SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1937. Volume 8. Number 8.
"Daze Bay Nights."
" Daze Bay Nights."
"Daze Bay Nights" was notable for giving us the best laugh of the evening. Basil de Bullswool's ballet was the finest men's ballet yet put across in an extrav. It was even funnier than the "Gravey League Ballet" of "Dry Rot" in 1932.
Bill Austin's reserved acting was another feature of this sketch. His intonations reminded us of Ronald Coleman, but Clarque did not remind us of Gable, nor Gretta Garbo of Joan Crawford—if they were meant to. The dialogue did not run smoothly enough for us to find out. The whole "Idyll" was like a picture which has been badly censored and made us feel we were cheated out of some of it. This may have been deliberately done on the part of the author to throw into relief the excellent songs and ballets. Anyway we liked this show.