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Little Eva Buck and Winged” Joan Sawyer on the StageI#It might rcrro nt range to awmclate Joan lawyer and her dancing with the rojc of Little Kvri In luck* Tom’n Cabin. tut played by a member of a repertoire rnm* piny on the “one-nlgh! trrC’ In Texas and the South But If tt had not been for th» purformnitce of CrujJo Tom Kha*t Mho* Saw yer wit rw seed in her home town of El Faao, ehe might *UU bo pounding tim key* board of a typo writer tnatrad lt;f creating dances for fOQltty*! fadMina Sflwyer, who comm to B, F. Keith's Theatre neat week, had jil'.vnyn bean font! of duttclttg a» a child, inking uftirr her parents but it wan ru-t until after she hud aeen the crude performance of Little Eva that iiha decided to bfcom« a professional daiK*‘r The Little Eva t the play, after she had ascended |p Heavon, appeared upon the thage andaid wiuvt hi known by prtffMdlojiiilu ** abuck and wing dance. This so far«?l-nuicii the little Texas* girl that she took up“hunk uni wjng datirltn:. to the li in *r*»r all Hie good people of El Paso, win . while they might stand for bueh dancing on tli** Httigr*, could not tolerate, the tdwaof one of their own town children tyslngbucIi a thing*DrsplU* the opmmcnte arid criticism, however. Miss lawyer continued to ntudydft!ii'lfi*f, and soon gave up tin buck and wIitK for the more. nrth-Mc toi»*danclng.Her first Introduction to Broadway waros n member of the chorus of n big rmiataai show, where she dually nttr acted attention and wa* engaged us dancing fiurtnor of Maurice. %vho at that time wo-\w York's dancing craze. Miss Sawyer progressed with the riao of dancing and uukkty kaIiu-4 distinction In the Held lt;m ,1 e rr ttor of dancing. .Vow nha ha* the reputation of being one of the most beau-Llful w.iiUerw In AmericaWhere the Movie Hits•v.The cheap-priced moving-pic-ttire show reaches down to theworkingmen, and there it is doing its big work.—.1. Stuart Black ton.fHtn■ «?“tvin..1-fIHeiHi• * * •• *tlt;* ITo(litopMcUluw(•Tilt? t r*T'rr't tp curnnrnun nrA r i«rnrv » #r* t a nm
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Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Apr 08, 1916
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