Herbert and Wright

Comic dialogue.

Man and woman working before an exterior cottage set, the former essaying a rube kid with the girl endeavoring to handle a country miss of minor years. There is much childish talk which doesn't coincide with the appearance of the pair, the woman's mode of dress, her manner of reading and her general stage looks far "out-aging" the years of the character she attempts. The man's forte is a cackling laugh, generally good for a point, but overdone. Later the woman scores with a ballad. The pair have given the act a liberal dressing, probably overbalancing their expenditure in this section to the detriment of the material. They could consistently invest to better advantage in a good routine, retaining only the more valuable section of the current script. If Herbert and Wright are ambitious enough to go through with the essential reconstruction the female member should play a natural role and not try a kid impersonation. She would be far more acceptable as a grown-up, seems thoroughly capable to play such a role in contrast to the rube kid part of the man and should make a better "feeder" as such. They deserve credit for aiming at something worth while and while, unfortunately, they have fallen a trifle short, this should not discourage the pair, for they have the ability and need only the proper course and some strengthened material with the same idea to bid for better time.

Variety, 53:7 (01/10/1919)