Connors and Paul Company.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 356, 10 February 1937, Page 8

Connors and Paul Company.

This big musical revue will be staged at the Stratford Town Hall next Saturday. February 13, and seats can be reserved now at Clark’s Music Shop. Reviewing this attraction, the Wellington “Evening Post” says: A crowded house greeted the Connor sand Paul revue at the New Opera House last night, when “Calling All Stars” provided three hours of rousing merriment, with rich variety in the turns, which followed one another in rapid succession, sustaining the entertainment throughout. George Wallace ,the inimitable comedian, proved that he has lost no whit of his popularity with Wellington audiences, and kept his public laughing heartily with his breezy gags and jokes. “Calling All Stars’’ has a quantity of new sketches made famous by the subtlety of the way in which they are put over with a bang and a sudden blackout. Associated with him is a company that keeps the show going at a pace that leaves no dull moment.

George Wallace was assisted in many of his sketches by Mike Connors, Will Miller, Leo Trenette, Jimmy Coates, Lalla Fanning, Laurel Streeter and Edna Hardy. Leo Trenette, a tenor, sang “I Hear You Calling Me,” and Lulla Fanning sang "Edie was a Lady,” in an apache scene. Nellie Kolle became an instant favourite with her impersonation of a naval officer singing songs of the sea. Minnie Love achieved popularity quickly with clever burlesques of Maurice Chevalier, Garcie Fields and Will Fyfe. Rex and Bessie, in tap dances and Tyrolean dances by Delaney and Butt, were enthusiastically received, and there was warm applause for the novelty saxophone solos of Jimmy Coates. Mike Connors and Queenie Paul contributed catchy songs, and the Russeil Brothers were effective in silhouette gymnastic turns. The Sunkissed Ballet contributed much to the enjoyment of the evening. Cleverly. conceived was a number, “dancing cheek by cheek,” in which eac hgirl was frocked as a girl on one side and dressed as a man o nthe other, giving the impression that two figures provided the costume. The music was in the capable hands of a large Orchestra