Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...farce "Oh" is not only a farce, but in addition has elements of real humor,--a rare and enviable combination. Neither of the black-face acts would suffer by comparison with AlJolson's performance. A vaudeville audience never tires of this form of entertainment when well presented. Julius Tannen succeeds in tying up all listeners with his "line," and the only regret is that he releases them all too soon...
...James A. Corbett, had the house with both hands in their skit. "The Eighteenth Amendment", and Percy Bronson and Winnie Baldwin presented a one-act fantasy, picturing the effect of a bottle of scotch on the young man of 1971. Nor did others neglect the opportunity for occasional dry humor...
Miss Frances Anderson gave a delightful interpretation of Judy Abbott, at first the pathetic little orphan of the John Grier Home and then the happy young college girl and authoress. The part of Daddy Long-Legs was portrayed by Mr. William Shelly Sullivan with a delicate touch of humor and kindness seldom attained in stock company productions. One of the finishing details of the play was added by Leonora Bradley, who acted the part of Mrs. Semple, the motherly old nurse, with unusual ability. Florence Burroughs as Miss Pritchard, the kindhearted old maid who is instrumental in bringing happiness...
...psychic play in Boston, and its continued appropriateness today shows, perhaps, the small advance which psychic research has made in the last decade. The dialogue at the close of the third act may appear to some persons rather too one-sided and long; to others the bits of ghost humor may seem out of place, but when Peter Grimm finally leaves this world to return no more; everyone with an artistic sense carries home the impression of seeing drama at its best...
...Wynn, supported by an able cast, gave his "Carnival", a two-act, thirteen scene entertainment. As Raymond Hitchcock was the centre of his "Hitchy-koo", so Ed Wynn is the center of his Carnival. In him, his self-styled "entertainment" has a "Perfect Fool" with spontaniety, cleverness and humor. In explaining the coming scenes, Mr. Wynn gives his ideas to the audience very well but surprises them by following with scenes entirely extraneous to the outlined plot...