The Billboard 1923-09-29: Vol 35 Iss 5 (1923-09-29)

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Y. “THE MOONLIGHT MAIDS” (Reviewed Monday Matinee, September 17) A Mutual Circuit attraction, with the Burke Brothers. Written and produced by the Burke Brothers. Numbers by Billy Kond. Presented by Sam Kraus for week of September 17. REVIEW THE CAST—Charies H. Burke, John F. Burke, Dan Evans. Murray Green, Robert F. Lynch, Emma Kohler, Be Bell, Jackie Mason. CHORUS—Florence Stockwell, Margie Devlin, Fay Norman, Dixie Vail, Marion Campbell, Bessie Evans, Irene Samuels, May King. Sheila Jordan, Josie Jordan, Betty Miller, Ada Swartz, Marlene DelLauney, Lucille DeLauney, Kitty Jobnson, Sally Benson. PART ONE Scene 1 was a semi-interior and exterior set for Dan Evans, a classy straight, to prolog the show and introduce Jackie Mason, a kewpie bob-brunet soubret of personal attractiveness, who sings fairly well and puts over acrobatics in splits and cartwheels, but little real dancing. Bee Bell, another bob-brunet, is the ingennue, and Bee is there with an unfailing smile and a modelesque form, but evidences little talent or ability. Murray Green is probably intended as a Dutch comic, and his facial makeup would lead one to suppose that he is, but the makeup is as far as he got along comedy lines. Straight Fvans, after bringing on those three principals for no apparent reason, breke into song to introduce a typical burlesque ensemble, with bare legs of many hues and shapes, who went thra the number according to individual ideas as to how it should be done. If Billy Koud ever produced the numbers for this show the girls have forgotten all he ever taught them, for Billy's numbers, as a usual thing, are well staged. The Burke Brothers, in sailor attire, John as an Irishman and Charles as a Dutchman, were all to the good in makeup and mannerism, but if they have any conception of burlesque, they failed to show it, for in a ‘‘stand-on-your-head” bit they flickered, flivvered and flopped dismally. The Burke Brothers, in a dialog with Soubret Mason and Prima Donna Emma Kohler, made another flop, and the bit was saved by the ersonality and vocalism of Prima Kohler, who received the first round of applause from an apparently disappointed audience, The Burke Brothers, in a dialog with upsetting bench bit, were the only ones present to see any comedy in the bit, for they were the only ones to laugh at it, while the audience appeared bored. Charlie Rurke and Murray Green, in a dialog on cat's tall, registered nothing but mirthless double-entendre. Straight Evans, discarding bis sweethearts, Soubret Mason and Ingenue Bell, worked it well, but got nothing out of it until l'rima Kobler bawled him out with an oratorical address that was a classic of dramatic delivery of cultured English, so seldom beard in burlesque that we can not understand why this talented and able woman remains in a show of this kind. Strafght Evans, in good voice, put over the “Ragtime Alpbabet’’ song to placarded chortsters. The Burke Brothers put over another doubleentendre dinlog that got them nothing from the audience but silence. The Burke Brothers’ magic with cabbages passing from bat to bat did get a few laughs, but they were weak. Soubret Mason, leading the girls onto the runway, received an encore. Jobn Burke, staging a mummy cabinet bit with bathing-suited girl, handed out more objectionable double-entendre and finished with the old bladder bit. One reference to “Slippery” in this bit is unprintable. Charlie Burke, with the lost or stolen pocket book bit, was saved by the oratory of Prima Kohler. Charlie's patriot’: recitation and Prima Kobler’s singing of ‘‘American Names’, supplemented by Charlie's parodies, went over well. Scene 2 was a palace interior for a burlesque on Cleopatra, and it was the poorest apology for burlesque that we have ever seen, for it resembled an amateur rehearsal until King John Burke took his throne to be entertained by several shivering, shimmying girls, who finally gave way to Princess Dixie, who gave a vulgar imitation of a cooch dancer. As Burke dismissed each dancer he sentenced her to various unprintable penalties that were an insult to every woman in the company and audience, likewise every normal-minded man within bearing. PART TWO Scene 1 was an interior set of a Bowery booze joint, as the “‘Diamond Palace’, and, while it Was presented clean thruout, it lacked burlesque comedy and died an ignoble death. COMMENT The scenery and costumes are beyond criticism. Prima Kohler wore gowns and costumes equal to, and surpassing many, prima donnas on the Columbia Circuit. The only redeeming talent in this show is Straight Evans and Prima Kohler: the others are better suited to the Coney Island shows of twenty-odd years ago, when drunken degenerates would stand for anything. After standing for two hours’ dishing of dirt by the Burke Brothers we took advantage of our long friendship for San: Kraus to phone him as to what we had seen and heard in his show, and Sam assured us thit he would take immediate eteps to purge it of its filth NELSE. CHANGES IN CASTS New York, Sept. 17.