Variety (October 1925)

m. Wednesday. October 14. 192$ VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS VARIETY 18 THE PARI8IEN8 (9) Instrumental and Songs ia Mint.: Ono A Full (Special) Broadway A sis-i'lff"*? male band headed l>y two girls and a boy a.i prliulpalH. Each of t'l*? women sing, one dis- playlns allegiancft to the band by o'fflclatinR on a violin throuRhout the runninfi time. The remaliiing; Jniiteil pair are down front for vari- ous vocul selections which more or less iiiu»«'<?^' through the male liaK's highly keyed* voice that threatens to become a Cliff Kdwards concei>tiou upon the least provoca- tion. The band proper is bedecked with >r'"ty coats and plays aver- Dgely but without hint of distinc- tion. The dressing 6f the people places the turn under a "flash" nualltV-'itlon and inasmuch as there ha* b«^" ^'^ many of this tyije both the aiiaiitity and quality combined in this one is not sufficient to raise It above the Intermcvliates. ; Just one of those acts that the " smailer hou.-'e bookers will grab to dress lip a bill, probably p.isslnK up a frrioJ comedy turn to trnin thai ' end '*•''•'«'• aAX and LA PIERRE Singing and Talking 15 Mins.: One Maieitic, Chicago SteppiiiK out In the deuce spot this turn connected solidly. It Is some- what ditTerent from the avetage Array of mixed teams. The man is an excellet\t stralRht to the woman's French antics. The act opens with the mari de- livering a recil.Ttion about a. Kirl. The wotnan In silk overalls and o broad I'Yfiich accent makes her en- -•■■ trance with a shoe shine box. Some ■' eross-flre for a few snickers. The Woman clips off a couple of "hot" •> |iumher.s on a mouth or?an which •wowed" them Followed by more talk and a routine of buck also by • the female. A special comet'y num- ber by the man contained a few ■"■ laughs using a corking delivery. '■■ •The woman reappears in evening " ttress offering a French kissing nnm- ■> ber which had the audience help- "~? tng her out with the kisses. A good tiuinhcr and can be spotted any- where. More bright talk is followed by a •"pop" melody wUh the man singing ia -Straight chorus with the woman (Offering a French Interpretntloii of ■ the same number. The turn Ts set for the Interme- aiates Uat. SIDNEY MARION AND CO. (2) Comedy Skit 18 Mins. Two and One (Special) American Roof Nothing much to this act struc- j turally but Marion, an excellent -Dutch dance comic, puts all of the (amilinr and ridiculous stuff across e'tor bull's eyes. The opening Is when an off-stage I Voice announces he is hunting the ■' man he saw with his wife. Marion V. In eccentric garb and a flat hat j(.Which moves up and down when he wills It. makes a flying entrance through a window. On this frail frame work the bits are hung. The girl, Jeanne Vernon la a beautiful blonde whu reads In- telligently, .sings well and looks like the repeal of the Enghteenth Amendment and Harry Eldridge, a _,. good looking clean cut Juvenile l.s foil for ihe comedy of Marlon. The bits in the act are mostly from burlesfiue but In Marlon's hand.-^ they looked br.ind new. The act closes in "one"' will) the , pair singing a pop song while Mar- ►) J^\ """bcs a dandy comedy dance. This cli:i|) is musical comedy ma- teri:il, in a burlesque show ho Would !,«» properly backgrounded al- so. biH for vaudeville with his iires- -?*•««► vfi.icle he Is doomed to sm.ill .; time throiiph the m.Tterial. Thov V* took the comedy hit of the bill ' , C'oru KAUFMAN and KAUFMAN Comedy Songs and Talk •4 Mins.; One American Roof Thl-; n.Ti,. shouUl not I.e confused With Iiviui,' and J.ick ICitiifni.in of , '■*C"id f.inip. They are a Iwo-nutn Character sinaring and talking p.iir tiBing h r idio Idea for introductions '.' The numbers are Introduced by ;„•'* off" I lie broadciiHtlnu voice. The ■\ *"•'"'' '* tli.it of a woman and her ^alalnt;,,^ In unfunny but 100 per ,« Wnt fimHl.r.. rt detract.