Variety (Aug 1929)

Wednesday, AtfgUst 21, 1929 REVIEWS VARIETY 43 JACK DONAHUE , Talk and Dances . 23 iviins^ One . Albee, Bklyn. (V-P) T^vck iDonahue ha^ beeii out - ot vaude a loiie time .due to his high. 7i^(l^r. ascension in; mysical shows irrBfotidway. Back; he sauJiters on ffid^in a flippant, lackadaisical ^a^'. ^I^jg . a monolocistic line that •monologistic wu.n— laughs as hd .went along. Nothing of special comedy moment ither -thari getting; on vjnore. Inti- Sate terras wim his audience. TaWe his gagglrig a^ it is emb^^ in his present sp»el isn't so hot, but with all the, danping he does espe- cially with his business. partner, John Boyle*: he givea :the patrons their money's worth. , This niah Boyle is some h<)oter, vet Jack is some hot on legging himself. They thus give the Albee i^udien6e, small as it was Monday night,-an insight into their , combined dancing ability. • Another dancer steps onto, the stage from a box with Boyle, He ■Is llaroldi Morton, , :A flashy little itepper but; give?! little to iflo here. A Woman.flits iii art u piper boic for ■t. little kidding; : A large sized hit. THINGS" -DOIN' ^■rtevue-:• . 86 M ins.{ Full Stage Jefferson (V-P) ---.JJ^ An •; expensive fl4shr ' sctehio and cpstunie changesl- •uiilt, produced, by Max" Hayes, does not come lip to expectatiphis after .^reading the 'cast. ■ • Will Aloirrissey a;nd Midgie Miller, with their ris(5U6 "Jteep .It Clean" .gaiss, take the ,helm. land do the biest possible .with the yreak material tiiey iiave to work with. Mprrissey. • has.'two blackout .akits,: one aii . old • -bi"'iesque;.'>tahdard,' v \ that , could easily be omitted aiid- Would speed tip the revue.^ But th^ whole revUe is Mbrrissey, pltis - Midgie, .SteVe iSavage,. blbndo boy, Bill BrOwn and . ia character; sketch of a censor, called .Sweeney. : \:-'/ . . The names among the' fehiinine . cbritirigent beside Miss Miller are iEdna 'WTeaton, Evelyn-Kumln and Mildred Bryoh> but it . wais- dilflc\ilt , .to -Idfiritify either as ho credits or Introductions given. • . iPlenty of chbrus, girls, .30 billed, among whom are 16 Le Roy .Prinz Steppers a:nd the High Haittie Band, which did chorus work until' taking to its :instrurrientati.on later in the revue. Le .Roy girls work to a nicety but h6t enough appeal. The majority of the chorus, dancin^g, and .there:is quite a lot of it,. is..the:usxiai thing, done in the' usual, way.' .' It's. Morrissey,' with his- igags land easy: mahner- th£(t'a the creajh. Of the show, with the Sweeney.-, fellow acting a^.-a fine foil and most, of the humor supplied by ,both. .. .Stev«' Savage's loose limbed dancing a big • .helpf. ■ v;;.". In a backyard tenement seene,. . Pelix and Maria as ih ie catsVsUpplied the only excitement; ■ One, made'up . as tomrcat. and wiilKlng' on all fours, got into the audience and climbed oyer the backs of the seats. Bill Brp'v^h Js a personable chap and .. did some fine legmania., . ' An eye appealing,'scene was the one in a garden with the girls drap.r ; lug themselves arbun^l the fences, .Which later-swlirig toward the audi- ence. A shapely gal who strutted near V^he opening in a pilken pair of pa- jamas dances singly intermittently. Seemed as though she ran out of inaterial, starting hot and winding up' clammy, . ' ; ; / ; Paper rolled battle between Mbr- rissey, MtdgiCi Brown . and Sweeney against. the orchestra in the pit was a necessary touch of hokum . ■•'•■ Revue. 