Vitaphone made four Vaudeville shorts--films that essentially give the audience a taste of what a Vaudeville show would have been like. Of course, a true Vaudeville show would have been much longer...but the combination of music, comedy and assorted acts is typical of an old time stage show. The first in the series did not impress me at all and left me thinking that surely the old shows MUST have been better than THAT! Is this second one better? Well, not really. The condensed show consists of a dog act (that goes WAY too fast), three lady tap dancers, Jack Pepper and his sort of Stooge act--with FIVE Stooges playing music and two midgets that sing and dance. None of the acts are great...nor are they bad (though the midget act definitely is not politically correct in this day and age). Worth watching if you love the Vitaphone films...otherwise, you could do better.
Review of Vaudeville
Vaudeville
(II) (1934)
The first Vaudeville wasn't especially good...is this one better?
5 March 2017