Variety (July 1929)

Wednesday, July 81, 1929 VAUDE HOUSE REVIEWS VARIETY 39 PALACE (St. Vaude) Everybody dances at the Palace this week IricludinB the: ushers. The usher Is Billy G ilisoh, ■who double digits the customers at the entrance^ Whbri not ushering, Billy has a weakness for legmaniai Elmer Socers. the Palace boss,, gave Jilm a crack at ..ah audience Saturday mat and will Keep him going . all ivGok for which Gihson will receive a Lood send-off,, symiiathctic audi-, encc and maybe, some extra dough, i-f viiudeville as the eV^ttloh of tVie old Variety days -Is; suyppi^od .to. te'literally a presentatiph oi. a; va- rieiy of talents; whoever hbokoj. the ^h'c w this we6k shtHild glva hiitiself tjtj *Eh^ bill holds nine acts o£;\v?iIeh six are solidly dahce turns. To-make matters worse, the seventh, Harry Bplmes, has a hoofer .(the; .vishei') wished, on him. • •. ■. ; ■ . .By the time a truly class danbe act, Veloz ai.d Yolanda- (New Acts) came on,; it Nyas little wonder ,the house was. surfei.£ed .a:hd scrammed. It's . extrabrdinary that ; this: ,terp turn held them in. the way they. did. Eveii Bill Boblnspri,. jiistvPi-ecedinaf In the hextrtb-shut, had.vsome of his edge .taken pft by what had; prc- ■.!j;eded.'him;. ■ . . Along with the overplus. Pf the Btepblogy, the: show was heavy'.oii the ■ivPl'Jos. \ Plenty v.of piano's , all along.' ■ Two ; acts held: a', double piahlgtic frameftip;^ tv.hat'a- m both' .these 'twin pianists: bkcked tip ballroom 'dancers. iFunny hp'vv thpsis things. "happen i In pyclesr. dhmah." < and \ .Ardeh start; thfe .dPuW6 ' piano : vbgiie . arid • ■ '■ they «li hop jpinV it-the. s as- .'When. Myrio ■originated : the;'adaglolsms with two partners.:...NoW" alh iadagib. acta are . ti:iple pr quadruple fPr)iiia- . tlpns. ihstead ■. of.. double .-teams. ; . The general .sameness made fbr an iheyltabie lack- pi- iiistre.! - The general prbccedlhgs': were V.jlistl.es.s and spotty* Fpr'the.Saturday.showiil still another, .dance actv .Peggy Ghatnberlaih ;and ."C*os>! . Hiihes,^-w •iut through the conflicting opening and ,clQ.sing / days in:.. Boston and New . York. The", came -^In- Sutiday to further compllc'x.3 matters., i .. .With the eight aots concluding at B; 2.5, the belated-, tu'rn -necessitated ■fibms perlous phoppingV^ Apollon with. Frahcbs: 'Wlliiams are hbldoVei'Sy. .The . Apollpn .revue :rat.e..S'. it' mPre than the "Scandals" cprriedieiine who.'does an .In'differciU ■cycle, of songs. .She only gbt tp>?em with the ' "Picklri* Cotton" hijmber. Again George White, is given a "courtesy" adv... as - is his shpW, al- though the "Mr." is /missing thl.s 'Week. Leonv.and-^^^^^ are thp ■ sup- porting: darice artists, . Jjco Fe'inev and Harold Arlert; the twp-piaho team;. Leon and Bebe are: obvlpUsiy floor show In style, ^uite stahdard .among .dance teams, ■ but' not espe- cially bf premier Inippirlance. .They lack the polish and aplDrrilj of -truly "class." turns- although bespcakins their capjibilltiesV The man" woiiUl do Ayell: to polish up his. poise and ■•put bii a prop smile oh occasion: too much ','dca:d pan" stuff. Show , led off With Beehee and , Bubyettb Go. (New Acts), . ground tumblers, jpe ;^Iendi, the chimp act, deuced, this time paced by a man instead of ia, woman as When .last seen.: Mehdl Jias heeh 'in .picture-s ■with the Our Gang (Roach) come dies and for vaudo:viit-2 l.s giVch a timely and Impresslvo' tallyhbo as . '.'the missing link," ripging In the Scopes.'trlal at Daytbn, T'enn,, Clar- .