Variety (Jul 1932)

30 VAMSETY EAST and DUMKE <ai«tM-s of th« Skillaf Comedy 11 MinB.; Ono Palace, Chicago Lately idehtlfled over the air with Ivory soap Jtbc 'two husky men are ba«k to vaudevtUe wjiere they learned the tricks and got tlie: ex- perience that enabled Ahem -to be- come radio oelebfl, . Because their background Is theatrical they stand out among radio Acta like a com- edian among stooges. Theirs ia the confidence, the j»ols,e and the in- fectious personoaity that Kindly- disposed critics looTt lor Ahd do not find In most rAdio entertainers dor-, tag the glare ot the footligfht pan..; Wliat particularly captivated the CbicajgQ aoidienoe was their mimiotty of the various characters In the nightly Amos' dii'. Andy radio, tucn-i This was aa excellent bit ot -yocal trickery and comparable with, the orlgitials in fldelity. That.Mt aloive, would put the "boiya across. .AJtliough lonineriy ;siatiohed at tl^e piano, I>uink« ^now omes that pivot only for a short .snatch o£ notes. He and East work standlag; up a.nd apaurt Irom the piano tbrouEthbttt. Aw bath have j»ow«r-. iul ph^B there, is no need for a micro^one exo«pt lor -some comedy USM. Their .voices And the^ir die- Son flfl iaie 'furttiermost Tecfisses, otmnodern tJieatr©, . In the style «1 -their radio torn foolery they <opi^ by Teadlni; topsy- i 'j;ric][. harmony trio, nont, <« t*iryy questions »aim «Iving lunatic, Y>}iii ^cdod «n BJECO ^ NPC. answers to the vroViwM jpn-:[^f^^j^^iY^gg, 0n itto .'OJaaty Teaat pounded. -They g«t «way wnn tuoBi!am''aiaoiie. streviotusly An that ifctt i»f *helr w^Sj^ 2^ Bud. Y»df««a«MMirelaw0j^^^ ot ^mmevoaa radio acta in dance routla* tt»ti»i«unny | yauto Jately. this ©ne dualifles HAL LEROY (2) Dancinot Sinoing 16 Mine.; Ono. Palac* -. Instead of helping young Hal Le Hoy's dancing, whoever framed this act hapdloapped It. Fortunately the boy-s .sensational ability manages to surmount the handicap) but it's iooilsh to make him struggle for spmetiilQg that is so easily within The stager';^ Idea apparently was that to have JLieRpy step out and do a covu>ie of dances wouldn't con- stitute a vaudeville act, $9 tnlm- mlngs were added. Seeu>t is that the trimmings are a Jiurden rather than a help, and LelEtoy's couple of dances are the act .any way... . . A dancing gin .and singing 'boy are the support. Oirl is young, nice looklQg and a proaclent .dancer. Ths, !boy'» sin^^oK Aoesn't loeleng in taie same act. As iwd tbe singing axg the routine and the }>its .of chat- ter connecting the various Iteioe, LeRoy looked like a young Jack l!>onia!hue out on the. Palace- staee. Along with his -sparkling feet ace a natu^ comedy pan a<nd an una»- suming manner that suggest some- thing Iwsldes plain dancing ttbllity, " .. • Bige» TASTVEAST JE^TXRfi j(3) ^linfting, X^oimody 12 iMin».j On* Md .Two (fipooial) foriUham . . in wbittt, * «raat someay kMked by a mOto ircvutation. . Land. SiwiBS 1«Mins.; Ono FMN>«c^Bi!osfc1yn Tkongb ao*det wMh «ooa niotte ital. tbie «ct ftttbi ^ «aaeter >up,m«c^ 9tA kkik. ftbonni «mrr «9gn n^ he- few In Msd -irf TMm Of ^llsttl^g and . 4Maootlver MntWl^r. 3<eaai;artmnd xatlier better .t^am the average, Andleaoe .