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Wire acrobatics and some comedy.
They closed the regular show and compiled a good score.
The Melnotte Duo, while working "straight" for the most part of the turn, get considerably more comedy from their work than one would look for. Their opening in "one" with the lamp-post and ladder makes a suitable introduction and gives the act some advantage for position, since it allows time backstage for a set in the event of their following a full stage act. The wire walking is of a high grade and is well balance with the accompanying laughs through the "stalled" falls, while the feats, particularly the jumps, are as good as any shown by the many wire acts now in vaudeville.
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Variety, 53:7 (01/10/1919)