Variety (May 1934)

22f VARIEtY HOUSE BEVlEWS Tuesday, May 8, 1^34 MUSIC MALL,^N.Y. Teacups and other pieces of pot- tery come to' life onc^e more in a 'Dresden China' ballet pn the MUslc Hail stage. Some djay . those tea- cups are Just,not gQitig to come.to life. Put if .a cuistomet .ever sees that happen, the customer probably will, learn that he got Into the Wrong theatre. Because oh the Music Hall 3ta£;e tesLcups always come to life. Life within *l teaqup as lilluS"^ trated by the. ballet provides the first of..tliree items the current week's eplspdic stage presenta.tlon, entitled 'Romantic Deflt.'- Secbiid^ billed as B on the program, Is called 'The Fisherman' iand serves as an Ihtr >duction to what in the outdoors is known: as the. blowoff, but in the "Music Hall is' referred to as the piece de resistance. 'The .Fisher- man' is performed in what .constl- . tutes 'One' at the- Music Hall, but ' whlqh, would be .tlie whole darn stage in almost any other theatre. After EJdwiha EUstis; tall con- traltOt' and the male ensemble for the'. 'The FisherrAah' introduction, garbed' in Dutch fishwofnen- and bluo .oilskins, .respectively, the whole stage staff of 100 or more paint human color schemes on the full rostrum- Scene is a beaut,' exceptionally 60 eveh at the Music Hall, Where scenic sightlihe'ss- is the' uBtial' thing. The locale is the Netherlands and the set presents a -publio' ^square. In.. the.b^^bkgrOund is a structure that at first appicars. to be a hangman's. scajfCold, but. later proyi^s to- be 9-, harmless drawbi^idge. instead of a hahgingri the audiertce sees a nov- elty-entrance by the Rockettes. The pony IJne^ girls disguised" as tulips,- ride Tn bh a'prop boat thtft moves as. though the canal water has St, • Vitus dance,/ iRockettes, ballet .and. -slinging corps all on for .the big scene, Plus. Eddie Miller and Eyeiyh Duerler, who double in delivering the theme song, 'My Man is a Fisherman,' or softietliing like that: ' They're a splendidly Voiced , lead pair, partic- ularly Miller whose fine voice has filled all the Broadway fllm[ Palaces, and. fills the expansive music hall just as,' thojugh it. were the iPalkce. The amplification helps here, of course, . but. Miller'ip'". voice is a nat.u'rat'. ' V . Mill'ei', who appeeurs i'A' the' Stage finale in costume,' also' "oiakes an earlier'appearuhce in the' f>it.-to lend the.overture .a vocal Windupi.-.-.-The overture-thls.'week, and a-, departure,- is a. medley of-popuiar ^iun^ . . ,>, Pifituye.! 12Qth. ..lO^mtUi ,' •.. (Col)., Biisjnesis, pretty, fair, Ui $he .rain Thursday night; , Mge. capitolI R A good show ; thlii' week ' it the; Caiij.V'<jke;'tipth ways; 'sta^e.'''.and screen.: strojng '^opening. j[xight vvith .a, iine. /put. fpr.. tiie -last. show and''<'>.,the; 'inside^- tapes, .jip. > The, Gabie-^'pwell.s'St'oy,. maraueja. p.uii in, 'Manhattan... lytelodrama' . .(Metrp), corhbtned' with the Alm'^s baiic audience appeal, may warrant"dri-' other* holdover" session- at this HPuse; Picture is there atid.'the stage show ditto. - . This lineup seemingly substantlr ates. Lpuia . K,, Sidney's boxpfflce theory that;", the time to give 'em a wow show is When the picture is . goo'dV "hot. nieli'ely when the flicker is poofi It's Bouhd judgment and may > do much for - general benefit of everybody'a-boxofflce' to wean thf? now,tpo-Wise publlo away from the 'idea,that when,.the rostrum fodder, Is highl'y delectable there must be somfelhlhg wtTsnfe with- the featurje'. And'si1i£e-it's still the deUulbid that pullsf 'em,; after, .all = ln . islcture house— ioi the obvious >r^asOn- that; it'e a. , cinema first a,n.d a' mu^ic hall secpnd^this' policy'It. adhered to shoij^ld hiitfe. Very vital • b."