'Closed fbiifbi'e ' a swiftging^ skygcrapei? , scene- aind. Morrissey .calling; on a few of the chbi-us gal,5 ...tbv shbw their stuff ^ sihglyi : Qrie : 6weet little chbrister displayed some ..flne taps, aiid was. followed by dif v^cult, toer taps from two svelte . blorides, Janet and Bernice Gapohe, • finale had.iall. legging it with .Sav- ;«ge/in the. center. . - The revue heeds 'a, doise. of trim- ni'ng. and an injection of pep along With :.plenty df hokum. Really no single feniale highlight; among all the femme: dancers;. To g^ gals .some hot pop.s and steps would not be ami.ss, • STEPIN FETCHIT iBohgs, Talkr Dancing . 7 Mins.; Full Stage :Loew's State, Lps Antieles.. ■ They watch their Step out here! In fact they ..laugh 'when th.ey see him, screen or slagci Colored boy* ^a toi-mer vaudevillian, is dPing seVeh minutes next. tOViihut .in a Panchon . and Marco unit. . ..Okay; too.. Sup* pdsediy tinder Inside " Pictures .in this issue; if the. boys haven't set it single cblunin measure, and. .if they.have look fbr 'it- under Biritlsh. Film r^ield, there's a .yarn on a; per^ sbnal - appearance Step made in Waishington tij cash a checTc. . His pwn -idea. > He got the; dough. . •Fetchlt's, nfiain aippeal to -a pro- fessional .audience ' is ^ his. danclftg,. Old iNegi'o shuffling with, hO atr tempts at wings, floor, sweeping, or the modern intricacies In taps. Pub- lic at large likeis the: w'ay he does things. Step doesn't try ^ to: break a leg, although plenty animated when beePniing the minstrel. Other-, wise he's' /muihbling VLonsesome. Road," the .spiritual which climaxes Uiiiversal's. .."Show .iBpat,''' fpr .an eiitrahce and only gets .awajir from hiS: established lethargy to shuffle; Props arft. a. derby, brown suit, hixed Shirt and a. cane. If you hap-', pen 16 go- by the stage dooy. you^ll see a ..bi^ car. vWith.; a; chauffeur and page boy up frontj the latter wear- ing, everythihg butneoh - tubes. Merely tip' to Centi"al 'Avenue that Step is Prt his Way..: •. ■ " : Fetchlt. is telling a gag and. sing-. Ing hi.s national anthem, "Galifornia Here l Comie," the ..tune; to .which ho •dances. . House ^enjoyed' it and wa;rited more,; but. Step's, idea; was that-it. wis- time to ^park the body, and'said'^o..! ' ''. ' '.:• . ■' . •; ' In lieii'of-the screen r.ep he has •worked up foi* himself -Step can do a neat , seven minutes in "anybody's picture house;'! . JBkt RUSSEUL MARKEftt "REVELS" (14) ^ ■ 3ance and Song Reviio le iVlins.; Full and One Palace (St, V). ■■;;.'• A corking; Markert traJhed dozeni plus two spepialists, 'Miss .Veronica, doing male perisonatiohs, and Betty i»ou Webb, jazz toe dancer.: .; The 12 . girls illternate with the speciailists in three ensemble rou- tines; .with ^xceptlohal.. Ibrmatipn drillingj ■Verbnlca,.'with- hpr capable trehtment. pf "If "S^^ott Believe In Me,'* ' sbmewhat . ''heavy'' . ; ballad, registers i^hd . repeated with ■ her English 'johnny' specialty, in formal clothes. : . She looks ' and makes.va good ".bpy". excippting .for her: frankly feminine vpbal address; it's a pleasing- cph- trast.: Her close •'cropped-boyish bob Is as becoming for her true sex :as. iri. make-up.. The. too , jazziste Is mildly effective,, doing a little, too much. ■ Act needs speeding up. JIMMY JOHI^SON .oongs.; ?. ".;:■■".:■'•■ J7 Wihs,; One > " . Lincoln Sq. (V^^P). ■ A tall colored ciinp-with a pleas '"S stage appearance 'and a rather f!Of Ksi,ra. .