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Hip Raymond copies Bert Melrose or Bert Melrose copies Hip Raymond. It's like the old query of the chicken and the egg. This writer will leave it to older hands whether Hip or Bert came first with the famous table-toppling trick. Hip does it just as well as Bert, excepting that he doesn't invest it with the same degree of suspense, and the tables do not appear to be as high as the ones Mr. Melrose employs. Hip went great at the Hipp.
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Variety, 54:13 (05/23/1919)