Variety (Nov 1936)

ITediieBdAyt Nov^iflber 16, 1936 VARiETY 61 (PALACp:, CBICAGO) Chicago^ Nov. 15. Excelleiit Uttte unit this. Full of ' lla?h, color and authentic novelty, it malces n 60*ininut^ show that • can • iilay ainy house , in the country on "5 ilAl salary. Little hox-officie bi> its own, but once the p<eojple aire •in they'll be completely satiaft^d. One-set show With a lih6= >of Iji .jgirls and. a total of 33 people, adding up to a'tinil^ that is out of . the ordi-^ hary in that it delivers authentic Cuban and South American iiitmos-e .phere throughout. Wardrobeas: eye^ . filling and excellent; the produQtibh . numbers, are distinct; novelties that are warm and full ofrlife. \ Show is built around the jRimacs . .Cubai^ orchestra, and it serv^is as a 'solid background for' the unit. The group always did : an over^length' vaude turn that 19 easily shaped into V a 60-ininute unit by the addition of a couple acts. Two acts which, itte : added arje. tops, particularly, ^)6n i^' Zelaya, who takes the spot'^ut in , v*oniB' towards th6 . close of the. show .; and delivers witfv hiis usuial ease,- His .':Nlcaraiguan blarney, is still accepted, ' whole-hog by the average audiences and his phoney esthetics still pasi .as the: McCoy to the geii^al publiic^ His deftness .on the , piano is uhques.<- r: ^oned and his showmanship is' evi-i ,. ^ent: throughout his .routine. . , V .' Joe :Afena ahdvl^is dog .are on ./ .early in ..the unit, foy some^mlnoV ' acrobatics' and. some'lair paritoinii'Mi' comedy* ; idlest, stunt is Arena^s toji-; . stant pratt-fall ahd tumbling..acro- batics, ;^ach':tim'e bringinjg a glass .of llcjubr out; Of his pocket aiid gulp> tng it down.- . . • . .Vocal single Is Tito; Coral, with a clean-cut style and a good pair /of ^ipes, singing a ^t of thi^.ie tunes .;With solid effectiveness.- FOr the rest there are the RlmiiacSi the girls and . some solo dancers, iall with ap-. pareritly authentic Rio dance . rou- tines. AH the girls kept their clothes oh throughout: the show; which in itself is! a striking novelty to vaude. units thesie days. Picture lis'Woman Rebels^ (RKO)., Business excellent last show Fri<?ay; Gold. !i;S>E?® weeks has had one of ::these rria^Tm9h~and-^the-7reBula patrohs merely yawned during isaal- colm& really-creditable,performance. Then there's sortie 'more dancing, with, Mary * and Tony Ryan together nKi ^. fe^ ^^^s'^J? Of tapping. Th6h, i pWquit^- comes ba<;k fpr a rhumba wliich she hai^ done here pn at least three previous bdcasibns. ' ' If there's such a'thing as a show wyer m the lot, it will have to be i^rinOn Delmariv foot .juggler, .who's iOn . next;Delmar's stuff is clever and. the ticket bUyei's gave him-a grefat sehd-off.• . Next on *. Ariel, ^snake idancer;; : Her i.nuinber, is unique in that she Uses two latge pythons and swings ithem. with abandon. Her routine has been Worked Up in gbpd style • and there is: plenty of show- manship' involved and* oUt in the sticks where <Uambnd back rattlers abound ia^iti' snakes- arev just snakes, thi«f. act will i)rQbably knock 'em for a loop. \; Atiger" sfind' :Fair close the show, ^comics havQ-be0n.ihere before. Their gags'.{^rb'stale. ■ '"Pic fbr' week' . 'Hot Money* RHAPSODY IN BLUE (ORPHEUM, LINCOLN) Lincoln, Nov. 15; , A' bit light, but probably..strong enough to satisfy' alt tHe average spots ron the ^Cushman time,. Charlie Watson's 'Rhapsody In Blue' , is ham- pered mostly, by a slow tempo. Show .consumed 53 minUtes thiis*perfoirfh- ance and if. cut'about 10 minutes would have been; a si>appy roll call of the talent for better effect." At- tempt by the Ojpius to be different, using. Joe Wong as the:m.c.j' is prob- ably the. biggfest-deterrent. Wong is a China boy. 'Rhapsody' by the band starts ■ thingis, Opening oh a blue set 'with all: costumes the same shade.