Variety (Sept 1929)

Wednesday, Septeanber 11, 1921* VAUbE HOUSE REVIEWS VARIETY 47 PALACE (StVaude) TT&rd to get stejtmed up on this tavout although It would be dlf- flcult to put the index flnger on any- ♦hirie conspicuously yvrot\e. It's the Wend, rather than the; qwallty. boens with Bert Nelson ""and his net lioness, "Princes? Pat."^^ Human ihterest and novelty is In that cage •with the biff cat ^nd her young, ■ iico-lookihir boss,' -It's:- vaudeyill^ and'^siirC'-clicK, '.y-^.-- -^ . . •. : :v . ■ ■ Uyron and ■Willi-iv hooters. ivast;e.. ho time. They dance oil and'get right doWri to tlieir exercises. Those Include some' super-ihtricate yaMa-. tlons of tai)s, nip-,ups,..Russia^ Igthetiics and anklemania,. Their solo ' efforts stand oiit, but are ..nicely., toppefi y>y ^ feag- roytine .of t\vo pigeon-toed boys doing a ^Charles- •ton. y ■'■ " Solly Ward's time-frayipd iskfetchV *!*bff .To >IiaiHe'' sharply . slowed" the: BhQvy's- pace in the trey. Given 10 inlnutes tci irigratiate- himself, the dialectician managed to: bring the tempo bacfc ebmewhefe near a trot, ' But with I^pttice .Howell, class so- prano, spotted next, the^ first lialf boiled down to. the Horace Heidt band, which closed Intermiissioiii.; Th^y wete the.': ifte.a(; of the first ■ection, which included five acts. In thei sisiqluel .the-running order, was Yates and Ha,Wley, Molly Picpii, JTans and Whalen and Serge Flash. Too much singihgi. Tates and Haw- ley.although: faiintly facetious are essentially iitraifeht slne:pfs and should never have been booked 'on. \th'e saihe bill; with Miss Hbweli. Molly ^Icbh..' to a flinging cidrn^r- ■. 'diehnei'*- ■■'•V.-■ .Those.(soaring', .high riotos. pf Miss. -Bowell's cinched ■her: success.- It. is. difiicult to iestiiriate the' psychblogi-. cal handicap^ of . position, - but in- dubitably Miss Howell was in a bad ■pot. Fbllowihg. Solly Ward's rather- forced squeezing^ of ,old irinds 'the ; -audience, exhausted by mugging, needed something liglU and gay . arid .It does require' a. definite .inental jiitch to accept a lyric soprano propr ■ •rly. ■'■ Stijl .no- question that, she clicked or that the . Howelllan manner -is.; c;<enuine swank.^ With such, a voice •ild with a flgiJre. not hard to con-^ template, she-ought to Interest pro- duction scouts. Molly Picon inade heir speech tbo. floon., which: hiandicapped one of. JC-O's :blue'Cla:d aisle pilots, who; liad fld;wers tp: deliver and no op-, portunlty to get. them over 'the trenqji. ■' ■ .. Two of the numbers were ■ new. Miss Picon ' announced. ' "Tenriper- mental Tillle," a Hollywood fOjk •ong, and . ^Xiddlsh Blties," an JEast Side wife's lament. . They were the •trength. of her turn. An encore numiher, 'Smartle" has nothlrig and ■to minus even a jgrrin, so will prob- ably be .forgotten. It caii be re- peated anew that Miss Picon Is an artist. And that adjective consum- ■nate goes with the label. : -When last reviewed as a new act,. Tates and tidwley were doin^f their •tuff in a presbhtatlon at the Rlvoli. They haye. a nedt style and are consistently agreeable although, as hinted, their edge was dulled, by .the booker's misfire. . Serge Flash is a stick and rubber lW-11 Juggler who accomplishes things which seem to defy the com- iponly accepteid laws of nature; and rraylty. He succeeded In: retaining for • himself a considerable portion •f the.: main floor. • ^ Preyipusly Jans and Whalen hiad fcrought the laugh-famished gather- ing their first real work-out. Harry and Ha:rold were in rare fettle' and pummelled their way to a clean