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Chinese comedian. Costume and dancing.
Fong speaks and sings in English, Mandarin, French, Italian, German and Yiddish. Imitation.
"Michigan" and various German folk songs.
His opening number was "Michigan," which he pronounced as "Mit-i-gan"; in fact many of the laughs came from his pronunciation of English words with Chinese accent. His second number was an imitation of Caruso that got over nicely, after which he sang a number of German folk songs in that language. For the close of his act he did a dance that sent his act over very big. Hong Fong is a novelty for vaudeville and will do in an early spot on big time bills, for his most serious efforts will get laughs.
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Variety, 38:5 (04/02/1915)