—Jess Burns, of the Columbia Amusement Company, bas signed up “Eight Maniacs Serenaders, a Colored Riot from Nutland’ to join tye “Breezy Times’ Company at the Trent Theater, Trenton, N. J., last Saturday, and continue with «hat show during its engagements at Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Billy K. Wells has made several changes in his cast of “Bubbles Bubbles’ on the Columbia Cireuit, by the engagement of James Holly, Francis, Ross and DuRoss to replace “The lhree Texas Rangers’, vocalists Belle White, the kewple brunet soubret in Dixon & Lake's “Jig Time’ Company = on the Columbia Circuit, has given in her notice due to the fact that she can net get as many numbers and specialties as she desires She is now negotiating for another Columbia Circult show thru the Nat Mortan Agency. Helen Hurris, a singer of Blues, will be added to “Jig Time", and the same is applicable to Slim Thompson, a colored dancer. A handsome Juvenile was recently engaged for a Columbia Cireuit show to join the company at a far Western point and was cautioned against vamping any of the girls in the com “The way of the trangressor is hard’’ and the “Powers That Be’’ can make it hard for anyone to stay in burlesque who trangresses the rules and regulations laid down for their government. Katherine Adolph, prima donna in Rube Bernstein's “Bathing Beauties’, closed with that company at Miner's Bronx Theater. Jules Radding and Frank Murphy have signed up with Barney Gerard’s “‘All in Fun" Company, a Columbia Circuit attraction, to do a dancing act and joined at Providence, R_ I. Matty White, former vaudeville artiste; joined at the same time. Edyth Murray, the shimmering shimmy artiste of J. Herbert Mack’s Columbia Circuit “Breezy Times”, closed at Trenton, replaced by Helen Andrews. Fern La Roy, the cute little soubret of Harry Strouss’ “Talk of the Town’’ Columbia Circuit company, was taken il! during its presentation at the Columbia, this city, and removed to the Willard Parker Hospital. Virginia Sellers, the pretty brunet who made an exceptional hit leading a sumber, has taken Soubret La Foy’s place and putting her work over with telling effect. No word has been received of Jack Honeywell, a character straight, who failed to appear for the Monday matinee of Hurtig & Seamon’s ““Happy Days" at the Columbia Thea ter. There is much speculation as to the cause of him dropping from sight between Boston and this city. Louis Redelsheimer, who conducts the en gagement bureau of the Mutual Burlesque Association, has been on the job making replacements in various companies on the Mutual Circuit, viz.: For Teddy Simond’s “Fad and Follies’’ Betty Bauerle replaces Babe Green as soubret. For Grif William's ‘‘London Gayety Girls” Bob Nugent replaces Tony Corne€ti as comic. For Jake Yotar’s “French Models" Arthur Brooks replaces Eddie Hart as juvenile. Fer Jake Potar’s new show, ‘Georgie’, George G. Getz producer and principal comic. George is a former burlesque and vandeville comedian doing a tramp single. For Julius Michaels’ “Step Lively Girls’’ Elsie Berger replaces Ruby Lusby as ingenue. For Ray MeCrab’s “‘Miss Venus’? Margie Catlin replaces Vera Trevor as soubret, and Nellie Nice replaces Mae Laurie as ingenue-prima, Ray MeCrab replaces E. I, Spiro as manager of company as DETROIT DELINEATIONS Jos. Ianne, popular treasurer of the Gayety Theater, is full of smiles since the advent of a baby girl in the family. The Atlantic City Four (Geo. Lowry, Ist tenor: Clyde Hodges, 2nd tenor; Roy Wright, baritone, and Chill Wills) having closed a very successful season in the South and in vaude ville, opened at the National Theater September 11 for 2 run of 32 weeks. Harry Preston, who won himself many while at the National, closed and has tempting offers. Babe Mullen, kewpie blond soubret, ues ip her likable ways in making solid with the patrons of the National. Al. Golden, straight at the Avenue, closed and is on his way to New York. The Avenue Trio (Harold McClure, Roy Beverly and Harold Rlodgett) recent arrivals at this well-known stock house. friends several continherself are Irons & Clamage’s ‘“‘Temptations of 1923” played to full houses the past week. Flossie Everette, a soubret, well known by ber excellent work in burlesque and pleasantly remembered by her many Detroit friends while playing the National last summer, was the outstanding star and won much merited applause. Kate Mullini, with her Five Royal Hussars, an excellent musical specialty of lady artistes, directress, Gene Genee, who spotlighted a violin solo to a good hand. ““Dude’’ Pullman and Bessie Marshall, former Avenueites, visited their many friends during their week's stay in Detroit. Dave Marion and His Own Show, at the Gayety, fenturing Dave Marion as “Sneffy’’, and several old-timers including Josephine Sabel, Eddie Girard and Chas Diamond, were warmly welcomed after being introduced by Dave Marion. An outstanding specialty was the singing and dancing of a fascinating soubret, Mary Connors, who stopped the show. The many friends of Hamilton ‘Hap’ MeKenzie will learn with regret of his death, and burial, from the home of his parents, August 6. Mr. McKenzie was a great favorite among burlesquers, and for several years was employed back stage at the Gayety Theater. Wm. C. Nash, business agent of Local 38, of, Stage Employees, resigned lately and returned to the quiet life at Cloverdale, Mich. He is succeeded by an old-timer, Jack Doyle, at the Detroit Opera House for the past ten years. Wilfred Lloyd, after a very pleasant season at “The Awakening’, closed and joined the staff of the National Theater. Word reaches us that the Avalon Four, former National favorites, are having wonderfal success, as syneopators of harmony, being featured with “Honey Boy Evans’ Minstrele’’. Fred Griffith arrived in the city last week from Grand Rapids, Mich., where he has been producing director at the Orpheum Theater for two years and has been busy renewing old acquaintances at the National Theater where he was at one time producing director. Mr. Griffith is now organizing a 16-people musical show to book for thirty weeks over the Gus Sun Time. THE MICHIGANDER. “STEP ON IT” WADED THRU IT WHEN TANK BURST New York, Sept. 19.—A report from Pete. Maguire, manager of the Empire Theater, Toronto, Can., to the Columbia Amuseménat Company conveyed the information that the big tank used in Hurtig & Seamon’s “Step on It” show for the Mack Sisters, diving venuses in the show, burst and released hundreds of gallons of water which damaged the theater to some extent, likewise the makeup of choristere in their dressing rooms and interfered with the night performance on September 4. The damage was quickly repaired with no injuries to anyin person. COSTUMES—TIGHTS MADE TO ORDER. 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