Bobby Van Horn
Bobby Van Horn score a fine hit with comedy numbers and ballads with recitation patter interpolated put over in capable style. He also got good laughs with talk and stories.
Van and Vernon
Van and Vernon, the final act of the evening displayed their wares in “one,” making it four out of the six turns working that way. Regular flirtation meeting ensues after their entrance, with both members seating themselves on one of the house benches rendering comedy material.
Harry Breen
Harry Breen, fourth, was a set up for this audience. A couple of cracks in Jewish and the Henry street routine put him away solid. Harry is using some fresh cracks in his “boy in the street patter.”
Manning and Lee
Manning and Lee succeeded nicely with a rather disconnected routine of talk that contained some old matter. Their comedy numbers are not as good as they might be and are poorly handled.
Friend and Downing
Friend and Downing went over big with their sure fire offering. They are a good comic and an excellent straight. Their talk is cleverly delivered, and their parody singing stopped the show completely.
Miller and Mack
Miller and Mack in next to closing with their comedy and “hoofin,” won a shade the best of it in top scoring. They are recently back from the road with a Winter Garden troupe and it is probable their stay in vaudeville will be short, since they are listed for a new Shubert show. The “dame” stuff provided the bulk of the evenings laughter.
Mr. Tannen
Mr. Tannen, next to closing, had a quite a tussle to get ‘em following the long-winded “Bleaty Bleaty” preceding, but accomplished his usual hit by dint of perseverance coupled with an unapproachable monolog delivery. Mr Tannen has a few old ones mixed in with newer material. They all went over for laughs old and new. Before having the stage Mr. Tannen requested the audience to wait for the Donald Sisters a rather commendable and courteous act by Tannen, quite in line with his manly and polished stage personality.
Harry Holman
Harry Holman breezed in for comedy honors with legitimate comedy vehicle and characterization. Mr. Holman is a clever character comedian, who gets laughs easily and is just as convincing during the eye dimming passages. He piled up an impressive laugh total of solid wows and his telephone bits were the signals for regular explosions.
Garry Owen
Garry Owen scored big with comedy numbers and some talk. There are some old gags in the act, but the youngster lands strong on the kidding of his piano accompanist, Fred Thompson.
Bert Fitzgibbon
Finally Bert Fitzgibbon wandered on. The daffy one had been moved up from the fourth spot and had to stall for several minutes to wait for his brother, Lew, who was dressing when the call for pinch hitters sounded. Fitzgibbons thereupon proceeded to demonstrate “spots” meant nothing in his life, by stopping the show cold in the deucer. He nutted his way into instant popularity and was very muchly indebted to his brother’s likeable personality and musical ability. About the middle of the act Bert discovered the signs hadn’t changed. He immediately put a clown skating burlesque sliding back to appear with some Anderson and Yvel’s wardrobe. It was a howl.