Variety (Sept 1929)

48 VARIETY FILM HOUSE REVIEWS Wednesday^ September 11, 19^9 GAPITOL ("Atop of New York"—Unit) . New York,: S'ept. C. Stage ,show, at th(j Capitol ^ this Wbek can stand Up. with. ahythihfip bL' its Icind on Broadwii.y.. It- bqiws both .ways in reaching a happy' mfediuni between the classy Upxy. and Jazay .Paratnount; and;.lands both; wn.'yii besides.. Stuong suppdrt. for .the siieht. fcaturei ."Our JMod.orn Maid .• ••• ens" (M-G-), ^ ■ .;■ . , At thiis staee of the prLvsijntcttlqri: ■ business, with all'.band shows loblc- ing so mueh alike, one'that stands but as this, ohis current at the Gap- itol does, becomes hptable'. ' It's, not • usual for evei*y specialty effort to register as they all. did here, nor for every one to deselrve .it;, . : ;.' . : ■ • •• W is getting fortunate^ .'• support in his return .we6j€/ .. The, , returhing. n\; e. • reached the- heights ; ■ with the i-est of theoi, repaying; a . good reccivtioh with a good' perform ■ •■ance. '-•..;:. ■ . ■ Getawuyv ih-fhjnt of-a'speoiai:b fpanglpd drop, ^beforij which'Allan sogers', tenor; explains . that :5ubserr luent aciion Avill take plaio in . a : KeW -York penthou.se apartment. : : {"he ropf. idea gives jn,u!,Gi>_ play; to ■ the; imagination, an'd'".the' Clapitbrs set dei>isriei\s tn;\de the most of it; .• ■. ,Fui^stage; section iioeM)^ with'the ballet in a song arid dance tb "Walking With Susie," firl; a;nd boy i routihe with/'halt the ijirl^^ in fii.ll dress and canes.- The: number from '•MoV^ietone Follies", -gets a- .solic! '■plug. ■ ■ " Tommy Wonder, the show stop- ping lc,id .dancer, \vas forced intb half-a dozen gag bows before they; l.et hiiii off. /This is the' saine boy who .was: steered into. a. va.ude unit some. time, ago ks rhany others are, . stefer^d, and it led t*? nowhere. With another wham immediatelV foIloW- : Ihjg;—Ormonde Sisters (3),: one b.f tlxe linest girl dancing acts, on the pic- ture house stage. ' Rogers served as introducer and: conductor up to this point,, build- ing up to Roesner's entrance. A number called "Odds and Ends," having five or six musicians, play ^.lU^erent songs separately and then together, with the rest weayihg them, was Roesner's opening with the band, and strong. Done before, about a'year or so ago. it must be Walt's favovite- For laughs get the funny, /nance bit by the band pianist, a,nd the . drummer -with the spangled sticks, Wilton Crawley, colored pl-esehta- tlon single front the west, delivered the final and hardest wallop, Avith his clarinet, dancing and pantbmine. Crawley Is an unusual worker,: due to rival "Jazzlips". Richatdson and "Snak6hlps" Ih Broadway favor. If a colored show is planned, Crawley should be in It. Pajama number by the girls, in- volving a mild strip change, was ushered in by a comedy hit from six members.of the band.- They did their burlesque ba.llet stuff as usual, getting the usual laiughs. "Atop of N6W York" is fast and colorful. It's going to look and land just as well in the neighborhoods. Overture, conducted by- B.iinchuk, ah arrangement of Russian tunes arid entitled "The Glory of Russia.' Just a lot of noise. Three large bells, each with an individual pper ator, represented chimes and pro vided the ilash that sold , the Over ture. Business heavy Friday night. Meanwhile^ Melino and a mixed couple (side remarked a.s his brother and .sister) do well for thoni.s^ives- in their speeialty, Tumbling" 'ftf the two men is .the .^strength. More si>eed in reaching the.