k.o. They remain keen, bright and nifty entertainers, and perhaps, a Uttle more SO; . By a process of ellrtiinatlon, com- ment npw arrives at the Horace Heidt mob, discoverers oif n6w. wiiys to ellmlnatie stage waits' and other^. wise malntalh a band act at the -Beck'r.wrenching epeed. • . • - On ., a: basis • of the newspaper forniula: •'Tell your fltory Ih the njrst iparagraph," they should be at the top of this, review for they are the big news of vaudeville iand 6f the. current. Palaee bill. That they hiave punctured that target core V.as attested by the re> •eptlon they received when the name flashed. Remiairkable for a new ia,nd until last week entirely unknown •«gregatIon to get such a tribute. : New York is slowly getting ac- quainted with the heretofore-repul- ■Ive Idea that other parts of the eountry can and do have superior .orders ot showniariship. .- . ■ ■ ' ' •;. ', ■ -' ' . Land. (Vaudfilm) : ^ AH .diluted ginger-ale In the f-""chless five-act vaude layout at tols house, And the folks drank It .^222^5^ *S^i.=i£alS_:^ heat, failed. t» .aetfer^h^nT^TrtaFl'^^ ■pow was lack of • comedy and tempo. •■• ■ ... .No ., points scored' by the first act. «d and Leo Traivers In hand to hand acrobatics; with ankle lift for one: «aah^ They do roller skate glide. Wand to hand routine .features leap to balande over bbstaicles. Deiic^ 'nilssed likewise. Farrell *nd Chadwlck, colored man arid wopaari, the latter alnsine BOnffs written by the pianist. Nicely ap- plauded, but no sparkle or bam! Al H Wilson pinch hit in a single for Jerome and Ryan. Ryan's mother 111 in Massachusetts reciuir"- ing his presence there, Wilson chirped , lullabies and comedy hokc songs, using dialect. Handled a phony mandolin and chattered, em- ploying well ujsed gags, biit getting response froni this clientele. St. Clair and Sinclair in the No. 4 spot. Fellow and girl in old time habiliment of 1880... Sllly 'gipgle vor- sfon for coniody. G}vl always Pn the. make. ,Fello\Y invites "her, to apart- nient arfd she goes into Outraged in- nocence .''wrangle.': Dull, crispless material. ■' .■ ^. -. Wind-up . Duhii and 'Wo^'st tlevuc (New Acts).. Plenty q£- speed,- but ilittlp , ai'tistry , and 'pPor dressing. Fair applause.' '-' : ■ ; ;"JUa.st - of Mrs, .Ghehey" (M-G-M) ■feature'.- . -• ■ ''- ' .•.'' ■:^:.^;' -.;STATE-LAkE; : ■■■;^. '^:' <yaudfiln^ -■^■•.;' ;;,: ;'-' ■■ 'Ghicagp^^setiit. 7v- ■ • With, bill; here this weel<-; b niore names than.a Spaniard, house had 'em. lined , up along, the i .sidet walk at nine in morning... ":^Street Girl" :(R-K-d) here, and .at 11 Esr; telle : Taylor cut. the silken - cord. \yhich parted the .curtains, permitting the. screening of picture* and made a' spiel. •;Ra"clariova told the folks she was about to;, become ah Amer-; ican. citizen.. Faith .Fay, the fenime -w-hp a couple b£ "weeks .ago. was spotted, by the . cops for. walking along,, the, f obf ledge of the Lake- side. theatre here, was ...perched up On. a .platforpi- built on the house, sign ; ~ and is posted to iremaiii, there diaring the entire run .of "Street Girl."/;■' . :: ■■ ; •. Baclaripv.a,- next tb' clbsihg, prac- tically repeated het- pjtiace perform.^ ance, except," thixt on her former trial, a cold ruined the turn. Today, her pipes were In gbod-shape again; and she warbled three'numbers besides saying- .her^ piecfei Why .doesn't she db-'a Russian tune? Audience here expected'it. ';' •■•,..'''