©-' feflfxes in the-'future for- an theatre "o"p6ra'- tPrS: ' y , • •:• • Japk. Behhy - and his revue', top- line -and Lanny;;Ross ;bptt6n>-:lines.. I And ,in. ■ betvveen, there's. ..Cardinl, I that qbrking c6;rdvmanfpulator from ' the CkiSinP de: Paree who 'ichie'ves an ihcTl'Viduai' click all his bwh that's , oti a par wlth-'Benhy., Rosd; .:et -al^ ■• •. Per :USu«(,l Mary. LiyIngstOn\(SadIe Beiwiy) ./foils for her I^ushand's suave comedy, while Lahny. Ross contributes' the vocal and romantic Interest. The Maxwell HoUse tenpr on the strength of his lone Par" flicker,-. 'Melody- in Spring' (or maybe it's apart from .that), seem- ingly has achieved no little b.o. pull by himself. The femme salvos opening liight attested to that. I?itto for the Benhy-Lilvingston act, ihdicat^jg the; strong di^l-lnners' i-tiirn«out.. ==So .Jnufito.=.gQ^hai^^ ■woiiaered how come so many-were jaway' froni' their radios'' tonight (Friday) which is when he's oh for General Tli'es'. at 10:3a-p-.m. (The way the last show broke Benny- Liivingston must have made it to the NBC studio by a traffic t.lcket). One 'dt the funniest interludes is that hokei trio, the 3 Chicken Sis- ters, a<-.bri(?ken-down Cherry Sis oombo. .They .call, themsely.cs Chico, Henlno and Coopo, oml. .admit they copped the idea or'tho billing frpm the Marx iRvoh: 'One in Kptpsmlth- Ish in builrl, thr> niiddlo 'iin a i'ithH sal, and the quiet end girl .<<iioaks like a Bester street faillbiUy. Withal Benny has primed *em well< The 24 Chester Hale Oirls go through some interesting Harie mania and. semi-Oriental impres sionisilc lerps in great style and seemed to mean .more on this bill than usual. , Plenty of show but ^doesn't seem' to bothei?. Feature runs 93 miur iites and stage show another hour; altogether over two and a half hours 'of entertainment (including the usual newsreel. and the NVA trailer and basket-passing) but no bore.: Possibly if the turnover be-, .comes a problem that hoke Clyde Beatty . routine by. Benny POuld be chopped; not especially funny; . Abel. ALHAMBRA, LONDON London, April 24. Bobby Howes is the headline at- TractiOn he.'e. Outiside Of having pJayed spme yisafta ago in an act called We-Five (Howes. Roy Roys- tcM, Jjaddle Cliff, Claude Hulbert and Bobbie Cpmber) this is his first vaudpville date. ■HoweJ '.was originally slated to open for John- Southern at the Vic- toria PaVace,". but " Southern ducked -when he 'fpuhd the musical cPm- ed}-..and sPreen star'with tlie .trim- mings'; Would run hiiin into, around $4,500 jper week. •. As a vrhole, his effort is dlsap- .polntlng, 'and ibokis like it wM PUt together .hiirriedly, .tTslng'thet houise s:als for background, fiowes slngd a number which does not mean' tt tiling.. His next is. a coitnedy ofC«ir-. ing> which is better. Then he goes into one with .a, istralght miEin, hoth doing a couple of A.K.'s o-veir a pot of Jjeer. .This .is a bit done', in one. of ; Chariot's shows, ' hy Herbert .Mundih; POi', a flntsli, full stage is used, with 32 and 18 men drteiBsed 'as co^lts,'.and the com^dlaii. "affects a comedy Pop. Reception was excellent, and act Will piill thefti in, •Understood Howes gets S2,500, with Sir'Oswald Stoll paying all the ex- tras. Supporting bill has tod many sin-, gle men acts, which detract fro.m the headliner. Scott Sanders in a comi. cabby scene. Is funny In spots, but is on too . e^trly' to get full effect of the offerlhg.: ' ... ^ MaiinpfC's '/Russian' .canljie actors loPk very much like MarinofC's 'dOgd that' ijlayed the Pialladium some months agtf. Might< he a,^misspell- ing.; ilogs did not s^eni to work too' treoiy, t*ltn backstage prew'.not 'hplpihgrjihy. , . • : ' , ' Jftck, jBiifty; pliEers,; a slrtiilar Vehl- 'cle to the one" he 'has been ddihg for years, .with only chang.e 'at "few digs tit Koliywp6a;",aTwti,ys sti'ris of H laugh .'he?e. '" ' \. '.'