The famous comedians of the Follies invade the screen with a film comedy.The Movies?
Absolutely, Mr. Gallagher!
Positively, Mr. Shean!
By HARRIETTE UNDERHILL
Being a celebrity, Mr. Gallagher, along with his partner, Mr. Shean, has invaded the screen. Why? Because he's a celebrity. The films never reason why.
Whenever anyone succeeds at anything, whether it be crocheting doilies, playing the piano, shooting a help-meet or reciting verse some perspicacious person conceives the idea of putting him or her in motion pictures. If you are a him it is desirable that in addition to your other qualification you have straight shiny black hair. If you are a her it will help a lot if you have wavy blonde hair. But these are not absolutely necessary. The real thing is to have succeeded at something.
Now there's Gallagher and Shean. To New Yorkers that needs no addendum. "You're a celebrity, Mr. Gallagher, you're another, Mr. Shean," to put it in the well known rhythm which has made this pair famous. Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean have succeeded in making people laugh immediately at their verses which they chant each night at the Ziegfeld Follies. Whereupon Mr. William Fox immediately decided that they would be great on the screen. Whether he is right or wrong remains to be seen but at any rate the two versifiers are now hard at work in a studio built on top of one of Manhattan's tallest skyscrapers.
"Around the Town"
We visited them there the other morning and watched them making their first picture which is going to be called Around the Town with Gallagher and Shean. For once the title of a movie will bear some relation to the picture itself. There is nothing so very original in Around the Town with Gallagher and Shean, but it is explicit.
And from what we saw of the shooting, and from what we know of the plot, the picture ought to be amusing and probably a lot of people will go to see what Gallagher and Shean are like who would not otherwise go to see what the picture was like. That is why it is good business to become famous in almost any line. Somebody is sure to realize that the rest of the world would like to know how you look and will satisfy their curiosity if given a chance to look you over on the screen. Then that somebody will offer you a job in the movies.