. ' '.. Larfe- ahd\ Morgner, one-legged acrpbats, closjed, and over big.,'with their novel, hand-.tprhand routine, Th^iy've added an extra' jumjpi. be-, fore the finale, and It isn't so-gobd. Opening were , the .Gyelone .Step- pers, six boys and a girl, with dance bits which lean top heavily, to taps. Act . Is- clean-cut and mPves . fast enoygh.tb entertain. ■Libps Bros, followed, got acquaint.-, ed easily and drew great returns with.-a harmonizing turn. The tunes were .good arid appropriate, .with ia satisfying dose of comedy. . ^. jimmy Allard aind Co.' h^vo'a cra^y sort of skit with a crazy sort of hurnor that jgave' the crowd hete a lot of .fun. Movement Is /broken, npw and thcn to. space a dance and a .couijle'. of sbngs, but; everything ploasedv." ■ • ■ Remarkable this;^ week Is that while hbuse has not one .outstanding vaude . act, bill is unusually enter- taining. Every act held up. Bills like this will ahyays satisfy here and will bring .them babk.'. V " J5o«op. . 58TH ST. (Vaudfilm) So far the SaturdJly starling: of new vaudfilm ishows iat this .hbu.se hasn't meant much at the b;b,.; The folks "lor som.e reason In that.sector just don't caret about going to; the 58th on a warm afternoon. : Got to wave the palm at this place for Williarti Gilroy, thei house: ot-r gahist who usually gets a. punch In- to his tall singing. But that bunch last Saturday couldn't: be coa,xed. Bill trotted out a young niari, ap- parently a boy of the sectlonv who: piped a ba;llad in a boyish sipprano and that made the organ .session more of a success. .' Vaude startea-with; the Woodland Fantasy^ ' cpntortiPhist with' scenic act. Then the name of Allah Shayne ivas flashed. O.Ut walked i rriah with a guitar and announced that he "was Will Aubrey but Sbayne was a; good, nii-an,-tob. .' ;. This .siame Aubrey wbri. his vaude spurs In the weist.'He is '.a splendid, entertainer, yodeling a bit. and then into straight .plpingv Sings well and knows how to sell his numbers. In- jects a colbr and. does a little irrii- tating) a trombone bit diversifying, his. routiihe. Mercedes and Mile Stantpne still novel and still mystifying the way the girl calls the sel.oGtioris. and: plays the tunes on the piano.: Here Merccde.«<, ■w'orking in the: aud.ience, held -lip a little boy and urged him to a.slt for his selection.. The. boyi.sh VQlcfe . piped "I'lfiy ^ Sonny: Boy.^! Hearty laughter fuUowod. Idoa for plant? Lytell and .Pant dished up tho first wortlnS^itie 'comedy and th.fir ties also \pr'ovcd- entortainin^r. , In closing po.«itlpn ■M-a.s .Floronto Kicli- ard.so.n and her band, . Not aiiy novelty to speak of with a few spcc'laltios to vnry l,hr ftrolio.v- tral playing.. Mi.vs Ilicliard.^V'h, foa-. tured. does nolhin.g as. a .•it.'sni'li 'jt., her violin solo being but at.'r(.c-;,My miUh; On thf! Ffrf^rn. "Thr rrrcTr' ^f|'v- der Case" (Par talkeij, Mark, IMPERIAL (Montreal) Montreal, Sept. 4. This Is the only vaudevillp house in Montreal, a city of over a rnillion. For years the house staggered along in the red under different policioi-', straight pictures, combination, Straight vatideviile,. an attcjnpt at a Ijig time revival, and once a' hair- hearted try with stage show's of the pre-war vintage.