Variety (July 1929)

54 VARIETY VAUDE HOUSE REVIEWS Wednesday, July 24, 1929 PALACE burlesque atJaBio number, in which Harrison takos falls with his hefty partner on top. . T^hey dlo'best with that bit. : Their best and all the rest registered Sunday CYcnin^. . Apdllon's musical and dance re-r intersperised: with Apollon's (St. Vaude) This is "New i Acts Week" at. the Palace, accidentally on purpose. In the ihlddie of last week the booking ■ oince- discQvered the five, or slxl:^|'^'^ . turns penoilpd in. we^re new for the K ^^^^ when la^t viewed, because Palace, .So they ^V^nt ahead to com-.| .^^,^j^^j.^yj^^^^ l^j^a jjjytin plete the effect. ... • 1 the 35 minutes consumed this week ' Seems as though they fell short be shortened. . Nothiiiff out, by orie; for they're- allhyinff the Dave atandingly mediocre in the 35 tfk de . Ap61]ifm act W calling it n.ew Apol- g^rve elimihation* but .some-of it if lori ls a good vaude act, so no com-.^j.jjp^g^ ^l^oql^ln't be. missed; Apollon . plaints from the audience, .AvMchlpj^^j^y a lot of talent, including his probably cared- more about - being .^j^^ .teilenti 'in his revUe.: ' lie is/ a . . entettained .iiiart . whether the: new. ^jj-^j^ .for tl^e P^^^ or; any other aets at-e'.hew. sp0t. if he would hold.;th<j.t runriing Bill Was' booked: too late.- fis usual, time- demon down.. - for .much. exploitaLtvon, and the.,pub- . Rector and Doren ;closed'. acro^. 'liclty department has • a • Way -of j^iatically (New Acts.).. , „• ,.. . "bunimihg things up, late <ir eafly. Now ^that ::^^'cw Acts W^^^ It's just tob easily impressed /and 6ver, why not a "New Gags Week? • byerwheimedi ■ th.a^ department, .ggj even- the straight -men could get •Evetythine ne:^. It vfiaa tdldi'so they U. chance^t besiiae.s tUe-.aurtl^ have Prances. WiUi^nis as., ; : Btge. : sPaJace'in- hefv "iarst ;ai^ inj /. : ; \.. , . v, - ;!^^h^Week gives, George ^yhite hi* ; ;■ ■ .FQX/BROOKLYN; ; ' ^; sedond successive tree'jn^ (Vaudfllm) 1.^0*.fl . . ... . liday •names the ■:. 4|'«es::^"h■ ;m|^-mr, and the ;shoppera havv *al?ipe. .-^J?Wement^^^^^ nothing to .do, loolis as . Ihough n«n.«^..Wh,fA. for permitting .it ^ i ml^ and no^t <irag *em. eventually:. Atr this Um.e '^i °'^'^VlJvlv:^nr^^a '~ni^nr^^^ the .Mothers, and started to rch^^rse. Geo.rgie couian V that -should give, it the. brfeak. eyen. " ^"rWs^lSSKlS weekvfor'thevmes on the^offdaird; ;r v.u x; • ' .E . - In addition:.to;.on6.of the F?inchon: '" '^^^x^^Ca^i^ -cn^- :7NeW h& iyiarco'ldeas, "Gobs .of Joy/'^wea AotsV^^^iLiSr novelty aSg "Jim Bairtoo. to'y Howard, Ale>x ahfmal • turnP^^^ Dallam and the Horllck..Ensemble W^S£:aS Thom^o5 c& : Cost of this iaypu^ ti^Ticing in the deuee.- . D^^^ was a tough, one for the deuce is usual at the Palace,, aiid any-, house to face^in midsummer, everi though Worthy and Thompson On the screen was "Pleasure Grazed - hoof strenuously and well, some-1 (Fox)' with about .flve^ Movietone - thing new in No. 2 might have. been I News , clips also sandwiched m dur . included among the .he.w/ stufE. tbisfing the show. ' .;. ' week • • " • ' . Barton, was late—so much so that Spotting of the Joe Moss band; it didn't look .like he would be in third at the supper show Sunday did the first Saturday show. It Svas a. good job bt jiTtlming. the works, first planned to have Barton-follow for it was heavy stuff for so early Howardj appearing. next, to-clbsing and the band seemed: Jus.t another l and just .ahjead . of the P & .M put- one; Moss had to play a tea date at ftt.. His lateness upset the