Variety (Feb 1930)

42 VARIETY VAUDE HOUSE REVIEWS Wednesday, February 5, 1930 PALACE flirting with a femme on the beach. His work deserves the Co. billing. (St. Vaude) I Blossom Seeley, with the more corking good show at the. Palace thaa capable ass,^^^^^^^^^^ this week, and a splendid example | Pgl<iJ^ save^nose^^^j^^ After a little vocaUing and gagging Sellout and standees Saturday af- 1 bo^th^ ^o tra^^^^^ ternoon. I arid keep up the atmosphere with a STATE (Vaudfifm) bright, trouped on next with his bagful of gags and anecdotes. His kidding of prohibition pleased best. Two girls help with aolo ivory work Joe Frisco, playing a quick re- ■ ^ocaling peat, Is the current State stage and Macke. slapstick male name atop a five-act bill that is started rather slow, but In- generally good. On the^marquee on ^.^.^^gg^ ^ after their opening Broadway it says Mr. Joe Frisco, | j^^^^^ jj^ed the low manner of dig- Senor Frisco did many things in ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^ „ . ... 1^..- - ,x- -r - - .. „ J I his next to closing spot for Satur- ne„t hand Both boys saueeze the Elizabeth Morgan and Co., with travesty on "Lulu Belle." Bowed kjay evening's packed house, arid f^'^J^^^^ hokum. Fein and Tennyson, man and woman class warblers, closed. Some time ag( support. , Don Donaldson as chief support,: ngat hand. I most everything'registered. A few .started the show at zippy tempo ; jaryis and Harris, backed by two Uypj^.^! Friscolsms, those gags he . with a soniewhat different dance ^^^^ ^rops, one representing a street gj^yg the wise mlob with, sailed right ^„n-„„ vv<ti a. v.iuoc«. «v/x„^ r act. Nifty and a-svay from the usual ggene under an "L" and the other L,yer the orchestra chairs and struck iimeaKO the team worked without •blah dance frames, thanks to the "L" platform, were a bit w^ak. kh^ ^ear wall -with a thud. . But turn Is framed clever pedal work and gymnastic Ujue. perhaps, to following Miss L very few. for while Frisco Is a a'marimba band of six men gyrations of the troupe. Miss Mor- ggeley. Jarvis plays the drunk to u^nny guy ^t a restaurant table he ^ mixed dancing duo. Get bet- gan does her. numbers with Donald- j^igg Harrison for some agreeable jg equally funny in asflther way U^j, rgguitg ©ut of their singing with . son, and an unbilled male team crossfire. Their son, quite young, to an audience that doesn't knowTrj^g jj^arimba for the musical back- spots: singing and dancing as I closed the turn strongly with tap u^rhy ..-yVoot Wbo£" was a medicine gj,ounj, |,ut this house didn't go for spacers. [work. . _ . t „ua 1^^°^' know a gag when It [tueir type of vocal work.- Dancing Paul Sydell and Spotty followed " ' " ^ m . . ^»v.. ^j^^.. ^^^..j Georgie Price, the cyclonic mite, k^g^rs one. , ^,„u.,.^ » arid also whammed over: Spotty is ran on next and tpok ""t honors. Besides gagging, Mona. Fri|co k.oQ^ dances, the man also taking a well trained canine whom Sydell Price delivered all his numoers in g^nced his dance and delivered his gp^^ acrobatic dance, juggles like a ball. Rigiditv of the great manner, and the mike spouea jj^igj^ j^^rgi^n take-off, the same' - - - - animal grabs plenty of applause. in front of the apron In this house. ,j„jtatlori he's giving for the same JE^^S^ST oil^lS^^^ Hevu.. hoofing geS^rtS^eMoVS vnvi.a ^^^."nomn?^^^^^ TWO Leering cdlumn, the Old dancing man _ Seer while a nif^^^^^ Sa e boys mix theVgaping and dancing. ,„ the^ Farrell .act. now announced Qal o^-iSl-^^^^^^ "Vaude cbuld singer, while a nirty^ pair ^'•„ '?j^'f Three girls assist with warbling Ug 73 y^ars of age, contributing the k^^g ^gen improved with a. good A Plown drummer smacks over In and stepology. f^„f„rori biggest kick ol the turn as he has L,q turn. Biz S.R.O. at the late" A clown drummef smacks over in ..gcarlet-Flame" (W. BO. featured, ^een doing for some while. Saturday show. Draw was "Holly- ' ' Paul Remos midgets were de- k^oQ^i ^gyue" (Metro), feature. — -.