Word: skits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whose act the public never tires. On the other hand, a distinctly ultra-modern tendency in dancing and dress is displayed by Mr. Bryan and Miss Braderick in "Bill Board Steps". A clever "rehearsal", with humour ranging from satire to slap-stick, is Vistor Moore and Emma Littlefield's skit "Change Your Act or Go Back to the Woods". Greenlee and Drayton offer some bright polylinguistic dancing. Due to the length of the many acts, there is no playlet this week...
...there with really interesting acts, is the offering this week at Keith's. There is the usual assemblage of jazz bands and "syncopation", neither better nor worse than usual; a trained dog which performs his act with simplicity and sincerity--rather unusual in a dog; and a race track skit of more than average amusiveness. There is also a rather elaborate musical comedy in one act, featuring Winnie Lightner and Company, which contains some comical patter, two or three excellent songs, and a brief but unusually artistic dance by Ramona...
...heads the bill which is a very entertaining one. By far the greatest share of the laughs go to William and Joe Mandel, acrobats and comedians extraordinary; nothing could have been more mirthful than their antics in staging a supposedly extemporaneous exhibition. The third big act was a skit entitled "King Solomon Jr." It was a glimpse into the future, showing how the male of 1940 handles his six wives. Others on the bill were Sealo, a remarkable sea lion; Boyle and Bennett in songs and dances; Yvette Rugel, whose voice is far above the average heard on the vaudeville...
...jokes. Two of the acts required a state of inebriation on the part of the actors to be intelligible. While a third was devoted largely to the topic of home brew. A fine time, however, was had by all, in spite of that. The Four Mortons in a golf skit entitled "Wearing Out the Green" and Will Gressy and Blanche Dayne divide the prize for being old favorites. Patricola sings with a vim and a remarkably clear enunciation; she deserves all the applause given her. Ernest Hall, song writer, played many of his own works and some that were...
...headline act at Keith's this week is a musical skit entitled "The Thirteen Sirens". It belongs to the kind of entertainment which is continually becoming more and more elaborate, and which occupies in musical comedy circles a position analogous to that of the one-act play in ordinary drama. In this example, the "Thirteen Sirens" are the chorus in a musical farce, replete with clever lines which are done full justice in the acting of the leading comedian--Frank Dobson. The setting was elaborate and well lighted, and one or two of the songs, though badly executed, would pass...