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...Jolson, after three years in Bombo, is at work on something...
This recalls the song which Al Jolson sang to Warren G. Harding on the occasion of a visit to the Marion front porch...
...fingers and stamped her feet in the second scene, but though she was the out-standing woman of the piece, she wasn't allowed either to snap or stamp again and therefore became a bit boring. Her Hawaiian dance was the next best thing. Lou Holtz accompanied a Jolsonized monologue with two strings of his take-down guitar, but most of his jokes were old and a bit off-color. It seems odd that a black face and spoken song make a presentable imitation of Jolson. Kitty Doner's feet were in excellent form, and Jack Pearl, comedian with...
...Louis Silvers, who directed the musical numbers of the Pudding show in 1922 and the entire production in 1923 has been chosen to direct this year's play. Mr. Silvers has served as the musical producer for Al Jolson, and is also prominent as a composer of popular music...
...Jolson: "I received a letter which said: 'I repeat?there is but one Al Jolson!' and with it was a photograph of the writer?Warren G. Harding...