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“Kecp It Clean”

“KEEP IT CLEAN,” a two act musical

review.

Book by Jimmy Duffy and

Music and lyrica by

Will Morrissey,

Morrissey

and

Lee,

Harry

Dufty.

Archer.

James Hanley,

Benny Ryan.

*harles

Tobias,

Clarence

Gaskill,

Pro-

Harry Conver

and Violinsky.

duced by

will

m

Dufty

and

John

Hickey, Jr.

Among the cam

will

Morrisse

Mitigie » Miller,

Jimmy

Dufty,

ank Farnum, Jimmy Carr,

Edith Mur

ay.

Another summer show opened last

night, “Keep It Clean

at the Selwyn.

It is hard to-classify “Keep It Clean”

as it is one of those theatrical fauna

which is neither comedy, musical com-

It is really a more or’

edy ov revue,

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less entertaining mixture of

all

of

them and can ve most “conveniently

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put in the latter ela

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It can be said right at the start

will never set

i

that “Keep It Clean

the world on

sre, but all the same it

+ quite good enough for

warm

entertainment.

Its

main

night's

weakness lies in the lack of special-

ized tulent; its main strength lies in

the fresh and naive spirit of a good

many

of its sketches.

At times

it

hurls a good,

laughable jest at the

audieace, at other times it ejeéts a bon

mot which evidently has nothing to do

with the title, and which would ge re-

markably well in burlesque.

The music and lyrics slightly sur-

pass the general level of the show, and

helped

the amusement

valu a good

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deal,

This important part, and good

dancing by a group of Chestér Hale

girls,

and several sktches which are

bout as good as most which have

been seen on the gay boulevard in

the

last

coupl

cof

months,

bring

“Keep It Clean

into the possibility

class,

One of the main performers in the

‘

cast was Midgie Miller, who prove

to be a bubble of joy in what was often

a mere wild waste of waters.

An

individual who sports the rugged name

of Jim Harkins undrtook the onerous

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task -f being a comedian, and he did |

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not meke a job of it

Others in the

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cast who gave a little extra for the

and

Neville,

money were Amerique

who danced divinely, and Jimmy Duffy |

who

gumboled enthusiastically up and |

down the boards i

cn few capac-

ities

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KAYTON. |