Variety (September 1918)

<7,’»'/^ t ,»r ,:,‘ .»> (iyt (* * T_ Lp'”!, ,» »lf 11 38 V 4 RI 1 TV HEAD’N EAST I I i I ETHYLE and ADDISON ~^Most wonderful dancers’’^M^e Munray. “Ypur Chaplin dance is a bear; great and can’t be improved upon’’—CharUe ChapHn^ “Beautiful dancers”— Louise Glaum.. ‘*The most graceful dancers I have met”---Hejjry Lehrman. “You Tiave my sincere admiration of your danc- ing”—^Blanche Sweet. “May all others enjoy your dancing*as I have”-^ Norman Kerry. “The best dancers in captivity”— Alma Rubens. ■Tou folks will make a big hit in New York”— Constance Talmadge. “I always was told I had clever feet; buh oh, The Fowlers have me beat”— Benny Leonard cham- pion boxer. “Remind me very much of the Castles”—Elliott Dej^r. “I expect to hear gi’eat things of you when you get to New York”— Olive Thomas. “If I could handle my feet the way you do I would be champion boxer of the world”— Kid McCoy. “Some speed to the Fowlers”—Barney Oldfield. “I sure enough enjoy your dancing”— Tom Mix. —AND^ Guy Price in Los Angeles “Evening Herald”: “They are dancers New York must reckon with. ... The man is not handsome but oh how he can dance, and the girl has charm and personality only equaled by her dancing skill and grace, . . . Twelve feet of whirlwind originality and creativeness. . , . Just as sure as Uncle Sam is going to wallop the kaiser so these Fowlers are going to give New York and the blase east a tlmll of delight,” Salt Lake “Telegram”: ‘^Ethyle and Addison Fowler are remarkable dancers and their artistic interpretation of several dances of their own creation met with enthusiastic approval.” San Frahciscd “Call”; “The dancers, Ethyie and Addison Fowler, became instantaneous favorites. Ethyie has all the grace of a butterfly and the buoyancy that belongs to youth, and is particularly blessed by being the dancing partner of a man who knows how to dance as well as deport himself in a ballroom.” Return after a successful and extensive world's tour» bringing something with\an unlimited supply of laughs MABEL BILLY Just Finished Record Engagement in Cahfoijnia Forty Weeks With Baron long We Hate To Talk About WUQLESALE LAUGHTER DEALERS In an Original, Versatile Comedy Creation Intmdacing , ‘‘The Lady of the Falls” In a Long Train Evening Gown Opened at Proctor’s 58th Street, September 12 and we were more than satisfied with our reception THIS WEEK: First Half—Proctor’s 125th Street . Second H{df—Proctor’s 23rd Street For further particulars consult ROSE & CURTIS ad, doing nicely. Marguerite Farrell, carded second, reported her inability' to appear through throat trouble. One of the Lander Bros, tried to deputise with monolog, but was booed off. 7hen Norton and Nlcholaon were booed also. Angie Norton stopped In the mld- ^e of the apt to Inform the patrons It was hard to amuse In wpr time. Frankie Heath appeared fourth an4 quieted the assemblage, doing quife well. "Somewhere I 4 France" was Well received. Lander Brothers In their regular act found favor. Bowers' Revue closed.-! Manager White secured an act from the Palace to replace Miss Farrell Tuesday. ORESCENT (Walter Kattman, mgr.).— Barlow and Hurst gathered first half en*' comiums. Arthur Rfgby was another to score largely. Williams Sisters started proceed- ings brightly, O’Brien, Havel and Valeska had easy soling. Lockbard and Laddie, ap- pearing lau, were liked Immensely. PALACE (S^^ Myers, ingr.)^—Brierre and King, refreshingly youthful and appealing. Tossing Austins; registered. Frazer, Bqncs and Harding, impressed. Carl Rosinl, ' clos- ing, held the audience. TDLANB (T. C. Campbell, mgr.).—Thedal Bara in. "Salome," film. STRAND (Foster Olroyd, mgr.).—Mary Plckford In "Johanna Enlists," film. Rube Welch Is framing a show composed of his wife, Kitty Fr.pnols, and five acts, to tour the southern qpe-sjgbtsrs and cantonments. "Wfltch Your Step" comes to the Tulane next week. The show bps been doing a phe- nomenal; lousiness In 'the south. Paradoxical as It may seem, the theatres that remained open here all summer did a larger bualness during the heated term than was accorded during thp winter months, PHIlimPHlA. By JUVENILE. KEITH’S (H. T. Jordan, mgr.).