Mumford and Stanley

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Singing and comic dialogue.
Usual interruption by comedian off stage while straight opens with song. Enter comedian a la janitor make-up accompanied by considerable mugging. Both voices are undoubtedly kept under cover to guarantee the big finale, which surprisingly arrived, notwithstanding both hit more "blues" in one line than many "girl acts." When opening the straight immediately displays his wares as a vocalist, followed by the comic, who in attempting to gain his mission sings off key for a laugh. Later he brings forth his supposed mellow pipes, which harmonized well enough with the straight to recall the barber shop harmony days and invariably made them like it. A complete rearrangement of the entire routine, especially the songs, would prove the thing, for they apparently have the required ability to handle real material.
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Variety, 53:13 (02/21/1919)