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One of the chorus girls leads "The Life Saver's Parade," but she is not named in the program. She also was the girl in the box who sang and earned encores for "Don't You Believe Him," sung by Tom Dunar and May Belmont on the stage. The daughter is played by a "Miss" Allen; her first name must be a secret.
Don Roth wrote the book of the piece. It mostly concerns an "Irish- man" and a "Dutchman." In some of the "business" between the character the inherent idea of "Krausemeyer's Alley" has been seized upon. That is repeated and repetitions of the "scrapping" between the "Irish" and "Dutch." The story of the piece is about the Dutchman and his wife wanting their daughter to wed a nobleman, first impersonated by Mr. Garfield. As the result, the daughter eventually married the Irishman.
The comedy end of "The Passing Parade" needs to be strengthened. After that is attended to, the numbers must be looked after. When this is completed, and the necessary substitutions in the cast are made, the sketch can go onward for the Gordon & North glory. It is nicely staged production, in both setting and dress. Except for one song, no one can tell how well Leo Edwards has done with music. "Mysterious Rag," is the big hit of the show, but many of the other songs flopped dreadfully, particularly "Rah, Rah, Boys" and "spring a Ring on You." Miss Belmont seems to be the leading principal woman. An outsider would select Libby Blondell for that honor, because Miss Blondell, though with little to do, knows how to do what she does, and wears some clothes, even if she did reappear in the second act, gowned as at one time in the first act. None of the female principals are overburdened with "wardrobe." . The only principals to earn favorable notice besides Mr. Garfield, were Carrie Behr, as the Dutchman's wife, and James Rowland, the Irishman.
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Variety 24:1 (09/09/1911)