Eddie Foy

Singing.

History was established at the Orpheum this week with the arrival of Eddie Foy and his aggregation of Foylets, This remarkable family, who balls away back East from New Rochelle, were not only recorded a hearty and enthusiastic reception, but were handed more and bigger floral pieces from admiring friends than ever graced the Orpheum stage since its initial opening. Eddie Foy has always been a favorite In California and that grand old grand-daddy of vaudeville, notwithstanding his long absence from San Francisco, learned that native sons have a lingering memory. He was apparently embarrassed and possibly surprised at his reception and with the excellence of the individual and collective specialties, his returns gave ample proof of a popularity seldom, if ever, exceeded by any headliner who ever appeared at the Orpheum. The special songs by Billy Dunham and his oldest son, Bryan, were well fitted. Bryan, who during the summer months was "pushing" coal around the Pelham Bay Training Camp, shows an aptitude for author's honors in the Foy songs, and Dunham and he, judging by their current output, show promise of future possibilities in this line.

Variety, 54:6 (04/04/1919)