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“Hogan in London” 17 Mins.; Five (Parlor). Another of the “Hogan” series Bert Leslie has made popular in vaudeville. His frame and that of the “Hogan” sketches has come through the slang Mr. Leslie uses, new slang each time with many twists, some of it very bright and nearly all good for a laugh. In this latest number, written by Frank J. McGettingan and Mr. Leslie, the talk is the best “Hogan” has had in the slangy style. Little of it is forced, nearly all has good points and several lines brought real screams. The scene is set in a London home where Leslie goes as a painter from New York to receive $10,000, his share of a fortune left by an uncle. A company of three, two men and a woman, does nicely, the cabman (Legai Robinson) especially well taking care of the character, in action and make-up. The support as usual act only as freeders to Mr. Leslie. The finish could stand a little strengthening but the act is there easily. A line on the Hammerstein program, referring to Mr. Leslie says: “A Cody of None – Copied by Many.” That is true.
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Variety, Volume XXXVI no. 5, October 3, 1914