^.. It's a flash' at first with the girls in slow ;dance. First dash is .by. the Two Kayis,. skaters .who perform On a 'raised platform, a, distinct thrill, to the front, row, .which would get the gal in lap. if a slip happeiied. A standard act, the Opening assignf ment is duck: soup for the Kays, . The Watkins Twins, trim set of steppers, sing a bit and hdbf. They're . pleasing. enough; Art Bonger and Andrileta, novelty comedy: act, fea- tures Boriger and all his hill billy gadgets by which'he seeks to get a semblance of riiusic.. Runs the gamut from saw to the old brown jug, , Andrileta talks and singis dur- ing portions of . the presentation be- sides, but is , a little weak. A prb- ductloh number by the gials features Bpnita St, Clair, an aero dancer. She's good enough. Wong who has been bouncing. in and. but does a couple of imitaitions, knock-knocks a couple, which could be^ done with- out, and. sings. Watkins girls come back for .a pair of solos and into , a dual toe number. One singles .with a fine rope-skip preciisioh tap, is a. hand wringer. Closing are the Six Sensational .Jordans,. teeter-bqarders, who waste attle time. , They have one fancy nigh kick from the board to ia small stool atop a ■ j5-fbot perch, which calls for a flip the way, that's "good. ■'■■■"•V ~ ■ ' Daince- nuinbers are the tedious part ahd the Bonger turn is slow; Picture; is,'15 Maiden Lane' (20th) iz excellent. ' Barn; B^WAY VANITIES - (CAPITOL, ATLANTA) ■ Atlanta, Ga., Nbv. Broadway Vanities'; has an over^ aosage of dancing.. After fahfaire irom is^piece stage band, five with unit (rest Cap's standby tobters), usual girl line opening is done, plus a song by One Chiquita, Who would do well to stick tb dancing. Next; IS a single tap routine by Tony Rvah, pretty fast, but' dulledi by the mbnot- ony pf top: much: terp. „«uss Ferris, m.c, who also owns the shbw, does a brief bit with a stooge placed in the: audience, then there is more - daiibing . by Mary «yan, who does ai burlesque type of "ooiine that goes oyer very well, ♦i, ^^^'^ m?inipulator. is in tne show; but every Cap show for PAR/iae or ^37 <LCiffeW%'MONlB^L Montreal, Nov. .15. . , . "Chobs unit;* !Hit P^^ l'9?'rA;ciicks'|ifr«m"^^ at this house, : Opening; with rather belpw; attendance Friday (i3ii, hqusbi fiU^^ and looks like it might-hit a niM^ 'Lazy' Bill Huggins is^ i^^^ GenerpUs'flesh allowance tp fans with .; . ." sprt>e stand-but scenic'.' effects puts , s|ibw ever With Huggi crooning into iiiike behind cuttain which rises Oh girl line bf 12 plus six: men and five 'Winter Garden Mbdels' as Indiaih braves and squaws,' They sing, hoof, and. galS'are tossed- frbin hand to hand with four of them'swan-diving from raised platforms into mien's hands, ending up in general swing- ing of girls by men. This is quite different froftt tisUal line routines. :.Opener. is Ross..Wyise, Jr., brought in by telegaam at ;sliort notice tb re- place -Charlie ^.Masters, drummer. He started islow,- but ibhtme'.stboge and clowning,: taps and gbod knockabout material builf th'e -act Up to a good fihish with calls. • ■ : Heiehe Denhison is the deuce with toe dancing inodels backing up with poseis, -Trey ihas. , Novak ahd Fay, clowns whb fool through a non- speaking act to" a hear-oVation. They had to beg bffiv . ■' Line back as .cowboys and'girls. Well-dressed trick, with smart mbun- tain sqene backdrop. They^ sing western ballads tb guitar accbmpah- iment, .tapping arid whirling, build- ing to entry bf models , in' cloaks arid hot mtich else, 'arid cut-but in :back showing two of the girls riding bron- chos,, i^als real and. ponies .cardboard. ... Next to, closing are Ma'idie^ and Ray, Tope twirlers.,Closing iact is Joe Bbsser. Coniic woirks . hard arid tallcs: fast, steaming up fahis to big applause.. 