Singer’s Midgets, giants of entertainers, were a big sized panic. When one considers the many things these miniature-bodied performers do and do well one thinks of the time and patience of their director. Their executive staff reads like a grand opera board, while they feature uniforms by Marshall Fields, ladies’ costumes by Jane and Andre of Paris, scenery by Joseph Urban and Robert Law Studio, while dancing directed by Ned Wayburn.
10 Mins.; One. Prince Napoleon is about three feet in height, a cute little chap, with personality and a happy faculty of getting to his audience right from the start. He gets over a couple of songs, though no one can understand the lyrics. He also offers a female impersonation, dancing at the finish. He has a good little act for small towns.
10 Mins.; One. Prince Napoleon is about three feet in height, a cute little chap, with personality and a happy faculty of getting to his audience right from the start. He gets over a couple of songs, though no one can understand the lyrics. He also offers a female impersonation, dancing at the finish. He has a good little act for small towns.
: 23 Mins.; Full Stage. Prodigies of the midget or lilliputation size are no longer a novelty on the American vaudeville stage. Singers Midgets, a recent importation from war-bound Europe, make their play for popularity on the strength of their numbers and their versatility of the little people. The midgets combine a mixture of variety, the act making the best impression with its concerted vocal efforts at the closing on the “Tipperary” number led by two of the company. This “Tipperary” song is put over in typical musical comedy style and is a valuable asset to the entire act. One midget is a miniature Sandow and makes some wonderful lifts for his proportions. One of the older little men puts two elephants through an interesting routine. A woman does pony riding which availed little. Nine of the midgets offered acrobatics, one showing more agility than the rest. Pyramids were in the majority. After a song-violin obbligato number by the man-woman “team,” the finish came with the song. There are 17 in the company. The program says 40. The remainder may have been too small to be seen.
“The Enchanted Statue.” 9 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). The little set these miniature people use, together with their small voices, make the “sketch” they are trying to present look like a marionette show. Loney Haskell, in announcing them through the program omitting the “Tom Thumb” portion in the description, and Mrs. Gen Tom Thumb is 73 years of age. The midgets are recalled by name and fame as freak attractions, having exhibited in side shows and museums for years, if not all the present troupe, some of them. They are not to be seriously considered as actors, and what they did doesn’t matter – it is the sight of these very little people who are so well known by reputation. But for vaudeville that means little now, as midgets are employed who are real entertainers, something the Thumbs probably have never aspired to. The setting is antique as well. The act showed “No.8.” It just drew curiousity, satisfied at first sight. The program billed the people as Count, Countless and Baron Magri, quite some nobility in the reading.
Diminutive comedian. All in “one.” This little fellow closed the first half of the show in might good shape. The matinee audience Monday, as a rule, very restless and this is a very hard spot to fill but Little Billy did it and when he left the stage the crowd was still applauding for more.
15 minutes f.s. By cutting out his talk in one he closed good to-night while this afternoon was rather quiet. The novelty of the act and the size of the kid got the people and I consider it good value.
Very clever Lilliputian, but not to be compared with Little Billy. Would have gone better in about #2 position. Full stage. Can close in one two minutes.
Midget acrobats. The act has been described in other reports. It will suffice to say that they made a genuine hit. 10 Min. F.S.
I have featured Little Billy and he is more than making good, he has a good line of stuff, singing, talking and dancing. Made a big hit. 17 min. in one and a half.