<5t» walibps would" help.. Dorothy Kelly is credited as vocally leading t.wo.numborsi ; Opening fldsii drew applause here by making the title authentic in having, 12 iof. .(lie girls;"in turbans with sti'cainers thoreCrom ranging up to 'the flies. As usual, the .show i.s hoj'ivier on the^ scenic than talent .epd;" hut that formula .satisfies hei : Morgan may bCi holding, bapk with tho.s'e' future w6(>ks in view. : And aiwa3%i!. the ch.ince, he'll, find .the going , ea.sicr as the . hour grows latfer; - . During tiiij airt<?rno6n lie's ■juist ainhlirig tin . an'd bff, . .sayinfr Ahout. anything thfit comes, intb -hi-s mind,, and taking, ix polite, ;.it <iuick, poke at a'brother m. c. by. narne.;. . ■; ■: ." : ■ . . aid. LpeW S LEXINGTON ' ■ Now York,: Sept.^ 9. ',.Tlvis. all.sound ho.u.se; off the beat- <;n path • Vf.' Broadvyay, was .doing a thriving trade Monday night fit tlie" Second ' .shiow. : C it was a.ty.piCal New Ybrk hot evening arid- with .the Lexington hot able to: boast of. a. ■cooling system, or: anything i ilio i;£, ; th:e - hear ca pacity. biss cer- tainly meant, sohiethihgi. ' . • Before discarding: "vaiide fbt* straight . sound,- -this spot housed operia; at one ilihe: or another; leavr irig . tiie acusiics in . the hbiise per- fect for sound and particularly di- alog reception. • Size of the theatre i.s considerable, with. a;bout 2,500.' scats . cpmfprtabiy . distributed and iyius.: t.\yo.-tipper .diet^^ Three splits a week here with second' • oi*. / third run pictures, de- pehding doubfJieSB On. what the house can get; •.•;,../ • • ' . On this, program "Dr. Pu Mahch (Par)v with a neXv Sennett comedy, '■The Barber's Daughter,'' sub-billed. A nine clip newsreel ,from M-G-M, Silent, ?Lnd fpiir -Fox Movietone shots, iriciudlrig a flaslv 6f Bernard Shaw aiscoursing pleasantly on .sea bathing^; " :■ ■ ■ .:■ The only sien of life at the Lex- ington is the brgah specialty, hari- dled by ;Marsh McCurdy, formerly at the Capitol, :His console grind- ing, :while capable enough' is just matter, of fact, and'- of little im- portance the way presepted,. Accompanying song slides on .the screen might be an idea for Mc- C.urdy. This audience appeared the type that wouldn't mind going in fbip vocal exercises, if initiated property. ■. LOEWS PARADISE LOEWS STATE rOrapes"—Unit) li03 Angeles, Sept. 5. Fair enough, unit headed by .Gehe , Morgan, in here for f.oiir weeks, and Fra.nk Melino Co. Week ought to stand up on the istrfeh^th , of "Imagine My iJmbarrassnient" (Fox), which is "Why Leave Jlome?" based on "The Cradle SnafCherS.'' Fox theatre diylsioh ' has switched the title, along the Coast. Whether It's a cross-eouh-; try per'manent chan^,e - isn't khbwh Between the picture; and the show .■the holise indicates between $25,000 viand $.30,000 for the week.^ That's :tirid.er the .recent, fast pace,, but ail l:jg;ht. on' this corner. .Xlsiial :sbuhd hews' (Fo3{)' /and a; "Gang'' , dialog coriiedy fill outv / . ' .' Stage end is running 40 /minutes Morgan having hiss troubles gettinig: tnatlheo laughsv With, piost of the wortlen and kids .absent oh the night /.shows maybe, the m. c- will pick up. ^e's usine. doubled-edged; gags,: hot ofiEensivelyi but the ladies/ of TJ. A /didn't gO: for 'era. Thursday after- noon. : Moi^is:ah iis not hew in^ this territory. ... He's still dOipg his slitlffle, the same one he did in hfa "Warner , short,' jtnd using a "plant" in. the Prank Fay .vein. Also efti ploying .ft'iih shots as a laugh'pro- voker,/ which, Isn-t necess.arlly hi JarJ 001 s.j_t 6^the„vitQm eh-L-a^rtd_i:3-bju.ngr- . sters