The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
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Watch Your Step"

Watch Your Step"
 Irving Berlin's syncopated musical comedy, Watch Your Step," serves as the opening attraction at the Jefferson theatre for the season or I31S-19. The first performance was given last night, to be followed by a matinee this after noon and another performanceA to- night, which will end the present en- gagement
 Watch Your Step belongs among the successes of yesteryear, yet it is a bright, rollickling piece, with no It, tie humor in lines and situations a great deal of dancing and an abund- ance of MT. Berlin's characteristic mu- sic. It has by no means outgrown it's usefulness as means of entertain- ment. Furthermore, new costumes have apparently been provided-they look fresh, anyway some up-tordate wheezes have been interpollated and there are talented people in uh com pany.
 With the veteran minstrel man, Billy Clark, to do the blackface specialties. that feature of the performance was thoroughly enjoyable and MT. Clark was given a decidedly cordial recep- ton. His humorous monologue in the character of a carriage caller and later his appearance as Pullman porter gave him opportunities to present the kind of comedy which has madesh i'm famous < Another frst-class comedian is Charles Udell, whose quaint portrayal of Ebenezer Hardacre, rural type, was extremely well done. MT. Udell, by the way, is no stranger to Birming ham audiences and neither is Bob by Harrington, another musical comedy favorite who has been making annual visits since the old days of musical comedy at the Bijou
 James Hervey Hume, Adrian S. Per- rim and Vincent Moore, who has a good voice, had important parts and played them in acceptable musical com edy style.
 Miss Cordelia Tilden, a dancer of merit; Miss Joan Knox as the ingenue who had never been in love- but sub sequently showed symptoms; Miss Eth el Chappell as Iona Ford, and Miss Kathleen Neal an engaging blonde who has an engaging personality, were con spicuous in singing and dancing num- berS.
 All in all, Watch Your Step' for this season compares quite favorably with the first edition of the show seen here and with little more rehearsing on the part of the chorus the perform ances will have the smoothness and mo- mentum needed for the girl-and-music style of entertainment
 The Lyric
 The new Keith bill at the Lyric is featured with high-class entertain ment and capacity audiences enjoyed it immensely Thursday evening. Henry B. Toomer in '"rhe Wife Saver" is one of the breeziest sketches seen in Bir- mingham in long time. Toomer is a comedian of great cleverness and he never overlooks an opportunity for fun. He is ably assisted by Esther Day.
 Going Some is a pleasing musical vehicle that introduces many clever entertainers and much entertainment. The comedian of the company is far above the average. and the principals possess pleasing voices.
 Billy Baskette. famous song writer, features the act of the Chesleigh Girls and Baskette by singing song of the songs he has written. Perhaps the most popular of BaslSettes songs is "GoodBy Broadway, Hello France" Basllette at the piano and the Ches- leigh Girls in song and dance pre- sented very entertaining number. Dewitt Young. one of the cleverest Jugglers of the stage, opens the bill with a high-class exhibition. Thepe are few better jugglers than Young and he is popular in Birmingham, where he has appeared before.
 "On board transport somewhere In vaudeville" furnishes a vehicle of fun for Gray and Graham. These en- tertaners are instrumentalists and they have a novel and pleasing way of presenting their act Lyric screen telegrams show many scenes of the American boys in the front line.
 
 At Loew's Bijou
 Weighing just 9s pounds. .Resista.'' the doll girl of vaudeville, made a decided bit at Loew's last night and at the after noon matinee, when she presented her most unique act. This dainty little bun del of femininity defies the laws of grav- itation, and refuses to be lifted off the floor She is marvel, and her act is wonderful bit of speculation and it in- terested her audience greatly McAvoy and Brooks presented an act that was highly appreciated, it being a classy run of comedy and song moments, wherein the two stars mixed honors evenly. They were billed as the long and short of vaudeville, and in appearance filled this description. Homer and Du- bard offered vocal and musical number entitled, "A Jitney Classis." which was a ueclued mt. They are very clever, ana their work was well received A most unique and comical act, a study in contrast which was very origi- nal, was the number. ''Who Is He' Franl, Hanlon and company presented most original and intensely interesting as wei as comical acrobatic number entitled Taking. his Third Degree" which re- ceived much applause
 The photoplay is big feature of tht performance, and Edith Storey shows tt . decided advantage in this film. whicl is, The Silent Woman. It is very strong drama, full of intense moments filled with the life of woman who pa tiently waits for the .ose of the man O her choice.
 The news events and war pictures arr exceptionally good. and drew forth ap plause at intervals the same as the vau deville acts, especially when they touche, ] upon patriotic subject
 At the Strand It IS not often that spectators in a mo tion picture theatre are held as tensel, and stirred as frequently to spontaneou applause as were those who witnesse, ''The Hun Within special Paramoun picture at the Strand yesterday. Dorothy Gish as the American girl con quers new worlds of motion picture spec tators. while George Fawcett gives a real istic portrayal of the German Americal | father.