- - . .House was fprmerly Koith-Albco operated,'; later going under : the; Hr .K7O ro'giiiip, arid now jointly, owhod: by Ganadiari Famous Players, and; R-.K-O. . Since its pp.eratlon. .undei' FP ;the house has taken a notice-, able hold agairi. \ Tiiough' ContmU'r ing- .with five acts b£ small tinie-. Keith vaudeville, the 'gro.s.sos are consistently ; strong arid -impr.ovirig,.. in.a large riieasUre due.to the pic-, 'tures ;Tiow• available :- - : Fambus Player,? in Canada; hay- ing: the largest arid .hewi^st houses in thev Cbuiitry,- also' have the lilm buying mbnopply.. In this city ; tho Cajpit.pl>. Palace arid LibeWs would- split the; best. film- products, leav-. ing the Imperial with only Inde- pendent pictures, to pick .from. ,;. . .The tpwri is .w.lse to picture values arid., the', iridependent: imakeshifts pever fcPled ariybbdy. Now pariious players Inbludes the Imperial. for some of the major . films, though still seridirig .the <jream of, th'e pi.cty.r.ps to the - other three - houses, the .Pal- ace riiainly..-' .. Though the only vaude.;house', the Impierial is, still far from dpirig ca- pacity. -It .c^ be built iip, . should the' filni 'bookings continue at least on a par 'with .those, of .the past- few Weekfe.-. .'Little:' can be; .counted bn ftpm.: the: 'vaude. end;, with name acts riare and the. usual vaude fare enticing an'audience which is fading mbrie rapidly '.with .each isuceessive seasbn^: -.■.Walter Hlei-s,- pltigged . as a .filrii celebrity, .stage headliner this week. Narifie. didn't mein. much arid act failed to .lftl.press .oxcepting mildly in some; spots.' Hiei-s talks too; last Avlth gags mtbstly 'going cbld- '. Chat- ter about the. show people in Holly- ,wbbd' is-a gpbd idea, something on. the style of the patter Eddie Cantot* brought back: with him ~firom' Los Angeles a cpuple of seasons agb, hut has no -laughs. .Aside from , Hlers; conventippai dance flash,; '^Dance 'Vanities," one IPw comedian'. .iStan Stanley, oper- ating amdng^sc the -audience, ''That Qh.arni i .Quartet,'- .four girls, ■with indifferent vocal ability, and clpwn, Peplto, to close.. • picture was a talker, "Whirl of Life" (Par), with: Richard Dix as a name draw..' ' Grand Opibra House- (Vaudfilm) One.of the .last oit the Independent vaiidfilril houses left in the met dis- trict, 'It citers to & rough and rowdy lower west side napb who like their gags , dirty "with .double entendre Unnecessary; /Sensuous dancing is'dessert here. As dished 'up In the hip-weaving, motions, of Peplta Granados,. who, •when she; discovered^ their fondne.ss for It; added a few extra.i3hakes,. it was . devoured, Pepita received a full shaire of conie hithet birdies: and whistles Issued ftorii the lips .of the iPvlng male mertibers of the audi- ence..- . . Tile Zelias . Sisters doing their acrobatic gymnastics on twin hori- zbrital bars opened and; made It shbft and snappy. Five minutes .wa,s- all tills act Jieeded to make good. '. AdOms kni Gould (New Acts) deuced fol: floppo. Pixon, Holer and Co., recently on the Lbew time, trey, but couldn^t seem to get going. •Dixon' used ■ to mak© them chuckle while performing .In the 'circuit houses, but. barely drew a giggle here. .. AH gags; fell flat or aero- planed and thie plot of the down- aridrbuter . trying to make a ; good Iriipressibri before hiff sweetie's dad by posing as: a Wall Street genius Was completely side-stepped.- Cross- fire. cariie and wept unnoticed,. •w'ith barely' a smattering ■■ of iapplause greeting the final curtain; , Jim arid Mary HaVirkins next, arid Jim's Impersoriatlbn of a ' drunken, blujjbertng.., lumriibx • husband; dre;w la.ughs..--. .U's "Lp'w© Trap," feature: flicker. Pathe silent: n^wis; . . 12Sth ST. . ■ ' . (Vaudfilm) / Well r-butlncd show for flrpt half for type of house with no particu- larly punchy standput.s save a brace of dancing comics, Miller, and Potor- sori,-: in. .next to' shut.; : Twc clover: boys . who enhanced tlir-ir -hoofing abilities with grotf.'