^,^y tjf working which tho >S. 'liudionco apponred to like. This =^2i!i^^wee-ial'h^n=h4s^l-i»lt««om nel'ui ''"^ announced and iK tliifi nesphhorliood -was sure fnr applaii.«'P tlic nicniion of euch'stago .cck-b _ Jfihn.'^ion ha.t! a pood rnouph pair "I npCH to carry him ah.iif.'. Tliut w Won put oil nuTit was- .«ho%vn. T.i>^^^ '^'^ was the imitations, the S ?!.^® or ju.st the way he «ang that caused the hit didn't mat -r"?"'^' He took it all as a Jitter of course. liarlu SHAYNE'S CADETS (16) Band Act .. 27. Minis.f Three . " Fox Brooklyn: (V-P) •iDressed in' sailor's Vjniforms, the 11 .Wnibers" of- the band, ;"i.ed by Shayne, dish out appealing musKr. Open- with' a. classical and then let the violinist go for "The Sbiig I Ijove." Through: the turn the vio linist is. intermittently ca,lled upon to/single..:" A - little ;tboh heavy '■ on the brfi^ss, at time's, spoils the .general effect as there are seven = brasses-and Shayne usually:-joinS in. with a bugle. Dorothy, ljull, adaglO contortions, and ;knows her twists. Bud and Sis Robbins, . ybung 'boy arid girl fast acrobatic team, and accomplish de sired ; results. Another little gal ifi jpbrothy Stferling who vocals only Big city Bliies." Ni<?e voice and looks, >bUt might cut out the smiles when singing, a supposedly sniffle tune--: Major, feature is the band itself, which mixes a. ihixtUre of hot -pop^; and the classsics. Softer ;thoy play better it sbunds, : Went over ;big. ; ' IRVING'S CdLLEGIANS (115) Song,: Dance,; Band, Comedy 15 M tns<; One aiid Three State (V-P) ; ■ ; Val -Irving conduct.*! Art Hunt's brchestra, aances a little, sings a baliad,: and has^ several -other jspe cialists in support. Two .are dance teams, Wally and .Zclla, and De Q'uincey and Stanley. The latter. Chick Stanley, elongated .eccentric dancer, is the comedy background and lends off the finale, Wally and Zella do strai.ght tap-s. . Elvsie Gil bei-t is an .Helen .Kaneifeh. type of .songstress.'.'■ z ; ■ Fixmiliar presehtatibn with the specialists: contributing a little nov- elty. The opening/Witb the. "dance" hit is at least^off the beaten patH. :okay fla-sli foy the'family houst-s '■:. •:■:■. ■ Aiel- •'A TrtiP TO HOLLAND" (7) Band'.. ' 14' Mms-; Four • Fox's vAcademy ■ (V-P>;.-'';-' ■■.; : •;' .. : Marimba band dressisd as. Tioi- Iari<|ers i jplahted before ■ a, native backdrop. ' Mix classical.'?, pops and native - tunes. , . Played: hicel V - but could omit siorhe tune.^: to i.ri<?lude those more, hefitting their type of music. One woman, also costurta.ed as' Hollander,' vocals with a: sing song voice. ' All .songs ar^ of the native yodellng kind and .don' mean- ,a thinir except to show she can reach the top notes. Untirely. too sloW and devoid ot interest. . Spotted right .as an opener, ■■ ■ ; :■;. ■ '^ COLE and WARD -So n g s-a n d=Ta I k"==f: Albcl.. '*SWEETHEARTS'V (20) : Fahchon (fi. iVIarco Idea :. 45 Mihs.; Full Stage (Special) • Academy (V-P). , Several staridoutis in the Fonchoh ik Marco Idea styled "Sweethearts.'? While Nat: Nazarro, Jr.j^ is m.: c,,.di^ iects an. augmented stage band and WGi'ks in sbtne. of . his former vaude dancing* it. ii;chiained fcfr two: yet acrobats, Sidney arid Rbgers; and a comedy dancing ;duOi Dorothy dnd Hai^ryiDlxpn,. to ccp the lion's share of'applaus.e.'-'- .'■:.