in ■a plpture house. „ Main ./production punches consist of a 'changing colpr number in "two," the 24 : girls being in . double . line Avhlle the front ahd wing lamps ■change-, shades : on them aa they kick, "St.: Louis. Blues'^ tops off, iglrls .starting' prancing to "Rhap- sody in Blue," then switching into the low-down tune which picks up ilr rhythm, for a tap routine finale. sTM Ave. ("Jazz Eiuccaneflrs"—Uhii) Seattle, Sept. ?. Fifth Avenue . theatte- has - only stage .presentatibh; shows in town and only stage, .opposition at thi$ .tinie Is Orpheunfi and .Pa'ntages. Featured- organist and stage band under Helm of Max Bradfleld aiigr ment stage show giving lots of per sOhality to -this house. Current . Fanchbri and MkrcO idea Is "Jazz/Buccaneers." Picture is "ImUgine, My EhibarraSsmenti'-' much along the, line of. "T.he/Cradle Shatchers." N6Ws shots. Include Fox Movietone of Zeppelin .landing ih Los Angeles. Manager Jim Clem rrier had: the .Zep pictures rushed up by airplane and shown 30 hours after the- landing; / Pictures not clear, but good stunt. Tricks rule this staige unit show, Girls in line make rbugh. acting pi- rates with grace .and charm in their routine. Never did pirate ship have isuch gay gang or niore .color, and music. . Xahguid music by Brad- /field's /'pets turns into liviely lilts When .lt becoriies "Yo ho< and a botr tie of riim" with Helen ■Warner as pirate leader'. Gals gay in tr^ue and free pirate/spirit^ :R?ai poatihg ahd tsplendldly executed, by ^ these, girls. .Eddie Ra^! does ihtHcite toe danpr ing: and; leaping* 'Tricks . that gO over. ■ / OBradfield is pirate in makeup ;that is a .;lcick. .Thbh Charley Brujgge, epmic frog, does some 'upside,down ban joins arid daiice / ctftrups / that ;click. More tricks here.. Gals do .clitlass dance ■with lots of color. Dainty, and lithe. Le Petite Mariej knpwh fbi^ ; her cphtortion dahcing,' is sprightly and a.a bright ;as her blonde/hair, in her dance number.' The pirates take her pris- oned, and. she:, revolves to top of istago hanging to. a rope with her teeth. ' . lieleh Warner sings blues so very blue With a; vplce as big as she is —and wcejpy. Harry Jolson,/ in blackface, does .sohie clever dialog .With Brdjdfield and sings a coiiplo of manuny. and blues songs, winding up with "Sadie Green." . — , Pin.ale hi ihgs EmiiTc an'dTlom'alne into the spot. This couple do nearly dll their work in the air, with feome few ballet stops. Full of diltlcult feats, acrobatic and adaglp. Per-, forni •with rhythm and pull some thrills that got stirefire applause out front. Discarding the ' plastlque blue used at their last appearance here* theii' personalities sliowed to advantage./ Trepp.. ; New York, Sept. ,7. Now entrant among metropolitan clas.s theatres is Loow's Paradise; at 188th street iand the Concourse, l-5ronx, called the- finest example of the modern "a,tmosphcric" theatre In the country. " House seats 4,000 (3.806 . e:iactly) and .will Offer, the same ,company's . Capitol theatre type of ehtortaininent, Davie. School- er being shifted: uptown /from, the Broadvyay.: stpind, : *rheh.tre Was • designed .by John; Eberson, the; iarchitect, and em- bodies hisf most adVitnced ideas ;of dccoratibn and plan,. Eberson being tile originator of /the "atmosphere*' motif in" theatre; building. .. Theatre, arid Ipcatibn were 'barly projects of pararhbunt, which- s'tarted the. pperatioh. ": An undei'-. standiner''between.' Paramount fthd the Lbew lhtereists at the time .halt- ed the carrying put of the. scheme, and