George and Ray Perry punished a couple of banjoes. Two banjoes do not make the sweetest music in the world at anytime, and George leans, on his strings for volume rather than melody, and goes to it for speed rather than symphonic vibration. The girl is comedy and has a gleam of personality which she had small chance to register in the stupid routine of playing second banjo on a chair at the footlights from start to finish. In its present form an opening act for the four-a-day.
Leo Greenwood in “Predition,” Hugh Herbert’s act, showed class and ability and gave as fine a performance as anybody short of the suave Herbert himself could render. Greenwood has personality for beyond small-time caliber. The act got solid laughs and solid hands, strong enough to headline bills of the minor circuits.
Gorman Brothers, locals of yesteryear, two young fellows with amiable individualities and easy methods of selling hoakum in song, wafted away with the applause honors, gleaned largely on the smooth and telling endeavors of the comic, the blond brother, though the more sedate, one of darker hair fitted in like a true partner.
Miss Bobbie Neeson followed with her clever skit entitled “Katland” in which they offer some felines and rodents. This is a good closing act and was well liked by both children and adults.
Walters and Walters didn’t loose any time in getting their ventriloquial routine over and almost stopped the show. This act can play the big time any time and is the feature attraction at any popular price theatre. Mrs. Walters’ imitation of a baby crying is very realistic and all the mothers in the audience appreciated her efforts.
Green and Pugh, colored, will go in cheap houses. They work fast, in fact so fast one has a hard time trying to understand what they are talking about. One sings well as the other dances and the tall member of the team is a very good dancer. The act scored because of the speed of the routine.
Next were three colored performers known as the Dewey Trio. This act must be new and needs rehearsing. The straight man appears in an evening dress suit – which must have been in the days of Primrose – and can easily be used by the comedian. The songs are not of the type that should be used by this act; they should use comedy numbers.
Frank and Clara Latour in their clever juggling act appeared next. They worked into the graces of the audience.
The patrons of the Chateau were given value received and even more when Freda Leonard and her Jazzland Five appeared, going through the performance with all the vim and vigor that such an act calls for. Miss Leonard is easily the best “shimmy” dancer and singer of blue songs heard in the outlying section. She makes three changes of costume. She was easily the hit of the bill.
Myrtle Mason and company slammed put a clean hit. Miss Mason has almost a man’s voice and handles it perfectly for comedy, keeps most of the audience guessing about her sex until it is all over. The pianist in the act contributes to its merit also. He plays like a fiend and helps Miss Mason get laughs.
