The New York Clipper (January 1920)

January 28, 1920 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER "THE WORLD BEATERS" MADE THEM LAUGH AT THE STAR Tba programme at ths Star did not sax who owned the "World Beaters" playing that house last week. We do not understand this, aa It was one of the beat laughing ■hows we hare seen there In a number or After .looking H over, however, we should Judge it to be an Iron and ClamagVoffeiing. If It la, we might say we liked It better than their " All Jaas Bevue". which played bare a few weeks ago. . It Is the same style of shew composed mostly of bits and musi- cal numbers. While the bits have been seen many times before, that Is, most of them, they were pat over in'a very amusing man- ner and for fine results. The comedy la In the hands of Walter Brown and Jack Klnneard. The former was last seen st this hoase early last season with the Pat White Show, while the latter la new to na. Brown, as many times* as we have seen him In the past, has never stood out ss he does In this show. Be Is one of the fastest and hardest working "Dutch" comedians that has played the Star this s eason. Be is also a flashy dresser and his facial expressions are good. He can Damp and his acrobatic stunts are cleverly carried out Klnneard Is also doing a "Dutch" comedy part, bot works contrary to Brown. Be Is slower and the contrast Is good. His dia- lect Is very amusing and we like his way of doing the character. He and Brown work wen together and had the audience In a good humor from the time they made their entrance to the finale of the show. Boy Beverly did the "straight" and handled the part satisfactorily. He is a fast worker and a neat dresser. Ernie Johnson waa In a number of scenes and took great care of all be bad to do very well. ai Foster and Harold Blotgott had small parts but went through them nicely. Three of the' beat principal women we have seen with- any show st this house, so far, are with the "World Beaters." Leona St. Clair, a very pretty girl, with a pair of ■real flirtyieyes, a most charming personality and auburn hair, Is one of them. 8he does not take herself too seriously, but seems to enjoy all she baa to do. Miss St Clair has a fine voice and renders her numbers ex- ceptionally well. Her costumes are beauti- ful. She looks well In tights, also. In May Hamilton, the management haa an acrobatic soubrette who dances, does bead spins, splits and all sorts of clowning when ?ratting over her numbers, which did not fail o get several encores last Thursday night Miss Hamilton Is of the blonde type and has a pretty form. The dresses she wears are A lively Ingenue Is Louise Stewart, a dark- haired little girl who injects plenty of "pep" with her numbers. She can dance and aid nicely in the bits and scenes, she had. The costumes she displayed looked wen from the front There are a fine lot of girls in the chorus who seem to like their work judging by the way they went through the' numbers. They are prettily costumed. The "cigar" bit was well worked up by Brown, Beverly and the musical director, aa waa the "give It to me" bit done by Brown, Klnneard. Beverly and Miss St Clair. The "get something you don't expectr* bit was offered by Klnneard. Brown and John- son, the Misses Hamilton, Stewart and three cboma girls. The "watching a picture show** bit was amusing the way Brown, Klnneard and Beverly did It "» ■ *t- MISS Hamilton's number took several en- cores, principally due to the way she and Brown worked It np. doing acrobatic feats.' The Four Harmony Boys, Beverly, John- son. Foster and Blotgett, offered several Bom- bers In a specialty In one that were well received. The boys dress their set neatly and sing well, bat could strengthen it some If they used s good fast jaas number. The Chinese scene was very pretty and Miss St Clair's number. "Tukl Tong.'* was weU rendered and prettily staged. The burlesque opened with Brown and Miss St. Clair seated In one of the upper boxes and Klnneard in the box opoaite, with Beverly In the aisle of the lower floor. Miss Bt Clair sang a song from the box and the two comedians shot a cross Are of comedy that was highly appreciated. There were many more scenes and bits In this part of the show that went over big. The "World Beaters" Is a corking good show with two funny comedians and a dandy cast of principals. Sid. BEN KAHN'S GIRL SHOW LAST WEEK WENT OVER VERY BIG Ben Kahn had a big girl show on last week at his Union Sonars Theatre. Of the tea principals six were women. twenty girls In ths chores. The) two parts stand by Jos _ called "Not Factory* sxd -On the Good Ship Mary Ann." There was good ■sssssssa In both parts. Ths comedy was taken cars of by Harry Kohler and Boss. Wean Miller, s light juvenile, was ta several of ths bits and stood out In his number. Haiel Hargla, a soubrette with lots of "pep," failed to show very much of It In her first number. The last time we saw this young lady here, several weeks ago, she took six encores with her number. She Is a shapely little girl and wears pretty dresses. Blille Robinson, another nsw soubrstts, had several numbers she pot over well. She, too displayed a nice wardrobe. Mlts Lorraine wss in a number of scenes, handling the "straight" very well. The same can be said of Norma Bell Both of them wore new gowns last week which gave a touch of freshness to them. Helen Adair, with her attractive smile and pleasing style of working, did well In ths scenes and with ber numbers. Grace Howard dashed through her num- bers with a speed end force that called for aplaase. The dresses she wore were dainty and pretty. It sore did look good to see the twenty girls in the chorus working in the Bombers that Solly Fields staged. They worked hard and dre ss ed the stage finely. Their costumes looked good. There was a crowded noose last Wednes- day afternoon and the folks ont front seemed to enjoy the snow. Sid. HARRY MARION BREAKS ARM Harry Marion sustained a bro ken arm and other injuries while trying to board a Third Avenue ear at Houston Street, New York last week. Reengaged under the exclusive Management of I. H. Herk SADIE BANKS PRIMADONNA WITH "SLIDING" BILLY WATSON'S SHOW AT STAR, BROOKLYN, ALL THIS WEEK STARS OF BURLESQUE i>o»t80>ocoooo»»>ot«6deei>><to»d»w06ao»o»»ot><»)ttt>»w<iet>a»o»o»»a>eeB < TUMBLING WITH THE NOVEL HEAD SPIN LVIAY HAMILTON ACRO BATIC SOUBRETTE WORLD BEATERS Bertha Startzman ALBERTA FOWLER •■ssssW '■BBS*s» Was) «■> W_i m w^r wv— WIIM t. n r umai-rw #■>..» »». . SOUBRETTE CABARET GIRLS MONTE ^ftftl Q «ts»v«i VIVIAN LAWRENCE JEANETTE BROWN -VOLCANIC SOUBRETTE" SOUBRETTE With Victory BaUss. Co. 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