STANLEY and COFFREY.

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9 Mins; One. Apparently two acrobats who are trying to get away from a straight tumbling turn and have devised a quantity of “nut” stuff and dancing to serve as a novelty. They are not yet sure of themselves and do their clowning in an uncertain way that leaves the audience at times wondering If they are kidding themselves or the customers. One of the men lies prone on the stage and waves his arms while the other displays a sign “impersonation of a swimmer.” The comic flops about the stage when the banner reads “a hooch hound.” Both men seize every opportunity to make announcements, with the usual results when an acrobat talks to an audience. They have a burlesque lariat manipulating bit that might be developed, but most of the stuff needs remoulding by an expert hand. This is not true of the acrobatic dance which serves as the finale, and which is a first rate performance.
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Variety, XII: 13, May 20, 1921.