Louise Dresser and Jack Gardner

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Singing and comic songs.
After Lieut O'Brien, Louise Dresser and Jack Gardner charmed the house. That's the word, charmed. Not so many charm in vaudeville - many get over, however. It was not evident to what extent this class couple had captured the audience until they finished. Closing the first half, the applause was so hearty that Miss Dresser, who delivers the speech, appeared to cut it short, perhaps through embarrassment. Nor could applause like that have been looked for in the position. Miss Dresser's songs seemed to impress most, her "Our" number being a real laugh, but Mr. Gardner's English rag, that is really a nut number, brought the right measure of applause. The couple ran through a medley of their old songs to almost not a hand and that, coming at 'the end of the turn, seemed to spell disaster but the applause at the finish settled everything.
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Variety, 54:1 (02/28/1919)