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Keith-Albee managers' report book, February 4-September 9, 1907

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Cleveland Show Week Jan/ 7, 1907.     (  H. A. Daniels)

THE TOSSING AUSTINS--Man and woman. Man dressed as tramp and does comedy juggling. The woman does dancing specialties. Both are quite good. a good opening act. C.D.F. in three. 15 min.

MABLE SINCLAIR-- Ventriloquist. She uses one dummy. She does not do at all for Cleveland. She received very little laughter this afternoon and no applause. Drop in one. 12 minutes.

REIFF BROTHERS-- Well known. A corking good dancing act and that is all there is to it. Drop in one. 13 minutes.

JAMES F KELLY & ANNA KENT-- Comedy sketch entitled "The Gingersnap.' This is the act that is sometimes billed as Kelly and O'Brien. They seem satisfied to have it billed either way. This offering is called a sketch. It is a disjointed affair, without sense, or reason, or rhyme. It consists of some imitations by the man and two character by the woman, one an actress looking for a job, and the other a servant girl. The theme is thread-bare, the scene being a vaudeville agent's office, the girl applying for a job, being turned down, and then goes out and make the change when she comes back and does her character specialty. There are some laughs in the act, and it just managed to hold interest enough to carry them through to the end when they close with the tough dance used by Guyer and Dailey and managed then to received a whole lot of applause. The applause was entirely due to the tough dance and I believe that most of the audience forgot the dull spots preceeding. The act is well worth the money. C. D. F. in three 19 minutes.

IDA O'DAY-- This young lady is bil led as a vocalist and comedienne but she does no comedy. She sings two songs and plays two banjo selections. She is very pretty sweet and dainty, and has large beautiful eyes which she uses to good advantage. Seemed to go quite well. Drop in one. 12 minutes. Good act for the money.

HARRY L. TIGHE and his Collegian assisted by iss Loris Scarsdal in "Those Happy College Days." This act is a pocket edition of "Brown of Harvard." There are four men and a girl in the act. The scene takes place in a room in a college dormitory. The act is full of life, ginger, and action and has the true college spirit. The four men composes a good quartette, which gives a chance to introduce some lively college songs. Mr. Tighe, the football player and general here and factotum is very clever at the piano, and this fact helps out a great deal. I would class the act as first-class in every particular. It Is full of fun - the good clean wholesome kind, and there is not a dull spot in the act from start to finish. C.D.F. in three. 28 minutes.
CLIFTON CRAWFORD-- No need to criticise this man's work. As usual he was the artistic hit of the bill. He used almost exactly the same stuff as last year with the exception of one song. This did not seem to detract from his popularity and he managed to hold them without any trouble for 21 minutes, which is a mighty long time for an act in one.

PAUL SPADONI-- Juggler and gladiator, as he bills himself. He went much better here this afternoon than when I saw him in Columbus last week. However I still maintain that he is not doing the act he did two years ago. He is not working as hard. He is foreflushing a whole lot and Paul Conchas is so far ahead of this act as it stands at present that there is no comparison. The second part of Spadoni's act where he does the heavy weight work went much better than the first part. He tries to compell the house to furnish everything he uses with the exception of a shell and six cannon balls. He wants live gold fish, plenty of lumber, to break up, some armour plate, and most anything that he happens to want to use. He argues that all this is in his contract but I could not find it there. Consequently he had to spend some of his salary in Cleveland for stuff that he intended to break up. His act is good but does not lune up well by comparison. Open in two. then F.S. 20 min.
KINETOGRAPH-- Tomato stealing, good comedy picture.

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17. Cleveland Show Week Jan/ 7, 1907. ( H. A. Daniels) THE TOSSING AUSTINS--Man and woman. Man dressed as tramp and does comedy juggling. The woman does dancing specialties. Both are quite good. a good opening act. C.D.F. in three. 15 min. MABLE SINCLAIR-- Ventriloquist. She uses one dummy. She does not do at all for Cleveland. She received very little laughter this afternoon and no applause. Drop in one. 12 minutes. REIFF BROTHERS-- Well known. A corking good dancing act and that is all there is to it. Drop in one. 13 minutes. JAMES F KELLY & ANNA KENT-- Comedy sketch entitled "The Gingersnap.' This is the act that is sometimes billed as Kelly and O'Brien. They seem satisfied to have it billed either way. This offering is called a sketch. It is a disjointed affair, without sense, or reason, or rhyme. It consists of some imitations by the man and two character by the woman, one an actress looking for a job, and the other a servant girl. The theme is thread-bare, the scene being a vaudeville agent's office, the girl applying for a job, being turned down, and then goes out and make the change when she comes back and does her character specialty. There are some laughs in the act, and it just managed to hold interest enough to carry them through to the end when they close with the tough dance used by Guyer and Dailey and managed then to received a whole lot of applause. The applause was entirely due to the tough dance and I believe that most of the audience forgot the dull spots preceeding. The act is well worth the money. C. D. F. in three 19 minutes. IDA O'DAY-- This young lady is bil led as a vocalist and comedienne but she does no comedy. She sings two songs and plays two banjo selections. She is very pretty sweet and dainty, and has large beautiful eyes which she uses to good advantage. Seemed to go quite well. Drop in one. 12 minutes. Good act for the money. HARRY L. TIGHE and his Collegian assisted by iss Loris Scarsdal in "Those Happy College Days." This act is a pocket edition of "Brown of Harvard." There are four men and a girl in the act. The scene takes place in a room in a college dormitory. The act is full of life, ginger, and action and has the true college spirit. The four men composes a good quartette, which gives a chance to introduce some lively college songs. Mr. Tighe, the football player and general here and factotum is very clever at the piano, and this fact helps out a great deal. I would class the act as first-class in every particular. It Is full of fun - the good clean wholesome kind, and there is not a dull spot in the act from start to finish. C.D.F. in three. 28 minutes. CLIFTON CRAWFORD-- No need to criticise this man's work. As usual he was the artistic hit of the bill. He used almost exactly the same stuff as last year with the exception of one song. This did not seem to detract from his popularity and he managed to hold them without any trouble for 21 minutes, which is a mighty long time for an act in one. PAUL SPADONI-- Juggler and gladiator, as he bills himself. He went much better here this afternoon than when I saw him in Columbus last week. However I still maintain that he is not doing the act he did two years ago. He is not working as hard. He is foreflushing a whole lot and Paul Conchas is so far ahead of this act as it stands at present that there is no comparison. The second part of Spadoni's act where he does the heavy weight work went much better than the first part. He tries to compell the house to furnish everything he uses with the exception of a shell and six cannon balls. He wants live gold fish, plenty of lumber, to break up, some armour plate, and most anything that he happens to want to use. He argues that all this is in his contract but I could not find it there. Consequently he had to spend some of his salary in Cleveland for stuff that he intended to break up. His act is good but does not lune up well by comparison. Open in two. then F.S. 20 min. KINETOGRAPH-- Tomato stealing, good comedy picture.