ultimately the whoto enterprise was aissumed by ;Lp(Bw!s, which cair- ries it tip cbncluslpri; / . Most iriterfestlrig .angle of . the house is';/its. design; upph which Eberson spent, a f uil. year of plany ning and: whiqh. represents the last word in the type, stJurtllng departure from orthodox; playhbuse.;pl;an. Auditorium is/in' two levels, or^ chestra and balcohy,, eliminating the mezzahine. Roor.is tunriel-liko • in its ai'ich. and widening toward this' back : to . accommpd^te sound, dif- fusiori. ' Colored a deep night-sky Blue,, with light, points' .representing/' stars shining, through and a moving cloud effect when audience is. as-. sembled; •/^/.,. ': .Startling featui:.e ls that the whole comijosltibn. i^ d.esighed to create an illusion of/being iseat'ed in an I tatliah garden or - plaze. meant for publifc ass.erhblage. To that end both sideis are elab.oi^ately decorated with win- dows, niches,/ alcoves, arches and statuary in gi-eat profusioh, no two oiSposlte .details .Ijolng duplicates,: and •each brie copied from an actual old world oiiginai. One . recess is reproduced from the. Vatican, an- other i$' taken from a Roman relic; another from a "Venetian palace arid so on,/ the whole work being in What'.architects call "correct classi- cal"- style. • Eritrance Into the 'theatre is through three separate enclosures. E3ntrance\facing the street has the effect of .ah , al fresco space, the walls, being the surrounding bulld<^ ings, one a. cloister-like front of pillared: balcony. Intervening rooin has a warmer feeing, obtained, by the use of decorktive wood, in walls arid ceiling and the. third gradualtion .is the foyer "designed to accommb- date the waiting, people. The architect has spread himself here. Seeking what be calls a '.'wfvrm and intimate" feeling, he has worked out an Intricate scheme Iri the Italian * barOche'' style, done in- elaborate pattern, glowing color schente being ih rich red and old wood tones, varied by graceful scrpU work in. balcony railings and othdr details. Effect is distinctly rich, and by reason of the broken surfaces even this large space takes on the desired air pf cheerful intimacy. Novelty lighting, fixtures enter into the seime scheme. ' For the openlhg house was :over-illuminated, but plan: is to r.e-lamp the lobby later to a quiet tOrie hiore appropriate to the architect's aim.. .,Mr. Eberson discussed his ideas In a. tour of the .hew house during the first performance. "Theatre architecture," he said, "calls for a blending of the artist and the show-, man. What I Have here sought to dp is to lead the theatre-goer by stages from the reality of the street to the illusion of- tho theatre. "We enter through a space that is still outdoors, thence into a room that has . about . it pleasant and home^like atmosphere. Next we go perhaps for.;jt,-«t^it^lntQ a room of arresting, beauty, Dbt stUl a roohi of intimacy and/ cordiality.; .• / •''■Flriially. 'we. reach the theatre it- selif, the ieading fbaturb of which is a tjiiiet,; peaceful .sky, cue, for the mood that the visitor desires ahd the theatre ; man seeks/to promote for. the favorable, r.ece'ptioh: of his entertainment. When the stajge it-' .sielf; is - out. of the picture, for a time, the lights are. up and the' patron'is /attention hiay wander, I hope pleas^-' a,ntly, ;upon the. agreeable/ details . of the surroundings,. to. whloh^ehd ■wp have .suip^^piied. an abunda:rice of dec- oration iri the. flankiriir waiUsi: "All of this may. be sumnied up: ih .the aim of the