«hc.p Darrpw'. et al. as pai't of .the Bniel. ■' V Atibther Fanchori and .Mafco unit the jsefebhd at the Palace, is th^'' "Songs I Love" ideal last wcolv at Fox's Academy. It started the danct? barrage with a vengeance. No less than rfbiir dance teams—^John and Harriet Griffith. Huiff and Ilunt. Don ■sctid Rita, ahd Jolin Roper and Lorna Ruth—;ar© . specialists. . The Stroud twins , are the' principal -. comedians along .-with Roy Smoot Avho t^nprs . ihost of the. favorite Vocal numbers around Which this unit has .been deyeibped. A nifty bctbt .of . Gah- .^tOEnJa,- Choristers r are the- .femmf: back-up'.."':- '•■''.■-..'■-,...:. They liked the ^trouds. Soime' Df theli- stuff - is blue,' Of the dancers there, were two outstanding teams presented more impbrtantly than the other pa:Ir of coriibinaitions, andiievi-: dencing distinction by their wovlc; Ha.rry Holmbs. w^-s- a-.flaish-back ,- to. honest Vaudeville of yestferycar '■; When they hbked and did anything .for a lajiigh, and got.'eni in plenty,' .Holines Was a :^robd taste -of : good pld-fa.shioned,, ;-belly laugh-^^ • ing vaudeville, and they went for It- Nothing ; refined oir polite about Hblntes*.funny isms.-It's a raucous kind, of an act; but Avhat price geh- "tlllty If heimakes 'efn hPwl? The sillier the better they liked it • It . wjvs. fbi" the encore that; Billy .Gibson, the. hoofin' «*her, was in- troduced. . Looks like ! the Palace ■Will I6j5e a. .pood u'sheiv He fla.shcd a catalog of legmania thrit augurs . Well .for the. potential stepper. , Ghnmberlain. and " llimcs, .•'pottod for the fifth groove, did hbt hialsO ===the^hmv-Tmtii=^Tnrd u ' v .Mi^ir^Wii? hams, clo.sod the first half a.<3 schod- tiled. l^)Ur' acts in the last half. The- Apollon Revue, paced by a canny ^hpWm.TLh, - was strong on comedy, jpj^''''.c .and dariclhg all over again, fhi.s week'his Filipinos are clad as ocotsnjc-n; liifjt week they were Ruase In character. . Apbllpn's "BPo Bbp Blues" Is a.nifty development of a Russp-Semitic strain. , Danzi Goodell, In support, is a peach of a comedy . dianseuse and -a. dlnch for production. Mllle. Neva, importantly ballyhooed as of the Folios Bergcrf, Paris, was just another contortion- Istic diancer.: '..; '. Ch£irle.s W. liamp, radio .name Put of WdR, is a big Improvement sin.cc: noticed- aS a ..new act some week.*? ago at:' thie Slst St.; He seems to iaVe be.iicfltbd by'a Weight redu.c.- tlpri that., will enhance his . stage (possibly screen; . talking shorts; etc;) appearance. His mannef" of dressing is like'iyi.se less'dressed-rup. arid ' mbre Abecbmihgly . Infornial,; .In country Vclub.. attire. The micro- phonic traihsmisisipn .Is ' also ^'im- proved, for. which. RGA gets, a fi;ee. plug; The.- v'blasfihg'' "bvertories .are absent and his..rotttIne i§^^:nbw kept within bpuhds.. Hamp seems to have been properly groomed and his Pal-^- ace .date-is a -.click.,.