lineup. •the Astor Sunday.Evening, so the "Gobs of Joy" was shot Ph right -tS^ bill was juggled around. If the after Howard. After the Idea, had Palace will stand for bad running finished, Arthur (Pat) West Stepped and perchanGe a bad playing show forward in encore style aiid -an-, because ohie rhember but of .10 must I nounced Barton, play a tea date, the- Palace will I The Horlldk Bohemians did 10 s'tahd for anything. New Acts. ' - [fast minutes, going frbmi one da-nee Albert Carroll, next, and New routine to. another, -with some of Acts, too, is at the Palace in a turn 1 tije liussian ' stepping evoking iiii- bullt fPr the Palace and doubtJul for mediate appilause. A hardWorking elsewhere. That goes for':Carrpirs outfit of eight people, with the tall material and not the muSlci f or he I ^j^jj the Oohtingent a-standout can tnirhie in any cpmpany, For by his ihdividuial efforts. In No. 2 where else but. at the Palace .will Wr^g .;^lex eajjani (New Acts! one of they, get thia Hialdee, \V?right. andl ^j^g Shubert§' tenors, .giving Vaud. a Mrs.- Fiske Imitations, and . Where fling and doing right wrell. outside fif New Yprk: will appreciate . ftarry Howard next; : This young his intelligent ; taketpif Pri Jimmy ^^^n seemed in good voice and shot Walker? They'll get his John B^r^ I pygj,y ^^^^ jjig comicalities over rymofe anywhere, J)ut ^o much r ^j^^^ ^^^^ stuff with the dog a Johriny's sister Ethel. Still.and all. ^. g^ream. For s6m6 reason" the this is merely the palace. .Carroll is | woman Isn't with Howard, ORPHEUM (St. Vaude) LPS Angeles, July 20. ; You can tell Benny Rubinis Sur- prised to be over here- this, week by his lobby ■ photo.s. Comic^ la mx'inff It arid is a. w. P. l- from M-u. maybe for two weeks.' llubin didn't show iihtil No.'. 4 And-held hl.<j own 10 minutes to. opening int/?vmisslph. Vaudo-picture youth . -arid Ted Lewis, holdirig for a. third /week, comprised, the entire se.Corid half. House practically capacity Saturr day afternoon and the. humbjjr ,pf. youngsters present .seem.ed to have a good time. Nathil, hnd his ape impersonation, deiightcd the kids, especially when-.takine, to. the audi-- ence to .climb .over the ' orchestra rows and arourid' the front ,;of the hou.se. via the side, boxes.. Previbiis- tij that AVilsbn, .Kepipel and' Betty opened /pieasantly enoush. . Betty, riiight dbn mdre.clpthes for her taps. Strip dre.'^sing doeSri't litean any- thing .that rearly ah.d/ taps, as ..well as kicksj can be enhanced ais ;aKirts swish around. vlDixlo Pour Were No. 2 arid walked on tb -.a recei)tion. v ; • Peter Hlggins was the ftr'st.n.ct in;^ traduced by -Rubin. . Gboid-looklng^ boy. with a vplce:-wh.b khbws hpW to schedule' a repertoit''e for-.vaude;: He. had 'em. Semi-heavy and light, with the iatter hot', without cpmedy. de- livered to get it, and ^:got; Higgiris clearied in a pplite' way ;and they didn't, want hirh . to -igo.. . A great Smile which oiigM to: ^Qt him a pic- ture nibble .before he leaves-toAVn/ for at Jeasf one studio .is..lo.bklng foi- isi:-lad .to^rlead - a productibri number arid. Hlggins 'is it: PALACE (St. Vaude) ChlcagOr July 20. routine and several good, enough to go out front for solo work. ] Idea of a dressed up miniature burlesque show running an hour has its chance. Plenty of headline Nine acts-at the Palace this week, comedy OtCts prosper and. comedy plenty of quantify but quality? developed in the wheel entertain- L^gt -y^recic , only five. Still .