-, fn.n tlie baliinco of the act. ^<_ Tlie men slug three comely '*•'"**'••■''• di-essing in ch.unter tor ' ■•ach. They ai-e a double "rube" **II li.indleU, a double Hebr.nv oooi- . My bi.s,.t,;,ii sotig rtt .sut.h .lu'lent Vintage iis perfcfiiv nfift> now and, »nothor double m whi. li thes chn-i . PALACE One act bmtj.s al-oul nuviiig no '(,'harl«'.stoii" in it and another act (Uiishes with a 'Charleston'' So iliat doesn'i prove anything. And If the concert grand didiit groan Monday night and every other performance for the week it neivis tuning. When tuned up it will prob- ably yell from the hard workout U is getting. No wonder they have to build big theatres with tlie mob of pianos and piano players; Otherwise the I'iUace Ml' isn't a bad .show at all, but It didn't draw a capacity house Monday evening. Several of the turns on the bill were new. Possibly the crowds on the .streets didn't see enough familiarity on the Palace billboards. The Pal- ace patrons will have to be edu- cated ui> to new faces.and new act», together. Kae Samuels got the tough as- signment, next to closing on a bilt laden with singing. She bad near- ly ,ill new songs and held them in for a third encore with a new nov- elty number Jliss Samuels' piano player is a girl, the serond, feniale piano player on the bill. Thought- ful of Morty l-'orkins. He's no chump. That Miss Samuels eoUld hold and carry tlio hou.se as she did tells why she must have been sent to Cleveland in fwi emertjeucy last week. <lreat single, that line girl. And the longer she appears the bet- ter she grows Her present song rep l.s a peach. Willie Solar was another returr; liere with new and noveity songs, who sent them over Hying. Second after intermission. Willie sUppetl out between the curtains, stood in one spot and deliveied three laugh- ing lyrics without moving. He ha.--- come along like a streak and there's no one else like him right now In v.iudeville. For his encore he diCi the monk stuff, modilied. Virtualh Solar's act is all new—miiggiiig out and no dancing. He is dependinu solely upon songs and comedy, mak- ing both go big. If tKere was any- thing on the bill to be called a show stoppT-r Willie Solar got the nearest to it. James and Mercer Templeton are the couple who bill "Ye.s, We Have N'o Charleston" and Florrle Ue Vere (New Acts) Is the tiun ending with that dance. The Templetons wer<- moved back to No. 3 from closing the first part after the matinee, «■ changing with the ftoc;er Wolfe ' Hand. The Temi>letons have layout and n. girl acrobat In .1 male piano j)layer. Their act like a production turn, with fancy dancing by the boys, also ... robatlc In jiart, a couple of good comedy twists and the general lay out. It ran be fitted In anywhere, for (he turn could be t>rought down to "two." Another new act is Florence Reed and Co. in a sketchl but it didn't do much. Miss Reed should have meant more to vaudeville than her recep- tion Indicated. That m.iy bear out the importance of a certain person in vaudeville prominence asking who George Arliss was. It may be iust as well. Still another new act h.as George Hayes and Alice Ham- ilton In an old rube turn, perhap-s r>9 on the list. It got over fairly In the spot. No. 4. The Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra is under New Acts, not having been so reviewed since in vaudetllle. which It has played Intermittently. One flash at this Kahn boy, he's 18 or 19, and you will wondei: how his father ever happened to traverse the world looking fop high art tal- ent when he had It right at his own dining table. It's funny, too, when it's so well known th.it every mem- ber of high or low art the world over knows or knows of Otto Kahn — and are expectant of or from him. And his own kid most likely can make 60 percent of those from the high or low "staked" by his -father look foolish for natural talent. The Kahn turn well earned its several encores. It's quite an orchestra for a youngster to have organized. Achilles awl Ne\'.'ni.iM 'ipenod Ihe show, with The Takewa. Japs per-li .and i>.