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Minstrel comic dialogue and songs.
Emmett Welch's minstrels were nicely placed in third position. Welch in white face is the interlocutor and the act follows the stereotyped minstrel construction. There is a quartet, two dancers and the ends. One of the end (Richardson) has a dandy tenor voice and handles "Mammy O' Mine" to big results. It fits him to a T. The other end (Lemuel) is a capable comic and pulls laughs throughout with his unique delivery. All the dialog is handled by the triumvirate, Welch, Richardson and Lemuel. They went over easily in Harlem.
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Variety, 54:12 (05/16/1919)