STILL GOING STRONG

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 645, 23 April 1929, Page 15

STILL GOING STRONG

GEORGE WALLACE AT ST. JAMES That champion among comedians, George Wallace, born in January, and still going strong, is nearing his 150th performance at the St. James Theatre. This evening he and his company will delight their 141st Auckland audience. This week the second half of the programme is filled up with a cheery revue, “ £ 100,000,” in which Wallace appears as the village nuisance, “Handy,” who has £IOO,OOO left to him. It is. of course, an ideal situation for Wallace, and he makes the most of it, much to the enjoyment of the audience. But the first half of the programme is equally amusing. Si Meredith and Jim Eomaine, as the two sand-sheiks, followed by the two Dudleys with a stream of bright cross-talk give 15 minutes of almost continuous laughter. A few songs by George Wallace follow and then Maida Jones and Jack Scott with the chorus in the background frolic round the stage. Marie Nyman sings as pleasantly as ever, and the Flaming Youths and the orchestra complete the entertainment. On Thursday, May 2. a grand souvenir evening will be held to mark the 151st performance, a record for any revue company. Each member of the audience will be presented with a special photograph of George Wallace. Billie Dove, one of the most beautiful women on the screen, is at present at work on an Elinor Glynn story, Man and the Moment.” which, judging from its title, promises to have all the requisite “it” qualities demanded and made famous by this colourful lady novelist. Miss Dove wears, as usual, beautiful frocks beautifully, and is ideally cast in Mrs. Glynn’s exotic and unusual story.