>dal work, closing. Sime. ous .Hl.isliijig and ediMng <>( th? ro': ■ tine atier the matim>e. That didn'' help much. Monday nigbt. of c.<iir<e. an extia riuota w.is added oii m tiic Ut\al deiision of the New Vork •■<.irapliii:"-Kellerm.inn pbyslca; von- test, the audience remaining »lnio-»( intact to Judge the competition. Julius Lenzberg gave the show > last start with his trench j.tzr.isis .lulius gets plenty out of ■» piint'"! orchestraiion .iiid sells H like a spe dal arrangement. A clever "Our Gaug"-Pathe r<'m- edy n,lively introduced'.1 great (>lug tor the new Pathe ()roduct, the I'a- Ihex portable motion pi'ture cam- era, the "Better Movies' re^'l oeir.g plenty funny and therefore not Worthy of a rental reduction to the exhibitor, despite the plug. Willie Mauss (New .Aets>. miking his American debut, prob.iliiy had ills time chopped according to the one five-minute stunt he is confined to. Stan Kavanaugh, gUi* gaiiiier and comedy Juggler, bespeal;s jf W C. Fields possibilities. At the .\tls- tralian comedian's pace he'll be a>:>le to forget, the juggling, as did Fields, .iiid sti?I; to the (.-hatter and bUHines.-^ chiefly. Joe Hiidgini'a equestrian stuff was followed by .Miss Patrlcola, wbosr songs clii-ked, despite the mamniolh interior, althojigh obviou.sly the llii> 18 not the ide'ul house f>>r her Tb*- songstress" lyrics, which are ii«'-it adapted for smaller capacit.es. i."^ akin to tlie foreign comic wlio exclaimed, "You'll have to mug ai 'em through a meg.iphone.'' I*ur I'at.plays a return here ofiener tlian any other single. The Hip's own, Bert l^evy, sn ideal variety act of general ai>i>e.il that knows no limitations'of coun liy. intellect or age. mopped up with bis.tiuly artistic entertainment. His quick sketches are faithful like nt-.sses akin to painstaking portrait ui-e and the optimistic good-fellow- ship of the entire proceedings makes Mr. I/Cvy's routine a most delight ful 15 minutes. Mr. Levy should be made a Hippodrome institution; hi^- adaptability for weekly change of pace recommends this doubly. ^ The Tom Brown's minstrel or- chestra Ih more than a stage band. Its consummate ehowman.sbip In blending comedy with unusual syn- copation places a st.amp of distinc- tion on the organization. This, loo. is a pliable unit, as readily plea.=!iiiK r vaudeville as for nroduction. pir- .re liouses, cafes or "vhat iioL ~^Val and Krnle Stanton, not so long iturned from I.,ondon conquests, 4re the same delightful duo who got to 'em after a while. The capacious Hip must have been the handicap, but It finally penetrated, although the Stantons are a turn that pro- ceeds intelligently and entertaining- ly, without any bombastic recep- tions, for the simple reason they do not pause for responses, but strut their business In compact style from preface to finis. The Royal Moun- tain Ash Cboru* of Walea (New Acts). LilUan Shaw la another Hip act Miss Shaw has a new opener about her "family"; also a most becoming frock. For the rest, with uncanny but very material showmanship, she sold the "marriage" and "baby" nutnbers for exorbitant values Every move was a laugh, the rou- tine making up with a vengeance for the apathy of the preceding pro- ceedings. Roye and Maye have an ultra dance, routine that was wasted so far down in the line-up. It entranced a minute of 11, which U severe handicap in itselt Lulu Winters, Evelyn Joyce. Nora Scheffer and Mary Jane Wright complete the quartet of grirls In support. Backed up by the ITot- ter girls (by the way, where are those "lookers" that greeted the op- tics so consistently from pony to pony'.'), the act made a fetching (lo-sh finish. The Kellermann contest brotight it to a close at 11 30. Abel. HIPPODROME Reauioup friuidily at the Mip Monday -44ight," a direct rea«l,ion. po.