From Zaza to Uncle Tom
Mr. Murphy plays the barnstormer with just the right degree of exaggeration to get its full value, while Blanch Nicols and Vera Lillian are rather ovious in their work.
The Wall Between
The Mudtown Lockup
one of the comedians is incarcerated. The other of the pair is the jailer.
Walter Jones and Mabel Hite
Miss Hites attractive person and grosteque but funny comedy methods strengthen the act. Close with a comedy dance.
Edna Luby
Falls short in imitating gestures but will likely improve.
Chester B. Johnson
Well worked although most of his tricks have been seen many times. He should clean up his apparatus as much of the paint is peeling and his bike is covered with an aluminum paint that they cover letter boxes with.
S. Miller Kent
The story has almost no action.
Charles Leonard Fletcher
“Colonel Breeze, a Western gambler, takes passage on the steamship Mystic in pursuit of a widow, Mrs. Redway (May Purcell). Recovering from a siege of seasickness as a nor’easter is brewing, he discloses himself to the object of his affection. The storm breaks, the ship sinks and the gambler saves the widow’s life, the inference being that he wins her hand in the process.” The change from the shipboard to a rescue scene was badly worked. Bad handling of the lights. Mr.Fletcher could be eaisly seen taking his place among the waves.
Willie Weston
Angie Norton and Paul Nicholson
Gone back to this sketch which they had formally used. Excellent vehicle for the talents of the pair. Written with Mr. Nicholson’s specialties in mind.