..'. ' . JacK ;Franco.i)3 ifn some e'cfcwityic stephing ^nd.t^s')ias .a nrc*.:!iier- spnality.:. "'- • Charlie. Hfggihs in . crude makeup does, .cpmedy numbers that ar'e'.t'dp long-Supported '.'>V Bert',;iBray In pross-flre co|ii!^dy ■talk, "bUi. ver.y. Itt- tli thftt's'ne'W.' " .' ' ReriPp and Godfrey^ btpther .and sister, .team, wlth.ma,n d.ancibg'whiJ.P playing; violin' igind 'Woinah "special- izing in gopd'. toe. work"." . 'Houston Sisters, hack together again after,. IJen'ee's film ,debuti .clown a Ipt. but seem, to have no definite yeI)lcH'., Act Is disjointed. :S6hIa wid ■V.eynbn. Than--woman &.ct, "doing.. sbrnp dancing with" ;S?yJ<>- ohohp apcpn;pahim,ent, malce a good ojiener. ' . , • Grotdon.: .Ray. Gals, permanent housp.' troupe, are on and ,off, t.oo frequently," ORPHEUM, LINCOLN inc.olh. May .4»" ^ • A whirlwind .gym;nastIP3 'corti-i' bined- '^ith the ordinary In dancing 'ma^^ this" week's Orph bill some- "thing "like' the -house; 'trade likes to •siee.' ./Although therels only three .acts, on the biU for a fast .35 -min- utes. It mOvPs and the neighbors applaud. 'A diitect-contrast to-the ipreyloUs cahtt> and a strong argu- ■ment from' •this- section for vaude shows that appeal to the eye, rather than the ear. • Danny, -find Edith,. colored dance 'team, execute the usual, fast and difficuit tap steps, but add nbvelty to it by skipping rope all the time. This pair opened' and stopped" the shb'w. Sanna and Looniis, comedy danp- ing, deuced with the nAme tempp and scored on S&nna's monkey im personation "and sojourn over the seats. These boys have acrobatics down to a fine art, keeping ' away from the ordinary toe clicking, ipo challenges oh the encore, —=plvefftosesrthe old-DeGard6:^turn •With ne-w faces, shut the bill with the novelty barrel and teeter board offering. There's a kid In.the act who does' a triple from the board to a shoulder chair And. with a little more, stage presence, he'll sidy family traOe. Big stunt, is a foiu-- barrei high clipib by one blind- folded aad a jump .-into one on the board for a rain , of the flipping company in every d'iroction,, • -Such -Women Are Dangoaious' (Pox), >tlie pi(!, with an NVA short, Univerwa] npwH and comedy. ..Biz eood. Barney, STATE, N, Y. Anatole Frledland's tab version of *Flfty Thounsand Frenchmen,' which has been making the rounds sinoe the tall end.«f 1833 and rated among the initial unit crop, spans the stretch between showings .of 'Gambling X«ady' (WB) and rptalls a diverting mixture, of impersoiiationfg and dancing. Friday's . early eve' hlng attendance, found thp pxpprpts -from the muslcul's book depress- ingly dull but heaps to get excited about in the m^mtpry of Venlta Gould and thp' lodse-jolnted leg roustabouting dished out by Al Norman and the two ' youngsters who help give solid, substance to his act^ It takes the production about 16 minuteis to unload Its v&pid phat- ter about the . peekaboo side of Paris but once this Is out of the way the going Is easy on the eye and the ear. Stepping ph'asp of .thjd proceedings ]:;eaches its climiu^ with a fan .daniize hi' Dorothy Morgan. Number'is