'Star for a Ni ' (20th) bri screeri, Laie. Cirqiie Medrano, Paris Paris, Nov. 8, Despite the increased competition in. both the circus arid music-hall field, the MedranO is still holding its Own. High caliber iand diversity of its offerings has no doubt had rhuch to do with the continued popularity bf this Montniartre circus, i C u r r e n t shbw opens with Junibsette and: Junios, riian and Very young girl contortionist, who present an. ;■ interesting rbu- tine arid give way tp ':.Theo-M, who presents .fwo .excellently trained fox- terriers. . Two Alberti is, husky youngsters. Offer one of the best'tumbling, hand- balaricing and perch- actis seeri. re- cently in Paris. Jack Peary and Mary, ; balancing act, work hard , to a good hiand next. 'Six Marvels close the first half with, their two womari four: man acrobatic act; Second, bracket " bperis ith ; the Fbur Berosiril, offeririg an aetial cable- act;. Nothing sirijilar to this has. ' been -, seeri here sirice : -the Wallehdas appeare<i at the. Medrano' several years ago, , Did extreri^ely well- with .the,-audience, atJthfi iSlvow view.ed, "Three. Fratellihi—Paul,, Francois arid Albert—get the iisual big re- Ceptiori'wrth their iritimate downing. Captain W. Ritter's ...Midgets ;haVe cbmedy, acrobatics and music, in their turn. Gi\:e way to the: closer, •the- Colters,, riot so well received, although they work hard. ; Carl ttageribeck horses and pomes, presented by French Petoletti, work in- and out of the show with some beautiful equestrian work- while the house clowns, Alex, POrtb and Tony, grab' big returns. With: their cbhtin- ually renewed gags. . Paul Flbreridas ields the baton arid acts are presferited by Josselin and Mademoiselle Jacqueline. ne>>rge Loyal is ringmaster. Huao. , . , . Paris, NoV: 4. Despite, its bright spots, where in- dividual appeararices arid comic 'Or interesting sketches stand oUt from jhejcest.Jsbo w does not compar e too favorably, with previous presenta- tions of straight music-hall bills. It's a revue-y vaude affair. " Work of Mauricet, Pierre Varenne and Sairit-Grariier, shOw attempts to present something: of a rinUch lairger caliber. Even though it does furnish breatheris . of-. near brilliance, as - a whole it falls shbrt, Marie Dubas, as the headlirier, sings . serious arid ariiusirig. songs and' cuts <cSperi if< comic {sketches. Only Americans on the bill are the ^Dia- mond Brbthers; Who glean With the best, on the bill with their cut-up. MaUricet; besides being brie of the authors; • is Well liked for' a number of sorig Offerings and is, good in." th^ four' sketches' in: which he appears. Adrian Adrius, : Zoiga and Rachel, Lisette Laiiriii, 'Rbbert Casa , arid L'aU^ie' Lallier make; .up .the 're- mainder of the nbticeaibies.'iri the' te- vue, which carries a,]smaU ballet also. Show Opens with' a; dance bfferihg by the - Alheimbra Beauties and the Ballet Bu{^ais wofklng eri^mble, to be fbllbwed^ by some' sketches, foter- spersed , between thfese are -individ- ual appearanbes ' of Marie DUbas. Adrius, ' Mauricbt, -^he': DiamOnd Brothers, Jacques Tati> Zolga arid Rachel and :tne ' Gri Quartet, a three-mah>'\irbriian dance act which gets poor returns. ' . Mbst amusing bf . . .sketches is 'Les Gangsters,' in '. which Laurie liallier- arid Robert Casa get tP rpb the hbme. of. Matiricet..: While they are waiting: fbr .Mauricet to.'return successive bill cpllectors call aind the gangsters pay them off to get them out of the* house.. Finally> when Mauricet dbes retuirn he takes their last colii by belling them' the idea of coming: into a fake company he is forming.. . Diamond' Brothers furnish a few. minutes of good laughs with their offering arid are repaid accordingly. Adrien AdriUs also gets away- for a food hand with some songs, but acques Tati'dbes not do sO well with' his unusual -offering of portraying different' sports by; imitaiting the part of one of the participants. Zpiga and Rachel garner • fair. - returris ,pn 'a rhumbs; Althpugh faiirly . .amusing, ..