Sam Mann and Co.

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"The Question". The author has selected the timeworn domestic triangle for his theme, bringing the respective principals together in a blackmail plot. The opening is speedy, full of complications and interesting to a degree, interesting principally because of the recent expose of the system "worked" by an inter-city "mob" who utilized the weak points of the Mann Act for their pressure. Gradually Hoffman becomes philosophical, bringing in Sam Mann as "The Question," with Mann straightening out the affair with a line of semi-comic advice. Hoffman has thrown an abundance of wit into this script, but that clever author has permitted himself to "run wild" on dialog with no "kick" sufficiently strong to alibi the wasted time. His usual surprise finale is there, but it arrived 20 minutes too late to register its natural returns.
In his latest vaudeville effort, a philosophical farce, Aaron Hoffman has shot too wide of the mark to be effective, this vehicle running a full 20 minutes beyond the regulation time, gradually growing tiresome, talky and monotonous despite the excellent rendition of the various roles by a well selected cast. The vehicle might carry with the essential rewriting and vivisecting, but not in its present form.
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Variety 46:4 (03/23/1917)