<up hone stroved «ntfausia8- tio. Xrlo -juses .-a «alke. It occasioned one tunklnd jMmark in -the audtenoe, k lady A0king herself -audibly: 'Why don't they use a <pbonQgrai;^.* *Chls etuOain Uaat laie ;dteslf es of sf>t»& fa^ ito d»ear their air itavs as th«y naturally cpeakj not As they ^mxi/cvi<vwr.mVti^. ■ ' Opening on ft^ark. istg^sB a htt, « i)9^ JBfiot iron Ibe ifiiias «flEec- tlvety lights 4ip itho jteio «s they'dne .the microphone. tli» ib6kmi tbfiilkgilfi!9 JiMS three iUoya play« dihe uke jMit as for the Atiave tmidk «t the; ihcojjgbrut, other two fnx» <hlUbllly jUgeuae in. slriag bsf ^^baracters; aea^ tdoubUncr ior hanmonlcafl. jddeUjKhta «nd..pvert<iiafis, that'A^an-I Tiio xiuitlne is <along jiovel lines AtMr pnaMnir. IfOim «Mali!t laie mxl'- ; ^idiiria-iiinir. In dt* ««i)Uer stages Sle «eem«d ^hanilcappefl b^r-a void ' this ««oiaaian of (tdie tilo Aoes Jils attd that vtay «c«0!unt^ the mnioJi -At "^fl nidiog Hood' in warfl tetenalty tSm tippearejl to, be: Avede -^laleoi;. Xbe.i>o3!0 «a«> dtry « woilclnt; unden 'I gag .t»ut ifs a pretty old ^one. . Bach mimbftr i» %er- -repertolre-j -dleslng 'is -^I^i $Vn«v^ Blowing Bubbles' I9 Swadi^ with sopae novelty twists, Could' have encored up here - on flight -bi^t didn't. On Slv«B Indication of jioh posslblll tiM' itor ifaumatt inteeedt ^nd comedy appeal. JHrst Item is a cleverly wxitten inuilesaue on the currentiTnwsday «tlMe AcoiUneni «ha;t tattenl ii> cll<^ l'Mc««d. as It Bboiild liave; 'Juat« Jane in the ChoruB* XLuntber Jnafle ^ better"^ ^^mv-tm* .imI «EA«io«i teaflway, wMle the teary etmsa<Jki^^rrW«fld ^E**"®*" W nmotam the tnfbukrtflona tof u oouri- IXf'S^'rr^^'i^^iSi Job flnaily J)riMie*it Jttias WWte into 'TJSfS*?,^ S^!?/!?" her owjdI jSough allghtty over-J or8ythe,^ot so long Ago KwTtfi* ^^Ser%hioned>i*« Mda impejaonator cracked ll»m'|^*«'^<^^«^*J^^;^^^ open aU ground tor S^m,^SS approraL . : Jasly ,ln Ah© nabe piirlleus. In Aflflie For the romp-off Miss tsmte' fieamon*eis gota^jgal-of.Kate.fimlth .strips. • to shorts and .a .Jhand .^o(t, pj^poi^ctns >yfjxo 'can deUver, -asnd ocgalnOle liere add tberoi £Qes .IntoiKdeliwer Itot And iplentiy. in 'come^i one of those 'I Want to Pe Ji^^tighty; and .i^cmoniaingv .while ithe .^.ther But Nice"* Jilttles taaeea >J» a' femme In the/aCt a>aolts ^a nine of^ jitep or two .for igogo4 imeasure. it's .atopglng, waxhling and hot -stuping, a Buddep and wide ^ift <of imeter, that wrajts It up ^nto a .perfect this finale, i>ut sdryfis the .ipurpose.' threesome. Anyway; It reveals v!bat the sun i<i»,fi' Hefty girl's xnugjgtfng and odry do to a Jdlly j^alr .ot Shoulders. comments Irorti Ihe ^ideUnias cocked Male pianist ft^lata. Oaec. khem .lor a steady row of lauglis when caujfht. It's a special jslft Ao«er Wolfe KAHN'« OACH. (») Sand and Specialties . 28 Mine.; Full (SptoiaD Pjalaoe A jgood.-'llstenable 1»aOd Is ■« «ooA llstenable band whether or not the leader additionally -eells himself as a. personaaity boy, or whtether he's simply content with letting the music speak tor itself. Toung Roger Wolfe Kahn Is the latter type of leader. No .