Word: dilley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...over from an old farce which once amused for an inconsiderable period as Little Miss Brown. About half of the original was eliminated to make room for song and dance about a girl who strayed into the wrong hotel bedroom. The music and the foolishness are mostly routine. Dorothy Dilley and a vaudeville team called Wayne and Warren are the most capable performers...
...twinkling legs of Miss Dorothy Dilley are a triumphant contribution. The pink body of a girl spinning in a spotlight this sets a keynote which perhaps more than any other single element expresses the life and pitch of a richly exciting production
Miss Dorothy Dilley, specialty dancer in the Music Box Revue, now current in Boston, has joined the cast of the Dramatic Club's spring production. "The Moon Is a Gong," which will be given Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday of next week. Many worried brows in the club were unwrinkled Wednesday when Miss Dilley consented to take the part of the Girl in the Red Hat, which requires competent dancing and so had the casting authorities scratching their heads. As the Music Box Revue concludes its Boston engagement this week. Miss Dilley will be staying over especially for the College dramatic...
...offer came about this way Miss Dilley happened to be present at the Sunday evening rehearsal in Sanders Theatre. As there was no one to fill the place of the Girl in the Red Hat, she was asked by G. E. Massey '15, coach of the Club, it she would fill in, he not knowing her previous experience. Immediately after he asked her if she would be kind enough to take the part for the Club's production, and gave her the prompting book for her lines...