effectively cited ii'p to- by the. line and the girl ^ith th^ pstrlPh a ppurtenahc^id "regales-, with ia- tea^p eichlbit that's one-Sided pnpugh tP call for no'complaints trom either, the custpinerd' dir th<!' eztra-censpr-^ ial elements.. Other:tdotsie spepialr'' Ists that, make" pleasant points of interest for'both the eye and sense Of rhythm ;«re Peggy' Alexander, Betty.' CiMstre, Dot Shennahan. aiid A)ipp paily. Wltll. thd. .iuuflicars book offering nothing to ' .ihake' ridible . hey-bey abdut the laugh load' of the $how revolves pretty' muph; around irhat Al Norman can excite'from a monor log' and ."'his crossfire'with the tWd bOys, piantPd in the audience. 'Nor^- man also gives them something; to chuckle about when he: turns to Impersonation. . But it '"was the takeolls. fashldned by Miss - Gould tuat ehdo'wed the fyiday eypning occnsloh with its high points of appi'OvalJ The bits she pulled'out of her kit in the finale scene tied up everything. She could have gone up for another iialf .hour and held tbem intact. ': . ^ ; • ; 'Pifty Mlllidh Frenchmen' follows a sockerino week With Joe Penher. Business IFrlday ..evening Was away back to normal, Odec.' f dJC, BIIPQKLYN There wais -sorrow^ backstage Fri- day night, but .'the- audience didn't see .it. Two Weeks'. notice wag is- 'sued to the 'Whole staff that after- noon; upon- the management decid-' irig to'.close up. ''However,.the'PPx Isn't'alone in 'thd rocking boat. The 'Tieighbolrlng' i^'ai nIOunt al-sb-' folds in two'■■weeks. •■ '' ...' •: . -' "' Two'.-*dlodliigid, . ■PMniinating. - morje than '7,(}06' ^eats in dowhtown Brooklyn; >'Will 'ease -iip^ th'ev-highly Ponilpetlti-ve lalt'uatidh in the' bus- ,iness district of that borough 'Whlch« if ciassiiig ^8 a' city instead: of ;^ust JMUM; :. of-' NeW.^' Ydti^' Would • rate among the 'fir^t 'fdiiif- citidd Pf the poun^ry •With' lt^ 'riioire thdn 2,000,000 people. ': "'^houia' the-\'Fdx and'-Para- moiiht' stay tAitit fdir' any i'ength Of time it will -bp' sdft'plckins for the, MetrdpoUtah " (I^deW) ' and- ^Altiee (RKO).' Alsb-^a bi-eak for the Strahd -^Wariierls), which ser'v'es'its pictures" Btraightl -' Stage'"' 'ehdw ' -with- the picture Three on A Honeymoon' (Pox) is average this' 'Week, so wais business Friday e-^enlh^,' That means eVery- .i^f'hg ' light.'-' ^ahd"' presentation, epohdniibaily' bobked and'staged, id about asi ' htrUdh as' can be hdd or expePted under' t'tje' money 'clrcuih- stahc'es... .■'"''■■' "-' * '■ ''■ It'i; str'atlge "Ihdeed thiat thi^^^how should' howr'4fate"iS- second'- grade ehtertaihiheijt,- 'when' in- re.trospedt it coWpaVps --ArVttt'ahythihsy-that-wds ■in VbgUe 'five' or "siix years 'agb,-' In -those 'red 'hot ' 'bahd' • p^feS^ntatlon days,, of -which Paul, Ash id'the 'sym.i. bol, the ti'ox's p"uiTent,'gh'ow WpuVd have been' called ^^nd' accepted'' 'sik corking ittimisemdAt.''' But the. "cycle has padded for 'iblg 'dlty amusement- purposes. " . But for 'a pre'cedlnj^' dance by the 22-girl.'lints,' ;Ddyi'e' ahd t)onhelly were praPticiliy'''.bpeilin'g the. "ehow; yet . they .ovei:calnp,''th'at"; apd held .their miargin all'. ]the '. way . as the stah!d:dtttj..'