^ .cidedly liked also. In fact,^it was Acts sandwiched a single between KlvU a bill in which no one fiopped. The two group numbers. Bernardo De J e^A^^f r»h\ necessary speed In Saturday perr pace, spotted first, rated top on ("Odds and Ends —I ao; formances at the State—remember Upplauge. other two were Jack Los Angeles, Jan. 30. | the turnover—forces everything im-| Qgterman and Jack and Kay a big way for comedy, diversity and claaa»- Johnny Marvin, recording artist,., next with a song and instrumental routine presiented in a likable way and registered. Halfrway down Marvin brought on a chap In misfit I . . off with 1 mediately to the point and there Is I spangler. garb Whom he introduced as. his ^^^^ ""Jl '"^^^^ at no stalling or time-wasting. Paul ^^^^^ Pace plucks a mandolin, brother, with both going into a har- an $800 tak^ on the first show aM j^^lan contributed the only slow mo- changing his pace to permit tWQ mbny double for strong finish. the RKO, with the dpors^ open at ^^g^ts when, after his fast hat and girl assistants to maze in and out Godino Brothers, male Siamese hi a. m. Show running from two pm juggling he talked over an en- Urith c^ncing and chatter. Orches- twins backed by 10-piece male Uhd one-half to three hours inay be gpre trick. Trick itself Is milder tra leader plays straight for him Filipino band, closed first half and had for 30 cents If you get In be- than anything preceding and the spot. clicked both as a freak attraction fore .1 p. m., arid one hour of it a gj^^, inconsequential. Nolan has a Osterman, with his usual snippy and on the torrid tunes by the bai^d. George Choos musical tab, If they chance at one point to leave 'em talk and sentimental songs, did well Latter zipped things up aplenty, Uouid carry biz like the bargain wanting more, and he should take enough. Feature bit-of his act Is and provided good backing (New U-ugji right through the day's four advantage of It. done with aid of the pit men, who Acts).. shows, this house would be a clean- Nolan opened. Remos midgets piay several bars from various Lita Grey Chaplin, 'with Pat up: were No. 3 and, Mr. and Mrs. Ray popular, and classical tunes, while Casey (not our Pat) at piano, sewed feature this week is "Dark Lyte, dancing In front of their Qsterman sings to the combined them up w^ith a song repertoire, g._ x ,, /p^) running 60 miriutes. Oriental string orchestra, closed^ melody. mostly specials a.nd all handled for |Vaee show another 60, a 20-rtilnute Closing turn looked and landed con- . Jack and Kay Spangler do a akit sure returns. Girl has "It," show- ° and Pathe News and musi- siderably stronger here than when aided by three men, two of whom manship and, a pleasant singing. • , arid other screen filler running In the same spot at the Palace a are comic turiiblers. Miss Spangler voice. AH of her five numbers ^i., . three hours. short time ago. State is better | ig a neat dancer and high kicker, SSfired. Heavy palm whackinig, and , „^.. ' , -Pn/iQ" hiii «5ld- suited to the double dance team, ^y to a solid hit. . ,^"r ^^w^ M-G'a "Navy Blues." starrln, Phil Baker bounced on and killed ney ]\larl6n as featured comic. He hp^jujam Haines, State's feature them foi« laughs in next to shut, pulls his chatter, in Jack^^ Bigi. Baker's gab routine was a wow all I Ion, and they ^augh ^nether_ tney 81ST