-:.... ' '- . ' .. Bill iibbinson tap-stepped, his >Ya:y to a terrific score despite .iall Imme- diate, hand icip?/. Seferhingly, • the rest ■ b.f y. -the'^ shbW . Acknowledged BilVs prowess, taking; it; for granted that he - would top everything, for poilbn, jiist precedihg, ad lib.becl that '.'it's nb use making it tbb easy ifbr. Bill.vJrtobinabi)." .This was In connection .with- iMiss. Williams, who stayed 'QV'er" , tby contribute., a sper cialty. In the "Apollon act. (Because of runnlrjs^ time,, iricidentally, this extra ' specialty. ' wili ' prbbiifbly;. be elided to permit a better schedule.) Robinson Is doing a gradbuS plug fbr ''Hot Ghociolates," ephriie^';cbl- br^ed reVUslcal at the ; Hudson,, by using "Ain't Mfsbehavin' " frbm "thb n'ew'-$h,oT<f ,hnd'- "plupging it. The custbmfei's ail. ^ "got" the /danciifig cohiedian's .ahriouriceihent: "t'li: now dp; .ah, imitation of Bill Robihspri danPiiig on the steps," fbi; this hurrir be.r has Ijei&n one of the most "'lifted'.' and.. ''Impressibned" . specialtiesMn the businesis, something which Rob- inson deserves tp curb, arid prptecf for hisf Pw'h exclusive benefit. . Veloz and Yoiahda.: closed. Biz excellent for opening Sat. mat Abel. (BROOKLYN) (Vaudfilm) . Very snappy five-act show alori with ".MasCiuerade" (Fox), ffeatUro picture, played like a typical' Fox bill at the second performance Saturday. Excellent most of the tim^, fair once In a While arid never bad. , The current Icick iS.in Fanchon & Marco's "Idea of Beauty," ru'nnirtg but 21 minuties as a result of prob able trimming . from the original forrii. It never lacked nor did i( ever falter (New Acts). F. & M. Ide£t closed the show, An other New Act, The Kemmys; ada(?io and acrobatic quartet, ,opened it dumbly and strong. Eddie Hill (New Acts) No; 2 single man, pleas- ing for 12 minutes -and reaching his particular 'peak with u recitanivn? novelty lyric to finish. The jack Pettis, orchestra, along .the standard stage band lines with twp specialty people, both girls, had the mid-spot and pleased musjcally N.o show Stoppages up tp this point though hbthing went under. SUnghine Sariiriiy", routine as In the Keith hbuses, had the feat-jre spbt and In the billing, doing Well enough. .. House pit Prchestra, playing soriiewhat lengthy overture, might ■have reserved Its number for th band on the stage. The contrast upon going in from the street called for a topboat on the Inside Saturday.afternoon, ' BWc 58TH STREEt (Vaudfilm)' . Gobd bill, first half ; fiVe acts and "Fashions in. LPve'' (Par). Np wailopy standouts but acts all lilveable. saye for ; a lone doubtful in "Poor ' .Old Jim," .reyival of yesteryear, sketch, now projected by Charles. Hopkin^; jr.; and Bessie Rb'mpbl -which landed sb-So Satur- diiy rilght in Np. 3. It was big. 1.5 years ago, but, suffers . no\y . In. the old jtiiiie tehipoi . . \ ,-, It's about i a;-wife .neglectpr sbusa Whbrii the: family phy'si.cian aind Wife plan to pure . by making: hlni believe he Is dedd and .wanderlrig: about" m spirit,. bu t .not In: perso.ri..' ■ The idea is V iflimSy 'and. laughs too wldelj' spaccd .tQ kick .up much^-ripw; . Mi; •Hbpkiris, as the sbuse; Miss RemT pel, as the Wife,;arid J. M. Clayton; as the M. D., are -satisfactory,, but the sketch isri't, at least not fo.r this jazz..age.' - . -■■ Schepps Comedy Circus,, animals, piloted through.', tricks • by :hiale (ralner, opbned and' got results.. :pisanD vand .Latidaucr, with Un-, billed fbm.me. -clpwne'.d to favor with' chatter, songs- and ihstrumontatlori. Bud Harris and RadoliFfi male cblored. team, clicked rieayily. -Frank =rnTd=^i!ltHl^rittbn=fiivnlk>(l=i'l>y'^^ Derby - Band, "and Dorothy.. dancer, held theiri in in closer witli a typical barid act rbutihe,. enjoy- able and cril.^hing bri novelty With .''Our Musical Ancostar.s". -with thb band hovs riiade. up to. iroseinble.mu sic ma.sfers of. the past- and then ringing in Sou.sa- for sriia-^h finale. ORPHEUM (St. Vaude) Los Angeles, july^ 2S. "With' sumiher prices, bringing them in, Orpheurii gave their cus- timers a Sumirier bill cbsting ?6,300 or, $5,000 less tha.n .'vveek before: Curr rent menu opened to a packed:houSc and .didn't have ah- iic.tually soft spot :ri. from the tbp dbWn. ' LIta. GrCy Chaplin headlined with Gorinne Til- ton featured, but four of the others Were close behind and the othi/r two were easy' to take.,. Lita' Grey Chaplin ? surprised. the'' mbb '. with ian . Unusually. pleasing' voKe and an. ^tburidance of persbri.--: ality. .:. If keeping: up hct-^ present gait,. she'lL still be.; headlining Ibng- aftet theV public's forgptten the publicity that first iffaye her. lUe wedge.V. Miss "T?iltp,h gpt aWay. to 'a. slow', start -with her intrpdUctbry nuinber but \vhen'. she came to lier 'iiripr'essib.ris,''. w'bwed,: : : . . Diehi : sisters . ; .and Mcpondld bpenea, -mari. -. ais.: sbrt:, .of . ni.. c> with girls dping .burlesques pf Pri- ental, ; Spanish arid' classic ballets. "Smbkbscreen," .- Chicago'. Drarha; Lefl,gue's .:p'ri2e sltetch, .an xirider;^^- w'orld. piecby okay: Heleri Williarhs, John; Graham and .Arthur Bluhm: are tiie. player.s; Miss \yiiliams' wbrk ihsplrihg. ': Whitemari's' . ■ Rhythiii Boys, .Barnes Ctpsby' and Renker doubling : f rom, the Montmartre and stopped- events with .tlielr, routine. ' •Jbe/K'eno and Rpsie Green'd' a little ■bit of every Iclnd pf c.lpwriing arid bopsted :the family; by ^bringing on Mitzi, who Went oyer In her own right with ilriltatibriS, .. .. " Howard Kanb and Corel Ellis pat- tered, a, fast-linb that had .sprije new gags ;ihd pvered to real l^LUgi-is.. Miss Tllton foilowed ; arid. ;.shpw - closed With Countess S.onia;'^s Revtie, a riiiniatUre "Chauve-iSoUris," a liead liner, in its own right on mpst bills. Soriia ; put over .lierself arid . her sirtgors, . .fiVe ririBji and wPman, sh.owed real voices.; They • clpWncd, sang iind dariced lii typical' fbreigri !5tyle aind .riipb liked them plenty. STATE-LAKE (VaMdfiim) .Chicago, july 27. A balanced bill, here this week, liked by the mob filling the house at the first show today. Rlomberg's Alaskans, animal act,-slated; to bp.en, failed to appear; train late. Pressler - and KlaisS are sold prin cipally. by the rubber-jointed flip- flop and duirib cplhedy of the male member. Woman, sings a couple of POP tunes tb good returns. Guy and Pearl Magley, dance fiash, with Kiki Talag, top dance!;-, Earle Boys, taps, the M'elvin Sis- ters, Charles