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Singing, dialogue, and music.
Thru Thick and Thin will of course mislead any audience into believing they are about to witness, a skit, but it's a comedy turn and wonderment is immediately expressed upon the opening bit. Upon the billing considerable avoirdupois would naturally be referred to as thick. According to an announcement the woman weighs 450 pounds. In comparison her partner, long, lean and lanky, looks about 50 and hardly could claim more. Together they attempt a little of everything. The sight alone is worth a laugh. They work before a special drop in "three of an outdoor circus, gaining a laugh occasionally with some mediocre talk,
which if specially written. to suit the characters would prove immense. But not enough attention has been given that end. For the smaller houses in the neighborhood sections, it's bound to prove a scream, but that appears the extent of their present possibilities.
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Variety, 54:1 (02/28/1919)