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Singing.
But the show held a "booze" act, that of Billie Reeves', which brings to mind the fact that while the dry amendment is most drastic, it overlooked stage "drunks" and since there are a few of such stage characters who are real gloom chasers, we'll be able anyhow to recall the good old days after the town goes dry. Reeves was billed as "the scream of the screen" and he offered his "Right Key But The Wrong Flat." Billie is different from other stage drunks in that he appears with his hair plastered down.
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Variety, 54:1 (02/28/1919)