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In “A Chip of the Old Block.” 24 minutes f.s. Mr Wise has a sketch that is all right for vaudeville. What is more to the point, it is well-cast, well-acted, has lots of laughs, and holds the interest every minute. It is the Lambs’ Club sketch, the scene of which is laid in the Actors’ Fund Home. Mr Wise has the part of a comedian who never realized his ambition to play tragedy. He has hopes for his son in tragic roles, only to discover that the latter is “fat and funny” like himself, and what is worse, a modern Quaker Oats comedian. The old man finally finds a ray of hope in his grandson, who does not promise to be as fat as his father, and may possibly grow up thin enough to play tragic roles.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 11 December 1911-9 September 1912