■ •-. .'. • : ••■^ And what ;a load of ^Scenic in-; veistiture' this Idea carries! ~ More than any of the other F, & M.yout- fits yet 'to hit the. Academy./, It .i^e- Qiilred some loss of sleep on johnny Oisborne's; part and 'yeoman team- work ol.: his. stage eretO hang every .bit of .Stuff the Idea- hauled to the sta^pe, it may^ never be hung or Sti'UGk: again in other hbuseis, but it sure .dressed; up that stage and inade the liig finale a great fla.sh from, the front. ..' ; Nazarro's style is.familiar to New Torltcrs . and it didn't require any Idea to bring out-hi's dancing ability, Ke: injects as much., pep'^ and. youth as, eveit and that.-is an :asset In present-^day re'Vue presentment. ■ ; There are severfil pleoj-slng' num- bers by the femme background, with unusua;r attention paid to the cos- tuming. More elaborate than most Ideas broxight east with the sweet, hearts' :of ; 'historical, and musical operetta, days . given stage sighifi^ can'Ce. through handsome, dressing. For the finalei Shlmozumi Iki, Japa- nese pi"ima donna, is "Madame But^ terflyj" on a platforni and she hits some, of the top notes thait have brought, her: into fPotflght irecogni tioh;. ••■. ■': Those old cpdgers* : Sidn'iey and Rogers, trot . but. for a period -'that was decidedly entertaining.. Any do'ubt that creeping years stiffen the bones was disppllGd here as they went thrpugh some very hard tricks with ease and. agility. They nriay ha.ve slowed these old boys up a bit, but. they have. enough left to make tlie young : 'un& sit . up and ■ take nbtice. ' ■•' The.TDixons are an elongated pair who use their legs to comedy ad vantage, Mi.ss Dorothy in. particular showed rcial production stuff;. "A funny duo going in for the a-wkward Stylo of grotesque dancing trav ostying the. adagio cra^e ;that stamps them out of the eteroe typed. ■ Then there are the,^ Avery Twins; pert and attractive whP play violins. Ring, and.: daiice. ; They also did well heading .a .number with the chortis dressed in prop dpg outfits. The Japanese pitim ; is given a chance to display her ra,nge. Ap plaud.ed, . ,. •, T)ie Aca.dbrny reception was all to the act's, fa vbr. . - . Maxlc. GEORGIE WOOD and Co. (2) , "Going to Xanada" (Comedy- Drama) ' 27 Mins,; Full Stage (Kitchen In-, len'or) . , 'Alhambra,. London. .: rirfst and forompst. Wee ;GeorgIe:. Wood is a .considerably better ac- tor .thait one was led to imagine from; his work in tho past, While his nieW frkctch, "Coinp to Canada," beai's a general resemblance to the acts he has done ih tho past, he ha^ revealed .himself, as .an. artist who cian tug at the heartstrtftgs ;faV more pbign'antly :than hiq jirevious SUC-' cesses ojf that calibre. ■ : ■ K ■ >. ' " He is al^o a showma.n^ knows va- riety audiences—^and knows they don't vvant to be uhduly harrowed, for any lehirth of time. Directly, he leads, you iip the path to whore you are likely to. bresik. hysterically, he switehes it into a Idugh equally incisive . ahd Which i.*i made ^ rnpre emphatic by the. situatiori, ... ■ :. His. dlmihutiv6;-.size makes ybu forget he is. a man and you visuaU: izo to the full the pathos of a;' boy of tender years pai-ting- fi^oni' his. mother, for the; firsit • tlnic, ; His. parents were stage folks, the father; is gbnie and the: irnotlier has scraped up the requisite j50. to send him . tp. . c;anada : with a buhclr of other boys,. Where he will have .an opportunity not afforded tp the ris- ing, gerieratioh/; in. England. , The child consenta; to-.go in. the! heU_cf : his" mother .wiil, shortly fol- low,' r but:. the: uncle .'