«nouKh ment of another day. : This Jone has y^ude regulars left here who will the dressing, staging and Marshall pay $2 if they're convinced they'll looks able to support the comedy $2 worth of : vaudeville. " ■^.^A Knf- tho u/VioiP ciKrtw neods ma- I -^ith this week's show neither the end, but the whole show needs ma terial, and a lot of knitting. . ■Film feature, "'The Cocbariuts (Par-Marx Bros.) riot in ..this neigh.r borhdod house, drawing oh a proS- pierpiis: f oreigh: populatlori, who house nor the customers are going to be satisfied. Considering that John ..Gharli?3 Thomas probably, cpntemplatod this town as his.-forte spot arid derJiaridcd found: the fast cross gagging :a. W j^e riiusic lovers here to Hock puzzling,, but .went whole-heartedly to the . P.ilace. this . Saturday rriat for the -pantoniimlc low: cbinedy. Rush. SJ3t STREET .. :R6st of the :firs.t; hctlf :. was . given over to ''Sl^yscrapers,.*' -band Qf:■ 10, eight.-.girls, . arid five priricipals* ;which:: moved -fast: enough ' to' keep 'em: /from getting restiesS. . Acro- batic.-dub- uncorked, one.new triek:pri the now standard; climax tnro-wiaiway- ivhile iCay Spangler uncorked. Sbrive good-looking kicks. Buddy Page is the m.. c.. travelirig: Iwith this, orie; arid- scbred with. Ws muiGple instru- ment specialty,- ■ • ; Rubiri cPriterited hiriiseU .by gagr gih& gbirig to the miriiit.ure trom- bone, and dahcing anyway: they. called.lt. He -went pri wlthbut an act, J still hasri!!; got bne, and it iJolesn't make «^ny difference:: A per- former is a performer. Lewis, closed arid caime. through, the dra,pes to a heavy, receptioh der spite the lengthy .stay on . this ros- trum... .Act ^is ..the,; Same, as; pf yore' and. clicked that way. ' > Sid. tni^ IS naereiy xne Jrmace. J-^'^"".^^ ybung woman isn't dotog what, they probably k^^^ the fat boy is, and does hU Palace, .while, he II .probably ^not| ^. encore trick as the. "baby.' tread other vaude bpa^^^^^ ifilC^THoward went aa big as- ever. - His If Tie does he can do his Pavlowa, ^ ^ clowning, la the kind the which theyUl all ""dei^teJid. 1 B^oKiyri reg^^ The Idea it the dinner rmisSlon out. The Satlricail sketch, thumblrig its "Bipod and tfhunder" ana «^Tia,ncy 1 ^-i^j, ,wpqt "hand colored ouartet Ray ran succesjd^^y at^he. 4in^^ 58TH STREET Four Amei'ican Ace^ arid a Queen, I casting opener, .started the bill. \yit h snap that got lost soriicwhere later. P(iur men do alL oic: the work while the girl,pretty 'arid blonde, comes. 86TH STREET «... ot oir?imp: rtowri^^^^^ down andther surefire hit S"il&.^^l^^'"f^:^Srig?^vS^^^ s^jed^^ pick up as tl.e most of the bill's coniedy moments afternoon went ,on, to itself until then, besides big | from capacity, things, for itself is soriiethirig re r-v: (Vaudfilm) _ ^„., More than any .other m.etropolitan in for the bows. Eddie Stanley with neighborhood, housesi a regional the^. Giri.ger, cute . bundle ;of personality,, itre in New York, city has. ah. aura ry^jth plenty of iboks- but rriediPcre all its own. Any house in ar\y local t j ability, • were no riot in the deuee.i. ity, of. the metropolis reflects itj. 1 Stanley is young and ambitious and ueighboi'-s: iridubitabiy, . riot.r,. only, jia good riiemory, judging from racially, as say the .86th.;S.treet in the. hig gags. Tiirn is a. hodge'. pPd}!;e heart Pf Teutoriio Ybrkville,:oif any. .of: gong; dance, piario arid clarinet, of the -East .14th street stands,.:but wh?ch all. put together spells noth- alsp ecoripriiicaliy. • One . just knevv inj> <or big time. . _ that the 2d and 3d: averiboers, from . First , andr list burst of . cbriiody (Uriit