-isibly. from llio temperature, al- though tlie perform.nice re.illy In- spired one to "get hot" but for the I>eculiar response from the out- fronters. A holiday night, a ga't show and a capacity attend.inci- meant nothing in combination, seem- ingly. At one spot \'al and Ernie .Stanton stopped to p.iiise "Is the curtain really up?" witb the attend- ant business of extending the hand over the footlighl.*. Sir.ingelv enough they took it good nafuieilly, but remaincil i>erslstently picilic in phvsical answer. The show I.in long despite gener- aeterize. two Englishmen tn ex.ig- ger'afeJ t^ostume. Some ciosMiirc p.i'ter in I gaK.■^ aic u.H'.-<l in the ftr.-t a'ld last (b'ubhis All k licked nicely Aith the llebr-'W doubl-- a . small time a'jw lull the we.iUesf of the trio Av'tlier ii.elh->d >.f. introdii. lion i-j o«.e.l.;d A.li'tl t.h.' pa.r will b-,.-4e; To I 'h(f> b-'-'l 0-, "i.) -.nil" 'inte hills I '.ru'<^sty picking the best comedy M-.tllop. Val anil Ernie Stinton dlso held ujt the comedy department with nifty I'li.uvniin; and toi)ped it off with .nstluuieiitals for a tiiiish, wiln the fMlei' l>i'other whipping some torrid j.i/.z Lrom a m-oitii oiuhii in a man- ner v\hich U!Mloubt>^'lly cau-ed strut - |>'is out fiont to throw on the brakes. The hoj ^ should otnit the lem Ilk '>{• in'[iiii'\ as to wheiliei the curt.iili Is.up «lien .ippluise is retarded. Carl Itandall, ds.^lsted l>y Jackie lUirlburt and .\lai> Wasiiburii. kid- n »p|>ed hoohnu honors without u sirui;t4ie '.vilii as deh-et.i >le a daiu - ing act as e;er projected l-v tills ae- coiiipiishcil dancing jiivenib- The llio sold their siulf with ret: eslii.i*; ni>nchalaiice that readily won f;noi. A last douhle acrobatic was .i l)ear Mi-^s Washburn coiitilHiuled a neut tap dince and a pi.mo solo as her eiiJ ot the turn iiandling l>«tb well. Ciessy atui l)a\ne, on after liiler- fiiission. scored v\ell in a revival of one of their former vehicle.-* "The .Man Who l{i-iiiemhi'n>,| ■ 'I'lie skit is wo^en in the Cre.ssv l.ishion pio- jecting H homely poi nail and lilending cono-dv <\iih patios l''r.inU Rose and Olive Thome gi.ibbed up the comedy .skein and manipulated it e-iually well in a cross-lire skit "Sold " The act is j)ractic.ally a rep.irtee t>etv\eeii an .auto sale.sniaii ami a "Swedo" girl who has inherited money. Sizing her lip as a duinhbell the rep.irtee develops she's not as dumb as she looks '"no putter is punctuated with maii> Laughs and the turn is .tdmirably handled t>y the duo. A solo by Itose. who has a pleasant singing voice*, half v^ay down, and ,'1 duet for closer were also neatly planted Olgi Petrov-i. loldiiieil, held next to hIhiI with lii-r singing single and went across for b'-r usual bit. Five numbeis in all comprised the reper- toire with the artiste worlUng with the or(-bestra for four of them and handling her own piano accomiianl- inent for the getaway. The numbeis ln< hided a b.ill.-id opener. Sp.inish love song, a French soiibrel number, a barnyard ro- m/ince fantasy and an old EngliHli song Aside from being in excel- lent voice Mme. Petrova Incorpor- ated genuine drama In her rendi- tions, decidedly well liUe<i by this audience and bound to register any- where. "Carry Me P.ack to Old Virginny" was used for an encore and provided a "punchy" exit. Al Herjnan. In cork, closed wIlVi some new nifties and songs. Her- man's Inside stuff on the rest of the bill still does service for. laugh. Lftba. ALBEE, BROOKLYN A rattling good Show offering pleiitv of diversity. A good bolidaj crowd In Monday night but no', a sell out. The matiuee played to a turnaway. No show acfj (me.ining new ones* on thi>)«. quie-act; luyout but several shovvv -ones' JrTO with "Saliricon" lexdlng the march of the eye f>ast- ers. This in Rosalie Stewatt's come- bick production for vaud<Ville and l>. rhapt a breathing spell fi om tlie legit. $ Rebla. male Juggler, opened with a fast line of manipulation th.it in- (ortiorated comedy and which Linked more potently than the usuil opener. Brooks and Ross, harniony singing bf>ys, followed wilb .<al- i/.ing equally a'-ceptable and with the boys making a coniedy "old boy" click for a Ulondike through unii|U'» delivery. 