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a blackface talking and dancing turn, the comedian showing considerable knowledge In drawing his laughs, although his female partner needs quite a good deal of work before being properly set to work alongside of him.
While the comedian wee successful In getting his returns, the greater portion of hie "gags" have aged, while the closing prison idea is a good example of the material he Is using, being used a few weeks before by Mayo and Tally at the Orpheum, directly across the street. A good deal of his other stuff was from similar sources. Were they to Insert original material,
success might he In their favor and
in time perhaps they would gain recognition aa a blackface team.
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Variety 45:12 (02/16/1917)