Publix Opinion (Mar 19, 1928)

PATTI MOORE One of the main reasons “‘Leap Year Fancies’ makes all males “Yes Men.” Cro PUBLIX OPINION, WEEK OF MARCH 19TH, 1928 Bevy Of Publix Brunettes ae HELEN KENNEDY & does much to make “Red Hot , Capers” a sure cure for the blues. formerly ACCORDION ACCOMPANIED ACTOR THRU WORLD WAR Cooks Smuggled Earl Le Vere’s Instrument | Te vopular_ ks Aboard Ship After Commanding Officer Said Player Must Part With It Earl Le Vere and his accordion, in Boris Petroff’s Publix Unit | “Leap Year Fancies” at the Theatre, have a story of war and romance written around them. When the United States entered the World War, Le Vere enlisted and was sent to Camp Funston in Kansas in the 342nd Machine Gun | Co., 89th Division. He took his beloved accordion with him and became the favorite entertainer of | the Division. He was soon ordered overseas but his commanding of| ticer informed him that he would . have to leave his accordion here} as they were going over to fignt,| not to play. When this news reached his | company the cooks mess got together and decided to smuggle it} on board ship. They crated the aceordion in a box and marked it! “crackers” and after they had embarked it was brought out again. The first day out to sea with the boys all feeling blue Le Vere started playing below decks. Word soon reached the commanding officers that the accordion was on board and LeVere was brought trembling before him. But word had gone forward that he had brightened things up for the boys so instead of being reprimanded the General ordered that the ac cordion was to go with the com-| pany wherever they went. So LeVere and his music box went through the whole war and whenever the boys in the front line felt blue they brought out the ac | cordion and the actor entertained After the Armistice he} them. toured Europe and was a sensation wherever he went. Besides being a musician LeVere is a rib-tickling comedian and his bright and witty | gags in Leap Year Fancies keep! everyone in good humor. Real Harmonica Duo | Hutchings and Holloway, the harmony harmonica players who appear in C. A. Niggemeyer’s lat-| est Publix stage show, ‘“‘Red Hot Capers,’’ at the Theatre, play the most difficult | compositions and jazz in perfect | harmony. Their technique on the mouth | organ is perfect and they put in| many years of study before they | mastered this instrument. The} harmonica is an ideal instrument | for playing the modern “Blues’’ | and these two boys just make it laugh, groan and ery ‘when they | play hot numbers. In Prima Donna Role Nina’ Cordani, brilliant young concert singer who recently returned from a triumphant tour of Europe, sings the prima donna role in Frank Cambria’s latest Publix stage, production, ‘Rio Romance.’. The unit opened in New Haven last Friday. | with Patti The Tumbling Clowns, who ap| pear in Boris Petroff’s latest Publix Stage production “Leap Year Fancies’”’ at the Theatre are one of the most unique acrobatic acts in America. The clowns are Arabians and were trained by a famous group of Arabian daredevil acrobats in their native land. They do the most difficult tricks with an ease that astounds. They are contortionists and execute their hand walking and tumbling with many comedy twists. Children espectal ly will enjoy their comedy antics | and flip flops. Powell Scores Again Jack Powell, tap drummer who was such a sensation in “Way Out West,” is again knocking Publix patrons for an applause goal in Jack Partington’s syncopating stage show, “‘Hey Hey,” playing in Boston next week prior to opening at the Paramount in New York. | | : | | } / These Two Girls Teamed Six Years } ockabout comedy team of Maizie Cli ton and Billie DeRex appears A. Niggemeyel “Red These xh-prové s Publix Hot two > show, Cap girls, whose laug king an tics have amused theatre au this coun been 81x diences try but teamed not only in abroad, have ,logether They tured in a number way musical productions ineluding the “G Vil lage Follies’ Musie Box Revue.” for years have been fea of Broad reenwich and the Addititonal publicity terial on this team will be found in Publix Opinion, Is sue No. 5, Vol. II. Among First To Work In Stage Band Show Sammy Lewis, who is appearing Moore in Pet Publix stage show Fancies”’ Boris roft’s ‘Leap latest Year at the Theatre, was one of the first artists to appear | shows. | When Paul Ash first introduced jthis policy in Chicago, Sammy Lewis was with him for four j; weeks. Each week he did tirely different dance routins Sammy is one of the cleverest and | most versatile on | stage. Comedy, eccentric, acrobatic and ballroom dancing jare all the same to Sammy | In “Leap Year Fancies’’ Patti Moore he introduces the tap dance on a stairway, a very difficult and amusing dance; one that requires extreme precision in rhythm, His comedy in band stag an en dancers the tap | dian chuckle, BILLIE DE REX featured on Broad way and now “Red Hot Capers.” with | eccentric | dance would make a wooden in| ;ranged one of the cleverest and ir | funniest eutting up in “RED HOT CAPERS’ SPEEDY ENTERTI Numbers Zip and Sizzle in Gi 7 Year LOUISE P A graphic illustrat do not prefer blone k Elaborate Publix Stage Into the cavern of the ferno Havana, Cuba, are you taken by C. A. Niggemeyer in hi latest Publix stage show ‘‘Red Hot The openir shows a rep with the Gould in Chinese and other is atmosphere for The curtain goes mouth of hugh devil Cafe In at Capers ris os : a bback out up and as the the cavern « the pens a arises from stage the flios ies down and hugh in the ascends to hand co) leader The dressed in animal very fast dance The band all dressed as devils Red Hot number after which the Janet Sisters, two clever high kicking dancers and har mony singers, entertain with a real fast act Hutchings and mony harmonica players Play some Red Hot just burn everything boys play the mouth feet harmony and different for this tall while a bringing Gould Devils costume do a play a Holloway, har then blues, that up These organ in per are something type of enter ers rhe Lumber band and ice the then plays another the Gould Dancers Cocktail Shake,”’ a introd Leap Year Girl Had Own Revues Moore, who is appear-| with Sammy Lewis in Boris off’s, latest Publix stage show Leap Year Fancies’’ at the.... theatre is \one of the cleverest comediennes and dancers on the stage. Patti ing Petr | Patti has beén a featured baci jiner in vaudevillé for the past live years appearing in her own revues, Her sparkling comedy quips and comedy eccentric daneing have put her in the front rank of footlight favorites, i" This is her first appedrance in new dance | nappy Buth their cocktal bells in thea 4 Dry lamee the the rt Cc lead that are is nu clowns her aud for whose edy have. | to ma ute the € Clifton 4 just what t& the long aft will be antics, of the comedy For cers costumes owis do Helen Kisses.” Their hare hu J. es ferred Spa city is BE: E. ager of city. Stage presentations for Publix and | f with Sammy Lewis she has ar specialties shown here. . Ad ve lis both dil awl