9 Mins; One.
Apparently two acrobats who are trying to get away from a straight tumbling turn and have devised a quantity of “nut” stuff and dancing to serve as a novelty. They are not yet sure of themselves and do their clowning in an uncertain way that leaves the audience at times wondering If they are kidding themselves or the customers. One of the men lies prone on the stage and waves his arms while the other displays a sign “impersonation of a swimmer.” The comic flops about the stage when the banner reads “a hooch hound.” Both men seize every opportunity to make announcements, with the usual results when an acrobat talks to an audience. They have a burlesque lariat manipulating bit that might be developed, but most of the stuff needs remoulding by an expert hand. This is not true of the acrobatic dance which serves as the finale, and which is a first rate performance.
Two men, one straight and the other in comedy make-up, in a regulation acrobatic turn. Good ground tumblers, both of them, with the usual comedy Interpolated. The comic does a fall from a chair which is placed atop four tables. Usual preliminary swaying for laughs. The four high fall which is used for the finish is neatly executed. Good openers or closers for the pop houses.
14 Mins.; Two. (Special).
Two girls and a young fellow in a flash singing and dancing turn of average merit. A special drape In “two” and a variety of attractive costuming for the girls give the art an element of class. The man is a good dancer and sings pleasantly. One of the girls pianologs a number that serves to vary the routine. Usual singles, doubles and trios constitute the specialties. A Chinese number with another special drape showing a glimpse of Oriental pagodas and landscape, done by the girls, stands out. Pleasing act of its kind, capable of holding its own in the pop houses.
16 Mins.
An “audience” act which has one of the boys interrupting the routine of his partner when about to continue with a violin. The crossfire back and forth over the lights revealed nothing exceptional in the way of comedy, and, in fact, was below par. The sooner this part of the schedule is brightened up the better it will be for all concerned. Following the chatter the youth in front makes the inevitable forward movement to gain the boards, on a dare, and there proceeds to go into a ballad, after which his partner also obliges with a song, thence the “double” number for a yodeling finish.
12 Mins.
Two blackface end men with tambourine and the bones, and an interlocutor in white. The endmen bandy gags old and new. Both hand out a yard and a bull of those series of play on words, telling a rhymed story naming flowers.
He wears a derby and carries a cane for his first number, although these are soon disposed of into the audience.
Blackface makeup.
