hoke animals. Walton and Brant, following, found the going rough as their act opens too slow for the early morning customers and they have to work hard at the finish and get them off their hands. The baseball finish, as usual, put the final across in great style. The act IS a pleasing one and should go better further down oh the bill. Marie Cavanau^ assisted by two boys, goes through a pret^ dance cycle that met with the approval of the folks out front. The man at the piano introduces most of the dances with a few siuken words and also does an excellent piano solo, using his . own arrangement, of "Say It With Music." The other man in the act seems excess nntil he does his solo nun^r, which is an acrobatic dance with some great cartwheds and bdls. Miss Cava- naugh is a deli^fnl dancer of charm and grace, and the vefaide, taken all in all, is a fine act Lane and Harper have an act that too'k the popular fancy and won for them a great hand. The young lady, pretty and well-formed, delivers the opening song and is interrupted at the finish 1^ the man. The usual cross-fire patter about a kiss ensues, but is put over in a snappy and comical way. The finish is the big laugh getter with the baseball game, the second baseball bit on the bill. This consists in eadi taking a tnm at bat the ball being questions, and the bit scored a deanup. "Tootsie" at the finish went well. Ernest Golden and his orchestra, making thdr initial appearance at ' this house, scored the applause hit of the bill. The opening was "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," following which they rendered a medley of popular songs, the feature of which was the accordeoo playing and the slap tongue work on the bass clarinet done by one of the saxophones. This is pleasing and goes over big. The violin, in an excel- lent voice.' sings "Love Sends a Gift of Roses." This goes great although the singer is still a bit shy on showmanship. "The Thief." after a short announcement by the violinist introduces by signs sev- eral famous mdodies and shows how they Avere adofrted, bodily, by son|;-writers and made into popular tnnes. This will go fine after it is speeded up a little. For an en- core the band rendered "Tootsie," using a novel effect in which the brass imitate a steam engine going out of the station. This scored heavily. The second encore was "Burning Sands.' with the two soprano sa-xophoncs getting thdr share of the hon- ors. The act is well constructed, the boys all young and pleasant looking, and the arrangements very good. Newell and Most with their polite com- edy, the third man and woman two-act working in one on the bill, went over wdl and pleased the house. The comedy style is neat and the music bits are funny. "Die vocal finish is surprisingly good and makes one wonder why this pair don't do more work of a similar nature, as they could surely get away with it Maurice Diamond and Company dosed the bill with their splendid song and dance revue. Diamond, a performer of no mean ability has surrounded himself with three pretty and exceptionally talented girls. The "Sail/* opening is well constructed and the Rag Doll Dance, the song, and the toe dance are all great the Rag Doll espe- cially. Diamond's impersonation of Leon Errol is a wow, and hb dance is in the- came class. C C PALACE (Chicago) Although the thermometer hovered around the zero mark, Sunday afternoon, a capadty audience greeted another splen- did bill, headlined by Karyl Norman, who ran away with the show. The Four American Aces, a marvdous casting quartet gave the show a great start, some of their work being nothing short of sensational The honors went to one man in particular, whose stunt brought an extra round of applause. ' In the second spot the Dixie Four, a colored singing act, trotted out thdr syn- copated numbers and their strutting steps, which made them a hit of no small propor- tions. Grace Huff offered her one-act comedy entitled "The Trimmer," vntii herself in the role of the manicurist assisted by Clarence Bdlair, Enid Gray and George Connor. Miss Huff did splendid with her part and with the aid of the rest of her comedy gathered many laughs. Benny Davis, songwriter, who is break- ing in his act, entertained with songs, old and new, with the assistance of a girl plant in the audience. Harry Akst was called from his seat to play the music of the song which he wrote and scored with the act which was big. The Rath Brothers, as usual, startled the patrons with their feats of strength, done in thdr easy-going and accomplished style. Karyl Norman, always a favorite here, offered several new songs and a marvelous wardrobe of new gowns, tying up the show easily. Norman was never better than he was this afternoon and his efforts were highly apprcdated. Mon. Adolphus has a pleasing offering called "Bohemian Life," on the revue