Billy Shone has a splendid personality and can sing and put talk can comedy over extra well. He scored big laughs with material semi-blue in spots. In “A Good Bad man,” Wallis Clark’s excellent roué character, counted. He was ably supported by Louis Ancker, and Devah Morel please.
Earle S. Dewey and Mabel Rogers in “No Tomorrow,” a vaudeville oddity by Jack Lait, proved enjoyable. The clever work of this musical comedy paid is an excellent vehicle with an attractive futuristic stage setting landed solidly. Dewey’s prohibition number and the double jazz song dance finish were the outstanding bits.
The Orpheum show this week, with Harry Fox supported by Beatrice Curtis headlining, ran to this house’s general standard. Fox displayed his usual class next to closing, getting a big hit with intimate talk and songs. His hotel number, with bona-fide chambermaids, was a laugh riot. Beatrice Curtis has little to do, but lives up to her beauty notices and lends added class to the act.
Don Stanley and Al Barnes won the house from the start with an excellent souse and eccentric team dancing, finishing to an applause hit with a nifty routine and stepping.
Bob Carleton and Julia Ballew did quite well with piano and songs. Carleton announced he wrote Ja-Da. Played it for good applause and his cute partner handled the comedy and “Blue’s” number nicely. A new number got little as the finish needs strengthening.
Gene Greene worked stoically and emerged a hit of proportions. His numbers as now arranged are the best he has disclosed in several seasons. Greene is a favorite here.
Berk and Swan landed solidly with their pretty dancing interlude, which is enhanced by the magnetism and personal attractiveness of the feminine half.
Jack Clifford and Miriam Wills offered “Jasper Junction,” brightened with new lines minus the dope number, with the usual good singing and delightful appearance. Miss Wills scoring heavily in second spot.
Harry Adler and Rose Dunbar made good. Adler got big laughs upon his entrance from the front as a plant on his comedy ability and his remarkably clever imitations of a saw mill, a jew’s-harp, etc. offered through excellent arrangement of hypnotic burlesque. He was capably assisted by the very attractive Miss Dunbar. The act registered a hit.
Rosamond Johnson and His Inimitable Five, a colored act riot, was the applause hit of the bill. The syncopated artists displayed excellent voices, especially the tenor, the act concluding with the jazz orchestra playing, compelling a speech from Johnson, offered with the same good showmanship as was evidenced throughout this highly successful offering.
