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No Legs in New Broadway Show
Some Comedy Stars get as fur on Their Shape as on Their Ability
M a r g a r e t M c C a ll
la irr a lite
Harris
A d e la id e
Va lad a Snow
H a ll
T l i e a t r r g o r r s It I it« la w lie n " R h a p s o d y in B la c k , ” N e w e s t
M u s ic a l C o m e d y , G e t s G o in g W it h o u t S h a p e ly I.im b s
K i c k i n g , W i g g l i n g , S t r u t t in g a n d P r a n c in g .
By WILBUR THIN
Moulin Itouge and other Parisian
When Lew Leslie swung resorts »h ere the feminine form Is
open the (loom of the Sunt II. displayed without restraint are men­
Harris Theatre and let Broad* tioned Hut the french laugh up
way got n peek at his latest their alervcs at American hypoerlay
sepia vehicle, "Rhapsody in because they know that America ts
Black,” blase theatergoers Just as Interested in nudity as the
blinked their eyes, pinched fren ch ever dared to be.
themselves to make sure they Tills Is proved by the fart that the
were uwakc and sat through first places to which American tourists
want to go upon crossing the pond
this unusual and splendid are
to the places with naughty repu­
performance a bit bewildered. tations And the crowds that »worm
What? No legs? they ask­ Into the baldheaded men’s row In all
burlesque houses In America are
ed themselves. A Broadway the
unotlter evidence of the leg conscious­
musical show without any ness of the American public.
shapely limbs, kicking, wig­
Many Owe Sue, ess In Farm
gling.
prancing supporting Several American actresses who
equally shapely torsos of havr won tame and recognition In tlir
nut-brown chorines and high* theater have gotten almost as far on
their shape as on their ability Jos­
yaller ladies of the ensemble? ephine
linker, the girl who startled
Broadway couldn’t quite un­ Hie world when she apiM-ared In only
u bunch o( bananas and a smile Is a
derstand.
Ever since the merry «lays striking example
Adelaide Hall, In spite of the tact
of the gaudy Floradora Girls,
that she possesses a fairly excellent
back in the gay nineties, voice, owes her success more to the
when theatergoers w o r e undressed hit she in.el. in le i In, i
driven to the Great White Dlga 1 K kj " song of the "Hlarkbirds
1930’' than to anything else
Way in horse- drawn car­ Of Alda
Ward, whose voice Is of tar su-
riages,
legs and
musical lirrlor quality and range, and who
appeared
In the same show, but un­
corned i os have keen prac­
tically synonymous. America like Adelaide, never exposed her limbs
to view, has not climbed as high up
has grown completely leg U m ladder of fame as the hide bronze
goddess.
i onscious.
ings (o appear In bare legs with
rouged and powdered knees moralists
raised a furor. The practice was
branded as Indecent.
Long-nosed
busy-bodies wauled to have the thea­
ter managers and producers yanked
Uito court. The general public liked
It, however, and now to see a chorus
wrarlng the long lilp-length stockings
Is a rare thing Indeed and uncover­
ed limbs are taken os a matter of
Gertrude Saunders
things that were once thought im­
moral. many are wondering what the
next few years will bring.
Is the current craze o f long skirts
now In vogue merely a superficial
gesture destined to be short-lived
only to be followed by more brazen­
ness In womens fashions?
WIU the short skirts of a veat or
two ago return in even more daring
modes than heretofore?
Indications point that way because
America has had a taste of leg con­
sciousness and the sky Is now the
limit.
Brlr-; on your fig leaves.
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Am erican* .Moral ll*|M>< i l l r »
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America has always held up Its
Several years ago when the chorus
hands In holy horror whenever the girls first began to shed their stock­
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