.to .whori\ they have been- beholden': .for; a .home, lets the .cat out of.: the:. b.a^ thJ\t the mbtlier is:not going; ; whereupGn the little chap breaks into tears:; and .i;a reluctant to-.leave.-. : •. ' " •^ ; Toward the .finish h;e breaks: into a moving .hallad ^^Back in My 'Raby: Days,.", jind another, *i've Lost' My Daiddy"—the lattJr ending. With ft comedy twisrt'.' .He then proceeds to pile it on still heavier with a third ditty ;'.Til Baby Yo^j, Mother,-. Like You Babied. Me Back in the Old Baby Days.'*' At 'the finish, just as he is- about to .leave, uncle stakes him to the jBb, whei-eupoh he turns this over to. his mother and. exacts from her • ia, .promise' that she will follow oh the next boat. . • So. well; was the enlii^e thing re-, ceived that it called forth a speeph Of lhank$. ' When- fully worked out and .suitably condensed^ it is about as certain a. success fpr the vaude- ville stiage as any piayiet could ex- ipect to be. ;• • .' ■ - ' •Joto, . PHIUIPS SCOR£I) GOObEv LOGAN and Co. (3) ^M'fli the Guy'' ,(C6rnedy) 25 Mihs:; Ftiil .Stage (Special): 58tb Stj^(V-P). A comedy skitlot headed by Jack Goode and.. Francis Logan, -. It strives; for continuity on the thieme of , a hut - vaude . cbmjc hauhting i vaude agency and ftnilly being se lecied to appear in an act which has ia . sistfr • team and another young W.bman.' Orie^ pf the .Goode and liO- gah •cbmbin.atiPn plays; Bob Fellows, the agent. Hoke .and hut stuff.'svlth the song {trid da nce part .secoiidarj'. If Jimmy Durante ever drop.«i in; a.nd ,gets. a load of the bby doing the nut and p.ulhng that gag plvi.s the. catch line,: "i'vo . pot a. .Tinillibn of: these," he would'Wohdor;.. ' Tlic act could be ji.hortencd to ad- vantage, althoijph tho &8th streetors seerried tr.-lilco. if-imrn<;n."'ely. Mark. ■' 10 Mins.; Three : Lincoln Sqv(V-?P). (V.ilo and Ward .ha\<- .goi't( I. isway fi-ran the convcnii,dr.."ii .1 >iW-\: -t|.»:/n(. by usiiiir a.>.l'(-V-ial 'drf.i'- f'li'iU'nig ri' h'oMio, where the man i.v a <■ ijfuif and. tire girl a maid. U.^-i/nl lrve talk with most of the P'lll.'.-r annr-d for laug1i.«.; Th'; • man ha."-- an inning alune with hi.s '\ui< c ,n: V u<:V ranfc, not so bad and. frff< I tiv« for what ho did here. ' * I'air work.e w<]l .together for ap- plau.se and laughter. Mark, GIFFORD and CRESHAM (1) Comedy iO Mins.i One ■ . State (V-P);: • Two llki-ly boyp, p»^r.<-^fiWtljlf; tind •vv'illj i/f.T.Hfinality, hist wcfrinng y.i'.nn- Tint,: A fpmihlne a.^sistant in ab- l)rfvj'fitfd. >;liort.« intruil'.s fr)r one bit. • Olh(i-wihe is f'lfi.-fiivf- knock- aljout hokum, elrijjijrtg with a V'^ntri- loqiiial dunimy bit. • JJoy.s arfi i)alT)ahly n< w to tliC stage and will find thrni.selve.*?, doubtlessly outgrowing their style . (Continued from; page 34); that he himself a:fter his rettirh from New York; called together a. body of nriehi .X^w Puller, "jfpm Shaw, Lew CPast, Mike Kelly, Jack Ilow-: ar'd, Frank Callen and R. Joe Eagle to .a secret meeting at the Wil-mar ApartrhentS to fprm a body within a bPdy.. The ipui-pbsp of this body according to : Mr. Phillips was to put the-money bf the A, U. O. A. in another bank, secretly, not let-^ ting, the .: ibody khow -V^hefe Hthe nioncy ;WaSj and :o,nly acpept bther mbmbPrs to this' seci'et body that he (Phillips) thought loyal enough tor membership; and.