The New York herald., 1921-05-31
MARX BROTHERS IN
NEW ACT AT PALACE
Musical Players Appear in
'On the Mezzonine Floor

The Fur Marx Brothers are as inter-
esttng as the circus. You may see the
same stunts performed in somewhat diff
ferent form from year to year, but they
never grow tiresome, even when a jazz
band Is thrown in for good measure
when 1t might as easily be thrown out
They demonstrated again at the Palace
yesterday that quality they have In COM
mon with good coat-their act can be
turned" from time to time, presenting
fundamentally the same appearance and
yet always an aspect of something new.
This time it Is entitled "On the Mez-
canine Floor" and Herman Timberg.
author of the skit, himself called 1t a
something" because 1t had to be called
something There is a dim and timid
approximation of a plot In it-something
about father agreeing to marry his
son to the daughter of an old business
partner. and for lack of son when the
time arrives passing off a substitute
who is kind Of piano-playins plumber.
The plot expires from lack of sustenance
early amid the dancing of the diZZily
costumed young women.
All that really matters is that an op-
portunity to joke and play pranks and
musical instruments is given to the
brothers. Though it was only a short
time ago that this act was presented on
the bin before, the Palace patrons
greeted them as enthusiastically as
though they had stepped off a steamship
with gold trophy under their arms.
Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer re-
main for a second week In their annual
spring revue ''Klick- -Klick," staged by
Hassard Short, which is in effect a
spring sulphur and molassee treatment
administered to stir up the sluggish life
Of vaudeville. With its bright and novel
scenes, its handsome and clever special
lists and It's smart music and lyrics. con-
tributed by Roy and Kenneth Webb. IL
is as bright as a big alarm clock. and
has the same stimulating effect on the
spectator.
Another featured Offering was the
singing Of Ciccolini. Italian operate
star. who sang entertaining songs that
did not overemphasize the classical at
mosphere of the opera house and make
the vaudeville devotees feel as uncom-
Portable as though they were wearing
stiff shirts. william Seabury and COM
pany In "Frivolics" provided the girls
set to music who are so necessary to
make a vaudeville bill truly rounded out
as one of the cultural forces of civilizat
ton.
Kramer and Boyle. Bobby Mclean
and company in their ice skating act
Dotson, dancing comedian, and the
Three Lordons were additional acts in
support of Pathe News and Topics OF
the Day.
Miss Florence Moore. who has spent
so much time bobbing In and out OF
beds in the legitimate theatre of late. is
bobbing into vaudeville at the Riverside
this week. Miss Ruth Roye. the Misses
Marie and Mary Mcfarland and Eddie
Buzzell and Miss Peggy Parker are
other clusters In the constellation.
The Seven Honey Boys keep the
Broadway buzzing. Billy Glason. Miss
Martha Pryor and Fisher and Gilmore
are other vaudeville tidbits, while Miss
Pola Negri on the screen in Gypsy
Blood" heats the red corpuscles even
more than the weather does.
Boris Fridkin's Dancers. exposing the
Russian ballet form of art, and Max
Cooper and Miss Irene Ricardo keep
that corner of the universe enclosed by
the American from being dull. Gus Ed
wards's "Newsboys of 1921" at Proc
tors Fifth Avenue at last give the
newsles their rightful representation on
the stage.