-hoous-pocus '1)aton; waving, no oftslde Ixoollng and -no super-selling. That's a..violation of the abcepted'custom for present-day maestros, t>ut the act Is neverthe- less good entertainment. Kahn :has this fhack to the Audi- ence <90% of the time, quietly lead- ing his anuslclans. Hie peeks out «t the cuetemers -between numbers when annouhclng through, a inlke, t>ut idoesn't 4!ace the audience •direct- ly imtU the curtoM .closes in. , Five, specialty people, ^including two single girls and a. male harmony trio, and Kahn's lL6Mpleoe,band pack the turn's M shotted minutes pretty solidly with ^entertainment. JSvm- Jbers -range trom tpjttaiis^t 'mlusical selections by the orchestra to.a;hlgh kick ,4ance number by a ioose- le«ved girl, jMeUssa .Mason. Aet's other girl is Gertrude JNelaen, A ^ood -looker ifroih tJie nite clu1>s, wbo- '.singe. Her second ot two numbers 's An imitation iof ^da :Bobertl, h\a «he ttoeant iiave to ieive .imita- tions. Harmony trio works alone-on the apron or as props «in the ihAnd- «[tand, :alway0 «M>eias -through the mike. iCabn's selection ot A^unEbeni and the -arrangement make tlto etrateht musljci ioterestling enough for atiage purposesT .it -sounds ■extremeily danoeable, and that should r^.iestta9> iliah .Kohh lunong ithe .-etandard dance band leadBEs..(i(f t]k)ie towo, SLATE iBAOS. <3) Knoekabfuiit, .Danolng 11 Afluna^; Om% Palace Frohx a Mraif^ -dAncing not the Slate i>oys have jievjeloped a (combl •nation hooflnig-Jcnockabout attair tthat lails in iibe comedy categery. il titey departed'trom straijgAit :8tep- ping because that field. is '.over crowded and -on-the wane; they merely Jumped ^am the fridtng pan into i!he ilre; -for What they're now 4od]n«r aieo-iuw iplointy of competl ttlos. '$«ew former cbythm ^dan^ (teams and - trios ^are net doing itnoekahoiU at -the profent.time. iE^enhaps for tthe iime itetag ithe ohajoee may prov^ advantage to the ei&tes.. When danolng -^ly.i they -were cosdined to ^le No,. i spot. :6ome elMtlclty iuw been f^ilned through ^le snitch, ^nd it may «Uow -for laiber ispottln^. .Tin added Jmo^ahout <takes up the entire first part and 'is Siad . ais often AS it^ «OQd. - About ihalfway •iSba bsy* «tact dancing'. Hiov. a. iime 'they anizvdanelng with «ssault ;and baltery 9nd -;the tcomhlnation -loolv stronger lUian.,either the ^dancing or <tfae . 'Imockabout^ by iisiSU.. "They mi^M. vdevelop the turn -more «Iong ■the combo iinee. pid well No. 4 "Saturday, 1>ut -no 'foetrter than-with straight danotng in .the^ame spot during 4h«ir last'Pal- ace ^engagement. A ^couple -ot -hells' too many and 'a'dlalog-encore that'is in bad taste could i>e forgotten. . PALACE, X After « good «t<u<t and a 19.^0 profit in Itn Hwrt we«k ^tf oem4>lna- bills, the .I»*aace-J*> tryj««^-to Iceep VP prosperity wMh ft >'very .good six-act Iftyout and 'Ro»r «f the Dragon' (Radio) <hii ilrst irun, The talker wm originally booked lor tibe MayfaUr, l>ut eidetnu^ed Into the Palaee at the iast minnte. St waqA't considered sJ)rong ^enough tor etraight film playing acrpsti' the street, ^but .satls&tctory asrunning mate t-or a good 'vaudeviUe flhow. The acte indlvlduoUy and 't|be hlU|'^9-^<>othed'OUtior:euhMauent per<^ coUertiveiy are eftective enough to iXomanMs^ < ..