Variety (October 1921)

^ VARIETY Friday, October 28, l»2i saac; ^1 ^L COMMUNICATIONS Care SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE, 233 WEST 45th STREET, NEW YORK CITY THIS WEEK (OCT. 24), WINTER GARDEN, NEW YORK BOSTON By LEN LIBBEY KEITH'S Kojfuliir p.itron.s of tlie \och\ llousn who arrlvort late on Monday Afternoon soon diMcornod thero was •omethiiiff amiss. Tho orchestra was not In tho pit. even at 2:10. tho audience that was already on hand was showing »ignH of unon^inoi's. It develope<l that tho SIiikoi'« Midgets act-was reuponsiblo fur tills condillou. TMh troupe played Sun- day at Syracuse, N. Y., and then firct ORGANIZED DANCE ORCHESTRA four pi«c«t to t«n, wanting data connoctionsi apply to MEYER DAVIS Bellevue-Stralford Hotel, Plulad«lpliUu Only the \6ry best coraliinatiou^; Wanted. 0tat« full detail.-^. Inytru- mentation. price, etc., anil j^cnd phota#raphs. .started for Hostpn, due to open here at the Monday matinee. A special train thoy used couldn't have wasted much tim« en route, for it land«d tho troupe, animals, scenery and all in Boston at 8:30. Hut as chunves and has amonff uthor thinK'^ throe elophanta. it was th:uuKh .sheer wonder work t)»at thoy wore ahl<' to play the matinoo. The opon- in^r aot could not hv shovo(i on hc- rause it also dcmandod full stape and tho KtaK«' hands wrr** husy strlkint; the staKe. A.s u rosuit It was 2:1:! before tho oreh:vtra .started tho ovortnir and 2:35 boforo th«' llrst o.jrtain w« tit up. lh>' in- t<';val boiii^ takoTi up by tho ovor- tun^ a:ul the shuwinx of llie comic pictures. Althoujjli in tho nature of tliinK-^ tho midget act sliould b( u bits drawing card for the children and bi^; matinoos should be expected the l!oor at th«' M«»nday matinee wan about 1)0 per e;"iil. eiipai'it>'. JJ» spite tno bad start ilio show wus piisiied thruUtfh witli t^XiiresH K|)<H.>d, and it was 5:01) whon the final curtain cani«> doy^ii. This means tiiat mitli tbe eiirlit^act l>ill. including tho bis closlnp n'jml>er. (he show b'l}QUl,d be able to close on tiint; for tlie Lmlauca of tli« week. .ludgiiiK from the lierformance on Monday there may be a rearrange' merit of the bill, especially when two alnfflea are bunched* Martin and Moore op«&eil the phow with one of tho b«tt fly.^nK ring acta aeen here (or 0om6 time. When the irirl gets into a white this a<>t carries acenery for 10 union auit aho doean't ahape op at M. WTTMARK & SONS, NEW YORK ail bud. and ahe hae a very pleasant smile that she malataJna throiurhout her entire act without ever Indicat- InK that she Is forcing It. KunninK only elKht minutes they uncork somo real sensational stuft. In next position li>l. Healy and Allan Cross had things 'O^y from the start. A couple of likely looking l>oys. who look as thouKh they felt thoy had the stuff but didn't want to crowd tho liou.se for applause, they sinK .several soniifs with good effect. They wintl up their act wiith a bit of character work that was well dene and left the house rsklnK for 11 f' ' I « Ernest Ander.son and Marjorie Hurt are entitled to a K»"<'«»t dei I of crtHlit for diKHTinic U[> a new aimie on tlie domestic life sketoli. Til is ;rtt is Well written and was put o\«:- hi>;. The only thing to uidr it at tii" matinee was that the man in oharn^t* of tht; spot and the curtain wiitu'f quite sure about the rlosing one .nul let I the j)air gasijinj? f«»r air fof .i few painful seconds. )tut wlHi tlil^ rectified tlio act leavts m>iii:ii;' to in- lit sired. Th«: KovhI <:uscoi^noH aic- in lu xt poviiiuii. This act li is pla^od he:o several times bt^fore with'iut nuioh chinKo, but despite this is al\\ i.\s i winner. Instead of using full .-t ii<r as usual Oabouignes played in </ni-. Ho mentioned when hu used lii.^ do,'. '•liirtha," for the closing t>U slie was about to be retired after iti years ai)d that ho had pick«-d up a new dog that he \vn.n trainiiiK- Another act familiar to vautlevillt? followers here was In next position. Beatrice Ilerford. While she can't very well make '4ny great change in her act, a raonolog, she should be given credit for always KCiting new material. She was warmly ap- plauded and pleased tin clement in the audience that is most particular. Jessie lirown and Uflle Woston. with Dave liryer at the piano, fol- low her. This act drags in places, although It has some very pretty stage settings and the costumes of the girls are really remarkable. The IBrown girl is a hard worker and knows the danoing game from start to finish. For 16 minutes Leo ^^ee^s. billed as the "International Society Knter- ta1r>er," kep( the house interest4>d with about as little effort as any i;ii:.