Type:
"The Girl and the Wizard" This glide in the Bernard piece extends
to the chorus men, leading to a new
movement by them while backing up Harriet
Standon when singing "Frantzi Frankenstein."
They are also behind Miss
Standon as she sings "La Belle Parisienne,"
both well done by the graceful Harriet,
who has nothing else of consequence. There is a plentitude of "numbers"
and Kitty Gordon, a corking Englishwoman,
knowing to the minute just how
well she looks, handles many, one too
many in fact, her last "The Black Butterfly"
dragging the piece and holding up
the very pretty finale of the last act it
precedes. Miss Gordon has "The Blue
Lagoon," one of the best numbers, and
"Military Mary Ann," close up, while for
laughing purposes only Mr. Bernard
sings "How Can You Toot," a rattling
good comic, as he sings it. Harry Corson Clarke plays the Count. Flora Parker is his daughter handling
a couple of songs to mild applause.
Source:
Variety 16:7 (10/22/1909)