• altp^ gether sfipw is'below the $tandiard for this house, Hugo. MET, BOStON ostori, Nov. 13. . .One of : .the best all-round stage offerings . for the ► Met .• in' many weeks is current. Light on prodUc- .tion,' heavy' on straight variety,' it ■gets good respbrise, except fpr a* few &oit spots that arc: overshadowed by. better riiaterial elsewhere. Line girls open ;with: a colorful routine .;on pastel suitcases. Five Juggling Jewels pep. up the pace of the opening stanza in the deuqe and garner plenty applause With their Iridian club stuff. Illuminated clubs ori dark stage arid a big" free-for-all finale are their , best . bets. One girl does solo taps while Swinging Clubs.' All dressed in dazzling costumes that add to the effect. Ethel Sheppard delivers- ,twb pbp Vbcals ahd then. some smart taps. In only the Jatteir deoartment. did she click. . : Cappy Barra harmbnica band, next, pick it up with a good 'ses- sion of pops and classics. 'When did you Leave Heaven' is enhanced by a. pleasing vocal by one' qf the boys. Best novelty is ' light of Bumble Bee.' A new ball type mike ori the stage end of the p.a. system is. a notable improveriient over the former equip- ment; and- proved to be very ef- fective in this group preseritatiori. The harmonicans did not have to crowd around it quite as closely ar. they would with the old eauipment. Same triie in a double act that fbl- lowed. Later in the show,, both the new and the old . mikes were used and the contrast was ' sharp, as to quality of tone.. Rose and Edwards follow with, rapid-fire chaitsr and . eriouJih worthy gags to hold interest all the way;; A V little top much heavy mugging by bne is about the only weak spot,- Act is mastsrfull.v rou- tined and the boys work with finesse. A picturesque soft shoe, routine by. the line . prbvides a smooth . transi- tion arid breather between Ross arid Edwards and Monroe and rant, tramnblinc;. clowns. Business of wheeling but the iapparatus in the dis.cjuise of : ancient truck is swell; and offers a. prsli iriary -novelty, that puts this act in the distinctive class.. They don't work, too long or , too hard arid break avvay .amid much ■hafidclapningv-r-—"-—— —^^^^ ,. Molly, Picon, top-bijled. takes riextr,: to-close spot with musical irionologs; of which her shop irl; ericorc is easily the best.. . . .. ' 'Three: Men on a Horse' (WB) on screen-' -'^ox. Music Hall,'Seattle Seattle. Nov. 12,. ■ Seattle's Music Hall has had more changes from light to dark, and vice versa, thairi a black-face coriiediari. Built in the ornate days of 1929, the house has been;; successively, but riot successfully, the Mayflower, the Fox, the Roxy arid firially the Music Hall. And now, after another long period of darkness, except for sti'ay foad shows and Ibcal benefits, it's open again. ' ' '-'/ Local HaMrick-EyiiJrgreeri ch'aih' is reis'pbnsible fbr the reppening. pplicy calls fpr vaudeville; two feature pic- tures and newsreel, at 25c matinees and 35c evenings, to, run in cbriipetif ^ori^b^the-orily qtherjmucteJhfiuse in town. Sterling chain's Palpmiar. Alter annpuricing.. the vaUde as. being booked irito the Orpheum, Hamrick-. Evergreen chari'ged its riiind, dusted off'the Music Hall seats, and shoved 'tlie shows in there." Don Geddis was named tnariager. ' ^\ Show for first Week hits it off fair- ly iriipressively, though by no meariis wowing '^m. Jackie SoudeirsV " old limer in the biz, is,the m.c. Band, IQ pieces, and an organ,'* open stage stiht With ■ a medley ; cbmbining 'straight' and comic stuff; :^ 3^00 long/ in view of the fact thjat-the'Whble snow runs well-oveiv-threeyhours.,' , .-.' ''y: u Opening actvis,.Bu^ .and Bixdd|.eSi. consisting of vmari. fenime .jpartner &nd two triick dogs,, Bud a^id gal sun through a tap -rbutihe arid some challenge .flip-iloppingV then' bring on the aicrbba^ic dojgisr ^ Dogs are oJc., put )atk of variety in the. stunts; educes act to« drag a bit. Itenheth Miltbh, hatmoriica virtuoso.: next. MiUon can mouth, -the reed all right,, but . his stage piresence 'is^-rather wOoden and hl^ numbers a' ttifle lOrig, '■Th e - Blenders.