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Show j Theater s AT THE ORPHEUM. Judging from the last two or three vaudeville shows on the Pantages theater the-ater in Ogden, the tenor of the head-liners head-liners is changing. Time was when a burlesque was the only thing in the category of vaudeville entertainment that seemed fit to be taken as a head-liner head-liner by Pantages but recently several high class musical acts hav. been Ailing Ail-ing this place. Can it be possible that a mistake is being made and the manager man-ager of the circuit realizes that something some-thing of this nature is appreciated or that the blase appetite of the vaudeville vaude-ville audiences is sated of leg shows and really turns with eagerness to something of a good standard? It is to he hnnprl that Ihnrn orn annimli j these high class musical acts on the circuit this winter to at least balance the "tired business man" stuff. The six Venetian Gypsies present the principal attraction this woek and the bill generally has some excellent features. There's Owen McGiveney, for instance, a quick change character I portrayal ist of rare ability. Mr. Mc-Givcncy Mc-Givcncy is no stranger to Ogden people. peo-ple. His act and the musical specialty special-ty would put merit into most any bill of vaudeville. Tho Venetian Gypsies have a unique offering. They play musical instruments instru-ments of a distinct type and sing well also. A characteristic camp life forms the scenario. One of the most popular popu-lar offerings of their act was a tambourine tam-bourine exhibition. Really a good tambourine tam-bourine player has something out of tho common run and can please any audience. The Gypsies sing a piece from grand opera and then a couple of gentle Italian lyrics and turn for popularity's sake at last to rag time. This they interpret equally well. Owen McGivcncy presents his gar-rot gar-rot scene from "Oliver Twist," Dick-en's Dick-en's novel of the English underworld life of a hundred years ago. Ho changes chang-es from the characters of Fagin, Bill Sikes, Nancy, Monks, and the Artful Dodger, names familiar a few years ago to the novel reading public, with equal dexterity and truthfulness. While this particular scene from Dicken's novel provides action and atmosphere sufficient enough to give Mr. McGiv-enoy McGiv-enoy a chance to exhibit his wonderful wonder-ful talent and skill, yet it seems prob-lable prob-lable that his work would receive great-: great-: or appreciation if he would change to some other chapter of Dickens and freshen up. Ogden audionccs have seen this particular act several times, j I Deeder and Armstrong start the I show with their pianos. They play separate sep-arate instruments, back to back, and do it well. Solos, duets and novelty stunts are in their repertoire. One pleasing featuro was an imitation of the Westminister chimes by Reeder. "Tho Rosary" was Intermingled with I h a rllfmou Tlin linvr iVian on'lnf tntn "jazz" and tear across their key boards for a fpw frenzied seconds with this new evolution of ragtime music. An acrobatic act which is entertaining entertain-ing comes next. The lady member of tho duet sings first and the audience is somewhat surprised when the curtain cur-tain raises and displays acrobatic para-phcrnalia. para-phcrnalia. Then follows a melange of tumbling, slap stick, darmg and foolishness. fool-ishness. The old table stunt is revived re-vived with effect and gets tho nervous members of the audience on edge with apprehension. "On the Water Wagon" is the title of a dialogue , presented by Early & Laight, whoever they might be. It is the old stuff of the wife s'colding her husband with this; "I did. you didn't, I did, you didn't" action. One feature appreciated by the audience was the fact that the male member of the company com-pany is a "dead ringer" for Detective Grant Syphers of Ogden. If his Ogden friends want to Bee Grant in action they should attend this show. Frank Morrell, the California boy, sings and runs off with a monologue act, and is greeted by the audience with keon delight. Ho. is big, gonial, broad, wide, high and careless arid soon gets his audience into a tickling mood of Joyousness. He has a cont-tenor cont-tenor voice and sings effectively. He infuses his act with, enough patriotic flavor to make it up to the minute One interesting feature is the revival of such old time war songs as "Just Before the Battle Mother, "When the Shot and Shell Were Flying," and others oth-ers of civil and Spanish war popularity. popular-ity. Frank explains that there are so many present day war songs before the public that he will go back to one of the old timers which were so generously gen-erously favored. And he does it with the full approbation of the audience. I oo |