style of entertainment, all of the various bits bring done nicdy. The cast is adequate, including Grace Eastman, who is a dever little dancer; Ennice Prosser rendered sev- eral violin selections, and Anne -Vdde con- tributed some comedy, while M. Adolphus himself worked hard. Jack Norworth has some good songs and very funny stories. Coupled with per- sonality and Dorothy Adel^i, a capable pianiste, the act was one of the high lights of tiie bill "The Storm," Langdon MacCbrmack's condensed version of the play of that name, closed the show and served as an unusually strong dosing feature. R. E. R. GARRICK (Chicago) The Four Marx Brothers in the "Twen- tieth Century Revue" grace the boards of the Garrick this week. This Shubert Unit is unusual in that in contrast to the general run of the units the last or revue half is better than the first part. The show opened with the usual few minutes of merriment which means little for the most part. Marie Rossi followed and sang several songs in a fairly pleasing voice. She was followed in turn by a team, one of whom was singing and the other assisting at the piano. These men took the place of Krantz and White, who for some reason did not appear. The team in question proved a very poor substitute comparatively speaking. Olga and Misfaka Company were next and the first on the bill to present any worthy entertainment All of their dances were of the slow interpretive order and made the act seem slow also. Instead of so much classical dancing some variety in the line of faster steps should be injected. The first half was closed by the Harx Brothers in thdr act which they have been doing in vaudeville previous to their unit engagement This proved to be the only comedy of the first half. The second half of the show consisted of the hotel stuff that the Marx Brothers formerly used, with enough addition to draw it out for the rest of the afternoon. Julius and Arthur Marx carry the bulk of the comedy with good effect. The piano bit by Leo and the harp bit by Arthur register well as usual. In Edward Metcalfe they have a splen- did foil for their comedy, who docs every- thing wdl. Meta Stamford proves a rather fascinating ingenue. The unit part of this show saved the whole affair with- out a doubt MAJESTIC (CUeago) The Majestic show for the first half of the wedc is a fine bit of entertatmnent throughout Sdbini and Grovini opened with a com- bination of several styles of novelty offer- ings which devdoped into a splendid of- fering. Gehan and Garrison scored with some wdl rendered songs in which the man's excellent voice was heard to fine advantage and the girl's comedy talents show bril- liantly. Eva Fay, who is playing a return en- gagement at this theatre, awakened the same interest that she aroused on her first appearance and her work created much discussion. Newport, Stirk and Sue Parker regis- tered big with a combination of singmg, dancing, and hokum. Valentine Vox, working in a special set, entertained with a ventriloquial effort artistically presented. Jose]A Herbert and Company, in "The Honeymoon Ship," have a spedal musical comedy skit which proved a hit of big pro- portions. Sidney Lansfield offered a nut comedy and pianologue entertainment of a rather spicy nature and won decided favor. The Kressmore Four closed the bill with a roller skating display in which the work- of Rose Kress stood out strongly. R. E. R. ACROBAT FILES INSANITY PLEA Harold Van Alsb'ne, twenty-four, an • acrobat, entered a plea of insanity last week when arraigned before Judge Mc- Intyre on an indictment charging first de- gree murder. Van Alstine shot and killed Marian MacLaren, a vaudeville performer, in a restaurant at No. 461 Eighth avenue, January 12. He was remanded to the Tombs for observation. DOCKSTADER IMPROVING Lew Dockstader is showing steady im- provement at the Middlesex County Hos- pital, New Jersey, where he was removed after slipping on the ice last week, sus- taining an injury to his back. Although not yet able to sit up, i^ysidana believe that a few more days of rest will result in the actor's return to the stage. DANCING HAGANS INJURED Chicago, Feb S.—The Danoing Hagans, who appeared last week at the Orpheum Theatre, Gary, Ind., were badly injured by falling from the stage into the orchestra pit 'Mr. Hagan was swinging Miss Ha- gan by her feet when he fell. Both plunged over onto the heads of the mu- sidans and were badly injured. HOWARD AND SADLER SPUT Howard and Sadler, the sister team, have dissolved their vaudeville partnership, after working together for more than six years. Both girls will be seen in new acts with new partners. "THE WAGER" NEW ACT Norman Hart and Lulu Luckey will be featured in vaudeville in A. Ellwood En- gdbart's comedy playlet "The Wager," which is destined for Kefth vaudeville. There will be three others in the act.