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...than 1900. Her father, Jack West, was a prizefighter and theatre bouncer. Her sister played in vaudeville as Beverly Osborne. In vaudeville, Mae West developed her figure with an acrobatic act in which she lifted a 500-lb. weight, supported three 150-lb. male assistants. She played with Ed Wynn in Sometime, shimmied in Shubert revues, made her name on the Manhattan stage with Diamond Lil, in which she was a genial prostitute. The enormous swan-shaped bed which appeared on the stage in Diamond Lil came from Mae West's home, once belonged to Diamond Jim Brady...
Bland, competent Jewish Jack Pearl (German-American comic), works hard for laughs,leads around a small,bewildered dachshund, tumbles about the stage with Lyda Roberti. Like Funnyman Ed Wynn, Mr. Pearl will close his show one night a week for radio broadcasting. Meritorious are Carl Randall and Barbara Newberry who, while dancing in an easy, effortless manner, delight everybody by doing tricks with thimbles. Best tunes: "My Cousin in Milwaukee"; "Where...
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...comedians hold the first six places. Different parts of the country have different favorites. The South still prefers Amos 'n' Andy who used to be national favorites. The Northwest prefers the German lingo of Jack Pearl. Eddie Cantor leads in New England and the Middle West. Ed Wynn won in Chicago...
...Captain Felts was ruled ineligible because he played professional baseball before going to college. Last week there were rumors that Tennessee's bowlegged halfbreed Indian Halfback Beattie Feathers had played more baseball last summer than Southern Conference rules allow. Against Duke, Feathers scored both the touchdowns which, with Wynn's field goal to break a tie in the last three minutes, kept Tennessee's record intact...