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Show "American Ace" Real Thrill at Orpheum H A X AMERICA X AGK" or "1 -Tty-f.ve Minutes Aion ?he American r.i:n-.s In i Tanae" h bin 'or.i J . 'Jar' -.:r'. b'f foui.H-, you rnf-iiiia f Line." You U1-- 'I to Hr..-;.k out bark of tilt- woohG-ad ai.'l road hi.-i thcdirr.i whi'e you ru:!:'.-.i on a eorn'-:'..k ca.irjt. 'i'avlor ' b ;i ::h- i.as t'Oii'-o flown thii rir!.'.!:u; piay to r-. bit 1--..; tlian an liour, and tn--- ri'.e A nif-i' -a n .'''.-fltnff .'''.-fltnff hiii.'-If, buppota ,-d 1 y "tiraia.-o:;' -'o ('ri -!, jro:r;i, fhjuybb'j; n aru they're .'Uli! v.ltli us--splf-H. Tiie wiiob- f'U-nis Gie k-,,d!lne a t i .-a.-tinu on .S.-.-or..) S'Mita tlH ''., a th.-i'Vr that is v.a,r: a any man's time, cvm if '.lie tpics ov.:do mu.-e ban ('.ci.-iH in-cr- -ya j-v. T.o!.h uf pep all the way ti'rouL;h, rttlln? rnarhln; 'uns, airplane: falbui; out of G""1 .-ky, frontline pa.tt;r and iouaa.attij cootie-, it 1 the neare.it appronrh, pronably, tu war zone attuna dn;it: d ; t":i cu 1 : . if r.ot im-posslo,.j, im-posslo,.j, to atU'.la eani in ih'.r- day of scenic marvels t ha t has com-j this way yet. To Lhe man who has la-en there It may look a hit tawdry, but to tho stay-at-homes it may givj a touch of realism. Probably T, in coin J. couldn't redist his i nlfl Impulse to be melodramatic, and the impnlsM causes things to fie overdone o era. -ao n ally, such an bi dy-s'v e running : Kiosc around regimental heaJunariers, ! aiul the like. But, on the whole, it's lirst- eiafai, t iioroucrhl y Interesting, i T.aura PhToont, as the litt'e FVeneh ! frir), j-j especially ft-ttrncU ve, and Taylor Grfinvillo puts lots of Kinder into his lnt erpretat Ion of tiie ace. 1 (ersehel JTenlere, t ho pif'.ed aoior-piauls:, aoior-piauls:, :i hack at the Ornheum a'ain this wer-k, n rid this ti me with a lot of ra-w stuff that makes his turn a pippin, bast time llerschel was here a lot of folki came near beinj boreal. TFis stuff was all old. But he lias turned a whoie new bat full of trick", lias some witty new lines, and, assisted by Mrs, Henlere, goes 'By the way, Uerschel started out In life from Trovo and when he tried to tell the audience about it la?;t night they, snickered. Too many Provo jokes have preceded him. But it is a fact; a few years atco he was playing the piano in the Kllen t heater down there, lie alo is a member of the Pair bake lodge of Klks. Welcome homo, llerschel! Have Ferguson and comnmiy have an ontertainin:,' bit of comedy in a sketch laid around Times .Square, New York, with Mil the bright litrhls in the background back-ground and familiar signs like Rector's, Churchill's, the Strand Roof, the Pekin restaurant and others. The audience Is introduced to the New York cop, the clever woman "din," the dope fiend, the has-been actor and such characters from Gotham's old nhjht life, before the days of 2.75 beer. Sammy Edwards is a match for the slim, limber-jointed Eldroclse IfUiv of last week's bill. He and his partner, Jack iDunham, have a barrel of fun In their patter, even though there ia more or less horseplay in Dunham's female impersonation. impersona-tion. Not helncr intended for anything else but horseplay, it is funnv and successfully suc-cessfully done. If Edwards doesn't break in two some day he ought to make a lot of friends. It is doubtful if there is really .a better equilibrist trio thati the Jahns, who aiso return this week. They do some wonderful wonder-ful turns, opening the bill in fine shape. Lew Williams and Ada Mitchell appear in a pointless, tiresome turn, which thev have misnamed "June Time." YGhv a bang-tip vaudeville bill like the one thev have over at the Orpheum this week should be inflicted with such a burden is a question that only the booking agent could answer. An innovation appears this week in the preliminary screen number, giving some snappy topics of the day. It "was so well liked at the opening performance last night that it. was applauded, which is unusual un-usual for films at varie-v. |