Show). rthe area ;whence , draws the .58th in this sectiori came from Roy Cum- HouSe spmetifties.takes on a tried Street its patronJigei would avail mings, around with Florence. Uob- and tested: u>nlt. putfit, but this or- I themselves . of ariy, and all pppbr-, erts. Cunimings getting blue but sranizatibh SppnSored>by. Jean Bed- turiities of week-ends to scram.from, once, kriocked the -four; spot in ini, under the, name ot "Keep Smil-.J city environs. .I'he suspicion wad [pieces with his free-fpr-all • and ing>" doesn't 16pk{ set at this show-1 cpnfirriied by all of Saturday after- Usiial antics.and falls, it's tTve same ing. (Secbrid performance Saturday)- noori's gross; For. the first itiat they stuff Cummings has been doing for Bedlril has had broad experisnce | could have housed .all: the custom- years but stili good and dependable, in vaudeville P.rbducing. stretching ers,-if sPlidly.seated and not scat-' Liazeed TroupOi 11 fast Arabs, back 20^ years, and. for the last five tered,; iri .the first 10-rows,: or. less brought the lo"bbSristS back for some years; he. has. handled burlesque] than one-fifth of the dowhst^irs*. flash, turiibling and mounting rou- shows. Uridet the Columbia-reeime I capacity, I tines that scored big. Troupe is a hiS; burlesque: productions mea.iured .Maybe they're . not uped to the mixed aggregation, .with some oi dp with. the. best. . Saturday-bpenirig and.are. sa-ving it ] tha'^w Mutual burlesque scheme held no.Uii -for.^he big Sunday-orisla^ fea:ts. : About as good an Arab turn prospects for stager of his ideas ami th^ boi-^office, but biz sure: was as can be found around now,; he returned to vaudeville. brrital.. Mary Hayries, last here about VKeep. SniiUng'V has good cpmedy Not a l)ad show^ either. It's the eight nioriths ago, fbllowcd with her Ideas a.nd it Is this elenient that jceiso Bros, uriit, which lias been character songs that iea«-hed strong will put it . over.,: Ufp ;rilcel.yv yaudvilllng .on and . off since 1925.: pcrosg the footlights. M'.ss Hayr.eS although, far f?*'''"®^''"®.^ ; *^^''?'^?^^^^^^^^^*^^ .1 . . , Mark.: , freshinfily new fPr- Vaude, When something new conies along in vaude now it's good even if it's bad. When it's thoroughly good, like "BloOd and Thunder," it looks almost great. ACADEMY (Vaudfiim) Fair enough vaude layout at. the big Pox house the first half, .consid This clever idea his been smartly ering the summert me budget ^B H paced and is well acted; The players l^^''J^^S^°t''^,.'^'^^JJt^^^^^^^ are under the handicap of knov?Irig RusS^ll Markert s Revels arid Fejer.b they have to be Xuriny, and W.ith the - "Society - GambpLs": ift the deuce ^nd.; - knovviodgp that , it's riecesSary ■ to closing spots. respecUvely. Toto. tho • convince the audience thit the slcit clown, and Joseph K. Watson siipr. is j'iist fi lot of clowning, after all.l pllcd the comedy balance,., which. ; Ray pjo.lsed all the way throughj while not up to the standard of I< ox .•iiis 18 miniites;- saving his sirigin^f variety lineup; was , nevertheless '■vbiec with personal charm, arid fail- plenty of show fbir. the little better ing. to bnce nientiori tiis iiltn career, thari. 50 per Cent .audience ctt the soriiething ouf dt the ordinary . for. early .show Saturday. after.nppn/ picture'actors In -vaude.; It's quite Oh the screen '.'Father and. Son different after; sPriie of the otht;rs (Cpl),. Fox silent arid MoVietomJ and the <way some of the others news arid ''Plane Crazy,'' cartaon have strained themselves to!.convey comedy with sound, alsp evidence the iriipression /they, were • ysinf,'! of summer economy. ' • vaude as ,d mudpack: to/take the . Opening held the Agomps, -pint bliackheads out of their voicos. in ; case .