Marzelo & Millay

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Comedy Bar-act. 12 min. F.S. 3 shows. Two men, both working eccentric on a double bar and mat. They were the laughing hit of the show up to this time. Both are experts on the horizontal bar and do new tricks, but the principal interest is in the comedy work, which, while rather slow in action, is full of little surprises and kept the audience in continual good humor. The children’s laughter was especially pronounced. The burlesque wrestling is a new idea and whereas it also lacked rapidity of action, nevertheless it was genuinely funny. These people are O.K. for this place on the bill, although it would never do as a closer, as they are not on to the American idea of swift work. A valuable importation, nevertheless, received two curtain calls.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 30 April 1906 – 4 February 1907