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Keith-Albee managers' report book, April 30, 1906 - February 4, 1907, part 1
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MAY 15, 1906. PHILADELPHIA SHOW. C.E. BARNS. SUPPLEMENTERY REPORT. BESNAH & MILLER:-Took the place of MELVILLE & STETSON on the bill. 16 min. in 1. 2 shows. Man and woman in singing, talking and dancing act. The talking was the least creditable feature of the act, and the dancing by far the best, in fact, the man's work is some of the swiftest and most artistic dancing I have seen. Woman makes a fair presentation, although a little too heavy and inclined to be a little reckless in speech and behavior. She has a good voice and her songs got a fair hand. The strong part of the act is the dancing duo, which won immensely. All told, it may be said that these people held down a very hard place acceptably. WERDEN & GLADDISH:-Balads with Semi-Oil Paintings:-This act went very much better in the evening, probably because the absence of any ray of daylight in the house brought out the exquisite brilliancy of color in the sterioptican pictures. The applause was very liberal, This may be regarded as a valuable acquisition for a feature in one. JAMES T. POWERS 7 COMPANY, "Dreaming":- As was expected, Jimmy Powers won out in the evening in a manner that justifies expectations. He got a big advance hand, showing that his name had drawn hundreds of people who would probably not otherwise have been there. Not only that, but he realized that in the afternoon he did not catch the audience as he should have done, and made up his mind in the evening to "go after them" as he said. The result was that he was in the best of form and put lots of ginger in the act, getting all the worth out of it. We have billed him pretty strong, and predict him a safe hit for the balance of the week.
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MAY 15, 1906. PHILADELPHIA SHOW. C.E. BARNS. SUPPLEMENTERY REPORT. BESNAH & MILLER:-Took the place of MELVILLE & STETSON on the bill. 16 min. in 1. 2 shows. Man and woman in singing, talking and dancing act. The talking was the least creditable feature of the act, and the dancing by far the best, in fact, the man's work is some of the swiftest and most artistic dancing I have seen. Woman makes a fair presentation, although a little too heavy and inclined to be a little reckless in speech and behavior. She has a good voice and her songs got a fair hand. The strong part of the act is the dancing duo, which won immensely. All told, it may be said that these people held down a very hard place acceptably. WERDEN & GLADDISH:-Balads with Semi-Oil Paintings:-This act went very much better in the evening, probably because the absence of any ray of daylight in the house brought out the exquisite brilliancy of color in the sterioptican pictures. The applause was very liberal, This may be regarded as a valuable acquisition for a feature in one. JAMES T. POWERS 7 COMPANY, "Dreaming":- As was expected, Jimmy Powers won out in the evening in a manner that justifies expectations. He got a big advance hand, showing that his name had drawn hundreds of people who would probably not otherwise have been there. Not only that, but he realized that in the afternoon he did not catch the audience as he should have done, and made up his mind in the evening to "go after them" as he said. The result was that he was in the best of form and put lots of ginger in the act, getting all the worth out of it. We have billed him pretty strong, and predict him a safe hit for the balance of the week.
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