House Reviews: Uptown
Source: Variety, 17 February 1926, pg. 43.
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The grosses at this house have taken an
upward trend in recent weeks. The matinees have become something of a
minor social event with the housewives in the
uptown neighborhood. Balaban
and Katz conceived pink teas with the mezzanine foyer converted into a
drawing room for the afternoon. The hand-out has made a powerful appeal.
This pink tea racket makes a good flash and probably doesn't cost
as much as, for instance, the souvenirs given away in
ballrooms. It looks like a
great investment. Strictly a feminine draw with female attendants to
pour the beverage.
Lots of cookies will be needed to offset shows such as this week.
This reviewer overheard two different comments from the ladies, which,
boiled down, were to the effect that the program was "punk."
First the picture, "We Moderns," extremely weak. The overture
only pleasing, winding up with a cello solo by Ewald Graul. "Berceuse
Du Jocilyn" flashily backgrounded with a rhinestone set-piece.
The best thing on the bill was Jesse Crawford's comic didoes on the
organ. Entitled "Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feeling" with
apologies to Briggs. To the accompaniment of screen drawings and
captions, Crawford interprets the average man's feelings when his wife
drags him to the concert, the lecture and the opera. Then into a pop
number that doesn't strain the intellect.
An elaborate presentation in four scenes, "The Honeymoon,"
meant little or nothing, although done on the gorgeous scale of scenic
effects in which the B & K production department is so proficient.
Reviewed in detail under Presentations.
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Page compiled: 10 August 2001
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