artist ..to sway his subject (the theatre patron here) to an appropriate feellhg of quiet com- fort but always by subtle means and with skilfuU indirection; ftrst by promoting his moOd and then by holding it," • The ladies' room is.lh th6;French mariner, daihty and ; graceful,, while the men's room is dorie ih the heavi- er, sturdier English style, each rOom cents throughout house and C5 cents for Ipges. ./Bill for the opehihg week starting Saturday had Scribbler and the Par- adise Serenaders (stage.band), Ritz I'iro.s;, Stone-'Vernon Pour,'. Kara- vieff, Ailoen Clark arid the Chester Hale; girls. Feature wsls "Mys- terious Dr. Pu Manchu." Opening performance was a civic ovbnt with Borough President Bruckrier and other- IJirohiC notables present. ■ . CHICAGO '". ;.;; . Chicago, Sept. 6-. .. :Thc Lopp this/week is getting its first i'cal look at .Frarijtie Mas;tferis; an ^n. c believed by 'many local showmen to be thb: best ih Chicago, negularly Masters, docs his stuff' at the B. &:k. TivpU. bh the. sputli; side, where hi's follbwihg is ■large; In his 'first downtown appeararice Fridfiy Masters displayed; poise, fine app.earance, good .singing voice and; a talent for light humor> . He ':is' oquhl to and worth any downtown house ih: the country; / The presentation, ''Cheerio," was produced locally by Paul Oscard ajid Leopold Spitalny, In produc- tion and talent it is: of better than normal merit. It mai'.ked the/first pic'tiire house appefiirance of Al Tra- hari, who with Ladle Mai'ic; Duval,. :has been drawing: belly laughs in- the better Vaiide stands. .Trahari .sits, at the plario,: playing much, of: everything withbut; playing much of .xariythingi arid his partner Is as dig-' ni.fied.. a/s possible until . she . wipeis .Up: the stag-e with -her/ b.by" friend, in a hot necking fln!ile. Mu'ch;hcavy: clowning and very -little niusic. .The act w;as a . hbavy. laUgh^getter iiere and >vould be the same in any. pic- ture house;. . •• . Boyd Senter*. jazz clax-ihietist, also scprod big with a^n act familiar to the town but clicking as stinlng ias ever oh Its: merit. Scntbr. features' "St. Louis Blues" on his bejewelled instrument, making it hptv In addl-^ tlon he does .a pop with a i)ipe sax and finisheis. by p.laying vjvrlous' instruriients borro/wed: from the; house band. Remainirig^ act,', .the opener. /.Vas . Kirtley and .. Rankin, boy/ and g'irl, \vith eOcehtric dance routine that start a " show efTectiyely without be- ing any fehowstopper.; Best is: their/ closing bit, a /unity number dohe with their i:eet ichained together. . Preseritation opened with : Mas- ters suspended in/: midair, beside a large clown face,' sihging an : in- troductory lyric, assisted:by the 12- glrl ballet ih .song and dance. Next was a, novelty band number, witli the ■ love chorus ; surig . in. various stages of disgust and ecstasy .by some of the boys. . Well handled. Mid-show prpductioh was based on a; symphonic arrarigemeht of "Pagan LOye Song" by the .band, and car- ried . in presehta tlon by an Hawai- ian, set -on ;the back platform and a hula, number by the ballet. FOr a finish' Masters " hauled' Out ' his. guitar and brooned the sohg .to the. gals as they grouped- ar.ound' him.: Neatly staged. ' Presentation finale ; brought the ballet out with backs to the audiv ence, with large, clOwh faces at- tached to their rears. : Quick furh- arourid, revealed the :girls in silver jazz cbstumes arid-, they . Ilnished' with appropriate routine. In the pit H. Leopold Spitalny di- rected, a set of 