STREET isaKers gaa routine was u. wow an -—>- ' t,^ «,ovci Af nnV the way! and had them literally can. figure out what he f ay^^r npt. rolling up and down the aisles. He Chic Kennedy a^cute gave them everything In a rib- niftied with six minutes of comedy tickling way, also spotting hid ac- in eccentric tough dress and at coi-dion stuff• and repartee with other times came-out more for dec- , _,- . - , male plant In box. Baker fcould | oration. _ . , _ , bill than wlU the gatherings pre-I show a running time of 179 mln- nice clear I j__i_,at/»1ir oilulf . •Tt. nnnt-raat TPar- with Jack Spangler showing up well also. Act's highlight is the tumbling team, with its falls and fumbles. Skit is set in hotel. Good hand here. Besides the feature and vaude the bill carried a sound newsreel (Vaudfilm) , . , An audience of kindergarten age trailers and a three-minute over PALACE ($t. Vaude) Chicago, Feb. 1. Bill has an abundance or every* thing except downright slapstick, which was missed. Shifting of acta might have balanced better, for. the audience was fairly fatigued by in- termission and had'. yet to meet Frances White arid Al Trahari. • Trah.ari, next to closing, had a slow start because Miss white dragged an encore some, but came through highest. His new foil. Lady Tulcona Camefon, Is a tall blonde., with , very good pipes. '" Besides Trahan and Miss White, Solly Ward and Harry Rose were exceptionally well received In their respective ^pots. Opening was the efteotively staged dancing team of TInova and Bai- koff, going best with their Spanish love dance, and Fred Martin click- ing with his Intoxicated terpsichore. Helen and Agnes Harrington held the deuce firmly, and were there all the way with their sister harmony and gloomy, pans. Chinese Show Boat, novel Nipponese flash act, seemed spotted wrong, although go- ing tremendously. '. Running practi- cally 30 minutes with classy Ariier- ican presentations of musical com- edy bits,, topped by Mr. Wu's genial m. c, work and; Impersbnatioris, this group of 19 nien and girls should have closed the show. Handicap for Harry Rose, following, but Rose worked harder with' his songs and exitempore and fi^nally stopped them. A case of sheer showmanship. . Another act' to wring- lots from the audience was Solly Ward In his skit, "Off to Maine," with the stage wife and dumb-panned maid. Solly, legltiriiately took boWai and offered,,, a song as an encore. After intermission Miss White, and she might have cut John Meehan out of hi^ first, dancing bit to speed up :the show if she felt an encore coming. Otherwise no complaint oh. her klddish personality, and she was liked. Trahan followed at 4.46. Lester and Irving, acrobatic trio, not ciaught. Business slightly, better than aver- age Saturday afternoon trade. Loop. 86TH ST. (Vaudfilm) — — , . ., Clayton. Jackson and Durante, for 10 minutes, three minutes or doubling from Les Ambassadeurs, have stayed on for the rest of the Kathryn Irwin has a nice vtc»» 1 ^ominately adult. In contrast Par afternoon as far as the outfrenters voice and uses a heavily «ramatic j^^j^^^yj^^.g "Laughing Lady" Is bet- were concerned. At tag Llta Chap- ] style of delivery "which makes^tne | ^g^. grown-ups than the I utes. lln hopped on to warble the get- crowd think Gotta Be "^e'® growing- uds, —. 1.11. T>»i —Iv— A^^o ig grand opera. They I ^ «... »„v..»