Theatre: Revival

The Song and Dance Man. Continuing the mood of reminiscence in which he revived The Tavern last month (TIME, June 2), George M. Cohan has seen fit to present his Song & Dance Man, first produced seven years ago. Although the piece itself is cloyed with the most bogus Broadway sentimentality, and although thousands are familiar with the cinematized version of the story, for Mr. Cohan’s sake audiences received the play with affection.

A veteran hoofer, Mr. Cohan is qualified to put plenty of credible pathos into the part of “Hap” Farrell, of Carroll & Farrell —Songs, Dances & Funny Sayings. With the death of his partner, “Hap” falls upon evil days, tries to rob a man, is regenerated and goes out West where he makes some money. So inexorable is the fascination of life on a tank-town vaudeville circuit that he returns to a profession in which he can never be successful just because “every song & dance man always thinks he is the best one in the world.”