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Show ORPHEUM. For individual excellence and originality, the act of Gene Greene at the Orpheum this week, with the assistance of Charles Straight at the piano, exceeds everything else that is offered at the house, though the hooked headllner, JeBse Lasky's "The Photo Shop," is very clever in itself it-self and numhers in its cast some hully good i people. Miss Fleming, Mr. Stine and Miss Ger trude Taylor are mainly responsible for the fun, and they are ably assisted by a dozen girls and fellows who go through their songs and paces with the Lasky dash. But to revert to Gene Greene, his song studies contain more vim than one would think a little fellow could be capable of, and he has been the big favorite with the crowds all week. The Marcel and Boris trio are remarkable performers in a finished acrobatic act that is mainly surprising surpris-ing on account of their slenderness and apparent lack of strength until one sees them in action. The first part of the performance is taken up by Marseilles, a clever contortionist and gymnast; gym-nast; Guerro and Carmen, with violin and harp played a number of beautiful selections; and Heinle Auerbach, whose German philosophy took principally with the galleries, but also had a good effect on the lower part of the house. Two headliners are announced for the coming week, Emma Dunn in "The Baby." by John Stokes, and Willa Holt Wakefield, the celebrated entertainer, in song readings. These are followed follow-ed by the Ahearn cycling comedians, "General" Edward Lavine, who returns for the fifth or sixth time to "soldier" for another week here; Corcoran Cor-coran and Dixon in a burnt cork specialty; Alsace Al-sace and Loraine in a musical production featur-U featur-U the Alsacephone, "The violin with the human hu-man voice"; and Holmes, Wells and Finley, who Bay they are "neat, nifty, natty and nice." What they do is a secret. Then there will be the day- r light motion pictures and the Orpheum orchestra in the usual fine selections. |