..w» w.. . —e, ..o-, - ^ , , .top the bill for the first half here found more pleasure In ,Sj(;turday's ] ture by the^pit band, /ivins_ttie [.and romp away with the show. Sur- rounding, bill also good; arid biz a sellout Saturday night. Chevalier Brothers contributed nifty acrobatics in opener, with bal- ancing stuff and tosses particularly good. One-foot headbalance is the STATETLAKE (Vaudfilm) . ^-11^^°^ h^u I wallop of the act. Units are hitting this house with j j^^^ Questelle. I fair rejgiilarlty. Current ••Dpin' May Questelle, diminutive brunet with male accompanist, followed away number, with Baker whooping You Are" is grana opera, xiicjf 1 Two hew acts-^Monge Troupe and It up on the accordion and running raved. Rudell and Duriigan. Monge turn is away with" the show. *- I There is a Negro camp meeting acrobatic and sure fire. Rudell and Milrand and Girton, mixed team, gcene nicely handled- in grouping 1 duriigan is one of thdse nilxed two-, . .,- . , 1 — ' closed and satisfied with a routine and rhythm, a'music box puppet somes anxiously striving to please Things' manages^ to Keep tne cur- K^^jth gongs, and registered. Most of acrobatics and cycling that heldl^ance by three people which is well that any reviewer must report un- tain up most of the time ana suaes ^gre handled in the boop-aboop them in. Edba. Uone but not so popular, and a favorably upon with regret, because along at a nice pace, slipping oniy j^j^n^gj. Helen Kane, and pre- 1 "Hello Gershwin" section probably not only effort but a cash outlay to slightly at the close. ..^ sented as an impresh pf the latter, intended as the classic glorification an authpr ls represented. L "^^^ ^\ *^»PPcn as ^m. c. of the Miss Questelle la winner of the RKO of jazz. Pair are not new, being of vaude- troupe stoo4 out as^ the consistent jjgjg^ ^^^g contest The mob went One or two of the 12 Auditorlurii ville record as far back, as 1921. success of the show ge^^^^ f^^ the baby tone warbler, giriJ seemld a bit uncertain of their | Theirs, is simply another of those I Sfil^^n-^^TI^J^^^f^lW!'..^"^^ I ^^nt her away to a good hand. I LINCOLN SQ. House playing only three acts first f?oStInS'arthe''show''ca^^ I rough^breakT'of wrestl^^^^^ wlth^ma- 1 '^'^^ °^5^,Vi^flyc.f*^ifiL^\^«'^wni''hi I MUlard'Vnd MarlinT mixed* te'ami half because of ''Hollywood Re- terlal that, if It means anything at much of his Arst-show stuff will be L^^jth girl doing jsomedy, grabbed a ue's" 117 minutes. Vaude runs 44 Prlpcipa s also incl^^ ^j^^^^ .^^ j^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^ minutes. Neighborhood crowd went Slllman with a dance represer^ • involved. ■ AH acts in the unit were over campus patter, singing and dancing, for all three acts In a big way. ^Vnn?/ Smv Elizabeth Brice had the next-to- hicely. starting ^Ith.^ert Nagle 3 clayton, Jackson and Durantefol- Mark Shovey In "Dance Parade." Kultoes, J^^aren dnd Xa^^^^ ,^j^g Miss Brice has been nhnble ^^npcj^sonation and t^^ I^^g^ ^g^g^ tj^g ^^^^ f^^m flash act, assisted by a girl dancer Gibson, Fldrence Simonson and the several times of late in her Wing. Patsy and Mickey showed ^^jj^ Backed by their night and a line of girls,' opens the show Harmony Trio. rotation around the greater New class as hoofers, the femme strong ^.j^^^ ^^^^^^ ^j^g ^^.j^^ ^^^axed hilarious to good returns. Shovey carries the Revue Is well named. York RKO chain. "Echoes of the on hot steppmg. uut ot ^JJ® cnorus capered all over the rostrum, to act almost alone. Line of girla Is Desert." flash adagio revue, closed, or 16 ccmo gaw witn tneirspewai- gccompanlment of incessant howling not so strong. (New Acts.) »«»%«ww-k*^ Headlining and spotted in the cen- ties. ^Evelyn Keimin, Manor 1 Durante's Heni-y Regal and- Co., two merij RIVERSIDE ter of the bill was George K. Arthur, with toe tap, and Betty Foy witn ..