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Keith-Albee managers' report book, April 30, 1906 - February 4, 1907, part 1
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159. Cleveland Show Week November 12, 1906. (H. A. Daniels) HEDRIX & PRESCOTT-- Man and woman. Singing and dancing. The dancing is much better than the singing. The act is all right for this spot. Drop in two. 10 minutes. DEVOY & MILLER-- Two men. Acrobatic act. One man working straight, the other as comedian. It is a similar act to Coture and Gillette. The comedian in this act isn't funny but he is a good acrobat. The act could not hold down a better spot than first or second in this theatre. F. S. 13 min. HAPPY JACK GARDNER-- Work in black face. Gardner went better today than I have ever known him to go before. In fact, he was almost the hit of the show as far as applause is concerned. Drop in one. 19 min. MOULIER SISTERS-- Three girls assisted by their father doing a triple horizontal bar act. It is a good act but is not remarkable in any degree. It is novelty to have the women doing the bar work. F. S. 9 min. TOBY CLAUDE-- This little woman has many friends in Cleveland, and is a great favorite here. Many asked at the box office if she would surely appear. She carries a man with her who helps her in one of her songs. His name does not appear on the programe While a great many people came to see this woman there were also a number of people who did not like her. I counted fifteen that rose and left the orchestra seats during her third song. The applause was not sincere. There is no doubt that her name will have some drag during the week. Open in one go to two close in one. , 17 min. NOTE-- Toby Claud does not do her entire act in one, I had been led to believe that she did. Her second song requires some sort of an interior in two with tables, chairs, etc. LOUIS SIMON, GRACE GARDNER & CO.-- Assisted by two people presenting a new version of the old act entitled "The New Coachman." The scene this year is laid in a college boy's room in a hotel. while there is no doubt that the act created a great deal of laughter, I think it is a little bit rough for our orchestra patrons. In knocking the dinner off the table Mr. Simon succeeded in wetting nearly every one in the first row of the orchestra seats. Food, sawdust, rice, etc., were thrown about in such a reckless manner that a man took an awful chance in sitting in the first five rows. I am going to have the act taimed down considerably before the night show. C.D.F. in three. 28 min. ALF GRANT & ETHEL HOAG-- Miss Hoag is sick in bed and threatened with pneumonia. She could not appear this afternoon and there is no telling when she will be able to. Mr. Grant went out and did the best he could, but this is a fearful spot to put a story teller after all the dialogue and rough house of the preceding act. In fact, it would be almost impossible for any talking act to follow that sketch and expect any returns from the audience for the first ten minutes. Grant did quite well considering the conditions. Drop in one. 20 min. HARNDIN'S BALLET-- This act has played the east and has been criticised in detail in the other houses. It is playing Cleveland against my wishes and my judgement, for Cleveland is too poor a show town to try and handle an act of this caliber. When Harry Houdini, Ciccy Loftus, and The Fadettes fall down here with a bang it is useless for me to try and do anything with feature acts that demand the amount of money that acts in this class get. This act is very beautiful and will create a great amount of talk but there are not enough theatre-going people in Cleveland to come and see it. KINETOGRAPH-- The Troubadours-- Good. Auto race for Vanderbilt Cup-- Good.
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159. Cleveland Show Week November 12, 1906. (H. A. Daniels) HEDRIX & PRESCOTT-- Man and woman. Singing and dancing. The dancing is much better than the singing. The act is all right for this spot. Drop in two. 10 minutes. DEVOY & MILLER-- Two men. Acrobatic act. One man working straight, the other as comedian. It is a similar act to Coture and Gillette. The comedian in this act isn't funny but he is a good acrobat. The act could not hold down a better spot than first or second in this theatre. F. S. 13 min. HAPPY JACK GARDNER-- Work in black face. Gardner went better today than I have ever known him to go before. In fact, he was almost the hit of the show as far as applause is concerned. Drop in one. 19 min. MOULIER SISTERS-- Three girls assisted by their father doing a triple horizontal bar act. It is a good act but is not remarkable in any degree. It is novelty to have the women doing the bar work. F. S. 9 min. TOBY CLAUDE-- This little woman has many friends in Cleveland, and is a great favorite here. Many asked at the box office if she would surely appear. She carries a man with her who helps her in one of her songs. His name does not appear on the programe While a great many people came to see this woman there were also a number of people who did not like her. I counted fifteen that rose and left the orchestra seats during her third song. The applause was not sincere. There is no doubt that her name will have some drag during the week. Open in one go to two close in one. , 17 min. NOTE-- Toby Claud does not do her entire act in one, I had been led to believe that she did. Her second song requires some sort of an interior in two with tables, chairs, etc. LOUIS SIMON, GRACE GARDNER & CO.-- Assisted by two people presenting a new version of the old act entitled "The New Coachman." The scene this year is laid in a college boy's room in a hotel. while there is no doubt that the act created a great deal of laughter, I think it is a little bit rough for our orchestra patrons. In knocking the dinner off the table Mr. Simon succeeded in wetting nearly every one in the first row of the orchestra seats. Food, sawdust, rice, etc., were thrown about in such a reckless manner that a man took an awful chance in sitting in the first five rows. I am going to have the act taimed down considerably before the night show. C.D.F. in three. 28 min. ALF GRANT & ETHEL HOAG-- Miss Hoag is sick in bed and threatened with pneumonia. She could not appear this afternoon and there is no telling when she will be able to. Mr. Grant went out and did the best he could, but this is a fearful spot to put a story teller after all the dialogue and rough house of the preceding act. In fact, it would be almost impossible for any talking act to follow that sketch and expect any returns from the audience for the first ten minutes. Grant did quite well considering the conditions. Drop in one. 20 min. HARNDIN'S BALLET-- This act has played the east and has been criticised in detail in the other houses. It is playing Cleveland against my wishes and my judgement, for Cleveland is too poor a show town to try and handle an act of this caliber. When Harry Houdini, Ciccy Loftus, and The Fadettes fall down here with a bang it is useless for me to try and do anything with feature acts that demand the amount of money that acts in this class get. This act is very beautiful and will create a great amount of talk but there are not enough theatre-going people in Cleveland to come and see it. KINETOGRAPH-- The Troubadours-- Good. Auto race for Vanderbilt Cup-- Good.
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