'Mendelssohn melo- dies for the overture, handled with the usual firiesse of the best thea- tre orchiestra in tbwri. Solo 'vi^as taken by Rudolph Wagner, pianist, who besides working in the pit is of conceirt experience. Feature. ''Speedway" (M-G-M). Par sound news and M-G-M silent, completed. Holdouts for the first show. Fri- :and Use. : . HOuse staff comprises J. De Rosa, manager, Don Albert, cohductor Of symphony orchestra; Harold Ram- say a;t the organ, Louis K.. Sidney ih Charge of production; George Co- stcllo, chief electrician. Scale of prices from 25 cents before 1 o'clock to $1 fbr loges (front of balcony) Saturday .. and holiday evenings. Wcelc-dt^ty evenings scale runs 60 day. Bing. STANLEY (Not Wired)- : •; Kew York, Sept." 9.:. ■ Sticky weather oh a night th^^^ followed, a day of Intermittent raiix- fall found thIS; daily tin wired grind with but few : seats/bailee Of cus- tomers, despite the slow, igloothy bni was 85% of the/accepted formula for an. arty^': ■:''/•■,'■ ■; ■' Customers on this trip were most- ly put-Of-towriers, touristSi native migrants and suburban shoppers, nearly all , of Whom looked as gray as the; program itself-r-or it may Only; ,ha,Ve been skepticism airOused oVer the two-bit admission to a Broadway fllhi hOuse.' .•: There was one laugh Ip the whole cabpodle/and from a -woman during the showing Of the slapstick cOmedy at the close of the bill. Feature pictures was a Ufa pro ductlon, "Looping the Loop," re leased by Paramount. After 89 mln utes of this grim love tale the cus tomers were treated to only a slightly . llghter-in-theme . short Jialled=:.i?Women=^nlyT^rcleased=by: RKO; This was followed by "Fak- ing. Flappers," comedy; The comedy caught the house uh- awiares and only increased the am- ber taste left by the feature pic- ture. "Women Only," which had the middle position on the bill, ran for seven minutes. It comprised only a series of individual shots of women posing in various occupa- tions monopolized: by metx. PARAMOUNT ("JaM Clock Store"^Unit) AK T New York, £}<?pt. j;, .. Abe Lyman, and his CaliCornlana Ujade-their bow to New York nie ture houses at the Paramount thu week; : : Lyman, while not an m. c in - the e.\act . category of that- .spooies - is smart eijough to confine himsoif to as little ot what, talk. he Ivai on stage.-; • .:■: '-:,.-- ■ ;. ■, . '■■[: Franic Cambria turned but a heat little; idea, in, this, unit, .uyihg" Fred Evans' ensemble of 12 girhs to draria his jiroduction. It's ai novelty olock ' set, Intclligently/.dosigned with eC-' fecfive coloring arid lighUrig.: Get- ting, alw.ay/from the girl-linbup open- ing, with usual attendlag blali-biah and. fiburish, Lymari and .the band start right :pff. With "Twolftii Street Rag," tried and triie^ standard nuih-. ' bcr: of tlVe. brganizafion and their ace in the-hole; The cacophony of ■ the number-hits the bell at every bar. •- . ;: ■ ■ Paul iClrkland spooialtiod first \yith his ladder..m.tinipulatidns, turn- Ing ,the. stuntj Irttb. a good novelty a^nd then windiHg up. by :bal.ah.cing a. papei' cono Ori ,hisi nose, and ears Ppr a ilnish with the 'latter tripic Kirkland- sots the cone iifiamb' wiiiib juggling it on; his proboscis Until it dissolved into ashes. Til=fariy: Twins, cute and (jlover were, enthusiastic stcpiicr.s, corioen.