.'tjirnr!. thd dho-W.. . "A straight' Itfilking- pprtiiedy act,,' Doyle tand Dohhplly in^ht 'have been ac- •KiOrded' a bfitt**' pddltidn , for the show's sake; morp. than their' o-wn. 1% apipedrs dome stagers appear to l)refer eating thelt* desert first be- ciause that happens to be th'eir favorite course, but that doesii't always ga.so well iwlth the custom- ers or the show. iDoyle and Donnelly are assisted by a cute Ipoking girl, Mary Ann, who does the foiling while the boys talk and sing. Turn Is youthful loo king, and a^fast working entry. to get a rep before 'radio etax? next to his name means what . It sayBt . Jack Starns* novelty blacked-otit adagio turn and -Arnaut Bros, are the other ciu-rpnt specialists and land their usual returns. Arnauts did a lot of unnecessary stalling in the early niOmpnts, making it tough for their whistling number , and thp latter needed alt of Its natural class t surmount the handicap. Girl line In Its three, numbers looks nice on costuming and danPed well, io<K Last winter the Fox liners werd, classed as stumblers rather than precision dancers, but that appears to have been .cprrected for they're working 'Very neatly now, starting and finishing tdgether. A pair of 'em. blonde and brunet, step out. to form a threesdme with Froh- man. With'the rest of the girls .backing them up, this home-made, specialty oOmblnatiOn brought the show to a fast finish. Band's 'one Instrumental speolaltyt conducted ' by- Frohman, ^'was' an> noutt'ped ah-' arfangem'p'iit by Willie Kreaiger. > That Kreager; an exedlldnt comedy director,''wrf^ ais- 8i£^ed to judt ditting 'amdiig the musicians without playing or lead- ing^ didn't look or; sound' logical,.. ' . Bige,. HIPP, fiALTIMQI^^ . Baltimore,. May 4.: Paucity of patron's in pews open- ing .dhow, dpenlng. day, had the managerial:' brows knitted ,. inito knots. Poorest inaug of. any .week' in months, but factor that -really stu"|>efied -^as.thP line-up oh tap. Has beeh 'lpnEr°tlme since Iz Rap- paport has doled devotees a double-., barrelled top-notch fare. Usually house totes- a sock in one mitt and teihts with the other; but purrdntly the Hipp stands two.-fisted, .bdfore the b.o; with phln well up, '20th Century' (COl) Is uhspooll'ng in the. booth and. GeOrgle. - Price.. .leads a. four-act parade" across the rostrum. But' no business. Pried is not "W. K, In these parts; majority .of locals have a smatteiring remembiranPe of his ether chores, but it's highly duhldus he can Wreak, a real raid pn the burg's box .office. His stint, next-to-close, offs'sliig- :;lshly through a stalling that ddesn't click. It's an Immediate barrier to beat, but he hops it by hurrying into succession of chants that sweeps' mountingly. Preceding act, Keller Sisters and Lynch, spanned 11 -mlns. with bar- mony. AS: customary, clnphed. Shut, Charley Ahearn and his Mil- lionaires. . This vet bokum hotch- ,potch- fared>but ifairly. .Xiasted.bit '.too long for audience, - it.-seemed.. The six stooges as burlesk-trampy as Of.yorei-.and-thd slnglp git»l,-seem^ jingly.,present'vto..supply the,..femme totipb, id -'.oke ...In. her ' concessions, though ■ that., grass - skliitv . squirm' !mlght be' .(eqipered ..trifle, out.-.df defe^'^nce to .family trade the, .-H^lpp largely carrlet^ . ,.. „ Opener, ^nila, jdance^ flash^ Geprge Andre Four. The •group's;togged in avian costuniery, rather ..a-^-jnovfilty* land, parade p;i;etty:standard-rtoutlne, but .oke .on su'mirnatlon. it's a. close repeater for, ap'act at this housP< ., V. ' Boh^rper. .. Bert Froliman, whd^s ^'eeil .in"Bpre" for a run as m.c, drew applause upon his entrance, denoting he's accumulated «ome popularity. He sings, talks, dances and leads the Orchestra", - showing. up well in all departments. For his singing Fi'Ohr man drags, out a piano accompanist, making ^'wo -,oji this bill. Otbei' is used, by JPhil -Duey,'. who gets the feature ..billing ..this week. .as. a 'radio .stf^r/- --That rating m.