Ed Phillips

Singing and comic talking.

Billed as "special" on the stage annunciators, Ed Phillips, wearing a lovely tuxedo suit endeavors to entertain with a sure fire routine of material which could not fail when placed in more talent hands. Phillips steps out, dressed in the natty tuxedo, and starts his act with a rendition of "Come On Papa" in which he exerts himself uselessly to put over the catch lines over. In a spot he sings a "shimmy" song to which he adds several movements belonging to the class of dancers who "ball-the-jack" but nary a shoulder movement helped him here. Then he told several stories with a "hell" to put the punch in each one. He attempted several dialects but only found himself when endeavoring to talk Yiddish. His stories of rookies have been heard before as were the rest of his yarns which have done service in theatres for the past several seasons. His endeavor at intimacy with his audience brought several unexpected laughs but they all admired his nifty little tux suit. The "piece de resistance" was the execution of several dance steps of which he knows nothing. He tried to make a speech but some galleryite told him "ter get inside an' stay there," which brought the act to a finish,

Variety, 53:8 (01/24/1919)