Lou Holtz

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Blackface comedy.
Lou Holtz in blackface was somewhat of a surprise. Holtz has some excellent material, and while without a positive individual style, his delivery is natural and the impression scored is due solely to his own personality. His gestures are not unlike Fay, and the interrupted sentences unmistakably those of Jolson, but Holtz has original material, and were he to eradicate his style, his personality would suffer. His closing number makes a capital finish to the act and he was voted a genuine hit. This chap, industrious to an unusual degree, has been striving for sometime to connect, and with this act he seems to have landed. He is ready for any big time program.
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Variety, 54:6 (04/04/1919)