Judge — April 19, 1924 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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I ueEN T start out by saying that \ V the best thing in the new Shubert revue, “Vogues,” is a troupe of acrobats, there will probably be no dis- position on the part of the reader to seize his hat and rush to the box-office. Yet, though the statement is true, these particular acrobats are so tasty that \ there is no odium in the way I have led off. Although my interest in | acrobats evaporated back in’ the before John Philip, Sousa conceived the notion of putting a brass band on. the d calling the stag result a comic opera, the MM. Pasquali’s didoes in the present show are of such a sassy and. ingratia- ting nonchalance that the old) eyni- cism doesn’t go. The average acrobat not t only contents him- self with the be- whiskered repertoire of flip-flops and bal- | ancing but | so grunts and perspires in the that sinks down in one’s seat and prays that it’ won't be before the comedian comes out again in front of the yellow silk curtain with the black peacock em- broidered on it and cracks the old joke about “Abie’s Irish stunts, heaves, process one long Rose” being the third largest. indus- try in the United States. It is differ- ent with the esti- mable wops in que: Not only have they worked up some fetchingly novel physical monkeyshines, but the} tiate them with all the cozy familiarity and elegant ease of Zot Akins alluding to Buckingham Palace, the Queen of Rou- mania and King Alfonso’s pajamas. The tion nego- THE ART OF THE SOMERSAULT by George Jean Nathan Pasqualis, indeed, exert themselves con- siderably less in their acrobatics than I do in writing this review of them. Although is one of those ows that, aside from the MM. Pasquali, hasn't any particular outstanding feature, it is pretty good diversion, If you de- mand to know why, Tl be hanged if I can tell you. It simply is. One can’t be “Vogues” Young Hubby—That button is still off. Young Wife—Yes, dear; I’m economizing on If it has a soothing tune or two, and a stray good- looking hussy and a few fresh wheezes, that’s enough. Anyy for me after having b analytical about such a thing. it was enough confined to the house for a couple of weeks with the influenza. Other folk may feel differently about it, but I enjoyed myself, When one up on a dozen different kinds of medicine and restlessly rolling anything like * Next to the tickled me most fellow named Savo, has heen sousing round i bed for fourteen days, gues” comes as a gift. acrobatic what in’ the Was 2 This Mons. Savo is a vaudeville gents, show come- dian not without a certain In with flavor. conjunction another vaudevillian Allen, up low named he dredges some humor. acrobats and matter nobby The Savo, as a are miles the prin- cipals of the exhibi- tion, ‘The latter are Odette. Myrtil and J. Harold) Murray. Myrtil hasn't overmuch to recom- mend her. She is one of record, ahead of of those music show performers who doesn’t do anything out of the ordinary up to half past ten and then to make a im- pression by coming tries great out and playing the violin. True enough, this never fails to convince 1 ale dience that the per- former in point is a versatile genius, but somehow I always seem to remain strangely unmoved. Murray has a very fair musical comedy voice and an agrec- able presence, but his acting will never make anybody in Moscow envious. There is another point about the show that Pd like to make. The Shubert publicity department, the Rey. Dr. Gren- cker officiating, is to be cited for having produced the only honest theatrical press 24. This is worthy of note in a season that has wit- (Continued on page 29) thread. story of the season of 192% comicbooks.com