Word: hit
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...dancing, with seven different specialty numbers, is diverse and ample, Queenic Smith, whose technique be-speaks her earlier training with the Metropolitan Opera Company, features in several song and dance numbers and caps her performance with a solo too dance specialty which was the hit of the evening. A "Divertissement" by Mr. Piatou and Miss Kitchen, who is of the Marylyn Miller and Helen Hayes type, is by far the best specialty dance seen in Boston this year. Miss MacKay, whose youthful beauty appeals to the eye, should not have her efforts passed by without praise...
...score, "Someone Like You" stands out above a collection of songs any one of which would ordinarily be a hit. "Careful," as are all the songs in which Miss Alder sang, is both tuneful and substantial. "Dear Love, My Love" has a romantic touch. "But I'm Not in Love With You," aided by Mr. Meakins, scored another hit. As for the scenery, the arrangement and lighting effects of Act II produced instant applause from the audience at the rise of the curtain...
...tunes, the big hit of the evening is "On the Brim of Her Old Fashioned Bonnet"; the audience whistles this catchy and irresistible melody as soon as it hears it. "Hootch" is a humorous song, in which the music, however, is subordinated to the words. The other compositions, while light and pleasing, are not, in the main, likely to be remembered. As soon as the mechanical details of the show have been smoothed out, and such capable actors as Mr. Keane have been given parts more in proportion to their talents,--and provided the name of the play...
...Guild '23 was best known for his booming forehand drive. He has ably demonstrated, however, that he is not a one-shot player and that he can mix to advantage both steadiness and speed. He has an unusually quick eye which facilitates the execution of his hard-hit forehand drives...
...effective offerings of the Princeton Banjo Club. F. W. Rondebush and E. Wilson of that organization introduced a difficult violin specialty which was well received; they and three other violinists also contributed greatly to the successful performance of their club by the melodic use of these instruments. The "hit" of the evening, however, was scored by Howard Eliot '22 and Joseph Sargent '22, who were insistently encored in then specialty number. The concert closed with several football songs and "Fair Harvard," rendered by the Harvard Glee Club...