Jones, colored hoofer Guy Magley, after cracking tha;t m c.'s are nui.sances proceeds to-prove how dull the job can be mad<? Nothing big in the act, singing and dancing ordinary and. unoriginal. Bobby May opens in "one" with his harrinonica arid gbes to "two"' with his juggling routine. Good pre eisjon work with clubs and balls For finale jugj^les while standing on his head; Liked a lot; took an en core. • The Olsen arid Johnson gang spent a Ipng time on the stage With no- body getting bored. . A lot of fooling With stooges and with the audience Itself. Enter tained with crazy clowning. "Flying Marine" (Columbia) fea- ture. Shorts but no news shots. sheik attire oke for comedy while the instrumentals were ear-sooth- ing. "Lights and Shadows," produced by Maurice Golden, held class spot; and worthy bf it. A. levee nUriibcr - with diuLcers \silhouetted as background .:fPr ini'^ed quar- tet in. medley . mpst effective of song scenes; All Avere handled with utm(j«t cxpertrie.sS. I-ievue; enlists 16, hiostiy. girl daneei-s w-lth Latter con- tributing solos doubles and erisem- ble?> ' {uVlisfactprily. ' Scoriic: and pavtorial embellishments away above average. a,lso helped;'' . METROPOLITAN (.Vaudfilm) Plenty of diversity on current bill here and good, attendance Monday night;: despite rePord-breaker Pf the recerit heat wiave. Plenty cool inoide but. most of them took to the beaches. Skatelles, riiixed dUo on rollers, made pace and' got ovef in gingery routine. Three McCann "Sisters did well: With song arid dance, handled as. trios, arid leaning to acrobatics ;Oj£id eccentrics. The girls-have ap" pearance and 'Sibi.Hty>- Good deucer. George ]^unteri urider cork and with an Al Jolsonlsh delivery, rPlled them with hig dbuble enten- dre chatter, spacing; ;wlth sprigs aiid combining for heavy, results. / Sihg'er's Midgets closed ..atid pf^ fered' a whole show themselves. : "This is. Heaven" (UA) oh screen. ;;i;:^--:::vV^;5TAT^:^-^^^ ,;';' .;: (Vaudfilm) \ iCouple ■ of seasons a go • a young-; fellow,, not' eritlrely: unversed- .jin: things; th.ea-trica,!,' .retuvnod ...from Califbrriia and started sriooririg,. not top. .pbiiifily, at- :the :.S.t?;.ge shows, in the. Broadway picture' palaces." lie; got-a few xunny looks iaUt.rib argu- riients; -; • New ., Ybrlierjv . in ' ..their, sublirive • insular'Vrself-siifficlencs' wPUld 'simply ript ai.dmit the idea .ci", argiue. the . :pbssibility th.iv:t' putside" Ne\V:, :York there: .was^ nobler; arid peppioi> prc^eritatlons, pr shpWmen a'Pmewhat .V.lrtiore imaginative, ; and. efficient, than Ne.W Yprkcr.s in prb- parlng and; sei'virig; iaricy. (Ushe^i: ' Since'. .that: ti-mx> - Fair.ehbn .' and Marco have/.planted tiieir .biin'riprs on the mpve pPpulpU$. side of. .the Rockies and;. tH'eiv units ;i:vij-;in tlie . camp of- the !PltarjiseeSi inviting and able to : sustain -.boriipairiich;'• Not plcrie in picture houses, r but in the fbrt.re.<?,s'es. of . vjiudbv.ille::-. the ■Fa^ri- chpn.a:rid. Ji-larco "Ideas^'- are now pn VlfeW.-V ■- .'-:. . :;:.'■.:;'v.-:\; •. Take; for -instanbe;;': VUp in' .the Air." For ..sheer, npyelty, for. carry r ing it conception through, tb: a happy; cpriclusibn, this revue on. stilts has more, : ribveltyi . color,- applauses arpusing effects; • arid s,ure'.