--fiu'*? ri:iakr:-uP and' amusing chatter. Thoy went big. ■■ .' ^ . ■. ' • Walter Clinton and- hi.s Trivp.d'.-r«, 10r-Ti i!LC£. band, Pfilrialf d a.s ft rrrf b.T n dT~3riTrfTpir^l J<5y'3=^i^^ for the' acts and solnitig r.ow arid tiieri to. happy rc->;ul1.s ■ Wtvlt al.-^-'n rii. c.'d on occasion. ai;d did nlcoly with the. as.sifcriniorit. .. ' • : : Clintpri and r.arid : srt;. ti;o;..ra.r.o with , a snappy: .'yrl'.'fti'-ri (■•I'c-hf-P, giving way to tho Vayf-.vp Trio, fos' a fa-St s^'.'--s|on of lively critcrtJ*;!! - mfnt Ih.'it cli'0-:rd. ■ : 1 Goodwin arid Iia.sh; . malo two- some, followed with a line of com- edy .and warbling that rogistorcd and after tossing off their, regular stuff remained overtime for some clownini? ■ with Clinton arid . band whiph the riic^b ate up. Lila Campo.",. s-lriping comcdlenric,. held :hor o.Wri iri next niche with a routine of vocals, handled with a coniody delivery' that got. them fi-om oiicning tji.go off, • ': Millor' and.,Pctorison foljowbd with their hoolinjf plus cbinody makeup and ; talk arid stcnii)od •tlio fiiho\y. These hoys' h.ave: inlprovod' ;plonty- sincc l;vst around, .<!vico(>f=,sflill'y- get- ting ■■ a^<•ay from a straight dance routine- for the happy mixture, lliey npwO-prpjeetv - \ - ■ .. .^ '\."Tiyd Chairful Royuo;'.' sextette .of breeipipn -.dancers, clo-scd with ; an acceptable .series of. ensembles arid with .. the. ;stair .dance, liriiS.lv the 'itaridout'of the act. . ' : . >;TWp -Gi^enG Mui-dtir:Casp" ir{\r); scrcpn-'feauireJ-- :; LOEV/'S MET TK'^ell.balarieedi .fast playing siipw for ;ciii'rent 'week iri Bropklyn, ; Four acts dividing hori,Qrs with '"Evang- eline" on screi^n. G.ood' attendance Mpnday riight.:but prenty pf unfilled seats, iridjan sunfi^^'^er. beach weath- er Tesponsitiie':.of .course and all! the locals taking it on th.e chin- plcrity;; Lucas-a-nd Lillian, mixed teani of equilibrists, satisfied, as bpdrier, hal- anqing arid -adagio postures ■ 'with the giiiy :attractive, iairid clad 'in a re- vealing bathirig; suit, witii malil .partner garbed as life Saver, pei'fect Strong: riian•■ specirrien; 'The .: stqnts are good,: haridled well and provides a .class bperier . Qr; closer..: . _ ■: ..•. :. Will j. Waird; got over with piano-' :lbg.: drid gags. With, corisiderahle.sup- port: frorii the audiende; •which of- fei:ed no resistance, to being iri-. voigleid Into a .^Saerigerbund on th6, chorus, of his numbers. Audience angle set; ."Ward ' jirett^^^ " "The . M6nbl6gi$f,^' }cbrii'edy :' skit employing. :four: irien arid . woinen, Whizbanged for coniedy honors. - It's anpther. of. those Iriterruptibn acts with most of the players in auditor* ium,- but packs: any number of bel- 'lie.s which this ippb went for and others wilii ..-■': . Jack Sidney's FrollCkers pitPvided the class wallpp . in closer, with . a night .clubesijue jevue enlisting 20 players, including lO-piece ritia:ie .or- chestra,; Sidney clbwris; tl?rough amiably aia m.c. and baton wi.eider; He has surrounded himself; Vith clever specialists, mostly dancers and mp.stly girls, the latter clicking, on looks; forrii and ability, . Spacing ■ the . instruriientals Is a corking jazz toe by Veronica, clown balancing by Lacellese Brothers and two nifty hoofing specialists by. Frank. Kirig and- brother; not tp overlook. the -pip. coritbrtion darice by Mae Martin. Act has plenty of diversity. MuSic cbnibp know: theii: stuff arid In presentafiori and dress- ing as well as \fast and acceptable entcrtainnient; it's there.'