The Francois

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"Songs, Dances and Acrobatics" - There is a man with a foreign sounding name who sings and talks, yet his foreign accent sounds forced. There is a woman comedian who wears eccentric make-up. A male comedian is a capital tumbler, and gets his comic antics from his eccentric tumbling. The straight does some excellent work on the rolling globe and introduces some new tricks.
They have a good act and variety if only their framing was changed. If the time was reduced all the problems with the act would be remedied; reduce the time by cutting out the weak spots. The encore in "one" should be the first to go; there was no reason for the burlesque "apache" to close. The act is good for an early position but it needs to be altered.
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Variety 21:11 (02/18/1911)