The New York Clipper (January 1920)

January-21, 1920 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER 29 "THE BLUE BIRDS" NOT NEARLY AS BAD 1 AS REPORTS SAID The much talked of "Bine Birds" arrived Is Brooklyn lait week. This Is the show of many managers, principals and chorus girl*. It Is claimed that a total of eighty-six have been with the show this season. ■We have also heard many reports of how terrible the show was, but, as we caught It last Thursday night. It was better than any "Bine Birds'' show we have seen In the past two seasons, although there la atlll room for Improvement. Arthur Lanlxig has worked wonders with the show In the past few weeks, since ha Joined It He has iiut on an entirely new piece. Most of the bits have been seen before, but they are good sure lire laugh getters. Twining has also staged some new numbers that add class to the show. " Maurice Walnstock, who took over the management of the company several weeks ago, has added Mfe to It, by getting new eostnmea and sceiery. and. helping materially to put new spirit 1 Jto the company. The only thing that has to be done Is to strengthen the cast. More thin half the chorus Is new, the change having been made In the last two BURLESQUE NEWS . (Continued from Ffega IT sod eat XT) The was SB' table" bit with the patriotic music, usln x. as Kelly, Parelle, Miss My* sad Biuy Ford did It Kelly. Parelle, Miss My* and The "Trench'* bit went over wen as offered weeks, and the girls, as a whole, are a very pretty lot. Also, the costumes they wear are bright and cheerful looking. The scenery al- so looks good, particularly the last set, s garden scene. It Is the best set of Its kind seen with any burlesque show this season. Lanlng Is doing the "strw'tbt." He did not come Into the Star last season with any show and it -seemed good to see him again. Be Is a good "straight" man, knows how to "feed" for laughs, Is a neat dresser and a hard worker. His rolce has cleared some and sounds a great deal better. The comedy la In the hands of Billy Kelly and Jlmmle Parelle. The former la doing an Irish role and works easy. He la a corking tumbler, takes a nnmber of bumps throughout the performance, and la a funny fellow. Parelle Is a little fellow doing a Hebrew character. He Is a bard worker. Helen Andrews, a little, ahapely, blonde aonbrette, stood out above the regular, women In the show. She Is fast and puts plenty of rSS into her numbers. She also reads her . jlcely. Her costumes are very pretty. One could not judge very well of the capa- bilities of Buby Wallace, aa she was evidently suffering from a cold. Judging from the way she read her lines and offered her numbers. Addle Nye did not lit In at all. as she Is not a good burlesque woman. Walnstock tried a young lady by the name of Alice Issbelle out In one number and she put It over In great shape. She Is a dandy dancer, can do a fine spilt, la a high kicker and does cart- wheels. She is toll of life and would be a corking good woman for the show. The "Introduction" bit was taken care of by btnlng,-Kelly. Parelle and Miss Nye. The "burglar license" bit wss done by Kelly. Parelle and M'ls Wallace. The "Bull- ing the Bee" bit went over well as offered by laming, Kelly. Parelle and Miss Andrews. The "Change of a Fifty Dollar BIB" bit : was pnt over by Tuning, Kelly. Parelle and Miss Nye. We have seen this bit done many times, bnt none have worked It np as Lanlng does. - . The same can be said of- the "cop" bit, in . which Lanlng, Kelly and Parelle appeared. Lanlng seems to know just how to work this bit np. Kelly waa very funny In this scene. by Lanlng, Kelly, Paralle and Miss Wallas*. The "Statue" bit was well liked the war it was given by Lanlng, Kelly. Parelle and the Misses Andrews and Wallace. A real fast specialty In one was offered by Ford and Ford, a colored man and woman team. They sang, talked and danced. The act went over big and gave a punch to the show. The show is not In shape as yet, bnt will be In a day or so. A good dancing Juvenile or acrobatic comedian, a good young. Singing prima donna and a dancing ingenue would ?ot It In first-class shape. If Walnstock takes be young lady be tried ont, It will help a lot as the numbers did not go over, ontsM* of atlas Andrews. It would do no harm to change the title of the show, either. Lanlng has the material. With tbe right people be can give a good show. As it is, it la not a bad show. We have seen worse. Tbe scen- ery, costumes and numbers are ell right.— Sm> NALTY CHANGES SHOWS Frank Nalty, who was with the "Sport Girls" early in the season, will open with Gallagher and Bernstein's "Bathing Bean- ties" this week at the Mt. Morris. 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