^oirie.: stray. . talker ^ .. .director .Should' hapiJeri- tp,b.e -around. 'Ray., with his nanie and' his stage ma;tt- . nerlsnia,. is. a bet for; all ;6f vatide. The Wonieri will like him-; of . cpur.^e.-. and the mbri jvill; top, from start to -■ flnishv . ;■ .:■ \. ■■'. > ^ Miss Williams, .. assisted., by a Latin bdilroom:/couple of. clasi5 I . stanipi walked off Avlth the:aUdiehcft • urider her' arm rand yolpirig for more. Miss Williams arid Carroll are the two names dangling over the: Palace box office this week for bu.sl- tiess. Both entertain.. That the.Pal-, ace names should ariiuse as well, asr ..' attract, is .something else new for . the Palace.'.-.^ - ,.- .' 'Ray . and Harrison, who most ■' likely have . played every, soi-t of Palace, can say they did as well at the big, big Palace as they have done in any . hpuse they have ^ever played. It was a perfect spot lor them, coming When comedy was.sp sorely needed, and with theirs the only comedy of its kind on the bill. Tha cbntvast oi^lss Ray's gencrpijs chassis flkairist slight Eddie Harrl- eon becomes most effective in the sized ; acrobats;-, iwith ; neat riHley work., and... ladder : bal!vricing. Act StttridR out iri its-class. V. ■ Markert's dariclng . act with . 20 people, .12 of . the gitlS doing pre'-: clsiori stuff,: Runs 26 riiiriutes arid could add' considerable to its:-value if \trimmed down.. . . Well mounted, but. three routines by the. precisiori- •ists ..arid two . each - by ;tw6. sister teariis and a couple pf male hoofers are ari: overdose pf terpsichorev Cori- tbrtioriistic dancet. .doing .control stuff is highlight ' a:s- well as* the unlsori. stoppers in a colorful, fari tableaux finale. . . • Howard .with lii.^ 'topical monolog clicked, his cnickg arid comedy songs /hitting consistentiy with an audience that llkoS its humor dished up wSthovit fancy trlmniing.s. ^k:;=J3lQj;jati3.^Ustlc-clQ\vning^ for'25 riiiriutes.. -H.6 js assisted in his comedy capers by .a man and n woman. - . StiU iisirig the'irirtiniature autompfeile for an effective entrance ■Toto has built up the turh with a vast amourit of• ycrs.atile pantominve sure-fire for the kids arid equally entertaining'to the grpwnups, "So- ciety Gambols" (New Acts) closed in satisfying' .fashion. After the first 20 minutes the af- , . -n.-iu^ t^^u^1,.^^l^, I his hoops and qlubs; Latter are. 1 n.v^ii ...u,uv '^f'f.^'^n^^oX'^n^.^ n^^^^^^ handled by the versatile with Wilt ^1^^ T^olsos , for comedy returris, ;Flp afternoon. their material in the uriit ahead, and Itbn doing a marathon all Doubling, fi'pm the .linit Everi wjthPutthe walkauts -it hbuMo full of criiptie.'i. JjOi>l>. two. l^k^^aTthouyj'V^^riumb^^ ..theSscreeri f!^5!:A^"?°"^„„»-r®. -""T^^f^- . -1 more: ''Outside the GMrcusv and 1 with "Cocounuts" . (Par) as. feature. .Al[morid and Gray Sisters sot pace In r.'ittllnfr good dance routine witli .'1 ■i '■ ■,•1 turnout must have been a bitter dis- appointment. There .were a number of femmo/patrons wlip cariae,-saw and departed right after Thomas [flriished and doubtless may never : (Vaudfilhfi) . visit the Palace again. With little .Class bin of fpur acts for first better than a half ■filled hoiise at • iialf, but decidedly Shy on coniedy, the first show .they walked, at: ij>- ' Hookers probably may have figvired termissiori and' didn't return, the : screen .. antics