Town Hall Follies
A musical revue presented by Eugene Emmett and Company – Four girls and four young men – carry their own stage setting – railroad station is a rural town. 26 min in full stage; went big.
Eli’s Revue
“The Black and White Revue.” A new act. Four girls three men two blackface. Singing comedy dancing and some wonderful toe dancing by La Chesta. The act is very good with good singing dancing etc. 20 min. Went good.
Isabelle D’Armand and Bobby O’Neil
In “A Demi-Tasse Revue.” 18 minutes in two. (Close in one 4 minutes, by request to make a set.) Special scene. The best act Miss D’Armand has given us. Plenty of life, with songs, dances, and considerable comedy, in a beautiful setting. A hit.
Lydia Barry
25 min. For some reason or other Barry has never made any strong appeal to a Philadelphia audience and while she finished better this afternoon than she has before, she was still far from the hit the she is reputed to be in other cities. In my judgment, the chief reason for this is the length of time it takes her to do a song, as it took her twenty-five minutes this afternoon to do three numbers. Her first number just got by; her second number fared somewhat better, but she scored practically all of her applause in the last five minutes of her vaudeville revue.
“Made in Philly”
One hour and 38 min. There was no let up in either laughter or applause for our big summer Revue in this, the fourth and last week. Adele Hassan, a Philadelphia girl who made a hit in “The Only Girl;” Bobby Heath, a songwriter and composer; Ray and Gordon Dooley, two more members of the Dooley Family, and a child wonder, Sara Kendig, were added to the company and introduced specialties introduced and if anything “Made in Philly” is better in its final week than in any previous week. It has been a tremendous success and will certainly bear repetition.
“Made in Philly.”
1 hour and nine min. This is the second week of our big summer Revue with all local favorites. The act has been the talk of the town and it started off its second week with promises of being a bigger hit than on its first showing. No changes were made in the act this week but there will be a revision for the third week which starts July 17. After playing a week, the running time has been cut twelve minutes due to the speeding up of the comedy and there is nothing left now but action which puts “Made in Philly” over with a bang.
Al Burton’s Song Revue
Songs & impersonations, 17 minutes (1) lady and man. Special drop. Opens up rather weak but as it progresses toward the close an improvement is noticeable, and with his last impersonation he makes them up a bit. On the whole it is inferior to the customary Bijou feature. This act was obtained from Boston to replace Kramer and Morton who cancelled, Mr. Kramer being recalled to New York owing to serious illness of child.
Gloria Foy and Co.
Song revue, one lady, one man and four children. 18 min, special set. The ‘prima donna’ has a voice that can scarcely be heard a dozen rows back, and were it not for the children the act would be a deplorable failure. The little ones are clever for youngsters, and the audience was kindly disposed toward what they did, and accorded good applause. Take the children away and there would be little left.
Frederick V. Bowers and his new Scenic Song Revue
21 minutes f.s. Special drops. Bowers new act requires seven scenes and twelve drops, all painted in the impressionistic manner after the style of this year’s “Follies.” He has added a quartette to the act, and his singing, the dancing of the darky boy, and the new scenery, put over the applause hit of the show.
The Gilbert & Sullivan Revue
A very pretentious offering with 35 people presenting selections from the various operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. I don’t think all had been done with the act that could be, but it gets over very well just the same. A good big flash, good chorus, and plenty of applause. 45 mins. F.S. —The Providence Journal this morning was enthusiastic in its praise —