Hooper & Marbury
11 min. f.s., spl. This couple have a new act; some very pretty scenes and good dancing. Went well.
Nina Payne
12 min. she had a very hard spot closing this show but with her dances, which are entirely different from anything else we have offered, she scored strongly and finished to a big hand.
White & Raic
20 min. These dancers were one of the biggest applause hits of the show. Wright’s cherry disposition and versatile dancing kept the audience in good humor and applauding every minute, while Miss Haig added a liberal share to the success of the act. They closed to a big hand and were forced to make a little speech of thanks.
Joe Bennett
Joe Bennett, next to closing, held several of the departing ones in the aisles as soon as he started to dance. The talk about the limberger also tended to make the uneasy ones forget their desire to leave. Bennett, like the other turns, just did his act, even extending himself to overcome the handicap of the departures. He pulled down a sizable applause hit at the finish, but nothing like he would have received under normal conditions.
La Bernicia & Aesthetic Dancers
17 min. Placed to close the show, this act did not get all that was coming to it, but did very well despite the handicap. Five numbers are given, with two special solo numbers by La Bernicia and all were well done. Pretty staging and dressing helps the act make a fine appearance. Finished to a good hand.
De Winter & Rose
9 min. f.s., spl. Boy and girl doing a very nice routine of semi-classical dances. Went good.
George McKay and Ottie Ardine
George McKay and Ottie Ardine with their inimitable talking and dancing offering in the third position were easily one of the walloping hits, sharing honors with Kranz and LaSalle who one removed from closing intermission tied the show in knots. McKay kidded the audience and Walter Davidson the orchestra leader until he had every one roaring. The delightful dancing of Miss Ardine served to accentuate the rather amateurish efforts in too work earlier in the program.
The O’Mearas
The O’Mearas succeeded, offering four dances, assisted by a pianist who rendered the inevitable “my conception,” and announced that which was to come with short recitations as is the way with the boys who sit on the stool these days. The fast stepping of the pair at the finale was the main bid for popularity delivered and it registers. Approval was stamped all over that last one.
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Following then was Gertrude Vanderbilt, with Dean Moore, accompanist, remaining 21 minutes, and Miss Vanderbilt dancing for the finish. Not much dancing but enough to make the house want more. Previously they had gone through the turn as routine when before in New York with the exception that at night one song was omitted. The Vanderbilt act held up through Miss Gertrude’s hard work, and she is still working too hard. But 21 minutes seemed long. Some effort should be made to reduce the running time. Mr. Moore is doing better with his “nance stuff” but just as badly with the ballad.
Dorothy Morris Trio
Dorothy Morris Trio started the fuss. Miss Morris, an excellent toe dancer, with personality and a fine repertoire of dances, making a change in dainty costume for each number, danced her way to several curtains. She is assisted by two girls who also do toe dancing, but lack the finish Miss Morris displays.