of the: Marx Thomias, concluding-:the first sec- Brothers iri '"The Cbcoariuts" sut- tion of . five tUrnS, was respectfully ficlcrit o.r tbp tough ■ to . top. in the .j'eeetved and properly- sent., oft. He stage, show. : Is: a very, fine artist, but riot: for ; SUm attendarice at the Saturday vaude. . Iri his 20 tnlriute recital matinee./ "fhomaa Sarig five numbers, orily Fbiir High Hatters, mile dancers of which,"Old Mari: River." iri Eton ..dress suits.,: and . toppers' w^^^ Singing . opened, going over in a steppingip'Swee Heart'' from '"Maytime," .. registeririg: on sble.s^ and • ensemble >i!homM remiridcd the audience it Avork. ' . '\-} ' was iri this' show: he .remained .for / .. Flprrie LaVere and Go, satisfied six nionths in Chicago in 1919. No ; with a pofpburri of comic, r.epar r / Miss- LaVere .handled her Songs arid Hblding up the middle of- the fi-<int ' daivpes veiT well with credit, fbr the of the bill Was the Wll.tbn a:nd , only coriiedy on the.'.biU. :. :/ .. Weber/unit (New Acts),. Comprised ■Jane arid .KatKeHrie ljee.scored iri. .(jf a, of api.ateur talent picked, an 'acceptable , adniixture , of talk, l yp. in/Memphis by Macklin Megley, siriging - and' dandlrig with cpri:xedy 1 ynUSt have be'en rushed in to: t lie "by Jai:ies.and: Serimg. th^ ^ That it didn't. .belPng. in . , \ ■: i • t -V » - ' this h'ouse-'was: 4s eviderit arid cori- : ZelQs:: and..Yolandp, mixed Ai-gcn--L, j,,uyujj. jig joe Wilton, trying 10 tlrie daricing teirii, provided the..class; ,j^: ^.j^e entire: shew .rtnd. riio.-i.sing wallop in closer with.a darice rpytie j^j^t taking ariy.chftrices VVil- that was a perfect gem; The danp- Uon Uppod the audience the people , era .have the agility and grace, float- .j^ j-^g unit were amateurs and sol-, ing through their nn.mber.s; Shapiro iQii^^i: their indulgerice, .That: might, and Shefter; male, pianists carry ^^^^ ^^^^^ okay in a showing hourfo accompaniment :for the -dances and \v jj^gt .half sortie where but riot also spot a piano duet in midsection 1 .j^gi pjj^jj^j,^ that-wa;s. an . .ear/treat; ' ' .Bob.. Al-mprid'3 . triple tap , on ic6 . skates, :T:he scenic backgrpund arid snow, effect for the:skate da,nce en- hancfid . .v.aluc -of tlie Stepping: and sent the trio away happy, Nawahi, m.ale Hawaiian, strUmnied ire riert tiy staged. . : .1 mpre; . "Outside the Circus," .10. arid People concerned are Johririy Mii-. O'Conrior's Jungle .Lions, six, in to • Icr. acting. as m. c. arid lamentaWy p-'^^ '"^ 44rmiriute show.:. laoldng in smart'' patter; -Webb Sisn. The O.'Connpr. pr.eson.t;atiori' of: th.? to s, typical ingenue '■ pair,- pretty. 'three rats within a cage is a show- yourig, .with -light harmony voices mrtrily interhide. O'Connor is tall arid.a capital knack for tap danc-l\firid; f|u)t<v dashing in. hl.s • tropica.! trig; kit Cat Trip, three boys, who military unie, pacing, his .pets fear- holp out in. dance riunribers but not lessly and .effectiv ;I)clriiar'.« , ... ,,w otherwise proriiinenf ; : :.M;iy Myora. Llonfl; r^^^^ -former, cat turn iri and .sang his-way to popularity-wlth - : - - - - ' •• " ' ■■ ■- . X- .- ' the mob. Alternating, from ukc to i.tar !for his,, numbers .and some,, ho had everything bout' specialty late iri the pror.ccd-f lip with :ihe thririf? liV/ns, onr. .t^orvlri.!; .1 hi.s own. way. , : , . ■ ings* Miss Gardner, apparently th.';; as a. moHt. ffffftivft .ntrait;ht in I Phil Seed .'ind Co. delivered With nrinra donna, handsome figure ;inrl snMrliriu find. snar'Nng and stinwing . fi.