Madge Elliott "Arrives” in London

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 July 1927, Page 22

Madge Elliott "Arrives” in London

Her Dancing Success

Madge Elliott has “arrived” in London. Most of the first-night ?iotices of “Lady Luck,” a new version of the musical comedy “Ilis Little Widows,” indicate that her dancing was the chief success of the evening.

r Miss Elliott left Australia a few years ago. It is apparent that on this occasion her dancing scored as did that of Ivy Shilling some years ago in the revue “Three Cheers.” After referring to the comedian, Leslie Henson, the “Daily Express critic wrote: “Yet it was Madge Elliott, who

probably draws not more than onetenth of Mr. Henson’s recompense, who held up the show, danced brilliantly after a dull patch in the second scene, and then, right at the end, caused such applause that it made things a bit awkward. Before, she had been encored in a dance which

ended in her jumping upon her partner’s lap Then, toward the end. Miss Elliott leapt down a flight of steps and took part in a dance with Cyril Ritchard that created a whirlwind of applause. Other principals had to stand back. ‘Give her a chance,’ people shouted at the back of the circle. Madge Elliott, who is the daughter of a Melbourne doctor, began dancing in Sydney. Then, in London, she had a small part in ’Happy Days,’ and then did cabaret work. Anyway, she is ‘made’ now.”

The “Daily Chronicle” said: “Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott made one of the hits of the evening in their graceful dance. ‘l’ve Learnt a Lot.’ ” “Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott,” said “The Times,” “twice roused the audience to enthusiasm with concerted numbers.” The “Daily Telegraph” reference was: “Excellent use is made, too, of their opportunities in song and dance by Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott—the latter a most accomplished dancer. With a duet rather more neatly turned than the rest, called ‘l’ve Learnt a Lot.’ this couple secured one of the chief successes of the evening.”

“But who can pay attention to any story,” wrote E. A. Baughan in the

“Daily News,” “when the John Tiller girls are dancing, or when Madge Elliott (the success of the evening) is kissing the stage with the tips of her toes and taking flying leaps into the lap of Cyril Ritchard?”