The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24


ing way without sending one to the
mad house.
Again I tell you that this show is
whale of a show. 1t is rapid, it is
smart, it is wild, it is beautiful, it
is full of paste in at least one scene
and it has a cast of funmakerS, who
know how to manufacture fun.
Look it over. I think you will
agree with me.
Earl Carroll Vanities is on view
all week at English'S.
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MUSICAL COMEDY
NAME AT THE LYRIC
1t is not unusual these days for
stars Of musical comedies and re-
vues to go into vaudeville and bring
with them their speciality or some
thing that they originated.
And this week at one Of the va
riety houses Mary Spoor and Jack
Parsons, who were with mo, No,
Nanette," bring their speciality, the
Doll Song" from the "Tales of
Hoffman" to the public. 1t is a
mechanical doll dance with the doll
singing a song. Miss Spoor is the
doll and Parsons is the attendant.
There are two other dances in
the act, each accompanied by a
song. One is a ballroom dance and
the other a stage dance. The Soils
Brothers musical ensemble plays
the accomplishments on the ma
rimba. A good musical act. They
also play several numbers that are
strange in composition and seem
somewhat like some of the popula-.
music, but with a different tempo.
ooh, Props" is a comedy of back
stage life in the tank towns. There
is mamma and daughter and Billy,
who has another act, and Props.
Mamma and daughter, whose name
is June, have a sister act Props
has to double for a girl with Billy.
Shannon has the part of Props, and
burlesqueS his way through the act
Mamma plays the piano and sings
a comedy song and daughter sings
popular stuff with a blues voice.
Good comedy.
Dave and Tressie have dance
act. Dave is a tap dancer and
keeps informing you that he Gust
loves to dance" and that he will
do this and that dance without
missing a tap" And he doesn't
miss any. Tressie does a Russian
dance among others. A Negro
dance team that is good.
Here are a couple that have a
gag act. They spend their time ar
guing with each other. Incident
ally it is supposed to be a slice from
married life, and they are celebrat-
ing the divorce. Some Of it is funny.
They have burleSque on a Rus
sian dance that is a scream. The
man wears rubber boots and keeps
losing them. This is good stuff.
The Original Comedy Four, a
quartet, have been here before.
There ere two comedians, one a
tramp and the other scmething-I
have never been able to quite figure
out just what he is. However, they
are fairly good singers, especially
the bass. Their big number is four
different melodies at once. They
also have a song where they initiate
an organ. Or at least that was the
effect it had on me.
The Luster Brothers seem to be
acrobatic contortionists. They both
can double up like jack-knives. They
have a dancing spoon that seems
to perform of its own account. Some
good acrObatics here.
missed part Of the act of Paul
Kodak and sister. And what I saw
Of it was good. Kodak, when l came
in, was spinning eight hoops in the
air. A novelty. Then he brings out
his kodak and gets ready to take a
picture. First it is put on his shoul-
Ger, and when the trigger is pulled
the thing flies apart and there is
the sister. Something new.
News reel and comedies completed
the program.
At the Lyric. (By the Observer
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MUCH PEP
IN THIS SHOW
Here is burlesque show that has
a lot of pep It had that when I