The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-22
NATIONAL.
George White and His
scandals of 1919"

George Whites SCANDALS Of
1919" Is a gorgeous revue In fifteen
scenes, some lavishly set. nearly all
good. The book and lyrics are the
work OF White and Arthur Jackson.
while the music Is the creation OF
Richard Whiting, Herbert Spencer
and Al Gumble.
THE CAST.
Ann Penninston. The little leading lady
Adele Ardsley ..... The little prima donna
Yyette Rugel The hitler prima donna
la syiPhs. The eiasSfy)ie dancer
oaa Mpnson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS soSSrstte
George White. The dancing Ieadins man
George BickeI. .,..,........ The comedian
lester Allen ''''''''.rcs.',i me SpsSialii =
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lowell b. Drew The juvenile comedian
Larry Beck The character man
James Miller. The rube comedian
There Is not "A thing scandalous
about the Scandals" Having thus
disposed OF the paradoNical title 1t
remains to say that II is quite one
OF the biggest and most enjoyable
OF the run OF revues that has become
the popular thing Of late.
George White, who Is no mean dan
Ger has surrounded himself with a
number Of stage favorites, many OF
whom are familiar through their con-
nection with vaudeville. In addition
to his constellation OF stars, there Is .
whole array of dainty morsels or
femininity. They number more than
two score. and none is thrown In the
shade. They are deliberately gown
ed, well. no. on second thought we
should hardly say gowped, rather let
fhinua that
are very pretty: authorizations one
might remark.
Passing on all too quickly to the
others in the company, there Is to
begin with. Ann Pennington, who
comes out and dances a lot through
the revue. She is winsomc little
thing, and is evidently a favorite.
And then there Is La Sylphe. What
that sprightly young lady does not
know in the ways of the art OF Terp-
sichore. is not worth knowing.
For the rest OF the female cast
there are Adele Ardsley, Ethel Del
mar, Ona Munson. Ruth Savoy and
Yvette Rugel. The last named young
lady has beyond a doubt fine voice,
and she sings her allotted share or
songs in thoroughly approved fashion,
The audience shows it's appreciation
neF voice DIV ilDeTdl eHCOTtS.
Then there Is Lou Holtz, the Scan
dalmonKer. Lou still has his decrepit
guitar. which he does not leave be-
hind for a minute. Louis stuff, how
ever, is slightly reminiscent.
Funniest of the funny is one Lester
Allen. He gets more laughs to the
minute than most comedian get to
the hour. AS an exponent OF the
slapstick, he gets away with II to
perfection. never getting too broad
in his humor.
Moran and Mack. more friends
from the big time vaudeville give
their negro sketch. replete with
blackfaces wit, and draw many a
laugh with their well-known boxing
bout.
Remaining members OF the cast
who ably do what is called for from
them. are George Bickel. Al Sexton,
Lowell B. Drew. Larry Beck, and
James Miller.
We do not need to take UP any
space writing about the plot. There
was none, not a tiny vest'ge. The
revue just slipped along without a
break from number to number. and
everyone was lot better salts
fled than he would have been with
a half-baked plot such as often mars
an otherwise good revue.