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Singing.
"The Rainbow Cocktail."
Walter Lawrence and a company of seven young women in "The Rainbow Cocktail" closed the first half of the bill. The act is a pretentious one as far as costuming and settings are concerned, and it starts off like a real novelty with the introduction of the famous "girls" of musical comedy of the past, the "Floradora Girl," "Three Little Maids from School," one of the radium ponies from "Piff, Paff, Poof," and "The Merry Widow." They are old now and want 'to be rejuvenated. There are snatches of the popular melody of each of the shows. This is the
opening, and it lands, but from that time on the act shows lack of speed, except for the brief moment when there is a toe dance offered. Could the pep of the opening be continued
through the turn it would be a regular act. As it is, it is just a passing, pleasing little entertaining feature. The act is all song from beginning to end.
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Variety, 54:10 (05/02/1919)