'Satiricon," on next, fo.^turrd C'luntess Sonia, dan.^eme, and en- listed seven ollier.i IncPidim,' .Me< .-^hcier who bandied thf^ dame d'los with the Countess. The piece Is a revue along "».'liauve-S.>uri^" lines ilivnlet* Into five episodes, eish one more colorful thxn thr> pieoed.-r .in I .arriiiig it.-i o'>'n Riltcfr In ''. R.t- of'f. The ofi'standlri r f'-i'.'fre Is tb« • lancing wilb the minuet ind a lig'.i t>y the ••outit»-s< and A'ex. piriciu- larly well d.»ne. Trive.'ttv I'lilvo- c,ill/lniT << r^ Introduced epilog the .(■inc^j roiiU'lliUlions With sn op-'i «l,o STATE The vaudeville section this week has but five acts, probably because of the length of the feature, "Tower of Lies." Monday evening Loew's big Broadway house was over ca- pacity on the lower floor shortly after eight o'clock, although ushers were advising pitrons tliat seats were avail.able In the balcony. Co- lumbus Day accounted for the good attendance. Pltcer and Douglas b.id no trouble copping the honors. It's a smart dancing and comedy act. Maybe the opening hit was inserted for New York, being a police station third degree bit. Miss Pilcer as the cul- prit promised to answer the ques- tion: "Are you going to vote for Jimmy Walker," she promptly an- swering "Yes." Some of the num- bere are not the freshest but they are all excellent from a melody standpoint. Boots McKenna Is quite a hoofer on his own, especially In view of his comparative height. Douglas scored In his several sin- gle bits, landing best with a comedy Spanish bit. His tingle talk encore bit seemed a bit too long. Felovis (New Acts), yuung Jug- gler, went over for a hit at the opening, his stick and ball manipu- lation evoking so much applause that Lester and Stuart, who fol- lowed, were compelled to walk off while the Juggler c.ime on for a bow. The rnan of the team laughed It off by remarking the net was a bit before it c.ime on. The couple are best with eccentrics. Some of the dialog did not got much here, though the girl was apt In handling line.i. Both ar^ good dancers. Dillon Ober s Orchestra (New- Acts) closed the show In entertain- ing style. Just abe.id was Slielton F?iooks (ami Co > which sl.ands for a rotund colored man named Powers Tlie liitter is a valuable aid not only for comedy i)UrposeH for Powers totea a bull.id voice of power Not all of Brooks' lyrics rea(-hed the rear section of the house. The five net show was sufflclently en lerfainlng and ran from 9 10 until BROADWAY TIjo holiday ^imfn.-l this house to stan-b-e.i Mond.iy night. It mm' have Ix-en the overflow from the pic- ture bousfs and the tn kei agehcir-.-i, for other than U\n iMarg-'iref Young name there was iiothifi« to draw em m althouk'h a JiiUnny Hlne»'i>ictur«, The Live Wire," was (he feamr*. J The show played ne-i nod m. ally an.I without brniiaiice .-md fhe slow mo- rion .'I. tlon Wfio f.ir fiein e.,!- incrd- l>y th^ sr, rnino.cs which (.u^ IM - wir-ls' ,lo\en(le -l-'rohi- (.New \.is»j ci>rnium«xl Miss yiiung trailed Ihisl oroloiigt-'l item and g.illoiied in, fol» lowe-l hy the Wilson .Vu'irtj 'i'l i-j, u hich aci close 1. Hector, the dog turn, with n ne canines and a cat. was spotted .No. 2 aii'l olVci-.-.l ht(h-> to nial<e It -it .nd out until tlie trainer staiti-d to chase -i i.ouple ot tlie animals throng i ihe aisles and lnt'> the hoxcM. The house then woke up. Before iliat .lack and Cl.-iire McMiboii, with I heir punching bags, (uuial ii not loo e.is) in the opening spoi. The const.int stream up and dov\ii Uie •lisles may have bun. The Parisiens (.New .\cts) was the first fl.ash .icc on the bill, with the second the l-ld- waiils extravagaiiKit. Willi the miiliitUile of such acts rtliiih ba\e bi-en pl;i.\ mg around, the I>1. icing of two of tills lype on one hill find at this laie date doesn't mike good vauileviUe, no matter what the house .Miirry and M.iddox could do little wilb the fourth assignment. The girl IS o\ ei'Woi'l<lng a hard-boiled style vvliM-b is dell imeiilal to securing sympathy, and the luan. doing ,i half-way straight. Is colorless as 1 iirrenll.