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Except for Beatrice Lillie, there is not a great deal for anyone else in the company to do. A spectator who gets in after the third scene hears droll Herb Williams (The Farmer Takes a Wife) open his mouth exactly three times. For Eddie Foy Jr., who can at least imitate a seal better than anyone else in the U. S. theatre, there is no profitable employment whatever. Most of the skit work is taken over by a British newcomer named Reginald Gardiner who imitates trains, dirigibles, steamships. Other features of an evening of fair fun: the dancing feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 30, 1935 | 9/30/1935 | See Source »

...Bigelow, P. T. Brooks, S. D. Browne, W. A. Burnham, J. J. Cabitor, J. L. Calvocoressi, S. Cobb, E. B. Cochran, A. H. Corbett, G. F. Cronkhite, R. J. Cumming, N. DeVore, A. C. Drinkwater, F. C. Eaton, K. A. Ehrman, D. Emerson, D. Eriskson, C. W. Foy, R. H. Gannon, H. S. Geodhue, N. Goodwin, W. W. Hancock, F. W. Hatfield, M. L. Hayward, J. Horowitz, J. C. Hunsaker, J. P. Hunsaker, C. G. Hutter, James H. Jackson, M. D. Jacobson, M. V. Jennings, T. Kaplan, W. S. Kemp, Fred Keppel, Francis Keppel, I. Kline, E. T. Ladd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Members of Class of 1938 Admitted to Adams, Eliot, Leverett Are Listed | 6/10/1935 | See Source »

...artists: Malvin Albright, twin of Ivan who sculpts under the name of Zsissly; Aaron Bohrod (pronounced Bo-rod) who does sketches of Chicago streets and coal yards; Jean Crawford Adams (landscapes); Archibald John Motley Jr., Negro who gets a bright, sculpturesque quality in his portraits of fellow Negroes Frances Foy, whose specialty is city parks and streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: U. S. Scene | 12/24/1934 | See Source »

...blooded "Ace." A great parodist in his time, Actor Stone shines best when, as the persuasive stumpster, he drops into Western, Southern or Irish dialect at will, depending on whom he is trying to persuade. Unconsciously, he confuses the part a bit by also imitating Will Rogers, Eddie Foy and Glenn Anders from time to time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 12, 1934 | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

...stage is taken up this week by the descendants of Eddie Foy, a star of the golden days of vaudeville. They dance well and are amusing in a bawdy...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/6/1934 | See Source »

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