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Comedy acrobatics, drunk character.
John F. Clark does all the work, i.e., he has a sort of rough acrobatic routine that is the main prop of the act. He effects a drunk throughout, and takes some rough bumps prior to going into his table-high back handspring to the bottom table for the feature. The company is a woman, who flits in and out more as a helper than anything else. Clark goes after his table work roughly making it a thrill, but doing it entirely different from Bert Melrose, Dippy Diers and others using the table-on-table stunt for a closer. At the American Clark's work was greatly enjoyed. By making his tables balance a little might enhance the comedy value and hold greater suspense, but Clark has tried to keep away from the Melrose-Diers stuff by using the back somerset, with outstretched hands used only at the stage floor, when they strike the edge of the bottom table for an instant.
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Variety, 53:7 (01/10/1919)