^ ~ , sucofisstuUy ilglit «JX tixe efCecte x>t J I^owr lockers in the Hazel Man., an epidemic of dancing. lMnnia)T\''\'869>n. troupe .i(hre,w the prooeedings toriou« terp atuft in .«uch • iarjgejlnto Xaiat temiito Xrom the starting quantity would liftve leen xwlnojtt«.lJWtot jrJtb * .dazellng tvWrUelg of. Tbere'9.8tepplqg^in e:rery Act;)>ut tlie'^eps, JMMneEa»ult% fllp« opiener,. wfm .Mausa, jand two of the| flop*. /5«Jtwl»eeIs .and\wl»atnot, ob- ;8ix, Hal LeBoy and the Slate Bro*« awJ'** ^iw-t *he girls'*ftrt) has been are 100% .on the Aiotof. Kconsidesably snuV't^ned UiR, with thQ MauBs.; the Slate, and ^elaldeik'^Jc^aM . , ^ Hall, ^ne, two, three. ig*ve Aattefac I >^ Faher took .ower tl^ deuce ttoi, ttie *W And made a merry eight mm, ?*o. 4*y r*rk*nd iang. From then^^^^ on it'a a cinoU, with iLeBoy an* thei 5, ?^?X^Jw ^f^Sfii wder New Acts, iTork and Kln^sfid Ug^^^^ .pn one ot those Jjurlesquea Miss /HaU ti»re*ienDUgh new m(^->' terial aimost to «ltiss iae brand new also. ^Thls tiewtaess a'bout the -whole' show is refreshing. Between new: aat« atnd pictures, the falace jhasi changed -vrtore' than It .iseem^ Irom the iboards loutslde. -There itaven't been ^bnee I^Tew Acts on 'One Palaoe show fart years. here, with promise of ,bigger things -to come. Revealing .a standout knack for timing her Jgrags and kat> Izenjammers-«o th they^can't mlse, Miss Seamon conveys the illusion of pulling her stuff "on .the Impulse, a quality that heightens the reaction SAM BEfttlARD, fI (S) Comedy ^kit 80 Mina.; ^Fall (Spetcial) Prospect, ^Brooklyn -The first mistake ."Sam Bernaxd illi nephew of -late 'Sam Bernard, nuckes is trying to do a/unit instead of an htovher fun -many .fold, act. With not^a lot of even near- iPlcture of this 260->pounder clam :aoOk material in this skit, the .30 ibering actop a piano and then trying minutes running-time is overboard, to ilnd a way. ^to get down provides So is some-of-tlie-comedy, a portion an Item f. t in itself would be sufll of which falls. priLtty fiat. As Is, jolent - to ^s'. iblish tl.e .'turn as a Bernard's .ekit ia only for the smaller Icomiedy go-getter. .But this is-jrhere- houses, where the patronage is more .ly a drop, in a .cascAde of monkey or less lenient The deck.of a i>oat forms the set, with Bernard as a. passenger ^ith a Qerman dialect -and -a Hair for the ladles. He works most of -the gags with a steward, but does some with: femme feeding. The gag of the ringing bell which causes the lady to walk in her sleep, done in Minsky burleidk, Is included -In the material shines and crpss-flre that puts For^ eythe .and .Seamon down as an ex- hibit .that a booker need .not worry about when iace4 .with.flUing a mid< section or next-to-closing niche on any five-act bill. Qd^o. ZIMGONC Sleight - of --hand for the finishing bit leading up to IVrTrfut' ffi the finale, A single dancer In an acrobatic routine stands out. She exhibits fine form and u dancing technique that merits attention. Another dance ain- .jgle, fair, la also Jworked into the act. ' Bernard has .an effective German- dialect and sales manner, but lacks material in iiis j>resent skit. What JiLe.iUl^ds most in .Addition to