Gallagher and Martin

Comic dialogue.

"Sweaters."

The office of a hotel with Skeets Gallagher as a soldier and Irene Martin the bell hop. This appears to be a new opening to the old act of Gallagher and Martin. The old act or their always act is singing and dancing. At the commencement Mr. Gallagher is wearing the army uniform with the Sam Brown belt of the English flying corps. A discharge stripe is worn by him, but no service strips. With about all the boys from the service out of it over there or over here, it would be a vague hazard to undertake estimating just how the uniform is going to appeal from now on as a stage asset, unless there is something definite about the uniform or the character it is employed for or the person wearing it to make even men in the service applaud or extend their sympathy through it. With Mr. Gallagher it appeared to carry no weight either way, for the turn is quite light until the couple change and go into their song and dance. Then one regrets Miss Martin found it necessary to wear boy's clothes. She is too pretty a girl and should be a girl throughout. In evening dress with their liveliness they did much better. There is hardly anything to the act but the appearance of the couple, their youthful good looks, and it is these items that they must depend upon with this turn. They seem enough for an early big time position.

Variety, 54:10 (05/02/1919)