^ps at Him" rolled them, and the and a woman, deuced It with a rou- .,, . Former screen comic is doirig very Personality songs. «^ number knocked them a tine mostly acrobatic. Woman (Vaudfilm) nicely in the family spots for Keith. " f ^„^^ works in the opening and closing New vaude-shorts policy , at the His act asks only a willingness to ^ood deal win be cut. r«)um^^ a^„^ j^^^g gyery- number. Men dish out plenty of Riverside, five acts and five shorts, giggle, and the rising generation of ^ags and blackouts were new to ine ^j^j^^^ count,'as usual. Clayton and hokum. 1 hasn't yet been given sufficient this precinct was more than willing, "job here. iJrem^^^ rielfehborhood play to pull the River- Lower floor was weir filled Sat- PPy^fS^;^^?„^^^SIV"^i!5„f„ Tnok and planted some'hoofirig while Du-. out Of the red. Downstalra urday. seemingly quite a margin with their hoke clownmg. iook i,^^^^^ Wilson Brothers closed the show with their usual routine of a little bit of everything. German stuff and yodellng panicked them; Two clever showmen, these boys. Business on the floor great,. but tipstairs not so good. ACADEMY (Vaydfilm) One of the lerigthleist vaude bills this' theatre has played In many a month, and one of the best. Seven acts here the first half ran to two hours and 22 minutes. Were it not for the fact that each act^ was a self-supporting link on the total vaude chain, they would have begun to pall toward the end. But with plenty good entertainment and two standard • vaude names—Georgie Price arid Blossom Seeley—all-went ^^r big. Firiat. show Saturday played to a well-fllled house. Red Donahue and Pal, the Pal a ' stubborn .jackass, started the works with a laugh. Skit revolves around the mulish antics of the donkey, driven by a chap in blackface, ^"^anny Bffiaii aird'COTriffttei?^^ Creole girl, sang and danced a bit Small, working in tux, tenors a few pops and foreign songs, and varies with legmania. Closing tap number was the strongest bit. Girl .sup ports 'with oke stepology, spiced with a little mild cooch. Kemper and Jeanie got numerous laughs in the trey. Jeanie Is a femme midget who acts like a pre cocious child. Formerly the ^turn was billed under the name of Jeanije Kempor is apparently the stout chap side mats was almost empty, and the ' show j over average.' ran like a dress reheatsal. House runs the film sec.tion as a Unit, then follows-with the vaude. First short was "Moonbeam's Bride," with the U. S. Indian band and the JEFFERSON Tani a speech first show. j^ana. \ -Lost Zeppelin'^ O was the draw, plenty of people leav ing after seeing the filni only. Busl ness excellent as usual Saturday , , .matinee, with holdouts at end of V d^ first performance. , tVaudfiltn) Attendanlce ' for the singing chief, Shunatona. Followed I matinee show here n'.s.g, by Jules Bledsoe singing "Old Man ran to" one hour and 46 minutes for Trouble" and "Wadin' iri the the seven acts. House cold, and Water." "The Silly Symphony" was wairmed up to few turns. Four out followed by Pathe Sound News, then of the seven turns strlved for "Adam's Eve." Vaude fpllpwed with laughs, but found It pretty tough Everest Sanderson, Don Cummings, riding. \ ^ a Tempest and Sunshine, Bayes -and | Dog aict, Meehan's Canine's (New | fi^^tv^^J^'l^lr" Speck and the Sunshine (3-irIS, peecn nrsi bi.uvv. gjit heavy for everything, and Lost Zeppelin'^ (Tiffany), feature, j^^nted more, but the boys took their bows and let It go at that. "Laughing Lady" (Par) followed as screen feature. Edba, Loop, Complete cast "Born Reckless,? formerly "Louie Baretti," Fox, in- cludes Edmund Lowe, Warren Hy- mer, , Marguerite Churchill, Lee Tracy, William Harrigan, Paul well. Tempest and Sunshine work In re liable. siyle. Lenore Ulric impres 58TH ST. (Vaudfilm) Keith bill the first half is shy a I Page, Joe Brown,-Frank Albertaon, >rtiedy punch. There were some Eddie Gribbbn, Pat Somerset, Paul ,cu.v ou,.o..