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Nelson and Ely do not look like a vaudeville act until the young woman of the turn does a ballet routine near its close. Even then the man ruins the impression left through following with an attempted travesty of the same dance. Early he tried for more comedy with as much result. The couple opened with a ballroom dance after which they did some singing. Neither can sing. The woman's toe dancing, and she does some of the difficult steps with ease, caused surprise as to why she should be in the act at all. Afterward she did some Russian steps and for an encore, contortional twistings. The girl could be made something of in a production, vaudeville or legitimate. She is wasted in this act, for the man makes it impossible.
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Variety, 53:10 (01/31/1919)