Variety (January 1922)

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The show was lato in get- ting started, altboughf there was no apparent reason for this, aJTrt it was 1:11 before the overture and 2:30 before the show Itself started. As a result the last act finished at 6 •'clock to a big walkout. This week the bill has for a draw Gertrude Hoffman and her company •f dancers. But It Is perhaps one Of the saddest bits of booking, as far as variety is concerned, of the season. Of the eight acts, six de- pend on either singing or dancing ^r a combination of both. The situa- tion might have been saved if the show was put together as a song and dance festival, and the several •cts of this character put on together to bolster up the Hoffman *ct. But as it stood it was a most unusual condition for Keith time, •specially at this time In Boston, WANTED To hoar from traveling rond mvhrstra.s Jo Play our dniuinK pavilion from one to xnr»e nights each week: throe hours r*.V y - State price, also reference In your '•Iter. L. O. BECK SOTTIf MAIN OARDBNf AKRON, OHIO where, apparently, extra solicitude has been displayed in the matter of combatting opposition, and in the city that was the home of big time vaudeville. t Kate and Wiley open the show with an act that is very graceful. The act was w«ll staged and got a. very fair reception for -an opener. It was followed by the first singing number of the program. Willie Solar, single. He has popular son^s that he puts over quite well. Gil- foyle and Lange followed in a little over 20 minutes of singing and a display of gowns, with the woman carrying off this end especially well. At the start it looked as though Oilfoylo was In over his head with hij stuff, it being lost out front to as great extent, but he stuck to it, worked hard and managed to get the act by the bad places and closed it fairly strong. Harriet and Marie McConnell were over from the time they stepped out. They use a trans- parent drop for some of their num- bers and got several encores. Leavitt and T^ockwood, with "Brother Bay" at the , iano, have a saving grace in the act. It never hesitates. As soon as one idea has been trotted out and exploited the pair swing into anotlssivand in 20 minutes of comedy and song got by without a weak spot. Miss Hoffman's act is put on with the usual simplicity that character- izes her dancing turns. This time, however, the members of her com- pany have all but forsaken the esthetic stuff that hrretoforeT^cTis- tinguished her offering, and the change has bee n for the best. In this act the shimmy in all its glory is lW«d, and as far as could be ob- served nobody was offended. Time works wonders! Al Herman found things to his liking when lie came oa. The Jiouse was ready for his brand of humor, and he put it over well. His "blue" talk Is saved by the comedy it car- ries with it. H«i got good support from his plant singer in the orches- tra pit. The El Bey Sisters and Murray Meneher close the show with tho girls doing a dance revue on roller skates and the man putting the finishing touches on the act at the pia o. Although they stared at a considerable walkout, they didn't deserve it, for the act runs off swiftly and has novelty. Majestic (Shubert) Business was off Monday night, the lirst air-pocket Shubert vaude- ville has encountered thus far in Boston. The slump was due and deserved. It was the third week in succession that practically the en- tire main bill was repeats, and the dent in the house and the crimp in tho box office came as no surprise to the local Shubert executives. As a matter of fact, their main surprise was that it was not worse than it was. „ With the exception of the first two acts, the bill came in from the 44th Street intact and in accordance with the original "show booking" plans. Tho two openers were Maria Lo's posings (repeat) and Ben Linn in his corpulent single, who went over surprtsingly well in a tough spot to a late house. Mason and Keelor clos-ed the first half, and practically saved the show, havin r every tiling their own way and apparently being conscious of the fact that they and Carl Mc- Cullough were about all the bill had to offer the subscription patrons. Marie Stoddard woke things^ up ahead of Mason and Keeler, and as a repeat scored. General Pisano, in third spot, staged his sharpshootin^ act snappily. l'lsano Is carrying an THE DANCING XYLOPHONIST This Week (Jan. 16)—McVICKERS', CHICAGO BOOKED SOLID LOEW CIRCUIT Direction DAViD R. SABLOSKY REISENWEBER'S COLUMBUS CIRCLE &. 58th St. DINNER $2 in<m:iii.N(J FRISCO ANO HIS PLAYERS WITH L0RCTTA McDERMOTT and JACK DUFFY AFTER TIIKATRE RENDEZVOUS IN PARADISIC announcement on the program offering $1,000 to any person who can prove that he does not use Rem- ington rifles and Remingtsii ball cartridges. Bell© Story,,, without pianist, opened the se.. nd half, her first number going neatly^ followed by a flop, but closing strong. A semi- popular number with lighter lyrics and less vocal strain would make a markedt improvement In Miss Story's repertoire, especially on a repeat. Tho Boganny Troupe, who used their newer paper-hanging routine here a few weeks ago. were sched- uled to switch to their lunatic-baker stand-by to take the curse off a bill mostly repeats. As a result they played to a blank set, and despite this handicap and a shortened rou- tine, they went ovec well. Carl McCullough, a trifle Inclined to getting set 'for his specialties with rather flowery concert stage sort of introductions, warmed the house up late, but effectively, when he switched onto his "woman in the telephone booth," which he han- dled well, and which went across as though it had never- been pulled He closed strong. Horlick and the Sarampa Sisters, the fifth repeat, closed, holding the house well, due mainly to a short bill and a prompt overture. The house is steadily using slides after the pictures now to announce the other Shubert attractions, and while it does not add to the dignity of the entertainment, it-is effective advertising. This week's slump, following last week being off by nearly $1,000, is generally regarded as ominous, as it was on Lhe subscription patronage that the Shuberts had banked heav- ily, and It la here that the falling off is the most apparent. p Jt ^"—the Enemy of M §\ I Stage People Every added ounce of excess fUfih means lessened ability to put over your turn. Fat may be creeping on because of your Irregular hours and meals. Don't be handicapped by it. i Get rid of fat with Dr. Law ton's flun ran feed Fat Reducer. Thfs clever device, the invention of a famous New York obesity, and beauty specialist, has successfully reduced thousands of men and women. 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