Stan Stanley and Co.

Closing the first part were Stan Stanley and Co., remaining at the American for a full week, with Mr. Stanley advising the house, at the conclusion of the turn, to come back the last half and see the other act they will then do. Mr. Stanley claims it is a better act than the first half turn, which may be true. He appears to have split up his talking turns. Monday night Joe Kane was doing the straight as a ventriloquist. The last half turn will be the death drop bit. Stanley is not doing his trampoline on the Loew time. It looks as though he has thrown that out forever. The audience laughed mighty hard at a lot of the Stanley business and dialog. They could not decide at first whether the two audience workers were with or without the turn. When Miss Stanley kissed the two sailor plants the house went into a riot of laughter. It looks like the Stanley booking for the Loew Circuit, is about the best of Jake's work this season among the big timers. Stanley quit the big time because they knew him too well there and be had grown up with them. When be wanted more money, they ducked. They had known him for years and he had always worked, so why? Then Loew got him, at more money.

Variety, 54:12 (05/16/1919)