Four Marx Bros. and Co. (15).

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“Home Again” 40 Mins.; One and Full Stage. The merry little musical skit gives the Four Marx Brothers opportunity to do some very effective work in their several lines. They all have talent, and they shine in this piece which allows them to display their own brand of rollicking humor in which they excel. There is but little plot to the piece. The story concerns Henry Schneider (Julius Marx) who is returning with his family and friends from a voyage across the ocean. The scene opens in “one” with the party on the dock after disembarking. There is a flirtatious soubrette mixed up in the affair who has been on the boat, and Schneider, who is suspectable, has fallen for her charms, much to the anger of Mrs. Schneider, Milton Marx is seen as Harold Schneider whose chief work is to look handsome, which he does without question. Leonard Marx is seen in an Italian character, and is specialty at the piano, in which he does comic things which his hands and fingers, in one of the best features. He gets a laugh about every minute, is at ease and graceful, and makes good all the time. Arthur Marx is billed as a “nondescript.” He is made up as a “boob” and his makeup is not pleasant. He gets a good many laughs, but a change should be made in his character. He plays the harp well, and does some comedy with the strings that is in a class by itself. Songs are interspersed and modern dances introduced to round out the second part of the show where the people are engaged in a frolic at a house party at the home of the Schneider’s. At the close, the young people all get into a boat and move off the stage with a rousing chorus. Then follows a pretty scene wherein the boat is seen going down the river in the distance. There are times with the members of the company do not seem to have quiet enough to do, but these things with doubtless be remedied in time. The chorus work is good, with many good voices in the ensemble. Al. Shean wrote and staged the piece, and Minnie Palmer presents it At the Lincoln Hip. where it was the Sunday feature it went over very big with many encores demanded. It looks like a good piece of property.

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