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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 21, 1903 - March 14, 1904
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224 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF MARCH 14th, 1904. NH 3 MIETT'S DOGS.-- A very pretty little animal act with the stage nicely set. The dogs are clean looking and the man a pleasant looking fellow, showing no signs of brutality to his animals, and handling them in a way at least which gave the impression that they do their work willingly. A mighty good three show-a-day act. 15 minutes, full stage. HR--3 MAY EVANS.-- Whistling solos and imitations. This woman has played the houses so frequently that no comment is necessary. It is always an acceptable turn. 8 minutes in one. ER 3 CORNALLA & EDDY.-- Two men in an acrobatic act made up as clowns. Usually with turns of this kind the comedy is not especially in evidence, but they are both hard workers and they finish their act with the old trick house idea which always seems to catch an audience, and they did it very well. 12 minutes, full stage. AR 3 EDDIE MACK.--I consider Mack the best dancer in the business. He goes about his work without attempting to make it appear difficult as many of them in his line do, and I think that he is really more graceful than any of them. His base ball finish makes a big hit. 9 minutes in one. GGR 3 H. B. FITSGERALD.-- Known as the American Fragoli, and there is absolutely no question but that if this man had the proper dialogue and could command different dialects better he would have an act absolutely superior to Fregoli, Beondi, or any of the rest of those of those fellows. He makes his changes with great rapidity and has more novel ideas I think than ever put forward by either of the other artists but he is not able to change the tone of his voice apparently in the least degree, so that the characters he presents are done in the same tone. As it is, it is a very good three show a day act. 13 minutes open full stage; can close in one if necessary. GRR 3 VAN FOSSEN & MC CAULEY.-- Two young men in a black face comedy, singing and dancing act. This is a Western team, and while they are all right in every way, their value lies principally in the fact that they are new faces. As dancers, I should rate them about on a par with Leighton & Leighton, but they are much better comedians than the latter two. 16 minutes in one. GHR 2 THE ROMANI TRIO.-- This is a foreign act and introduces one man and two women in a sort of semi-military costumes, their work being confined exclusively to brass instruments. The man enters first and plays a selection on a baritone instrument something like a French horn. Then the two girls appear and play cornets at the same time. They then goes to French horns which they work in the same way. Next they take instruments shaped like coaching horns, only that they have keys, and play a selection on them. They then go to a different style, but the same shape as a coach horn, and play a selection for a few seconds, the man playing with the horn balanced on his lips. It is rather an odd sort of turn and was very well received by our audience. 12 minutes, open full stage and close in one. YRR 2 ORPHEUS COMEDY FOUR.-- Four men in the regular comedy and singing act. They are all pretty good singers and a portion of their work is quite funny. They made quite a hit at their finish. 14 minutes in one. YRR 2 BELLMAN & MOORE.--A man and a woman presenting a comedy sketch entitled "A Gallery Goddess". The act is done very well indeed and there is something more of a plot to it than there was to their old act of "Hester's Promise." There is a diversity of opinion as to whether it is as good as the latter, but I am inclined to think that there is not a great deal of difference, and it seems to me that what there is in favor of this one is one account of its being new and fresh. I will look at it again, however, and determine. 24 minutes, full stage.
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224 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF MARCH 14th, 1904. NH 3 MIETT'S DOGS.-- A very pretty little animal act with the stage nicely set. The dogs are clean looking and the man a pleasant looking fellow, showing no signs of brutality to his animals, and handling them in a way at least which gave the impression that they do their work willingly. A mighty good three show-a-day act. 15 minutes, full stage. HR--3 MAY EVANS.-- Whistling solos and imitations. This woman has played the houses so frequently that no comment is necessary. It is always an acceptable turn. 8 minutes in one. ER 3 CORNALLA & EDDY.-- Two men in an acrobatic act made up as clowns. Usually with turns of this kind the comedy is not especially in evidence, but they are both hard workers and they finish their act with the old trick house idea which always seems to catch an audience, and they did it very well. 12 minutes, full stage. AR 3 EDDIE MACK.--I consider Mack the best dancer in the business. He goes about his work without attempting to make it appear difficult as many of them in his line do, and I think that he is really more graceful than any of them. His base ball finish makes a big hit. 9 minutes in one. GGR 3 H. B. FITSGERALD.-- Known as the American Fragoli, and there is absolutely no question but that if this man had the proper dialogue and could command different dialects better he would have an act absolutely superior to Fregoli, Beondi, or any of the rest of those of those fellows. He makes his changes with great rapidity and has more novel ideas I think than ever put forward by either of the other artists but he is not able to change the tone of his voice apparently in the least degree, so that the characters he presents are done in the same tone. As it is, it is a very good three show a day act. 13 minutes open full stage; can close in one if necessary. GRR 3 VAN FOSSEN & MC CAULEY.-- Two young men in a black face comedy, singing and dancing act. This is a Western team, and while they are all right in every way, their value lies principally in the fact that they are new faces. As dancers, I should rate them about on a par with Leighton & Leighton, but they are much better comedians than the latter two. 16 minutes in one. GHR 2 THE ROMANI TRIO.-- This is a foreign act and introduces one man and two women in a sort of semi-military costumes, their work being confined exclusively to brass instruments. The man enters first and plays a selection on a baritone instrument something like a French horn. Then the two girls appear and play cornets at the same time. They then goes to French horns which they work in the same way. Next they take instruments shaped like coaching horns, only that they have keys, and play a selection on them. They then go to a different style, but the same shape as a coach horn, and play a selection for a few seconds, the man playing with the horn balanced on his lips. It is rather an odd sort of turn and was very well received by our audience. 12 minutes, open full stage and close in one. YRR 2 ORPHEUS COMEDY FOUR.-- Four men in the regular comedy and singing act. They are all pretty good singers and a portion of their work is quite funny. They made quite a hit at their finish. 14 minutes in one. YRR 2 BELLMAN & MOORE.--A man and a woman presenting a comedy sketch entitled "A Gallery Goddess". The act is done very well indeed and there is something more of a plot to it than there was to their old act of "Hester's Promise." There is a diversity of opinion as to whether it is as good as the latter, but I am inclined to think that there is not a great deal of difference, and it seems to me that what there is in favor of this one is one account of its being new and fresh. I will look at it again, however, and determine. 24 minutes, full stage.
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