—One of the best dramatics sketphes ever presented In I vaudeville, surrounded by plenty of comedy and singing, furnished fine entertainment for a capacity audience Monday afternoon. This house bos a tremendous Jewish patronage, and thpra was a complete sell-out long before it w^' time to open the doors. A holiday audience Is always surefire for the artists and the show went tbrougb with a bang from start to finish, but in this case all the aefs deserved all they received. Hobart Bosworth and his • splendid ceimpo-ny In . the-Tack Ijondon tluslllpr,. "The Sea Wolf," held the headline position right up to the topnotcb mark. Vaudeville can stand for anything after watching Bos- worth put thin bit of dramatic acting over. There Isn't anything stronger In'the two-a- day, and it held Monday’s audience thrilled from the time the motlpn pictures, used as an introductory, started until Mr. Bosworth and his funny-looking dog took soma extra bows. The sketch Is unusually well played for a dramatic playlet and adequate stage setting makes it more convincing. Bob Hall, an extemporaneous monologlst, followed the Bosworth play and made up a song on the most striking situations. It was clever work Md gave Hall a great start with the Imuse. Ha sang about people in the audience and then made up songs on subjects called by the patrons. It Is likely he has one or two plants to give him a start, but they are so well covered that few get wise and there Is enough original matter used to make bis act a genu- ine novelty that scored one of the biggest hits of the bill. The Three Bobs opened the show with their speedy club Juggling and comedy, doing especially well In the spot and getting a good hand for their work, A pleas- ing little singing and talking vklt by Buzzell and Parker followed and then came the Wer- ner-Amoros Co., with their varied act. The instrumental music helped considerably and the trio drew down a liberal amount of ap- plause. The unmasking of the female Im- personator created more surprise than ex- pected, and won the violinist an extra encore, dragging the act out a bit too long. Keller Mack and Anna Earl did very nicely with their singing and comedy skit. This Is a re- turn date for this couple apd they were given a warm welcome. Miss Earl Is an earnest worker, had developed Into quite a useful foil for Mack’s droll style of comedy and the' act , Is a good laugh winner for any bill. Joe Par- sons and Dave Irwin have a novel way of Ih- trodqcing their singing turn, opening In full stage and startlp their act like a dramatic playlet. A note Is handed them In which the manager says he Is tired of their acting and '*''hnts something else. One suggests singing and here the boys prove the manager knew what qa was talking about, for they can sing. It s a nice little Idea and all Parsons and Ir- win need is to get some new songs and they ■jvlll fit In as a hit anywhere good singing is enjoyed. J. C. Mack and Co., with a real olu hokum act called "Mother’s Boy” rocked the holiday audience In their seats. Mack Is the whole act, using two others as feeders. He dresses in eccentric make-up; appearing as a wrinkled old woman, and his method of hand- ling hla comedy talk Is a sure laugh-getter. Mack has been playing moet of the small time around hero and this Is his first appear- ance In Keitn's since he was a member of the Monroe, Mack and Lawrence act, but there Is nq question about his ability to make any audiepce laugh. Mons, Adolphua and Co. closed the hill with a 'very pretty dancing turn... Being-a -HJiBSIan act, It held, the-audi- ence better than most of the closing acts seen here end won a lot of applause. ' OPI.ONIAL (H. A. Smith, mgr.).—First half—Billy Bouncer's Circus; Hamilton & Barnes: Eddie & Ramsey In "Charlie’s Visit”: F. Barrett Carman; Whirling Brunettes and the film feature, "How Could You, Jean?" Last half—O’Malley; Doris Dale; Vernon-