Macy and Arch

Singing and comic dialogue.

Macy and Arch, two boys who may have been in service. They do little of everything in talking, singing and comedying, even to a hotel office drop with funny signs that are not funny. One young man announces this set scene as a Bowery hotel of some years ago, probably before he was born, so if he did it, he must have guessed at it. It seems a good enough guess for small time. The other young man enters the hotel as a "nance," and while the fun is not tumultuous, there- are good snickers in it 'for a small time crowd. They did well at the finish when the "nance" returned dressed as a dame, without any especial reason for, that, and he did nothing in the character. But the way the boys took bows seemed to say that they had practiced that or liked bows. They grabbed about two too many. Opening, an acrobatic dance was about the best, and the songs were about the worst. The songs may have been good, but then it just looked as though acrobatic dancers were singing them. No one suspected the versatility that did or had to follow. Anyhow these boys are set for small time. When they grow more accustomed to vaudeville and understand it isn't necessary to give four acts altogether to secure a good engagement, they may aim for the big time— and make it for each has some personality, the smaller boy a lot of it

Variety, 54:11 (05/09/1919)