Evening star., 1924-10-20
Poll 's-Andre Charlot's
Revue of 1924"

Admirers Of the revue were out In
force at Polls last evening to take in
the first performance of Andre Char
lots much heralded English Revue OF
1924" and no one was left In doubt long
as to how they liked 1t. Indeed from
it's novel introduction OF the entire COM
pany in the opening number. How
D'You Do" in which the stars and
satellites all had an opportunity to
humorously speak for themselves, until
the last of the many offerings. there e
was laughter and applause in abun-
dance.
With Beatrice Lille, Gertrude Law
renee. Herbert Lundin and chorus ag-
gregation that for personal beauty, pep
and effectiveness has not been sur
passed in any American revue, Andre
Chariot has constructed a sort Of blend
ed vaudeville entertainment that runs
as smoothly as a Rolls Royce and as
delightfully."- as a Kaleidoscope pano-
rama Of fun. cleverness, talent and
snap can make an evenings enter
tainment.
The two woman stars, Beatrice
Lille and Gertrude Lawrence, whose
talents splendidly complement each
the others. and the clever and amusing
Herbert Mundin are an asset that
would make any revue brilliant with
accomplishment. for each Is gifted
along a line different from the others.
and there is a teamwork In all they
do which never fails to score heavily
with the audience.
OF course. all theaterEoers were
anticipating the famous "Limehouse
Rlues," and they got ii in "A way
that must have been revelation.
But the "Limehouse Blues, although
an outstanding dramatic feature, had
it's no less impressive rivals In
lighter vein. for brains and clever
ness had their part in the construc-
ton of every number, and some Of
them could not fail to suggest COM
parison with less worthy American
efforts along the same line.
The Green-eyed Monster with
George Pughe. Sam 3. Hardy, the
only American in the troupe: Ger
trude Lawrence and Herbert Munds1,
told the story OF a jealous husband.
and in response to the overwhelming
applause" with which 1T was received.
II was repeated with the performance
and the dialogue reversed, making
il a novel gem OF amusement. An
other novel sketch which could not
be identified by name in the pro-
gram satirized the speech of the
stage, first the inaudible and then
the roar. which increased the laugh
ter already well under way. Rough
Stuff" with Miss Lille and Mr. Mum
din, burlesqued the girl who could
not love a man who did not treat
her rough. and March With Me,
satirized the patriotic theatrical song,
with chorus evolutions. to a climax
that made the theater ring with
laughter, and, of course, demand An
encore.
A quaint and clever sketch. entitled
Il Might" presented by Miss Lawrence
and Mr. Mundin, in a rustic courtshtp
that was highly entertaining, and The
Indicator" with Fred Leslie, Mundin
and Miss Lawrence, showed. with a
wonderful invention. dancing figure.
how a suspecting husband caught a wife
who was given 10 lying to cover up her
escapades. Perhaps one of the most
amusing was Telling Benny" in which
Edith Price as Ma and Sam Hardy
as Pa paved the way for Benny. their
growing young hopeful, to knowledge
Of the world and its wickedness. and
found its climax. after Ma had left
the room and Pa had bolted the doors.
in the astounding revelation to Benny
that there amt no Santa Claus"
There are times. of course, when the
tension slackens a bit, but not long.
Some incident new in itself or novel
IN the manner OF ltS presentation VIII
ming the hearty laughter Of the audience
and restoring its interest.
Indeed, ANDRE Charlots Revue Of
1894" will be found welcome entertain
ment in its entirety for those who go
to the theater to be amused rather
than shocked or awed with artistic
spectacle. The settings are simply and
pretty. There is no pretention to the
gorgeous. 1t isn't goody goody show.
but it is enjoyable. thoroughly. 1t
was strikingly suggested last evening
that Charlots revue touched the high
spot of novelty in exposing the intel
lects rather than the legs of the per-
formers.