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12 Mins.; Full (Special Set). “Almost a Millionaire.” The Usher Trio have an act that will do for laughing purposes on the small time. The set shows the interior of the office of Buttercake & Co., a mail order firm. The two men in the act are clerk and office boy. The girl enters as a young heiress and precedes seemingly to place an order for several thousand dollar’s worth of goods. She has the clerk figure the cost for her and then thanks him, stating it was an example that had been handed to her at school. The trio do a few minutes in “one” at the opening that is not necessary. The principal comedy is furnished by the office boy. It could be improved upon.
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Variety, Volume XXXVI no. 5, October 3, 1914