-fire bbmr edy: than . a baker's :dp?en.; bf. .riia- chine-rmade Times -Square' "flash actsi ..Variety reviewed It in :detaii a cou pie-. of weelis aigo., vLet: If^ be reiteratefji-.it's a, WO>y. : -.' ^ Only , three: actia- Satur'day. pri . ac count of thie unit's; lengthy tlme;:al- loeatiPh. Three; livielvins, merltorr lous equilibristic. turn, and; Allan Rogers, tenor, pi-eceded Mae Usher, the gal who works fbr the benefit of the orchestra.. pit.;.. One sbrig' :dPes h"*- make ari act and- A^ae has but one, a pip. about Hollywood in YIdr dish. Getting into that song and afterwair.ds. off .the staige she uses trite ballads indifCereritly delivered with much stalling arid. ad libbing for the.flrst five row.s. It's tough on the rest bf the folk's :who also paid; In character Mae is an artist. Ad Hbbing she'^s" as ' strtle.: as :the ex:- pre.sslon ;'and;how."- "This Is Heaven" (U. A.) On thb .screen. Both Fox. arid M-G-M si lent newsreels. . jsijsinesis - off Sat urday. Probably the sea.son. Land. ACADEMY . (Vaudfilm) Good s.ummbry Entertainment on first half ■ hill. .Plenty pf - cPhiedy with Stage portion of. usual'two houf duration; isc^een feature . "Man ii'rom Headquarters" :CWB) arid shbrts"brlriging It up to .threp hours, .; Biz Very good Saturdai^ afternoon Bums,. Stokep and :Lee 'ppcried; and satisfied ..with ;. dajiice ' prbduction. Mixed tparii; aiterri^atcd in tango and acrobatics With male duo's brace bf eccentric rogisterihg for: pedal ;a,c-' Comi>lishmcnt . and corriedy, cspC- yaiall->^thb;JfTeKntiang^burifrttrt.; Kr-I.tjo Brothers' "Crazy Quilt Re-, vuc" unit ribxt is practically a Whole ■show, in Itself iind {jcorcd heavily for iaiighs.' . -. Joe 'Termini, held over,: did a rbmpaway with, instrumental con- Irihutlons on : violin, banjo . find guitar. 'VVoi)'dialect and Mott Htrc-ct ALBEE (Vaudfilm) An bid statistician around the Al bee claihis the hoUse is getting its share of pattonage, especially at nights.. With any -kind of a piCr ture that: is gbod the returns are all the better; ^ ■ .' • That same .compiler ; bf figures says, that sirice tlie,new ParariVouht Opened: fully . 50,000 :,persons have stopped their Weekly ride'.' to tlic Times SqTjare. picture house section And that the Par has been a real help to the-Albee arid riPf a; Pom- petltive slap. In . oth6r wbrd'a if the Par has an overflow the'Albee catches it. That's possible, yet the new Fox is now open :and it ■ is closer to the Par arid that makes a comparison of .■another color.. This week, starting 'Ust Satur- da,y,' Charles W. Hamp,. doubling from the Palace,- was considered a factor jat the b. • o. ^ .The Aibee ;bn Its first show .Sat- urday had a. small. crPwd, slowly augmented as the afternoon waned. Five-act bill rah: Majclne and Bob- by, Bernice and Eihliy (New Acts), Charles. W, Hampi;: Jbe Frisco 'affd Lorigv Tacit Sam. and Cd; ^ Maxine and his sagacious carilrie worker started the sh'6'w off; a lot better than . one mlgh,t ■.have, imagined; ■ BbrhJce' and - Emliy put oyer a hit aind Hamp,. who followed, shpwed. tliat hls .ra.dib rep was no bolphey;. He' Is. a: gbod stage en-/ tertainer and 'ha>s stage. ::presencc, riipre than -sbme of th^ other radio: progra.hrie'rs; havei ' .