>!n^or ever made. His stuff is good, no doubt about that, but it is of a sameness and gets a little tire- some. He gets full value out of stage effects and Indicates t learly that he is thoroughly familiar with the proper manner in which his act should be put over. Loo Singer's Midgets closed the show and had no ditTlculty holdin;:; tho audience, even thougii *hc show was running late. With ten s;^enes, every one of them teeming with in- terest, and with some beautiful scenery, for which Joseph Urban is responsible, there isn't a flaw in the entire act. It ran 42 minutes at the Monday matinee, andwiiile this is longer than It is supposed to run. according to the dope, it didn't drag. MA^E6T!C Apjtarontly Boston is becoming "vaudeville wise," as the rc>p of tlie Jimmy Ilussey lievue had preceded it by several days, and the entire house, including •vary l>os, w«« aold out before curtala »t th« •TiBlnc show and the pnaUnee wan praeti- cally eapacity. It was only a blook away from tbe Globe, where the iU-fated Jimmy liuasey'e Own Show blow up In mid-week a year or oo a«o. and it must have given Huasey cause for reflection as he saw the turn-away Monday night. It so happens that tho present Hussey Kevuo is his old production's worth-while stuff ex- clueively. and while it was new to the 44th Street last week, it was all old to Boston, and still it was a riot. Tho audiince could not get enough of Ilussey. and despite the fact that he closed a late bill, he held the houao practically Intact, and this noeane in Boston that hun- dreds of people missed trains. Huasey and Joe Jackson were the dy "naraea" on the bill that would on api>eul tQ Boston, and Jn all fairness to Jackson, it bhould hv stated that 111' is also a wliale of a card locall.v. n.s the hand ho received on his Cutranco conclusively provi d. ITwlng his old routine exclusively, Jack.^on probably incited the most hilarious howls oi" laughter that tho Majistlo liiis s*»i n Hiiicc it started t!ie regra- ei.itioii of tho bi;^ time vaudoville ^:ainu in Uo.stui). Tl:e balaii'jo of the bill Pt"o«1 uj suritrisiiixly Mell in \ iew of th»; calibrK' of most of the acts. Buddy Doylo bi'ing obviously out of his clas in liiy blackface si|!«Ie at tho peak oi* the scooitd Italf of the siiow until ho admitted that b ■ had studied Kddie Leonard. Kddie Tuii- tor aud Al Jolsun and ga\ o his singing imitations of all three. He rdid not dv) this until his encuro. ami he learly lost out, because hi.-j hantl was so thin that he nearly lost it. His encore Is genuine entertain- ment, and if he had lost cut on his encore, lie would have been sunk. As it was, he closed so strong that it wiped out the Weakness of his main routine. Tho Ratii liretliers. onu of tlie sweetest running bits of hand-lift feature atynts In vaudeville, are ap- i>arcntly permanently placed ahead of Hussey for tho circuit, and it seems to be a shrewd move, as they arc an ideal set-up for Hussey, who is amply competent to hold the house. Tho Zeiglcr Sisters opened the second half with some arduous work, some really plctures^iue ros- 3 tumes. and one Scotch number that broufbt d»w« ihf house. Their •tago vaitt Mre tnUuatiflably long, tlieir opstumo •banses apparently bfinjr oimpiOi but the vinim! t .i;. rector'and tke trick drummer being aeheduled for their bit and going tbrougb with them regardless. This act rouid be ape ded up by nearly Ave minutes to its ovn betterment. Jolly Johnny Jones opened with his double on the wire to a house that sold out early, but filled up late, Kome and Cullen had tough sledding getting . arted, especialiy with their i>atter, but when they started hooflng along comedy lines they went acroae and earned tlieir applause instead of begging it. Burt tlarlo ith his eight-girl band scored decisively. Tho t;irls lacked that Intangible bit of pep that can make or break a Kroup musical act. and the number did not do itsMf justice. Karle'.M act. \vhil(* a (lash in many resi>ects, lias the makings of a higher spot on the bill. His gags in Introducing the various girls wero hopeless, and a visit to almost ( ny American Wlieel i burles(|uo show should furnisli him common property gags of this naturo tbat would gu better tlian ids iM'osont stuff and probJ»bly sfjutn lu-w to most of the feminine con- ,ting<nt in the audiences. The IHTITR'JK! AT i<'ai:to»v PllirFiS l<'roMi the FelloMrins Aa^nin S. NATHANS n:it 7fh Ave.. 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