Ruby Norton and Sammy Lee

Singing.

"Song Productions."

Ruby Norton and Sammy Lee are back in vaudeville. Almost three years of starring at the head of cabaret revues does not seem to have impaired their vaudeville value, at least as far as New York audiences are concerned. The team seems to have made a host of friends while working in the floor revues and these friends on seeing them on the stage evidence they have once met the team. The present act is very much along former lines of Norton and Lee in vaudeville. Miss Norton has retained one of the numbers, part of the production she was in. It is "I Love You," which Trentini sang. Now, as before, it is the big vocal display of the act. They are carrying a special drop, rather gorgeous, with a large peacock tail as the principal figure of it. They open with a double number followed by a dance that is effective and which earned a hearty round of applause. Following this Lee does a single with all of his clever foot stuff in it and it was brought applause for step after step as he changed the routine. The Trentini number followed. Then there was another double number that was raggy. It is called "Andy's Ragtime Band" and scored. A beautifully done Spanish number brought the act down to the finish and a demand for an encore, which the act was prepared for. After a quick change, the team did a last dance number to a rather jazzy tune and that caught the house. Miss Norton is carrying a slightly sensational sartorial display in the at, making five changes all told and each of her gowns is more striking than the preceding one. At the back of the house during the intermission, her dressing and that of Adelaide were the sole topics of conversation. As a vaudeville offering Norton and Lee seem to have gained considerably.

Variety, 53:8 (01/24/1919)