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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 3-November 3, 1913
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Report on PROVIDENCE SHOW, Week of Sept. 9, 1913. CHAS. LOVENBERG, Manager. The opening bill today, in spite of extreme heat, met with marked approval from a very large house. I believe this was largely due to the hunger of crowd for vaudeville which was taken away from them rather early in the spring and opened a week later than usual. However, all the acts seemed to please although a couple of them fell down a little from the standpoint of what was expected. ADD HOYT'S MINSTRELS This is a crack-a-jack minstrel first part by 7 men, consists of two end men, interlocutor and a quartette. there is considerable merit to the act and is quite classy from a minstrel standpoint. It is too good to open a show with; however, in this house the audience is well seated; they gave us a crack-a-jack send-off. An act that no house need be afraid to play. 23 Min. in Two. WILLIAMS & WOLFUS Comedy piano act, man and woman. The woman doesn't amount to a great deal, but makes a fairly good feeder for the man, who is a splendid comedian. A real hit from start to finish. 15 Min. in One. FRANK MULLANE A good-looking chap with pleasing personality and a good voice, who sang some songs effectively and told stories in the Irish and Hebrew dialect. 13 Min. in One. MAY WIRTH & WIRTH FAMILY There is no denying the ability of Miss Wirth and her assistants. The fact remains that those acts never go in this house; because of the superior quality of this one, I thought I would take another chance, but this will have to be my last. With an easy spot they went only fairly well. 10 Min. F. S. MCKAY & ARDINE This act has been described before and it is only necessary for me to say that they met with the approval of the audience and I think they have a nice singing and dancing turn, although the price may be a little bit long. 16 Min. Open and close in One? BILLY MC DERMOTT This fellow was far and away the big hit of the show; nothing else approached him by a million. He went bigger in fact than Nat Wills ever did in this house and I am inclined to believe that he is going to draw us a lot of money. I want to say, however, that he told the stage manager that if he was moved down to second to last that he would have to have $50 additional to his salary. The stage manager was instructed to tell me this. As it happens I don't care to move him down, but I think it had best be threshed out with his agent before he goes any further. 25 Min. in One. CECIL LEAN & CO. In the same act they have been doing all along the line, but which didn't meet with anything like the success that it has in other places. He blames the orchestra largely for his non-success, but my impression is that his music was played alright. Worth about half the salary. 19 Min. F.S. Can close in One. KRAMER & MORTON Another act that I don't think lives up to its reputation, although they went pretty well, largely because they are local boys, being residents of Providence and this their first time here. They held the spot, but were not a clean-up by any means. 15 min. in One. BELLE ONRA Clever trapeziste. In order to lend balance to my bill which was very difficult to arrange, I found it necessary to put Miss Onra to close the show. I was very much afraid that she wouldn't be able to do it. Much to my surprise she got considerable applause and held the audience in their seats although the show was running quite late. 7 Min. F. S. MOTION PICTURES O. K.
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Report on PROVIDENCE SHOW, Week of Sept. 9, 1913. CHAS. LOVENBERG, Manager. The opening bill today, in spite of extreme heat, met with marked approval from a very large house. I believe this was largely due to the hunger of crowd for vaudeville which was taken away from them rather early in the spring and opened a week later than usual. However, all the acts seemed to please although a couple of them fell down a little from the standpoint of what was expected. ADD HOYT'S MINSTRELS This is a crack-a-jack minstrel first part by 7 men, consists of two end men, interlocutor and a quartette. there is considerable merit to the act and is quite classy from a minstrel standpoint. It is too good to open a show with; however, in this house the audience is well seated; they gave us a crack-a-jack send-off. An act that no house need be afraid to play. 23 Min. in Two. WILLIAMS & WOLFUS Comedy piano act, man and woman. The woman doesn't amount to a great deal, but makes a fairly good feeder for the man, who is a splendid comedian. A real hit from start to finish. 15 Min. in One. FRANK MULLANE A good-looking chap with pleasing personality and a good voice, who sang some songs effectively and told stories in the Irish and Hebrew dialect. 13 Min. in One. MAY WIRTH & WIRTH FAMILY There is no denying the ability of Miss Wirth and her assistants. The fact remains that those acts never go in this house; because of the superior quality of this one, I thought I would take another chance, but this will have to be my last. With an easy spot they went only fairly well. 10 Min. F. S. MCKAY & ARDINE This act has been described before and it is only necessary for me to say that they met with the approval of the audience and I think they have a nice singing and dancing turn, although the price may be a little bit long. 16 Min. Open and close in One? BILLY MC DERMOTT This fellow was far and away the big hit of the show; nothing else approached him by a million. He went bigger in fact than Nat Wills ever did in this house and I am inclined to believe that he is going to draw us a lot of money. I want to say, however, that he told the stage manager that if he was moved down to second to last that he would have to have $50 additional to his salary. The stage manager was instructed to tell me this. As it happens I don't care to move him down, but I think it had best be threshed out with his agent before he goes any further. 25 Min. in One. CECIL LEAN & CO. In the same act they have been doing all along the line, but which didn't meet with anything like the success that it has in other places. He blames the orchestra largely for his non-success, but my impression is that his music was played alright. Worth about half the salary. 19 Min. F.S. Can close in One. KRAMER & MORTON Another act that I don't think lives up to its reputation, although they went pretty well, largely because they are local boys, being residents of Providence and this their first time here. They held the spot, but were not a clean-up by any means. 15 min. in One. BELLE ONRA Clever trapeziste. In order to lend balance to my bill which was very difficult to arrange, I found it necessary to put Miss Onra to close the show. I was very much afraid that she wouldn't be able to do it. Much to my surprise she got considerable applause and held the audience in their seats although the show was running quite late. 7 Min. F. S. MOTION PICTURES O. K.
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