a check on running tlnija ia a -^ood onaterlal writer.. Char, Paradiae, New York Louis 21ngone :has been around, but -hasn't yet -reached the files He's a personable performer who manipulates. cards and hankies mostly working with the 'USual small stand and going into the audience for some, assistance. - He utilizes a rope trick also, and pulls the make- belle v.e expose gag. Here No. 2 on a five-act program and over big That looks like his spot on the 'B' grades. ^Uan, tViei4ttfV yu^ 26, 1932 ' ■ .. Str«I/ ihsjK % W\iM was oh handi ifor .the ilnta curtain of the State's JkPftt; Mm- Jittlo JblJl-llned- up iter the «c(^on cei^tainiy (deserving 'Ot a. Iietter .turn .out. a PiiU-'em4n ^beadUner iiaen't been, included, ibut the eetw Aotwith> standing wM ^eipleie with sXX the making* of a tiptop variety .enters t«ioment l)ulljt wlonir modern lines. ftUAote iinpressed *a sUgfaUy dcaggy Jn spots, but thi^ were the 'types .of jviftles .and Juots that «an easily vOn .s&dl!9, jdow An item Inifuactlcaiiy every vaude aingle'^s repertoire, but outaide ot lier /dizsUng interftreta- tion Qt A pop number the: ihing didn't .click nearly «s w<eU .as what tod iitf'efied.ed. ^11 .of (tooi. iMunor! Jsept popping right .through t)^e next Xtma^i ^ank Radcliffe, aided and abetted by- «OX¥ TRIO £iingino# Dano^g 11 ."MkiB.-; F«vo XBpeoiat) Pnoapertr rfiropklyn Consists .of Wee WllUe jao}>yn witli the big -voice, -who was with Roxy'fl ^gang. and in picture liouses Jeanie -Iian?. -billed as iiavlng been in Paul Whltemah's ^King of Jaw' i!V) and her brother Arthur, prdb -aWy-best known-for having^ sung pn the Maxwell Housie ^Joffee.hour. Act is only a mild session of entertain ment. -but Witti xe-routlng 9.nfl more material will do Ijetter.- . • Slach does |i 'bit at the opening, -after ielng introed £y~sA.rthUr JUang, wira-also iatrolng i:(imself goes into a pop acrangement. Two men tol iow in 'Lord, Tou Made *he iTieht Too Xiong,' okay, and up to' this; ipolni act iiias ibeen^ fairly worth-- while, itt sags ;&0m)heEeto the ^dj! ,wl'h JeanieXang's song from 'King of Jazz' topped by dahce double' with brother, bringing^ out "lUtle. , The novelty interpretation of opera, yery long, clos.es TJut' deUvers' weakly. Closed show here. Pilar. REGGIE M«NAMA'RA and LAflRY =LAW80N Oieypling ^tlovelty ' 6 'Mifia. s Audubon Two profesh bike riders, one of whom, Xiorry Larson, halls from neighborhood in which Audubon is located. Probably a boolclng only for this theatre, but tame as an at- traction. JGxcept where bike riders' names mean something at b. o. not ah act. Both McNamara and Lawspn have poor stage presence. Ted King, house's m. c, worked .with them and repeated what: McNamara started to tell about some of his spills, lat- ter's voice not carrying over the pit. Then the riders staged a race on treadmills. Only moderately excit- ing. Char. Mttuss' four nxlnutfis <(m. the big. Gene Rogers. This Auaky pair of wheieil comprise the .Itiietefit ftnfl jiads h^v.e.a smootb, PFe£is.e. wi^y of most thrifltncr openlitg apt ;es.tant.iUegaing^oUt their ezc^&n^o .a^ That start jgets liiei^latesntt.rather!l^etmaximum returns. Nothing new •slowi -since Ihey^e Aow tiylng!Ufci, Btringlner-t5»getber ^»f a iexicon Icno^kabout at the Jtart instead'Of>| jj^ j|twbcea,kerB with.out xfayme or .going jJffht into .l!h©' *<vfln0« The |j5ig(|j^iii^ .ddirker trater- boys'recovered and jnade the ^isade'j jdty, -j>ut the wfLy ithese Soys liandle easily, -once they ^:got started. - jhbe ctvisit xst .comedy irlves it-dis- ^ss JcIaWs jvinoIpaJ tihaneefsinoe! ttnot styie.