«.. , A.cta), "madrX"pleasing^ opener, l^augha in two of the acts, but not Porcaspi, Ben Bard, Mike Donlin. »ci.iv i-ixc oui.o i.c « » 4 Klrbv and Duval comedv team of sufficient proportion to hold up John Ford directlne:. Sanderson 13 a good niusiclan,. but Jirby and ^^^^^'^^""^^^^^ the show. Plenty of singing and LUa Lee, first assignment "Under in presentation of his instrumental ,vS^undS^ hlndTcan dancing. On the screen was "The Western Skies," FN. specialties seems to be wasting a lot Turn^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^j^.j^ ^^^^.^^ S'uts^ D?J'cu?im?ng" a iSafroSer" ?n.t?e%heiS2 wisid ?^r*se'^^^^^^^^ ^ Fllsh fas provided by the Anatole "The Storm" for U. not Fox. as pre outs. iJon uummmgs. a neat, roper, Patter however, is wobblv Friedland revue, v/hich has Marty vloUsly reported, followed with his lariat splrtiing "tes. fatter, ^''^JJI^f'^^^^ gWO^^^ appears first Skeets Gallagher replaces Harry standing him in good stead, al- JoPd barltoS and ma^^^^ It In ''one," doing a single well. After Green, "Marco Himself," Par. though his talk didri't register so eood^ baritone and makes use of it ^ hoke musical turn, he simply an- Pathe's first musical short ' Bronson and Renee, mixed com- nounces the specialties. All except '-PIck 'Em Toung." . Cast:. Robert edy .tea,m In eccentric get-up, are one are by girls. Jazzheels Johnson Agnew, Carmelita, Geraghty, . Yera now assisted by four girls and one (colored) Appears for a brief step- MarSh, Mary Hutchinson, "Mona slon of "Miml" doesn't get what It hjoy. Two of the girls deliver songs Ping specialty. At present the Ray, Fahchon Frankel. might, because of the short life of and dances as a sister team, other Friedland act, other than May's Stanley Fields, "Border i,eglon,' the--Ulric=-sh6wT----Mi3a ^Sunshine?sJ two^rls take^^the s best was the Helen Kane imitation,' for a specialty contortion and edy. Without Friedland it now de- Complete cast "Texan," . Par surefire everywhere now. Act made straight stepology. Boy goes in for pends entirely on the specialty work Gary Cooper, Fay ,Wray, Oscar a corking register with a small au- taps. Bronson and Renee support of the girls, all dancing. Apfel, Emma Dunn, James Marcus, dience. the comedy end with croas-flre and Billy Maine's act supplied almost Coiriplete castJ'Rettirn of Doctor Bayes and Speck mixed old boys mannerisms, and draw a laugh here all the comedy wltK Maine as a Fu Manchu," Ear: Jean Arthur, with some new ones, and danced ef- and there. phoney prince. Supporting girls do William Austin, O. P. Heggie, -weii fectively. Smattering of laughs. Jerry Coe and Brothers, three specialty dances that pleased. Under Hamilton. ,,011 The Sunshine Girls look nice, dress beys with looks and plenty pep, got New Acts are Leslie Strange and Eddie Welch, off Buj's . up the stage, and go through a Tiller across big. Accordion work main- the; Rhythm Dancers. Latter opened Bears to gag Good News on sei, routine clocklike in precision. Well ly, varied with a little different in- the show nicely. Strange is an Eng- I M-G received. Acrobatic solo dancing of strumentation. Coe is a good little llsh character Impersonator, who Marjorle Lane a standout between hoofer, strong on personality. - announced that he had been in the the dances-of the IC girls. 3/«rte. | The Oklahoma cowboy, Bob Al- I States only four days. 3fnrfc, Greta Grandstadt replaces Pau]^ Ine Oaron, "Sunny Days," l^fc. Wesley Barry added.