Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-23 | Page 12 | 'Comedy Stars of Hollywood' Wing Big Hand on Victory Stage

Comedy Stars of Hollywood Win Big Hand on Victory Stage A A clever stage show Comedy Stark Star of Hollywood was well received at the Victory theater Thursday at the first showing of oa a tw two day daY engagement encasement I Introduced by the suave mast r of ceremonies R. R Patrick Sutton the swing wing band Hollywood diers supplied a musical background background back back- ground to the program of of nine snappy nappy acts headed by the good- good natured Kay Kay LaVelle with her partner partner partner part part- ner Franklyn Browne The rotund LaVelle proves a rollicking rollicking rol- rol licking icking funmaker managing to put puta a humorous twist on every bit of conversation that her patient partner partner partner part part- ner can produce Then much to the he dismay of Browne and to the surprise of the audience she continues con- con industriously to pound a xylophone wit with a a. pair of mute hammers after Browne suddenly stops tops in what Is supposed to be a duet A series of fast numbers complete complete complete com com- the vaudeville program Among them are Dobbs Clark and Dare an acrobatic trio of a girl girland girland girland and two boys whose intended dar dar- daring ing ng feats always end in sidesplitting sidesplitting split side-split- ting ing tangles Three dar daredevil devil skaters are also featured Other popular acts are Johnny Wesley acrobatic head balancer Pietro and De Angello comedy Apache duo Mile Mlle Marianne toe acrobat and juggler and Virginia ballet Lester the Pester comic acrobat and juggler and Virginia Vance contralto A screen attraction Sworn Enemy Enemy Enemy En En- emy accompanies the stage show It features Robert Young in a drama of determined vengeance against organized crime Young gets I Ia a job and is immediately accosted I by racketeers who demand a part of his wages His bucking this gang gives him plenty of trouble I His employer and brother are put on the spot pot in a planned accident and Young then determines to breakup break breakup up the whole racket He becomes a special investigator and allies himself with an innocent allies man Lewis Stone who served 12 years in prison on the gangs gang's Through promoting a a. fighter he heis heis I is able to form a partnership with the tho crippled overlord of the food racketeers Joseph Callela Florence Florence Flor Flor- ence Rice who appears as Stones Stone's I Flor-I daughter and carries the romantic lead manages through feigned i drunkenness to discover where Calleia's Calleia's Cal- Cal i leia's records are kept in the steam I room of his apartment In a thrilling raid Miss Rice Young Stone and a G man are trapped in the steam room andare andare and andare are almost scalded to death by the racketeers until they conceal themselves themselves themselves them them- selves in the secret vault and use explosives to blast the gang sound news completes the program