The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
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AT THE LYRIC

Henry s. TOOmef as IOOQleS tam- mer and Ester Day as Mrs. Martha Hammer, offering "A Very Bad Cold" proved the decided hit of the vaude- vile bill opening Monday night at the Lyric. The skit IS one of the cleverest and best staged acts pre- scented in months as easily was dis tinguishable as the high light of a bill as good as the average through out.
 Probably Johnny Singer and the Doll Sisters in Unique Entertain ment" deserves less notice than any of the five acts. Theirs is the usual dance and high kick or two. Some succeed in kicking the back off of his head. Then the question is what will have been accomplished.
 Edd and May Ernie, Edd the merry monopede. and May the dancing girl, prove decidedly entertaining in a new variety of dance numbers, featuring Edd and his stick and May and her Dutch shoes. Both are good dancers. Birmingham has seldom heard more or better honest-to- goodness harmony than is offered by "The Volunteers" in novel manner. Their rendition of Tosti's Good. bye" was especially acceptable. As whole the quartet is one of the best | balanced ever to play the Lyric. Ernest Mack and Margie Larue close with a whirlwind skating num- Der. featuring a sensational swivel neck twist, apparently one of the most difficult acts of the kind. Special notice is due the marked improvement in the screen offerings by reason of expensive new lenses just installed by the management. The pictures are focused on the screen clearer in Every detail than ever before.-R. w. K.
 RAcHMANINoFF RECITAL The first of the New Years at- | traction offered by the All-Star Concerts is Rachmaninoff, world re- nowned pianist-composer, whose ap- l pearance here at the Masonic audi | torium Tuesday evening, January Is, Is eagerly anticipated by music low CTS.
 Special arrangements have been made for music students, the entire balcony being reserved for them. Exchange tickets" obtainabie through the teachers, for the small ! sum of 75 cents plus war tax. Of Rachmaninoffs appearance in one of Americas leading cities the critic said:
 "As pianist. Rachmaninoff does not need to rest upon his laurels as great composer, for indeed he be- longs to that exalted company known as master pianists. He has all the digital technical facilitations plus a command of tone color and nuance few possess. In fact we have never heard such exquisite tones caressed from the treble of the piano by any pianist. But above all and through all it is Rachmaninoff, the poet, that speaks"
 LOEW'S BIJOU
 Charles T. Aldrich, quick change artist" with his protean act, head lining the vaudeville bill at Loews Bijou this week. did something that no other closing act at the theatre has been able to do. With his series of characters and impersonations he was able to hold his audience without single one moving until the cur tain fell. His work was so rapid and so baffling that it was impos- sible for the eye or the mind to fol- low it.
 proved up to the Loew's standard and was full of laughs and thrills. Soft Boiled' presents Tom Mix in an entirely new role, which he plays even better than the westerns. Billie Dove. who plays opposite him, makes an interesting heWoine.
 Cris Chisholm and Viola Breen are offering a comedy skit that de- serves special mention on the vaude- vile bill. Happy Hollow" is a mix ture of the comical and serious that can't help but entertain.
 The aerial humorists, Rose and Ruge, had special offering of stunts performed from a pole bal anced on swinging -trape2e. Cortes and Ryan presented musical act with artistic impressions.
 Jean Mccoy and Ralph Walton en- tertained with a Imaginable few Mo ments with Ouija." They have such a line of batter that the audience forced them to answer more than one curtain.-J. M. c.
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