^ Bxhtbltlon of (that pair : her iast-Palace <date 4s ,ibe esqdica-'uiit' pipes, wMpIi Jhad iUm Aineing tton ot iiti^nge Jumd^jgestunes tto iher' with >equal Aalr boUi in harltonj} and sln^nsr. ThJsiSinotiMiealiietfRomthe'talsetto tenor was ^cKJxerously ap- start, ]»it,. ieftt ^m«!t>Pdy onuff it.| preclated ell .around> ^whUe (rene Jdiss Hall later etaoidiB ihetween a J Rogers' adrplt iinlsUng «f the ikeya .baby wot and a wAnitie sscreen andlmwped up on its own. makes shadow stiptuses the sear 1 :SB>mmy iSirevolt -jcame through wall. .It doesn't Aelp ^e .aingloej with the Jjceaknecl);. whirlwind per- much, hut it's a novetty d^d -^efi: formance ^exReoted -ot ihim. iFJash done, Xhis versatile colored ii^d' .a>e master vot .ballet jtlrpuetting has 410W .flii^ almost lentirelyi <ovttfng Jxullt Around itlmselt icanries four d.owfl on the dancim;. young iookecs almost .eau^y Adept York and King's-18 minutes sta#f*t itwiriiiwr ,the vtoes, feWpeRSonatlons olt in a prop sleigh, wlUx .Chlc and ip'T' ^thls foursome enf Adewe ^nee, Hose pontinuint 4o iolince fcom ^»vloys^, Mariljrn WUler and.Har^ force of habit Jbr at least five Mi»-rJ-riet Hector, -were well .taaimnecl. !utes after getting out ot thA snow Xum fte^Uitered .«olld)^ uon the how- 'bug«y. The taet And furiouB JB31ng;Mt. . .^r.... « : antics later on 'make the A$i!t Ithel it tosoik WiUlam laemafiest A lUttla ffinaokeroo it «lways is ^ere andJtUne to get started, but onoe thdy anyn^re. b^gah to yJflldj they were Ixls AU thd licRoy's ivext to vokising. Although fe^' „ZKHn2°i ffiJ^^Kf/: that spot cdjjW luaye teen iield ydown ^^^^^^ vl hy any other tiu»; which is the Jwwti^ff. J'^^.^i?'.**^|i1„5"*,^ ^ Indlcirtlon of the biU'A aU AJ^undj ^^i^^wt^^ ability. Xouhif Kahn, with W mu- in'^^h- iShwJS.* sicians. tstro sp^smv «romen And al S?T«^^S5Si f iXA; v^SiS^Si^ in ?raiSir?aS '* "^"'^ •^f^ltti^'SSdS«'^^^ ■^uSraight^^rou^hout ithife!*^^ ll"t,S!S'AioI ppenlng Ahow .Saturday. . \ ^^^^^^^^^^^ **** ^ Alex Hyde and itie ii ien^nes, oh the closing as'aighment, liave A 1>and turn filled, with Sin Asaortment of l^fls Ajqseies, jTuly £S. !] distinctbre muiaiciKl angled. Koutin' Second of the ilve-.aot nirfts to injp shpw.sjnu*^1m*rpyfimw* ,^nce play iiere is 1D0% yaude, Av«ry act! Jast caught. jaui-Jjfliy j»umber at pacjttng A punch. Budgeted at opening caught, on^ nicely And 700, ouallty is inalntained. they JPfo^ned .iiist .A ijrelude to A raft of should prove idraws ior SSSiO, jNol entertaining tare dished upinAhow« names on this ,J>IU. manly manner, Special ej;>j;tlause SJurrent unit iias Xya And Wolf, ■ honors went to f^uth Bucns, a carol' trStPeze' .aot; Bohhy *Iey. ^»«KJ*r; J Hng lass with a moan .that tiow ihlta Evans and lHayer,Alnginif.andftaik-Ithe mike perfectly. Smart, well iQg.; jpon .Santos And Sbtie. hakej balanced .and indicative ot shrewd comedy, .ajid JDaye Jones and jEeggy,'! dhowmanshlp is ■the ^most repent jye-people flash; playing in the'Alex Hyde creation, ^nd well de- oi^der jianved. jservlng of the noisy reception .