The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE LYRIC

There Is much to amuse in the five vaudeville acts offered at the Lyric this half-week, and the audience, an unusually large and expressive one, showed that it was well pleased. But there was also much to admire in the way of skill and. well-txained voices that brought the whole pro- gram of entertainment up to high level of excellence.
 Paul Nolan and company. an nounced as the testing Swede, proved to be more than jester, and indeed his jests were the less important part of his contribution to the eve ning's entertainment. He showed that he could handle canes and hats and balls with such dexterfty that the audience was kept in suspense for fear he would drop one or more and queer" his act; but he proved to be too good a performer for that
 The audience seemed to take a spe cial fancy to Birdie Kramer, the lit tie moeking bord, who could initiate almost any kind of musical instTu, ment. She had her hearers fooled for a while, as she pretended to play Ia cornet borrowed from a member of the orchestra.
 Undoubtedly the most amazing act was that of Mary Goss and Charles Barrows, entitled Good Morning Lady" in which a book agent tries  and gets a good chance to make some clever replies when she tries to be rude to him. The theme is not new by any means, but the actors han dle it amusingly.
 Jack Lavier in an acrobatic bur lesque. was amusing and revealed touch of whimsicality that pleased immensely. The final act showed half a dozen blackface comedians with voices that were fairly good. Their jokes, unfortunately, were not as new as they might have been, and even their makeup failed to make good the deficiency in something amusing to say.-J. M. J.
 THE BIRTH OF A NATION
 D. w. Griffith's master production, "The Birth of a Nation," United Ar lists release, will be the attraction at the Masonic auditorium for five days next week, starting with special children's matinee Christmas morn ing.
 It will be brought here in exact reproduction of the greatest attrac- tion which in New York recently set a record by playing to more people in two weeks time than had ever be- fore gathered in a playhouse This was the massive Capitol theatre where over 150,000 persons witnessed the spectacle in a fortnight
 The merest statement regarding "The Birth of a Nation" leaps to su- perlatives because there Is no other form in which it can be written. Simple facts in relationship to its developments sound eXtravagant un- til you have seen the production and realized tithe of its sweep and power.
 AT IOEW'S BIJOU
 Only two more days remain for pa irons and friends of Loew's Bijou to see the great Lilliputian star, Master Gabriel, and his company in Cap tain Kiddo," a musical fantasy in three scenes, in which he has scored a hit at every performance during this week Bob LaSalle, another star. with his songs and clever imita- tions will also close his engagement here Saturday night, along with such acts as the spectacular miniature revue, Play Ball." by Lilly Faulkner
 Co.,, also the syncopated offering Of Goldie & Beatty, and Versatile Mo ments," Bedford and Madden. The screen feature, Desire" pronounced one of the outstanding Metro produc- tions, Is also pleasing to the movie fans, who have been coming in in creasing numbers daily to see this story of high society.
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