\ delivering. The teuiinine b.iir possesses all the comeily lines. .and might tone down to better re- sults .\{ this bouse they materlallv clu-ked at widely separated inlerv.'ils y^'ot a good vaudeville show and Mnw\u-thy of the Monday lughl busi- ness, which the holiday undoiit>tedly explained. akiu. AMERICAN ROOF An iiiiiisL^Hli k siooolh-pla.vliig bill on the Roof plaved to almost ca- liaclly Alonday liiglil. Tlie aiidu-iice, more than enlliusiastic. drawn l>y the hididay and the feature pi(-tiirc. t'haplin's "Gold Ru.sh," m;ide a fus.s over each act on the hill all the way down the line from the opening lurii. .■Vlaurue and Girlie, to llie Santiago Ti'io. closing Tlie opening iiiin started things nicely. It is an odd combo of a comely girl piano accordionist and a chair lialancer. The girl plays and tooks veell In an abbreviated costume. She doesn't sell the musbr for what it's worth, but she's a cinking good musician. Harry Downey and Co. goaled them, dem-ing. Downey has dropitcd the pianist and is working opposite a cute dancing miss, who helps. Opening with his stagehand character, alter an offstage talsetto (a la Milo), he Inserts his- female Impersonation burlesque, tying tb» place In knots with his delivery and falsetto yodel. His third song Is a sympathetic ballad sung In con- ventional garb to the red-frocked cutle. She turns In a sterling con- tortion acrobatic and a toe dance and helps the optional average. Kaufman and Kaufman iScw Acts), third, also scored, while Sid- ney Marlon and Co. (."Vew Acts), fourth and closing the first half, glommed them. Opening after Intermission, Rain- bow and Mohawk, man and woman (^herokee Indian team, scored nicely. Their songs, duelled In English and Indian, found responses, but the kick w.'is a native war dance done by the man In full Indian regalia. The dance Is blended Into a semi-mod- ern, but if the Chief would take a few lessons In the Charleston and pull 11 for a finish he'd knock them for a string of gla.ss beads. Thornton and Carlton held down the next-to-closing, and duplicated. They have a likable frame-up of nonsense, cross-fire and comedy song doubles, with one serious effort by Thornton. The conilc has poise and unction and the straight In equally acceptable. They are a strong team for the Intermediates. Santiago Trio closed, but had nothing to contend with, for the crowd were waiting for the feature picture. The trio—a wo'man dancer and two males showed an interest- ing variety tyrn. Opening as a str.alglu dancing act, one of the men does contortion work on a table. The other helps In liand-to-hand work and also doubles In a tango with the good-looking girl. She makes two changes of costume. I'hev liked them. The bill was prob.lbly cut one act, due to the length of the feature. Business heavy down in the theatre find on the rOof. Maurice and Girlie should drop' the line from McLallan and Sarah's act titey are iislng. .„. .„,^ • fun- KEITH'S Boslon. Oct. 11. As women singles as lieadlin'-ra are figured as big box oilice ilr.iws, the local Keith house Is esr>ccially fortunate, for this Is the third week the house has hud su'h a be idlincr. And the end Is not yet for the <-oming week another is siluilu'ed. This week Ire m I'ranklin Is 11.u top-llner, with .b-rry .larnagln at the pl.'ino. Irene b.is been I .-r« many times before and can be depended uj. iti to-put over an act so that the house will 111.i! It find want more all the linio This time there Is no cxe.-i). lion Hid after running throu,;b her ft Wi h (-111 il.f- I iMe siic(-es;» for one of l.-^i, M4i;(irc nurn^ffl "be vi,,.t ...pr-I Wpn'tfle \W» IlidflS'itb Pit." knocir/nf Itu- Wiii.-fr* T-i"* -faretliee. Ai-ii. I, kvtts n not asd foi,...! iM-r fe''lc>fl'ill irijlfier. /I'lmh.-r n t qoltq wr. (|.»o.l h.>\wVer, Tlilj; U U,^be Is i-i'.i' IMOI . flati.h >v lel Ir; ihe •ii.iM.t i(!ontlnti^l on f«ge H} i '4