Bigelow and Clinton, second, had to battle with an incoming house, but succeeded in pulling out with three legitimate bows at the finish. They do a piano and singing turn of merit. There is no stalling or jockeying between numbers, both remaining on until their act is concluded.
Keating and Ross, two nifty, full of pep persons, made ‘em like it. Miss Keating works like it meant everything and every one loved her. Ross sings some nifty songs, using the high cost of everything as the theme, and they who paid applauded.
Willard and Jones followed. The act is a good one for this time, but if they want to climb ladder to the big time together and sing some harmony songs, for they both are real singers and can harmonize. Jones’ stories are a little too long, but he puts them over. The act registered.
Bell & Gray, barring the rather weak beginning of the girl singing, was a mixed team and offered an excellent routine of dances on a wire, with several attractive costume chanes [sic] by the girl. It opened good.
Marie & Mary McFarland, sharing the top billing with Frank Wilcox & Co. in “Ssh’h,” appeared fifth being the first of the program with songs of regular concert routine, with powerful soprano voices blending beautifully. They got big appreciation. Frank Wilcox & Co. in “Shh-h,” containing good farcical situation adroitly handled by Wilcox with good support, scored a laughing success.
[New Act] Violin, talk and dancing. 12 mins; one. Good little small time comedy offering. These two boys in the act, which is opened by one starting to play the violin off key. He is interrupted by his partner who starts a routine of talk trying to sell something to the audience. It is the old fashioned book idea, but it gets laughs from small timers. The boys later go in for some dancing with rube stuff predominating, Their double dance at the finish sent them away nicely.
Combe and Nevins, with a combination singing and piano turn, put over a routine of songs rather effectively. Whichever it is that does the singing he would do well to keep standing at the piano instead of skipping about the stage while doing the numbers. The skipping detracts and does not lend comedy, if it be aimed in that direction.
Kelly and Post started O.K. but let down with their talk and never regained the speed. The boys sang three numbers and came back for an encore which could have been done away with. One of their lyrics could stand looking over, through it helped to send them away fairly well.
Next to closing, Bobby Heath and Co. (New Acts) came along and practically cleaned up for the show. It wasn’t Bobby so much, but that cute little girl he has working with him did the trick for the audience until he pulled the song plug plant in a box. That girl is a comer and she is certain to land on the future.
Dolly Kay, a syncopated songstress opened very Al Jolson with “mammy’s Arms” and clung to this manner of delivery in a more of less modified form throughout in all published stuff she delivered. Suffice it, she delivered handsomely and accepted an encore for “wild About Moonshine.” Miss Kay is a raggy singer who jazzes her war into favor from the start. For her second song she rendered a paraphra on “Bimbo on Bamboo Isle” with Babe Ruth the hero in the song, to wit: “We have a bimbo at the Polo Grounds.” It’s superfire for these hectic baseball parts and no doubt can be switched for other personalities and localities elsewhere.