^.: pseudo - cowboy 'qUartet,; follow. .w\th harmoriiziriigiiDf hOme-bn-the-range;'sbngs. The' tenpr,. in' - an irish sb],Oi:. is . the standout; .Hickey Bros,^ 'corilics,:.score weU With fast patter and cutting tip that's remr iniscent: of. oldrtime-vaude/ Z^st iact^ the KaroUs, Europeahi:t>erch airtists,- ;deliyer spirie livi^ly.perch baliancinig. Sta'ige shbw as a'whcle ppssesses. '^opd! vari6fy;.,btit'.,freqUehtljl' Ikcks. spontaneity..' Fpr' ai>;prpgrarii'.as Ibrig. as this is,!with twp feature pictures, the. stage stuff should zip along. Pic- tures' .opening ' week : are -^Muirimy?s> Boys': (MCO) arid 'Isle pf Fury.' (WB h "■■ ■" ' Trej?!*.-- -:' MILLT MONTI Scn^' (Cbiiitiriued frbrii page .58) Of 20 nil Only durtib acts did urider-10 riiiriutes in . those days. Gecrge Vessel Reyue, one' bf the Ibngest .^cts in vaude. "Took bet- ter part bf ari hour. Ann Cody went, Francaise at the 44th. ., the billinii. changed frorii. Qrth arid. Cody to 'Mile.; Cbdee and Cbi' • Frarik Orth was. the' cbriipany. Shub(E^rts /suggested the. change the previbUs seaspni Columbia ieind Amencan burley wheels riiad at each other arid . all territorial agi-eements off. War .did nobody ariy gobdi Shuberts planned to bobk vaUde shoWs iritpriegit spots; partly to keep houses lighted di"' in part to keep ther vaude.cbritracts. 'wot a hit. ' That Fbx-Shube'rt vaude; deal werjt blottb.; ■:. ;Hbustbn play .cerisbrs; shocked be-, cause a ychorine had no ^back to; hei;' dress.' Not , ultra as the society gowns Of today, bUt: that was 15 years ago. Big kiclc. over 'bi'ch leaders' graft from_ pubs. Thirily; disguised, as advance, royalties . oh sorigs, they might write, but usually didn't; Top take-dowri was $10,00() a year. .pisen and Johnsori scolded;-for try- ing put nut stuff in Chi; Managed to make it profitable. ' Playhouse; N. "^f., had a new rec- ord,. Six plays since' the bperiirig of the season and none of them good eribUgh fpr the rpad. tour which was supposed ".to iollow. ' 1 /'•>; ttalnbow' Robm^ N. T. MUly Mbnti might be and has beei: . characterized. as the Lucienrie Bbyer' Italy... But'for ho particular rea- sbrii " Actually Miss Monti is more, a la Elisabetii Bergrier in personality,' which gives aji- idea of her personal' forcefulriess./ DiscpUritiniC -' the • Bergner-Bbyer. analbgy, this iriiportee iritp the sWarik RainbpVt^ Roorit is' ia dynamic sorig* stress in-^er.'FJ^ench ;and Neapplitan song delivery* >She has also managed' to crani: ah English lyric, intq hep. repeirtoii^ey plus a few words of gireet- :irig^ irilEnglisl),'; .^;v \ ;■'..; Milly V. MOriti-s^Amerieain r-dehut-- .came about-through 'iari odd- jbircurii-^' stance. 'Re!com>riended : to .miainagins' director .^bhn\ Rby^ by .'vthe , interna- tiqnal glbbjp-trotters'Mrho are .the.teg-. ulars of mftlROckjefeller nitery'r^sorirre ; having 'cdught l;ier, ih- Berlin, Paris, LOndon'and in, the Italian capitals. Roy; first htlard ber disks a:nd: was so!"!^ impres^^ ;he ^^erit foi* :photbs which, while ^^bt 'i&lWays to be , relied upOii/ • • ma'de it'tt i^od risk, i Rather ii^gu- liEtr fbiT:'' //personality, busihess 'such^ as is the^C6fiii'biz,-:heE;pr«niiiere'ririior(6 , than suatairied the'gairible. > y In Aj^eld where personalities are few arid: far between. Miss Monti hits , these shores at the./right iribment. So much _sb .that they're, tailkin^ about her. for; pictures,' etb,. A$ a iafe songstress,-and partieu- larly'ipr. ' the 'clas^' r^^^ she's ' cinch,; leverr if: they dbn't^sawy any of our lingo. The: mfigs tixe priri'ci—. pally;in French and Italian,,but ^ gay aridi light chAritons d'amour,' arid itrealjy doesn't matter if they- don't > get the lyrics'Uterally. ^She's assisted by Evalyn Tyner,- regular pianiste.'at the It;R., who accoriips for her. A 'llbbd. stunt is the revolving dairice flObii^ being; turjie.d bh=$lOwly so as to bi'lrig 'thfe MOriti personality further tcfc the' ;fore as she' tfaveirses the ellipse of the Topm.