<iy. .be only thp theatre's own opinionj aK though Duey sings woll and tho- audience liked him. But he'll have PALACE, N. Y. ,. Unusually - well-balanced 'quintet bf turns will, entertain niodt cus- tomers oncp . they're inside. But probably not much on getting them inside.. With the weak. 'Stand Up and Cheer' (Fox) .on the screen,, the l»alaee .hardly' figures to- have ^ a 'proilta.ble week. JPjc just com- pleted ,a '.forced twd weeks at the Music Hall. -., i .r. ' '' 'Stage .draftihg power is centered on Lee 6ims>. and Ilomay !.BaIley, from , the..-r.adio World,.,: They are deiiyering 100%, in . the . trey, spot here,, with Miss, Bailey's, rendition of jtavel.'s 'Bplerd; to a symphonic arrangement .:.clearly ... stopping the show Friday ' e-venlng. It's a» pro- hduhped. sock,"-ad, are hot;other two. songs/ arid Sims piaiho :Sq|o,. Speed of -, the turn, ., hpweVer,- ".can .. be greatly ehhs(nced by a trimming -ol the .introductions arid slight ta-. peririg dff of the gushy personality ^'stuff.; ■: ..;'■ Opening ...the.^ layoiii arp ;. The Three Cossacks, a fast arid coidrful skating turn, entailing two men . and a. girl on a small, raised.;|>latfdrm; Following ,therii. ;are.,, Anies, and Arno;. mixdd ..Jthockabout .qpmedy team; ..who ■w;ere riil.my funny when .caught, or at least the'apdl- pnce received therii so—probably due' to twd or three old wheezes sprung by the eccentric' gai; _ Harry Burn!", ' next-to-clpslng, and Mattison's Rhythms, PlPsirig, wind the show up to a highly sat- isfactory finish, feUrris' Wop dialec- tic material, with two girls and an accented straight man In assis- tance, garnered a load of deserved laughs, the intimacy .of the house lending-^itself-nibely-^to=the=-hokey- turn. , ' ' . In the ,'Rhythms' act.a'ftdpk of good young talent is' uncovered in the five bdys iahd thtee girls. This goes double for-one lanky kidi -Who, while evidently having studied Hal LeRdy very closely, shows- prPm- Ise of reaching an eminent position in his field very sKPrtly; All he needs is a-little niore grSfce and case in delivery -and a haircut. Rest df them are also dancers, exbept an exotip bit of femininity, who .sings. Speed is the- keynote- Pf this flash; and it holds it all the way. PARAMOUNT, B'RLYN They brought Ethel Merman oven here after a week at the Times Square Par. bookpd in a few acts around her arid, padded It all out Into a Sd-mlnute unit that any thins but resembles Cunningham df Kan- sas. He pould beat .this show oni spepd iwith both legs bustpd. Miss Mernian heads the lirieUp arid is oqi twice, but someone overlooked the real talents of Chaney arid Fox, thpi class dancing team, so spotted them in a shoirt position about middle and then' forgot'about ihein; But two of-the other acts have 8 field day . of it, the stooge tuirh of Tommy Mack and the team of Bel- let and Lantb; Latter must b«! working out sonie riew materiaL They'd, stayed around long enough, at . the Saturday matinee - show to indicate that, and, meanwhile, ped- pie wpre going out for a smdke Un<' til the show started up again.. Team drew the faneled- next to closing'- dpot< whereas the Tommy. Mack act, on .second, was much bet* ter on laughs. Mack act, however^ la too long for picture house pur- poses, aisdw Miss Merman does a medley of pops and 'Love Thy Neighbor' from •We're Not Dressing,' with Johnny Grpen': pianOIng. Green; a song- -writer; conducts the orchestra this 'Week In a. group of his O'w'n. num- bers, topping it all with-apriie fast, ivory, pounding. Down at the close wtith the stage set' as a barroom of