The act was eight minutes long.
A man and a woman play popular and classical medleys on the banjo and the piano. They do a trick banjo and piano duet during which the banjo is swung around. The finale is more lively banjo strumming.
The act was thirteen minutes long.
Fanny Brice, who originated in Burlesque and Ziegfeld’s “Follies”, sings several songs, one of which is a “Yiddish” number. She changes halfway through into eccentric white satin trousers and a red coat.
This sketch entitled “Mr. Hamilton of New York” was twenty-two minutes long on the full stage.
A young woman named Olga Petrovich (played by Eleanor Parker) lives in Moscow. Her brother offends a Major in the Russian Hussars and is challenged to a duel to the death. The brother escapes. The Major then comes to Olga and offers to forget the offense if she marries him. She refuses. Mr. Hamilton (Ralph Stuart) from New York inexplicably arrives, falls in love with Olga, and offers to fight her brother’s duel for her because he looks like him. The duel takes place offstage and Hamilton is the winner.
The act was eleven minutes long.
This male and female dance team enters from the audience dressed as a bride and groom while the orchestra plays a wedding march. They then proceed to dance the “Panama Pacific Rag” and the “1915 Waltz”. They do a “Texas Tommy” dance for the finale.
This sketch entitled “Quits”, written by Hall McAllister, was sixteen minutes long.
In this playlet, a wealthy man married a woman who insisted she had been wronged by another man in the past. The husband meets an actor (played by Wilton Lackaye) and invites him to dinner. When the wife hears his name, she insists that he was the blackguard from her past. The husband vows to disfigure him. When the actor comes over, the wife pleads with him not to reveal her adventuring ways because she will inherit her husband’s fortune one day. The husband finds out, and he and the man play a trick on the wife to get her to reveal her true identity as a gold-digger.
W.C. Fields has returned from abroad with some new juggling tricks which got several laughs.
The act was twelve minutes long.
Two good looking girls play the piano and the violin. The pianist begins with a medley of popular song choruses and the violinist has some solos. The pianist then does some more rag numbers.
This horse-riding act was twelve minutes long on the full stage.
The act is identical to that of Cliff Berzac, complete with trained ponies, an unrideable mule, and a revolving table.
The act was eight minutes long.
Loretta Flynn does some “coon shouting” and sings three songs. She also does an eccentric dance.
The act was fourteen minutes long.
Vardaman is a man who does female impersonations. He wears a corset, two evening gowns, and one bathing suit. He performs three exclusive songs.
