Two misses offering selections upon a piano, violin and banjo, with a song inserted, had quite a task in winning small returns. Neither seemed to be over proficient In playing their particular instruments, though the girl with the violin could develop something and promises to do so.
18 Mins. Two (Special).
This mixed duo make their appearance from an insert in the special “drop” to deliver a lyric on the different characters in the kid story books. After which the boy takes his place at the piano to accompany his partner while she completes a duo of imitations that get by on the strength of the lyrics rather than her ability to impersonate. Francis White and Fannie Brice were the two subjects undertaken and both were handled badly…
12 Mins.; One (special).
Much “hokum” with paint brushes dipped in prop paste and slapped all over each other by two men working in blackface. The incidental conversation carried on was neither particularly bright and did not contain many laughs. It was left entirely to the haphazard maneuvering of the “suds” to push the act over. It’s low comedy all the way with the house immensely enjoying the messing up of the pair, though backward in demonstrating their approval at the end of the 2 minutes.
25 Mint. Full Stage.
… Miss Franklin holds to style in presenting character songs. It is her forte. Her cash girl number at the opening may not be new though it sounded so. There came second a kid number, “Dirty Face.” Her costume of red kid stuff was heightened by a huge green bow that held her flowing famous red hair. The lyric was kid logic to prove that faces are faces and “necks Is part of your body” and therefore not necessarily washed with the face. Miss Franklin was a chorister for her third song, with humor and blase logic of the girl of that class about to marry an old party. It was called, “When the Broadway Wedding Bells King for My Daddy and Me.”
12 Min., Full Stage.
The standard sharp shooting routine of shots is run through, including some pistol shots, breaking targets while reclining on back, mirror shots, etc. Using real bullets the artist breaks six disks worn on the woman head as a head dress. Some good long distance shooting from the rear of the orchestra was applauded.
Magic.
Seen around as La Folette this musician works in evening clothes, showing a couple of good “switch” tricks, one being accomplished with the aid of a “black art” table. His best illusion is a card trick, which he works up for good laughs by going into the audience, having a spectator tear up a card, retaining a piece. Putting the pieces in a piece of paper he requests a fat lady to sit on them while he borrows a cigarette from a spectator and returns to the stage to reproduce the card in the cigarette. The lady delivers her paper, which contains the missing tobacco of the smoke.
Man piano-accordionist and woman violinist. The man was formerly of Pasquale and Golden, a male instrumental pair. They open with a popular duet, he off while she offers a classical solo, playing with considerable technique and expression. She is a plump little girl with a pleasing personality. After he does a popular medley solo she returns in knickers and they do a conversational love duet and quarrel on their Instruments, utilizing the best known phases from “pop” duties.
10 Mins.
These three girls or a similar combination played around as three Andersons. A cyclorama envelopes the stage representing a boudoir or dressing room with a bureau, pier glass, special lamps, etc. For the first number two of the girls pop out of a chest opened by one. An undecipherable song is followed by a ballet dance. A change is made in view, the girls stripping down to one-piece sailor pants with orange colored blouses and caps for a hornpipe. Another “view” change and two of the girls do a double dance with whirls and kicks.
12 Mins.
followed by muscular posing and deep breathing exercises, showing unusual development for his years. White-face comic in baggy pants joins him in some contortion stunts and pantomime. Straight features a leap over a table and chair from a short standing take-off, also high kicks, touching a basket at 10 feet…
7 Mins., Full Stage
Surrounded by a set of the servants’ quarters on a plantation and having sunflowers on the three bars, the two men, in blackface, go through the usual swings, turns and twists, except there is some talk spaced in before each takes his turn on the cross pieces.