anotherr day and. a miniature rostrum in the background. Miss Merman fits into a number built around 'Eadie Was a' Lady;' It's not as compact as It could be^ but Miss IMermah's voice and sales at^Illty excel here as earlier. Hal Menken's rhythmic dance on the stairs..and drums • provides a snappy opening, the. girls preceding him in stair, dances and to .provide backgrouri.d* One girl was Out of the line Saturday afternoon, 23 ap- pearln£^. A ballet number is built for Ohariey arid Fox, bu£ It's noth- ing much.' Business brutal Saturday after- noon. Picture, .'Double Door* (Par), day and datirig with N. Y, Par. In the special short for NVA week Walter Huston uses 4he word 'con- tribute' twice, but -prpnounces it two different waysl Cutting also bad. LONDON PALLADIUM ' . London, /Lpril 24.. ,,- Opening the bill, not counting the Sherma,n-Fl8her troupp. of, house gals, a': permanerit herOi.. 'were Grace and . PauL. 'Hartman. Act traveled 6,000 milps from Hollywood to get flrst spot,, at- this ace houise and was., 'caneele'd. after 'fitst' ipbo'wing;^ That's shp^^'budlriess.; .. ..., '.. Two of the "headllrieris are -Harry Roy .i<,nd his band, from. ..:thd'/May,- falr. hdtpl.' arid Elsie Carlisle and Sam''B'ro.whe.' ; Both can tlu!.,nk!radlb for theip coVpted positions.' 'jFdrmer, less than t^o years agd,s'.was get- ting. $1,260 at', the' London £>ayllloii' for fdur-a-day. Now "getting 42,.750,. and asking'riiore. Latter ;.dud got a break .with Ambrose's band when, thpy werp "prooners In chief , for this outfit and a!regular ether ?ict re- layed frOni the hotel. ..Now-.as a vaudeville , offerings they ai^ . col-, lectlng $750 per.. ' Roy is youthful, full of,;vitality, has a good aggregation, and plenty^, of comedy. Boys look like., they are en joying. thplr .work, with. per^on-^. allty oozing put of them, $tayed 30 minutes, and will return here aftejr., three weeks, by actual demand.' . Carlisle and Browne croon their ,way into popularity, 'Wltb audience asking for songs they made popular on .. the. ajr, , Nevertheje8,3, they .stayed top long, with .IJest part of .offering ijeing Bert Read and, Slim Wilsonj, ti^SP pranistB trom the Avar: brose. orchestra, '; . Impprtant American Importation Is Miss-:Gene Dennis. There ifl no'v;r. elty about thi.s simple,.and. good iddking-;gal, ': Not the type of act ideally suited-.for this house, with use of the- 'mike' riot, helpful.. Not. presented*, to the best adyantage^v eitheJr,.' Maid announcei\:, treading' f^om a slip df paper a speech-about • this ;.; i>sych"tc's accdmpllshmPhts, does not Ponvey realism. It is^iri -her f favdlr that-house gave hdr: undiJ- vided attenttPh despite this Ikck oiE '- ^saledmandliit). ' • " > > "Will Pyffe; in tWo numbers, fitst as an octogenarian and then aa old 'salt,- registered hia usual quota of laughs. Bropkins and Van, darkies, do an act'modelled on- the lines of Moss and Frye and Buck and Bubbles. Typically negroid, with that non- chalant style which greatly, appeals hex*e. Can do with a few new gags, though. - J¥i5h_i^hp^^wo Schenks in .the house, but riot pTayTrigt^aSe to'length"" of program. ,Vic Oliver and Margdt Crangle actually closed the bill. Act Is a .holdover, due to sail back to New York, but were prevailed upon by management tp stay another week. With laughs at a discbunt, they filled a dire need. Held house Intact, despite their oft-repeated ve- hicle; Openers,', second show, were Three Auroras (holdover), balancers on cycles, and Freddie, Phyllis and Ann in Condos brothers' routine, depu- tizing for the Hartman.q.