< lt was a sock isigrioflF stUrit here, iAbcl. MADAME CtRlUE Fashion. ReVnci 27-Mlns.;. ITwo .. Orpheum,^-Lljic«Iii .• Madanie CUrrie,. whO says she's a. MetrO-Goldwyri-Mayer hair stylist on leave from the film studio^' pire- sents a I'evue after contacting all the local'. beauty vshops -. and allowing .- them to furnish, coin, the niodels, arid the rWork, ^Sl^e sells the idea^to .■ the-theatre,;' Uses .about 35 girlSf but fbr 27 riiinutes' it gets pretfy' tiresome, with the audience (ei^ecially the ineri) forced to. watch eridless dolls 'walk-^ ini? across sta^e showing off hair.. "The; ririadame 'could do with a juggler to open and niaybe he cbUld keep in step by using .curlin'^ iron,. • " Bnrn, CAROL GOULD Songis. 5 Mms; . Leriii A Eddie's, N. IT. ... Personality'Spngstress of nice v.o^ cal .delivery, ideal , for the intime nlteries where the' iability to stand Up under ..the close-up gaze Of the customers is a major, asset. . Fortified; with a nice .sorig stylei Miss Gould can: do her lytic chores 'mbst any- wheres,-' ' - ^' *♦ " - *, •Love In Your Eyes,' 'Take My Heart':and 'Bbdy and SoUl,' with special, arrangementsy; comprise an effective sequence of pops for Miss^; Goulds She's click in; thia-snot, Abet. iSoy» Mosley (Coritinusd frbrii page 3) rtian; believes. He dbes not know that' eye-strain resulting from,: televisibn. on the other side/has been charac- ' terislici; as . with last week's .RCA , shov/ing; Eriglish systeiris, Baitd and Muisical Iridust ries . are jtepged tip;, to 4031iriesT'"RCJA and Farnsworth ha bean around 300. ; VThere is no.W a television school, in London^ Both; en-^irieeririg a'pd per- fprmarice have still niany prpblefriis, Mosley finds the stifFness; • of, the David. Sarnoff Lenox- tohr.; in the New "Vrprk demonstration,, topical of'^he .newness of the riiediUm. Peb-- pie irivariably. seem less' than' the.ir hiumari on teievision' .at present Mosley- has bought Airierican car, hired 'a chauffeur arid Will, drive; to the Pacific, coast by leisurely jaurits with the object Of really ^eev ing lemething. .. HIPP, BALTIMORE Baltimore, Nov, r4. There- would ;eeerii to bo rib, dis- puting the fact that Harry Black- storie is;orie pf the bedt all-around magicians arbund tbday. Giving the riiaciciari his edge bver most conterii- poraries is Blackstone-s wide sbopie of sturits: can db . digit manipulation with same, ease.-as can make, a girl, disappepr. True, has some rather st£tndard stunts in repei^tpire that have been done: in pther sIipWs .bf lesser calibre,- but', mpst have been amplified and hence con assume ari upper plarib; Arid filed iri along, with the-plderi ,stuff arte the tricks Blackstpnev seems to. have as- exclu^ .sive property; T ile's doing a levitatipri-sturit .here thisW?ek:wJtli; a girl that tops isame, idea bf the late ThuSfstoh's, becausistriy lights.are full pn sta<;e. and a-s far " as can be determined ho trap. is. used,; No pne bids handled gag quite .sb jiieallyj. ,sinc'e_. Kellar;,;indeed, under- stood;-firackstphe TjOjaghtr sturil-^frorii-- Keller estate. The fioating electric biilb ha;s ai* ways been a strong- scorer; likewise . the liriked; ribbon trick and the cork-? irig closer , in which he. crcate.s ,illu-» sion o.f his swappin* positions iand clothes with an assistarit. ,A new vone this; seacon is the illiirV siori Of making a. girl di.'jappcar off a rope swing: lass itf backed close ■ dgainst a black drbp far downstage. He Uses arourid a dozen assistants, half of 'erii girls including • Mrs.:, Bliackstorie. ; When .caught On Saturday after^ rtoon; lower floor plentifully Oebpled , with young 'tuis.. ^Wedding Presfe|rfft?r'. (Par) on,rthe screen. - BtfU