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Props in set.
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"Spooks."
Billy B. Van and Beaumont Sisters, supported by a company of either one or two people, is offering a new comedy act, entitled "Spooks," which, while not as much of a comedy offering as was "Props," will undoubtedly shape up as it is played. At present there seems to be lacking the essential punch to send the act over to a big laugh, although there are many little laughs scattered through the offering. The story deals with a fortune teller who needs an assistant. Mr. Van gets the job. The comedy is principally worked out of the props the fortune telling lady has scattered about the place to awe her clients. At the close, when the cops break into the establishment to raid it, the place is transformed into a religious meeting and the coppers, after contributing, leave without arresting anyone. There will have to be much work done to make this vehicle as big a laughing hit as "Props" was.
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Variety, 40:9 (10/29/1915)