. "Evangeline" (UA) followed. HAMILTON (Vaudfilm) Plenty of hoPftng bri the^ first half layout hei-e with Billy Bachelor in trey and Herbert'Clifton, satirist of femme types, in follow :.up flnishing: neck and neck fpr coniedy honors. Well' laid out . show and a sell out Saturday rilght, the twilight down- pour helping attendarice. . Miss Graple and Boy Friend.*?, the. latter a male. foursonie, sang and. hoofed 'their 'way to favor. Miss Grade Is ; a dancer of diminutive type with Plenty, of personality and stepping ability, with the, boys also' there In the darice.: division and a great "baiik up Jfor the act, . Lauren, and La Dare, mixed teamy got.pyer rieatiy wlth a riiuslcal of- fering having t^e girl at^iiecor and'mari iaiternatirig-between clari- net and sOx. A seriiblance .of cbrii-: edy packed' in the delivery also helped. , Billy pachelor and Co,: followed and, nibpped up with knockabbat hokum,Bachelpr's lo'w : comedy tickred aplenty and Helen /Cai-rbil, .sUImporting, cracked pvbr a tap that was nobody's, buslnefis. A .Bistcr- team registered in harmoriy. Jium-. bers and a nrialis dancer rounded out the support. .;This act: 1.3. fast a:nd ha,s every thing vaudb. audiehces go, for. ' ; \„ . Herbert Clifton;was anbthPr panic in next' to f-'hHt wiih his .'foriimo travc-.stiC'.s... Clifton d.iffcr(Vntiato.s fr'ona -. the rbutlrib:; .feriiale. , im- porsfinatf.r by g..'i(r«vrtg his lypc.«! ond cracking b.':.«--s;o pvor. the .fal.«f'ttb for laufrli,« and 'gots tliom. ; lie pont ovt-r thrt-e riuriib"r.« fistJ^i.'-tcd. in elo.st.-r by a youth rif KpU-ndid voifc' and with I'h/;' a<;t 'rint'ijt^' ■tho bt'll. . finittA n n nd T)n Fo r, mixed -tearii, jlanIcr-d Py t worothc-rf:', ci'm^/fT^RYr a '(•olorfiil. d.'inf!ft /j;i>-h. l>»u' For's f-.orl<,«' rf-w: dance a la Cc^rfre M, Cc/lii'sn, but not l.'ilK.-llf.'d' an Invi- ifstli.n, wor.t ovf-r for a. li;in^ .'1'. (lid ' tho' now twi.'-t adnj-'ip f.i:.-i'-hc l/mivirin; ,I)u : l-.'nr and lln,* .<-ur/- l;oi t;ii;r nVilr. .(i.iiif.ci*. VTlir- (Utir.c- ^funlfr C;i.s<" (I'ar) ,.-<tri .S(,i ocn. ^ PALACE (St. Vaude) Chicago, Sept. T. . ■ \In framing a vaude show froni thV e.ast . for a house In the west, these are .some of tlie things to b« . rbmcniborcd; 3. There ha.s boon too inuch: smut coming into the west frorii .eastcm acts. It Is • not wanted by ■ th* audii'riCG.s,: and it is: distinctly i*- pulaive to niost cu?tbmers. ' ': 2. FiU-in l>pokings made froria- Chicago :Khoiiid riot -be' conflicted 'by eastern .bookings when plenty ot." ; advance ri"btice was given. . ■ . 3. A bjil in any: straight "vaude hbiife should not - be -'without a drawing act.,. ' : .'^ :' .-..^''■'." ■: .■ ■. 4-. TherC' has been so .much siml- Uarity •a.mong acts on the sariio bill ■in : both :'Kelth-booii,ed . houjses here ,: that acts have, been; forced to re- niaVlc abb^ut it to alibi their 'dupiica.r : tiori,-: :':; ;:'■ ■'• ;.■ .■--■■',: .;•'■: '..'■':'■ : 5.. Watcii but.'for: acts framed ex- • : clusiyeiy for the I'alace, .New, .yprk.>. They'die! ori their .feet eis.eWhere. ■ Although -some of this advice naay - :• be so obyibus as to'seem' idIptlc,:all of it is justified;: .by actual cbndi-, tions.-.'.- ',■:•'"•,■. Th.b. currerit Palace bill Is with- out; a .diaw. Ted Fio-.RitP, with • a Ipcal: band .of dome prorininence, Id ; sti'lctly a srib-headlirier. He is head- .;. lined : this week.^ There are three . tenors-, siriglng ballads on this bill. Thei^e; ;are: two song; writers' who parade their past song:' hits /for ap- plause. . ."The Lew ''Pollack-Henry Dturiri .act is. framed fbic a so^cailled : "wise , audience; and It won't find It ; butside of Times Square. -. - ■ • V The bill , as- a -whoife flopped be-' ; cause of duplicat}pri. It drew le^s . thari a h.alf hou.