^glven X.y.a and "Wolt .short and iwwppy, 'him at this perfornwince. go through three fast routines ron 'Whiner Take All' .(WB) and ft the traps, selling All well. -Oke for, <qulntet <of newsclips make .up thd an opener and got .three .telt-bows. ldStatefs screen fore ifor the -week. Bohby M&y deu.oed with his ..class iugglipg. May .does not need the hokey stooge he uses, who .detracts, from the Jugglerls work. Avans and May«r .-iollowed- .Ray Jlvana, -one . time pianist at Qoffee JJan's here, J»as .acgulred a lot of Showmanship in the a?Ast iew yetire. OOeo. :Miss 'MS:yei;, former partner . .of;|ifihe inoney. IRlenty of sock 'handed ■Per^y iBr6nB6n»>aUll J^otftlns A fe.tflh''1'OUt 4>y Atandard turns provides the ing vOioe And knows .how to .use .lt. hbest stage <entertaiinment seen lit Team pleas.ed with :thr.^ Aengs Ahd'j^ihis house in «ome time. a itloQk ..of ,&tgs. JByer,ythlng ithey did r.^tstei;ed. l^on .SatntQs and £xie next'to 'files' ing. Sflattps wears put :hie welcome, ! ability to ,cut apples," light -matoheS doing close ,to >80 -minutes. Better than ayeM^ge in his hoke iUne, she overdoes it. His dancing and hits, particularly the clowning Chevalier imitation, are ^gopd vaude, and land change with a oohtrol.danpe. JDavld JCraft takes pare the second change .with .a stair dance, JUopks and ability of Jones and Peggy .give the show a fast get-away. Audi ence went lor everything, a well •Iion Angeles, July B'l. The <)dOO ibudgeted -vaude Mil of six AOts iplus an m, c. this week looks and plays -.like several timed Opening Is ithe Novelty iCllhtons, tDiok dumping act, whloh Just closed for F. .& M. Punch .Is 'Ollnton'S ami. other. stunts with 'his. feet while Jumping. Qlri partner is-just a walk-on. -Well received. Johnny sKiadp/APcprdipnlst with load of personality, romped neatly. Mies .Exle .sings two -num- through seven .minutes Of groan box bers but .has iittle phanpe to .display J squeezing. JLad :has .a ;fioick l>t mala her voice, due to Santos' clpwhlng, ]'It' and the flaps interested. Pave Jones and Pes^y olpse with Donald Kerr, formerly Kerr and a fast routine f'of dances. Margrle bEflfte Weston, with -a iglrl billed, fea Johnson and Emily Vprdl ,fill" in pne J Fay, retains all-his Jtormer flip mah-t Lher but is tpp fast for his partnen He runs through the gag routines Uke a Wg-timer worHing a suppef •show. ^ . Jhee and Dewyn, eJasB acrobats next, inez displays ah abundance of filled .house giving the acts strong: class a.nd can show up most of the support on opening performance. yowngsters -doing control work. 'Jftoad of the Dragon' (Radio), with i Dewyn, too; ie an excellent eal6s- a cost -of gopd names, .should help. man. None of their .stuff .is overly the house get AhPve average for the difficult,. but their salesmanship week. Pathe News completed spreen shouts big time, end of the performance), palk ' GifCord and. Pearl* next to closing^