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Keith-Albee managers' report book, April 30, 1906 - February 4, 1907, part 1
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(2) Will Rogers. On at 3.21, 15 min, full stage. One of the best novelty acts in vaudeville. One of the hits of the show. George Evans. On at 3.36, 23 min, in 1. He is delivering the goods this week in excellent style. I know of no other performer in vaudeville in his class. However, I prefer to play him three consecutive weeks, and then bring him back later in the season for two more weeks, if possible. Amers' Band. On at 3.59, 40 min, full stage. I consider this the best military band that I have ever heard in concert programs. It is unfortunate that Amers falls short as a showman. He is like a child in a business way. If he had more "get-up-and-get" in him he would be a sensation. He is also inclined to make his programs too heavy, and requires constant urging to get him to play popular stuff. Kinetograph. On at 4.39, 20 min. Showing a very good comedy film called "Hot Chestnuts" and miscellaneous pictures. Do Chunt's Dogs. On at 4.59, 10 min, full stage. A very good three-a-day act, but I doubt if it ever develops into a two-a-day. Cuts. Josephine Gassman; instructed to tell one of her diminutive assistants not to go through the form of putting money in her stocking. Comment. This looks like a good show and plays like a good show, but I am afraid that it has the fault of having too much time taken by hold-overs. We could have stood Evans and Uessems, or the Band alone, but the combination of the three does not make a drawing card that I hoped for. Another thing to be considered is that Boston has been brass-banded pretty extensively the last four weeks. Still another fact is that I doubt if a band is a drawing-card for children, which is bound to tell at the matinees. Another fact to be considered is that there is not a positive novelty in the bill, all of the acts having been seen here before.
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(2) Will Rogers. On at 3.21, 15 min, full stage. One of the best novelty acts in vaudeville. One of the hits of the show. George Evans. On at 3.36, 23 min, in 1. He is delivering the goods this week in excellent style. I know of no other performer in vaudeville in his class. However, I prefer to play him three consecutive weeks, and then bring him back later in the season for two more weeks, if possible. Amers' Band. On at 3.59, 40 min, full stage. I consider this the best military band that I have ever heard in concert programs. It is unfortunate that Amers falls short as a showman. He is like a child in a business way. If he had more "get-up-and-get" in him he would be a sensation. He is also inclined to make his programs too heavy, and requires constant urging to get him to play popular stuff. Kinetograph. On at 4.39, 20 min. Showing a very good comedy film called "Hot Chestnuts" and miscellaneous pictures. Do Chunt's Dogs. On at 4.59, 10 min, full stage. A very good three-a-day act, but I doubt if it ever develops into a two-a-day. Cuts. Josephine Gassman; instructed to tell one of her diminutive assistants not to go through the form of putting money in her stocking. Comment. This looks like a good show and plays like a good show, but I am afraid that it has the fault of having too much time taken by hold-overs. We could have stood Evans and Uessems, or the Band alone, but the combination of the three does not make a drawing card that I hoped for. Another thing to be considered is that Boston has been brass-banded pretty extensively the last four weeks. Still another fact is that I doubt if a band is a drawing-card for children, which is bound to tell at the matinees. Another fact to be considered is that there is not a positive novelty in the bill, all of the acts having been seen here before.
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