} . " Frisco's wisecracks, cbriiedy fol .de fpl and hbkey hokuirt rarig Jts. usual bullseyei ' Oid.stuff as big as ever, : In closing- spot was. the Long Tack Sam act^ still colorful,- plenty of entertainment Anil Sam !;ccriris, to have become, real sacrificial In giv- ing his daughtpr-s all kirid5 of timi? to show their warPs. Miria and N:ce.«5a:Long are capable and; clever, yet they do a little too riiuch in the prescrit layout. . .ThC; Alhee . has; a now.s' WeekLv, .•silent, with .'the regular feature Reginald - B-c-nny in "His ' T>u Bay." ■ v , .' ■■'; -. - ' illKirJe. PALACE (St. Vaude) .• . Chicago, July 27.. Law of average must, alw.vys tell. Even \vith the: Palace: slvoy. s "that nave been bobbing In arid out bf lute oh a catch: VIS catch can b7.sis. ^ For the last few weelvs the Pa!-, ace has had riothirigiit cp\ild boast of. A fe\y headliners with soriie nanie, more br loss, yes, but no .. money in the till. This Week is another and. better story wUh -Jack; Donahue •tbppiiiig a> reall> :good and ^ well-ibaliihced . show.. that; should . bring-the; house \yell Into the .Plioiiy.:. 'Bbnahue- is .an' .accepted loc.iil- taV;. . and ..a :;draw• ;With. the ■ class eleriient .•; in-town,:■■■. --:.;■ ■ .■■-:■.: •.-.•;•''-' About the only thing..w'rbrigwith : ; the bill this week Is the overraburtd- - irice of hoofing..' Of the: eight turns; five hbld footwork. Yet, surpi*isiri,3 '. ' enbugli, conflictibn . . wasiCt notice- , able, even though Buck and ^Bubbles, . closlng .the fir^t half to shb>v atop- ; ping -r.^suitS; • sot -a' • pAce .;,that:;.had . BbnahUe gbing the limit later on to . substantiatb his rightful claim as . orie of the best dahcers of his kind> Venita. Gould, around' once -more. ■ w'ith "Impressiphs,!'. came on ' iftfter . intermission and. departed ..a hit, ■ With a lot bf heW material,; retajii-. - .': ing but three, back;, numbers. ' Miss (iould was as gboci as fever, ; -0.f:her .: hew ohes^- Chevalier • a.nd ' .Patricbla . scored vbcSt;- ' . .• [■ , ■ Bbhahue With.that hobling.bee be- .;.. hind him made 'erii -forget the bth- .: 6rs Wheri. .he .let loose ia; barrag^ .of .stops between, a smart rp.iitirie :Of - • talk, yet riot top smaLrt for Jhis iripb.. a ; good stroke bf shbSvmaiishlp by'v. - Donahue, doubling up: with John Boyle.. who joins hirri via. audience' with.; ilsirpld MpTton, both■ .stfepplng. ! with". Bbylb '. alone , staying: .pri-.. with- : Donahue thereafter.. ;':Th!^ BPyle. and •. Dbriahue Combinatloh Uricoyerod . Sbmp pf thb, niftiest .prepisibn steps;; - with Boyle: still : a; great dahber; Not 'that Dbriahue .can't stand alone.; He can- arid prbyed it : in a solo-. spbt : that h^Ld" the customers dlz.zy follow-.; Ing; his anlicles/Again as.a ybplferbijs.:' comic, DPnahue: is:n.o chump either,- ., so all of-thait "put together niade him .-; WPrtb Whatever he is, getting here;: Buck ani Bubbles witlv the- same; • jamboree act they've been.' Ideritirtcd^ \vlth for years fbund 'thb No. .6 a"fl welcbriie' ^pot. .Buck p'artictilarjy.;. oycion'ed. With h i.S. dpubVe: and; triple . tap's Hhat :putis him dPWn: a^. Bill v Roblrison's. Priiy near'tlvalv. A-nd.; when, talking of Robinson's cbrifeih:-. : pbrary Imitators,: th.ey - can . sfar^t . cbuhtirig irom' this chocolate, kid, : too; With. Bubbles hii usual piahp- manjae and Indolent self tha teianri -. stbpped the shbW.