The patrons of the Chateau were given value received and even more when Freda Leonard and her Jazzland Five appeared, going through the performance with all the vim and vigor that such an act calls for. Miss Leonard is easily the best “shimmy” dancer and singer of blue songs heard in the outlying section. She makes three changes of costume. She was easily the hit of the bill.
Carlos Sebastian and the Myra Sisters, with their own musical director have the spot closing the first half with conglomeration of dancing, singing and violin playing. With their special scenery and attractive costuming the turn is an effective one for vaudeville.
The DeWolf Girls, two charming dancing misses, closed the first half dance fantasy. arranged around the love affair of an opera singer. The girls show the dances and costumes of different periods, and strip down to jazzy suits for a cry baby melody that haunts. Their jazz technique is flawless, and this number held up the intermissionists.
Doyle and Elaine two very pretty misses, made up as “high yeller” with very good voices and clever dancing feet, did exceptionally well. They worked hard and left a very good impression with their little act in “two.” Both girls work unconcerned and are up in southern dialect.
Stewart and Olive opened with a regulation singing and dancing turn. Both are excellent hoofers, the girl shining just as well in soft shoe work as in the legmania stuff, and the man also showing more than the average in a couple of dancing imitations of Pat Rooney and Eddie Leonard. The singing is the weak spot. The team could easily remedy this by dropping all the published numbers and securing exclusive material which would not disclose their vocal limitation.
[New Act] Songs, Talk, Dancing. 9 mins.; one. Straight and comic, the latter wearing a trick hat and loose clothes, open with a brief song and follow with a double dance. Some crossfire containing wheezes follow. The finish is a solo, then double version of an acrobatic jazz dance, with both doing nifty head spins and forward and backward eccentric twisters. A double handless header complete the dance which insures them. They have a surefire finish, but the comedy efforts miss widely.
Charles and Cecil McNaughton did very well with straight and comedy songs. The girl is most attractive and her good looks help to swell the applause at the finish. A neat dance by Miss McNaughton is alluringly costumed and was well received. Both possess pleasing voices.
[New acts] Song, dance, talk. 15 mins; one. Two men as physically spry, but externally aged “hicks.” “Sadie Green, the Village Vamp,” is vocalized for the opening. Crossfire ensues. More or less telling. A dance finish. They wager a postage stamp one could outstep the other to disprove their respective theories the other is physically “all in.” The bet is anted to a bottle of sarsaparilla and the stepping begins. They are showmen, both, and deserve the encouraging returns they earned. This style of act has been seen before and possibility the same duo may have been reviews under another same. Small big and big small time should find plenty of bookings for them.
Arthur Millard and Miana Martin ran as the headline. They have fashioned their routine into a sort of song revue, the wedding song at the opening sounding exclusive. Through a lyric arrangement the groom explains to the bride several spots in New York where they are going on a honeymoon, which permits a Chinese hit, the number being “So-long Oolong,” and their Bowery bit with the tough dance finish. The team is not rich is vocal possessions, but it secures pleasing results.
Lexey and O’Connor, two good hoofers, were second. Miss O’Connor does some nifty jazzy eccentric stepping and Lexey is also a worthy knight of the hoof. She showed a couple of nice changes and handled two solo vocal numbers in good voice.
