The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-09-20
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POLLS

.Nothinx, marks the modern trend OF
vaudeville any more than does the
sumptuous vaudeville production
which William Rock and Maud Full
rom present as the headline feature OF
the big bill at Polls this Week An
inveetiture of more than $lo,VOo III
scenery and costumes as Well as elec-
trical effects would seem almost pro-
hfbitive a few years back but vaude.
vile patrons are of the show me
school these days and the result Is
me producers and managers are noun
.-frrr in the way of expense ana lngen-
My 70 appease the vaudeville appe-
fite. An idea of the worth Of this act
70 vaudeville may be ad1uuged from
the fact that to begin with Rock and
Trlton are always in demand as head
liners In vaudeville and stars in musl-
ral comedy With this as starting
aaeAt Won have a massive and artistic
stage setting q company OF score VI
neople including an Hungarian
yuhestra and a typical New York cnor-
Fus YOU have original songs, dances
ana ideas and there is today no mus
sfcal comedy embodying in two or
Afhree acts what Rock and Fulton give
I'D q half hour on a vaudeville stage.
The act is a big hit here and Bridge
mort audiences are enjoying II prior
TO its, showing in New York at Ham
"a for two weeks. Manager Poll has
surrounded the star act with a. sepIet
of the best procurable acts in vaude-
.1riIle and it is snappy gingery snow
from start to finish with every act
in a race for second honors to the
headline act. A rare treat indeed IS
the act of the Hanlon Brothers tai
-ented sons of talented fathers the lat
ter the most popular pantomime stars
.z0f e. few years back. 1t was newt
able that vaudeville would eventually
get the Hanlon Brothers and the pest
Of their "Fantasma' and SuperDa
productions and Poll patrons show
warm appreciation of this clever act
Misses Hylands and Farmer open the
bill with a neat and refined singing
act with no attempt to win approba-
ton other than by sheer merit and
their efforts are most successful. One
of the girls is mighty clever male
: impersonator and the other a charm
ing type of the ingenue style with a
pleasing singing voice. Louis Stone
billed as the Ntopsy turrey dancer
is all that and then some. AS hard
shoe dancer he has few equals his
! tapping being near to perfection and
then he works with proper arrange
rments and does some nifty stepping
while suspended in different positions.
Franklin Wilson and company have a
sketch offering THE Clubwoman''
which is trimming with repartee and
comedy situations and the fact that
all three people in the act are espe-
@cfally clever can mean nothing else
than a hit. Kimberly and Hodgkins
two young chaps of the new school of
entertainers have a piano and sing
ing act which is refreshing for the
~newness of the songs and the modern
idea of comedy and Ray and Rog-
ers old favorites at Polls return with
new material and prove bigger sue
cess than ever. It is almost unbe-
fievabIe that Manager Poll could Of
Yer a better all around bill again this
season but then there is no limit to
the Poll policy of doing things On a
large scale In any event one should
not miss this really excellent bill and
the seats for the entire week are now
@on sale at the box office of the thea
ire