Mason and Keeler in "Married" would, or should be at the top of an unusual bill, which this week's is not. As it is, this eleven playlet after the better Hopwood manner (you know where the scene is laid) is worth a hundred "Getting Gertie's Garters" and "Demi-Virgins", and shows what vaudeville can be when it tries to break the spell the mawkish hack writers. Mr. Mason has all the "fat" lines, and he is on the crest of the wave all the time. The rafters were loosened and the audience was left hungry for more.
Maria Lo presents "Porcelains" (living tableaux) excellently. General Pisano (his "Company" being a trimly uniformed lady who left her nerves at the hotel) is happily a crack rifle shot. Marie Stoddard burlesques Marillyn Miller well. Belle Story, a Hippodrome version of Galli-Curci (with mockery on the flute) registered more high notes than applause, Carl McCullough, advertising "Slikum" and the Irish (Query: Why play Boston?) burr, does a good telephone conversation. Joe Boganny and troupe prove the acme of slap-stick tumbling (yes, the dwarfs are there). William Horlick and Sarampa Sisters hold the crowd in at the last with a pleasing dance symphony, starring their own drop, a pair of crotales, and certain familiar Liszt music. Ben Linn, a sure-fire artist, Shubert Weekly News and Intermission complete a varied bill.
Read more in News
COMMENT