-they were.; to rule thej destinies of the organiza- tion. He called a; meetinig the next night in a lunchroom, for tlie above members who at that time refused to have anything to. do with any- thing so secretive. The abov<! mentioned .swear be- fore a hotary public to the truth of the above statement and furnish further data on same;, Not long after the. refu.sal: of the above men- tioned to <entcr'with him on the body within a" body, -Mr, .Phillips made the threat,-^^The battle; ii^^ o .'■'. LInfair Method^ ' . . We, th^ -so-called clique, .also; bb- je.cted to his V^f^i''! *>'*-ti^'^^e tow^ agents,- bookers, et .al;, regarding virhat hp; wa*' going"to. ■ do to' .make the ngefits' and bookers change their •tatctfcs/^:'- r^':. ' ■■ .;. ■ ■';■.' We ; have been . called "a clique;" W'ell,' if being loyal, to the union' is a clique' we must admit the title iiiitB us; We sat up-from, eleven to four,jive and. .^Jx p'clork at Some of thbse bbard meeting.^ fqr no sailiary, :'but Just with an hone,st, earnest de- .slre to put.the/'union on its feet,.to uplift and hot tear. down vaiide-r yllle,;:..;'^:' . - ".■ ;■..:■;; '.. ; ■; \ We had, to - fight, yen, i because Philljp.s tried . to" bJock^ uH-:at every turn. But if our fellPw. porforrners could know what. ■we . have , gone through to. save AinK - -vifjion, .th/'y would -urrderfitand the : battle we ALBEE;.;- (Cohtinued'fi'oni p.it-'c 42)- • ■■. comedy out of his .priitvr . (■xciia.ngP. Then came -the GaxK-tv: itproar \vith Donahue-follbwlng. . ' • ■ In closing position .were IJuiz and; : iSonita and;.tlicir stringed bri'liesiriil : layoiit, A pleasing/pair, oj dancers .who do net tear into any iulagio or wallow Ciich- !an- over ;tHe .stagc. TKcy: do .more ot their native.' style of .. dancing and do it:well.-Ah,Gspebially pretty dance . was their :tango with their closing, whirling irPutinc. flashy ahd.''effeeiive, ■ ■ ■:'.■;;;;/;/ ■:.:•-■:- •''■ A word of praise.is due the^music. > .There ia a banjo, solo handsomely played by the ybiihg man strum- ming ,it;: violin, hu.mb.ej:. bcau.tiXu.l)y piaye<i,. but what prpvps' a novelty in. these days of- rap'pety-bang .synco- pating jjizzists is the duet the worti'r en pl.iyed-on the harps. .That VRoses ' Of Pioardy" was a gem, a highlight' that even a non-lover of music must admit is, a worthwhile feature., . ' Yet it Seemed; a pity; that , the house, seemed to yawn for caish ciis-' . tomers. It is Rudy 'Vallpe's last \ye'ek down, the corner at' the pa;rtiih6.iint, and Keith's miiited Vallee. after. • having him, . ■ Mark,. . . ■^■■■■^ .(Vaudfilmli • - '• At; the third of S.unday's four shoVvs biz . was' off and under ca-- pac.ity....a5ither .'''Thunder;';. ( meant hpthlng to 'em Or they're tir- . ing of. those fresh usher.s. who re- flect the :thealre;s;~.mij<manaffemeht. ■ .Same thing backistage. Jay; €,-Flip- pen, having : rcco,ur60 to ; ad lib audibly, with . Ruby;' Zwerlingl the brchestra IcadP?', ."What's, tliat noise, • back there.?":; After that FliP got a bet(Le^".break'.; ;Gbod show otherwise.. Reck, and Rbctor, clubby' • .aerial-iron: Jaw . workers, ;Star,t brightly. That pho- nograph bit is a little nibety that f iirthcr distinguishes J a ; distinctive act of; its type. "Would suggest