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Some clever
light effects are introduced, especially in the
"Firefly" number, where swinging wires with
illuminated ends are used. Another is In the
opening number, called "Now York Town,
where a transparency shows a rain effect to
splendid advantage.
"Painty Duchess" Featuring Alice
Brophy, Fannie Thatcher, George
Stevenson and John Lake. Fred Ireland, assisted by Alice Brophy and
P. W. Miles, presented "The Man from Ireland." Lake and Stevenson call theirs "In
Wrong."
For the Star and Garter
audience, the "Dainty Duchess" is a corking good
show hut for some of the other Eastern Wheel
houses It will probably be a little too classy.
Source:
Variety 16:4 (10/02/1909)