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Famous Dancer Is Seen in Stage Show and in Film.
for Screen; “We Americans’ at Keith's Good
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the mother was reading the Getty
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By Frank Aston
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+ Qilda Gray. the sheba of shimmy,
burg address at the moment George |
Sidney as the father was reading
Bhook them into a riot on the open-
telegram announcing their son had
Ang show at the Albee Sunday after
died tn. serv
‘We Americans’
is not necessarily
oon, Gilda was there in person
‘a boo-hoo picture; but it undentably |
Nery much in person
as the star of
8 a sober study.
We believe adults
ther own dancing revue
whieh. in-
will relish it
‘Pludes eight sprightly gazelles and
‘The story
tells of Jewish immi-
the team, Amerique and Neville
In
grants who
cannot
adjust
them-
‘contrast
to Miss
Gray's muscular
selves to the new world, but whose
exhibits the team presented two ex-
ehtidren
in the
manner of
dance:
America
romp
The
daughter
tremely pretty pictur:
act
is
handsomely:
young
La
Gilda’s
being
eventually leaves the frowsy little)
fed, altho it struck us a
flat because she is ashamed to bring |
al
tly
‘out of
proporti
In,
and it
there her party friends.
The son
Seemed, too, that the affair was not
spends most of his evenings on the
directed with
the
ease
and
skill
streets.
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(which might have been shown.
Night
school
however, puts the
But it does present
the shimmy
parents
in
a
position
to
uphold
fady—and she does shimmy
After
daughter's idea of respectability; and
the World War puts the mother on a
‘an opening number in which she
lev
‘and undergoes a song of the
society
with the perky Indy from high
‘That,
in
turn,
lets the
Shoutin
% Variety, she offers an ori-
The
‘ental impression with swaying skirts
daughter marry profitably
‘and
undulations.
Then comes the
girl
is
Patsy
Ruth Miller
who
is
Bensation of her repertoire.
@ brief
surprisingly good.
but
inspiring
tremble
of
every
‘Some telling scenes are worked out
muscle visible to the eye. Ang since
wit
hin the home and at the
chool.
‘most of the muscles are in s
ht
tt
‘The war touch is rather w
k and
lows that the shivering
prac-
the ending gets a Uttle hysterical.
universal
The
eagerness
But
this is a
sensible production,
ly
worthy of serious attention
‘with which the packed house howled
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for more indicates that Miss Gray
|
‘Will enjoy a satisfactory
a com
rting stay at the Albee.
Beery and Hatton
= The feature picture also pt
sent
Gilda Gray
It
ts
The
Devil
Shoot It Up
cer.” being a story
of
white
Wallace Beery and Raymond Hat-
victimized by a dreadtui
clan
of
a daring
ton have been sorely in need of im-
tans and saved by
proved materials for thelr comedy, |
Englishman, who takes her to civilt-
@ation after she has danced in the
In “The Big Killing” at the Lyric,
Witch houses of northern India.
It
a
improvement 1s evident
‘somber,
melodramatic
thing.
For one thing, the picture starts
chockful of excitement and butchery
off elaborately
Creating a situation
displaying some more
of
Miss
of melodrama as
feudists of
the
8
‘convolutions,
Itho
the
Ozarks get into a bloody encounter
@ensors unkindly have hacked away
ns.
This section is quite serious and 4s|
some of the vertebra variat
played and directed with great skill
‘The vaudeville show includes Hap
Then
‘whoop!
Into
the
melee
rd and a girl clo
ning on a
stumble Messrs.’ Beery and Hatton
ag
ht wire, and Harry Frankel and
who
have been
faking as sharp-
Joe Dunlevy,
Cincinnatians
who
shooter:
at a nearby carnival and
angle thelr dignity in 2 blackface
who are dragged into the feud to
help with the killing. Being utterly |
‘welcomed back home.
Chatter turn. They were cordially
Harry
‘will-
us
less with firearms
he gentlemen
sey's Albee Entertaine:
and Hy ©.
present
meander thru a series of regulation
ludicrous pictures as they
Geis’ organ specialty round out the
‘Variety end
wags
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