thiit. the fioorTman- also go in. .for the ■white cravat to blend with his white fancy waistcoat; .. .Giiffprd and Gressham fnew acts) wafl the iscCPhd, to plug "Pagan Love Songr".although klddingly this' tirne. That's anothei" fbrm. of family co- operation seemingly with the stage acts favoring theii: circuit's picture •productions. ' Ot^ancy Gibba and. Co., with her "Dear Little Rebel-' operetta, has boiled it down, to 20 minutes and to grelat adyantagei "That- elided 10 :mihutes has added much to the general welfare of the act. It's a saleable act almost anywheres now. . - Flippen next. Bright and f unny consistently but Inclined to be blue. Without telling the smoking car version of (he traveling . salesman and the. farmer's daughter the in- nuendo was too broad, Flp said that after he krtpipked on her door, they got married,. ,and when they: bame down the following niorning her father opinedi .I'Well, it's the first time that happened in rtiy. house," Then that .'-'fflnny" nuniber -—sbmethinc about "^I Love My Fanny" and ;"My Fat ^Fariny-—waa authbred for no .balladeering' pur-- ;pasc, and Fiippcn hasn't included it in his routine for that reason either. The whbc'l shows should go for it in biff way.. . , Val • Irvlng-s Collegians (New Acts) closed. : A6eZ. =f<!>tiK^-itv?=with==on:lifc=on^Pf^ mind, a ■yhipn^ for 'our :..Vroth<;r and nVf-U-.r iirtists : V ■ ■ '■ ■ ;.;. ■ ':[Kign«:d;l; ■h<-vi - Fuller Mika J; Kelly . Ji. J. Jiaole . . ilharlcft Ptd'oelte Javkson Mu/ray , Matte I.{oa;rd7n an: Sw(<»n aiid .siii^'-erilK^d lo heliii*-- me thi.s 30th day of Augn.st. STATE-LAKE Chicagb, Aug. 17. Business gi'eat around; this house the past few. Saturdays. Thcaitre ha.s a:: certain brisk atmosphera these days. Plenty of names this week—two hames sp well known their turns a-rb merbly personal .appbarances*. They are llnclo ttob, bedtime story- teller • from station KYW; and Wal;ter'HierSi•■;;./.;/• ; Fr^nkenberg • Ju'veriiles open : and click; Four kids, ranging frpin eight to 14, who jilay saxophones, dance, and sing. Blonde, little.eight- year-bid 'girl takes the :'spotlight:, ajfid hb'ids it except. for ohe short; bit. The kid does ;eyerything, and well enibiigh to. staiid o.Ut.. Uhclie Bob (Walter w:ilson), got a ypception. from the youngsters and; they were plenty of them. Doesn't, do . anything, much, but: after all,; they came only-to see him,..;' Nat C. Haines and company-"With^ a : tried ' mu,sl(:al comedy \ theme, squbpzed a. numbcr of Iaugh.s , from, tho French vamp and. the f.at .old; married man. Com'-dy .is- obviou.s, but idea Sih'c-firc. ; IJierH dlisaiipolnted, A monolog, padded and full oC .Hiale (.ne.'s,: was jioor i<;j vni(-nt' for 'tb<'. rer'f:-iiUon he jjroK. : '\\Ui' h.'is a: not.icVii" . thj.t; ;hj'? .Lallc aliout. .y ■■ : ■ ' • . . Al . T'l ahan, . V. i.th ' Lady ' r.T;irie TJiivi'i], «ofc th(;',1).i.i: :f'.i!.iii-MS ■Wiih an '.-Im!isinf.'', non?''-.ii.'il rf.'Ut jnf-/ ,'^o.mp-! Ihiri^.: t-liai'ifiii.K ahoUC th(;i'r. g.()6d,^ nai urf d. ."f't t <•! (Iffwriiri'ir. t^r't/i'Ciied )i.i.:ns<-ll .of-f. -' ..' ' - IiaV.lr .'..i.r.;in' wl'h the JaVf t'ti-n, the. Li - t'-r and Irvin/.; -Tri". .^:<.uiig-arm a(^r^l|.i;•t•i'«, ur;d, pLiip'-iL -yp tlic; a,ct wirh Ht-m'^ fooUnjC', Tral»an f-eltihg a 1 Ik hand \\ h< n he surpriKe.d by <tor ii<f.' a (•"'iiplfr of real .'<tn-nglh stunts, ",Ma.squeradc" (Fo>t)_£ea.turft. fin