-'^ trating on taps and doing some nifty precision/'Work; :<- ' , A ipictiiresque number Was a seml-operatie bit by Bard and Avon, mixed: singing: team, ,witli,th'e ballot gals .providing ;the. atmosphere. Half Of the girls -wctt-e oh their'toes, while the/ other . half • ivorit thi'ough tap rptitlhes;, .W:bll .staged number, with the. voca,lizing cpui^le display'ihg average' voices. / . Anbtlier band, number'/had "Good News'! :',tunos, .and brovrght out Jimmy Neeley for si. co,uplo of vGca:i choruses. ■ , '. Bob' La .S.T.lle, rc.cfular Publix tourist, cracked open with his parodies on aricicrit dittio-s, gag titles arid .punch lines that netted re.sults.: La/galle has a perfect spot, not :-b'\^erencumbored with comedy, alid cbhsiderlrig that,. is a cinch to clicic .with his stuff. . Firiiile h.TLd thb girls in a clothes pAnade, with a.corking nrtpurited tab- leau showing ^ group in a clock siet- up for the finish.^ Jesse Cra.wford's prgarilog was a pleasant interim that hrought out several hew, pops,' with the organist • shining-, at . the console aa always. P.'irariioUnt , ne,WsreeI and trailers filled in the screen portion, 'With "The/Lady Lles'V (i?ar) the feature and well, regarded. Capacity/biz, last show Friday. ROXY . New York, Sept. 7. .Eighty-flive minutes for the fea- ture, "Big Time" (Fox) cramped the typical Roxy scope, but not its style. Another 20 minutes Went to "The Skeleton Dance," animated DiSney cartoon, -: which is in on a ' pro- gramnied "rbquest; reipeat." Whoje perfbrmknce ran. 20 miriutes over the Usual two hOiirs, Attendance below house Saturday average. Thing most missed 'was the usual ela,bpralte.. ROxy spectacle, in the place of which they had staged a tricky bit Of hovelty ballet stuff appropriately woven into a "Big Time Melange" and forming a pro- log to the feature, into which it blended at/the finish by way of the . Scrim hnain title sheet. Show has the u.su?il novelty knick knacks which constitute one of the, most attractive features here, hold- ing as they consistently do, a stim- ulating bit'of stage surprise. "This week the kick comes with a military driU by the dance ensemble, aiigr mented from 32. to 48; Here, for a change, the stager gets his effects from Utter simpHcity of background, instead of the expected elaboration of set. Stage is/ bbxed ih stiffly With Straight-draped .hangings //qC greeri^gray velvet, : arid lighting Is Plain bright illumination; Porty- elght girlS'dressed West Point style in uriitOrriiS 'just .off stark. white and /with, tri-colored pom poms in the caps as only color,., db. intricate" drill: maneuvers ih Semi-qulbk. step and "Without a semblarice. of/ dnrice. . ; They :-sHp" into .slxrspbke Wheels iand dp a double wheel like, me-r' chanical g^ears in meSh "iand rieycr ml.ss a • minute detg^ll: Of :precision. Simplicity .and machine unison f ur- , nlsli the punch of the display. ' Song and .' dahce . interlude is framed arouhd a, familiar -. magiO ; type magic act by Li Ho Chang.; . He gOeS into. the old ohe of picking.; flags out pf a, silk hat,: and :a r-ining drop/reveals the, Roxyettes in- .a ., flag congress for an ehsenible. Rah-: bits frOm the same hat ,is: a cue: ; for the girls to do: a Buhny eh-/; semble of snappy trip daribe; : Both bright bits: were capital stepping and dandy sight features. Novelty of a flOatlrig globe Of etl- J^,;jiQne^n^a:^diniUieh.t^and=b&b,ind-;— the scrim by the 'magician is ar-.. i-anged to take the blending/ into the picture, feature. : Usual Roxy formal ballet iritror dubed early af ter the overture is/"a Spleridid bit of : pictorial staging. Mountain; landscape background with the vocal ensemble grouped In'Indian blanket garb, Dim light.s and the dancers in filmy draperle.^ (Continued on nace 09)