^ Cold. Without :eveft v exerting, themselves. . .'; , V . Willie Solar, riot seen arpund these :- parts foi." some ■ tiriie, wagV another hit :ih the, fourth grboVe, with -the: ■ same. aPt he's; been doing and eVit. dehty .still as gboxJ. lip to ?ind even . Including the w;.,k;. Solar rriorikey iiriitatibns, thi.s Veteran vaude cpnilc was,, standard and . reliable for laughs.' - . .■..' •: Front end of the. bill started at :a good: clip, but' let' doWri with RudeU and Dunigart, a 8b:-sb. rtilxpd ;'tea.m with long and tedious'pbatler. Girl • not. a bad ipbker^; but a bit prema-; turp tP carry on cbrriedy of ar y kihd. Buti- as : the . act's billing denotes, "Such:. lis: Life.'? ;• .■ ■ -■ Ed'vvard - Allen, .song and dixnce cPme.dianv out oC. recent . musical ' shows, .was no ribt No.. 3. Carrying; a useless elg;ht-plece .band With Bobby Gorman, Arildo .TwJLq^ and Don GaUtier as specialties,. Allen could just ..as well ■ dlsppse ' of ; the band and scbhery and 'go irit6"ohe!' With the others. Bands of tnls type and quality; suffqr by :;cpmpaTison With sonie of the'.hbUse combina- tions, and it's a waste of money be- : sides.' Marinoff's Russlbh: Dog; Circus sent off the blll.to a good start, sup- plying; ari Interesting novelty, the kind, of- which- there should be mpre . {irourid. Act ■Carrle3;a.screen :tralier. explaining the .action of the <;anlhies: In drama; fbrm'. Intelliieently put on. Thf-ee KImlwaS,.. Jap .perch ac^^ clo.^ed tp a walking house; -Too slPw - and quiet to follbw this .bill. ; . Biz : eixceiptlpnany. gbod 'Saturday afternoon, - with the . libusc' threpr : quarters filled: on a blazing hot.day. : ■:-; :-^';. -.V : ;\.''''- Loop. Mauf'ice - Gastel, formf-r yaurtc agent, wili manage. Dick Zi;f'SlPr's "I'u.ss-Pu.s.s" on Mutual h'-xt fienstm. Eddie . Dunn, Stell.a Adarns, Je.'in tTarlow. Lfone I/mf> added to "Sat- urday Nlglit Kid)" Par. 86THSTREET . - ; - (Vaudfilm):; ■:>^-. .^,^;' ;; .Mid-summer. show. this, half; .Mild v cntbrtairimcnt .Tjy; the most gerier-. pu's.'estimate. Not. .a ri;iriiie. Lacking genuine stage talbrit, - perhaps wise. for . this rieighborhobd ' to Scipply plenty of-rough hokum .comedy and a- givl; flash In late July. This hill has an a;bundance of :t:he : heavy haridcd' furi: arid uSes a npSv: arid untried girl iact for the closer. - Saturday afternoPh the atlenda:nce was a:t IpW ebb. Audience, utterly . blah arid listless, except for half- hearted lauighs at the irpuglipst of thc.hoke. •■,...'. Film fPaturp ought to have helped • being "Fashions in . Love'* (J'ar), which only two wf><^ks .before had hocn fit tlio I'ia-aniount. Nelghbor- liobdei'..s i);iy ationtion t'V.l^i''oiu1 w'ay V(VV'i(v\V's~;Tii71~t'lTi's~(7rn^ol^^^ during -the 'half Wec-lv;: ori title, .«^tar .(Mfrijou). and. recDi-d.. A bc'tti'r; ali around lilM might havp made friends Cor 1h'> hoiisf). ■-■ •• : ja.fk arid ; Billy.o (Tavalnnugh oponf'd;. Jar k is a U-bip-nruniirulat.br '' (Coiitifiuc-d bh page 40)..