Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep.24, 1928

Luckee Girl. Having borrowed their title from a well-known article of feminine apparel and the refrain of their best song ("Come On Let´s Make Whoopee") from the works of a well-known drama critic (Walter Winchell, who, on the ground of an antique enmity, was denied entrance to the premiere), the Brothers Shubert were content to borrow the rest of their second musical production of the week from a thousand previous productions of the same kind. The lucky girl is a midinette who, after an innocent cohabitation with the hero in the invirons of Montparnasse, almost loses him to a sweet and tough country girl whom his father wishes him to marry. This difficulty is soon adjusted, with the aid of a huge funny waiter, played by Billy House. Billy House moved about the stage like a grinning Guava jelly, singing "Whoopee" with suave insinuations. The girls in the chorus, though they danced well, looked, with one, or possibly two, exceptions, as if they had been chosen from the occupants of an East Side subway car before the rush hour. The Lief lyrics, though not Gilbertain, were cheerful; the music of Maurice Yvain was pleasantly plentiful.

(Time, September 24., 19289

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