“Engaged – Married – Divorced”

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Tom Kennedy and Ethel Burt have a neatly devised talking act in ‘one,’ with a story that carries into three sections, all in “one,” differentiated by special drops.
It's a flirtation act at the beginning when the couple become engaged. The next scene is after they are married, in front of their home (with a baby), and the third before the door of the divorce court. A considerable quantity of the talk is about "mother-in-law." It looks as though Kennedy and Burt have exhausted this subject, leaving nothing for the others. There are songs and Kennedy's clear and pleasing singing voice ts of immeasurable aid in them, more so than Miss Burt's, who, however, atones for any vocal defect by skillful playing and handling of dialog. The hodge podge is strung together by dialog and lyric.
While the changes cause a little raggedness in the running, the turn is very agreeable and contains much comedy, with a happy ending that probably is liked by the women particularly. Given some time and thought to his turn will keep it in demand. Tt comes under the heading of novelty acts, for it's vastly different froirt the many mixed two-acts before the drop and this alone is sufficient to recommend it.
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Variety 46:4 (03/23/1917)