Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jackson's "Football From the Side-Lines" is one of the most interesting athletic articles that has appeared in Cambridge for many a day. It is a pity that such excellent material should be marred by a somewhat monotonous style. Also, one is almost provoked to laughter by the recurrence of the phrase "to this day." But anything can be forgiven the man who has the imagination and the ability to devise a new and fresh "foot-ball story...
...plausibly within bounds. Frank Westerton, as George, is a typically "silly ass" English man, while the other parts, with one or two unimportant exceptions, are consistently well-handled. A word might also be said for the "mob" of sporty English aristocrats, who contribute an ever-recurring ripple of laughter with such highly, accented expressions as "demn it!", "well, dear old precious!", "hello, old wonderful!" and the like...
Besides the usual aggregation of easy-to-look-upon girls, the main offerings are singing and dancing numbers, rather than comedy. The show contains but few excuses for laughter, and it is here, despite the efforts of Fannie Brice and Van and Schenck, that one regrets the absence of such favorites as Eddie Cantor. Joseph Urban contributes his gorgeous settings, and Ben Ali Haggin takes a hand in the spectacular design of the "Love Boat." The recently much-press-agented Mary Eaton makes her Follies debut with graceful toe dancing and a couple of songs, but her comparatively unknown namesake...
...League of Nations Meeting at Versailles to a lavishly-decorated Top of the World, and each separate number is a pleasingly varied form of dance, song or humor. The Purcella brothers do some clever dance specialties, Vivien Oakland sings well, and John T. Murray keeps the audience in laughter during a short act of miscellaneous small talk entitled "Out Front." Marie Dressler is amusing as always, but the real comedian of the show is Al Brendel, who, as Yonson the Swede, is vastly entertaining. Every time he appeared on the stage, it was a signal for merriment on the part...
...club and those which are to be found at times in a hotel lobby or behind a music store counter. With the aid of a few hats and an exceptionally expressive face she makes her characters live. Bert Melrose, "international clown," has the distinction of making people shrlek with laughter--he lived up to his reputation yesterday. The Clinton sisters did some good interpretative costume dancing; Ed Morton sang in a pleasing way; Herschel Henlere proved to be an unusually skillful pianist, and the four Readings did some sensational juggling...