^ft:i L-.i:QGder-: -.:-M arshain-:^and./ieiklLL ^ -r^^^^ and man. .A nlni Jack Major Girls; / • ! . wotTJH jo: lairgh .off wllh a, dinoori- .prerac-o .shows the mob in rehoarsaT. sometimes ; elaborately .dressed. ; It ,With,'tthe uriit vogue iriV.varicty en-^ -didn't sound aS forte in: JJier . voice: . has plenty of dancing speciali.sls^ coming into popular- as-before, with the report that >sl)ev satisfactory singing^.strength. rTo.u-^ ity anew, the .Jcelsbs have refur.- :vi.'ent . on ill. , If she' did then she bl.e^npw is that It is .uneven. First hajj-^g^ their ,^'Outside the Circus" deserves, ai ixuff as. her.' general ,J^- part is distinctly weak*.made .^o by sequence:arid retitled it the "Crazy portriierit and delivery/didn't shov/ it. three, time-kilhng^blackouts b^^ Reviie." .It's the same frame- At five o'clock Wilton end Wobcr. on spicy .ideas,, but >vithout thek,p instead of Eiily DeLIsle's. jug- were still pitching left handed gags nerve .tp gp. through with it, any- gung jbl-de-rol, Howard Nichols, is at each other in next to- shut, do- . how not . at this house. I dovetailed into the sequence with. spite the team had uAOd up most of iS^ySali-e^ U^i?^anJr?Sfe neS ^ '^"^t -presentation.- Each act | over, th^^avy Yard with ihf red-SiriS N*^^^^^^^^^ placarded. Joe arid Harry was still a mistake; . -oh' Sine i^^^^ st'i'^t With their legerdemain; Jncz and Da Wyn, slow motion fvlfo Ind tLn t%ing tfc^ ri^a^kJ art- »^^kum. Maurie .Kelly and Florence fdastSque dancjor the show batic ilriish- iceiiy-.' in kidding style^ registered, Niccly';stagcd.iiumbet is a/briilal /J^? J®^^':^^^^• J'^?^' ensemble with the eight.girls of the ^^^VC" ^re Smiling.' Respite jt being lirie dres.sed in blaek and gold, h-' repetition of the immediately pr^- Speelal .sorig goes with :: it. and af-. ceding: act s ^■closing .. num^^ . llf> fair makes:a good-stage picture.. was. Pettnls McCurtin (New, Acts), . Side show frpnt of a Circus ba.s'pvnjt'ish tenor, whp opened'the shov/ somethirig iri boriiody but it's ail now .and Is ari addfedvstartcr to: the unit, iri process of develbi>merit and lacks I. The . Kelsps .alonp con.sjumed 21 JEFPERSON (Vaudfiim) • Diversity and even running show. . first half. Plenty of cbmedy and.- fl-ashes. in the five-act . bill. SPIP d'jiri'der; -Bert Gardner,-probably .the. Kelso unit, but this, tops .'cm. the. ">"b.; the second comic; Giaby arid Smitl^ f••'tpt. - Jamo.s •. OX'onnor makP.H ;> steel gui.t comedy acrobats Whb db a knocka- rthrni- of .the. six mlriuto.s he's cagWd warbnng. ■ These people aire scattered through cfrtlng n'onifholano'!. For Uw final'". 65 miriUtes in brief, specialties and: wlifri he ll'rK down wllh ont>:of iho tipncd and another with the eight IJoiis, bf| pa.'u;cd his giin . to nn. ns- as number leaders, - schedule ruri- .sl.sfarit wlihout the ciige, tht.s al.so ning Stroriig: on tap daricing>. Num- making an offr'ftivf' bit y»f V>Yplay. bers are prettiiy staged, notably, the .. "Co'-'^ffnuf!*," the featuro;. au.g- bridal party bit'meritlpnod and an- rnonffd by Wllll.'im J. <'51lrf>y . .it'v-, . other with the eight/ chorines in. pVfsHsiri/ta* Ih'; oonnole. Davlfi Ti<<vp dancing.'with.Seed ai(li:ig materially blue satin bodices all'doing a tap 1 Ih mii!!l<";.<l dinrrlor. . Abel, i (Continued on page 79) in a night club arid. a. raid. Seed, undcM-si'/od- cornici ,adorned in' rolio. of tent proportioris, is "."set as the judge. As- each offender is a,!*-, ralgncd he leaves. i.t to the out-, frphlers to decide via sprrl.llties.as' to guiht or innnco.ncn. ."^intririg and