^e. beca:use there wds riothirig in It that y-anyp^ne should coriie dbiyntowri to see. ■ It is suggested that the New Torfc Pffice pay pai-ticular attentlpn. to tho Palace gross th.is week a.nd be'gbv-.' erned' accordingly.;. : ■ ~ ' . ' Shpw ppened' In "bne" wlih !>» Van-'and Bernie, male tap and aero- batic dance ;team With taleritcd dbipe. but no: .talent..for comedy.. Uiifor*!^'' tiinately, they tried lots bf comedy, v< arid all of it flbfiped. . Hboflng'; clicked. - . . Cblleanb ?ariiiiy, three ;^Irl3, and three hien In a clever mixture of darice and. springboard sicrobatlcs, ' were siecbrid and brightened the bill as . long as they stayed. Maurice. Cbllbano is a tunibler of exceptional ability arid has a knack; for humdr. . The Ted Fip-Ritb orchestra; third. Is from the Edgewa;ter Beach hotel, . kriown pretty well locally through radio. There . are 14. rineh. -urideir direction'oiC Flo-RIto, all gppd'mvsl- : ..ciaris and- jsome with vocal .ability. Featured Iri sbrigs is Duisty -Rhodes, who has 0. fair voice arid a fine mail- : ; ;rier of putting hlriiself over.'. Flo- .' Ritp had hls/^vlrinirig In a planbloig , series of his past cpmposltloris, and- • it would have beeri fine had he beie'n the only, one on the. same:bill ito do 'it ; •■ : ■•■;■- . ■.. .:-. y- '-:; Hal, Nleman, ; tramp comic with A pansy-like monolqe, sailed along bke . in fourth position although hls' act- was known tp many In the housei. He hais had.:quite a few recent book- ' ings around here—almost too many to ju.stli'y so early , a. repeat. Even . though his: applause was heavy It . was just another opportunity tot ariybody to; pull that familiar crack about yaude's "same bid. acts." . . , Lew Pollack;dnd. Henry Dunn al-: most. flopped In fifth spot' becauise . their act Is too eastern, too blue In . spots, eritli^ely out of tune'with a mldwesterner's vaude. tastes. Pol- . lack is at the piano, jplaylng his song hits and Henry Dunn is one bf the three tenors pn-the program. Alice and Doris Weaver assist piem . with sbng and darice. A song with special lyrics as sung by one of the girls for opening :is so leerlngiy Bug- gestlve It didn't draw orie laugh. ; After several miiniites of tough sled- ding tiie atct devoted itiself to m .couple of rows oif^muslc publishers, in the house; 'NIx/ :" '7 ' : - :r > The show; was dead when John ' Steel, anpther of the three tenors and .the. best Pf the lot, 'stepped'Ohv■ Iri the sixth. Steel help up well biiit didri't score hl& usual hit. Not bis fault,^ '.-'.■ ; Dave Kramer and Jack Boyle pldyed''ln hext-tp-clbsing to.a flock . of walkouts.; The ,-veteran - Viaude coriibination pf blackface coriilc and ' refined white straight couldn't save ' themsclvcv , although . these who stuck enjoyed them. The Kltaya- mas, 3aj> equilibrist a.sslsted by ia . girl, closed amid a rush for the exltq^-d; and eut it .short., - - - , ' - . 'ivvo rpw.s of Ike Rose's midgets ; were in'the house, probably heartily;. ;v/r'loomod a,s seat-rillor.s. . ' Juf;t about the. year's -n'or^t bill, ■ nnd ironirally relied upon to istart tl)<» nf'W R-K-O vaude season with - a bang. V ' Bittff. r GRPHEUM (St. Vaucje) V .. f-'-in Franriisco, Sept. 7. - Trd I.f ui.s. bfiwc-.tr tlio .old Or- 1-1:.! ii-7ii ( lit .cf it.s' fc.-rnuT home in t,'. .•;.T!'(1 I-'riil;iy. nlj-'ht ' i..fi\v( il. j;c \v i;K< ) Cirplif-urn into jts; i,< w '(Ji.!i.ii-i:i-, xlif- ^(,\•\^,^ r 1' uif .. (Cojitlnucd on page 43)