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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 3-November 3, 1913
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H. T. JORDAN. PHILADELPHIA SHOW. OCT: 20, 1913. ANITA BARTLING. 9 min. F.S. Ordinary woman juggler, fair applause all the way through. Closed fair with the torches. BLACK BROTHERS. 12 min. in one. Two young fellows with a pleasing personality who play all the latest ragtime very cleverly on the banjo. From that, they go into a piano and banjo duet and finish with a neatly executed double dance. All their work received applause and the act finished very well. EDMOND HAYES & CO. 18 min. F. S. "The Piano Movers." Very good advance applause. A screamingly funny farce comedy in which Mr. Hayes and his silent assistant divide honors in the humor. The audience was shrieking all the way through and scarcely had breath left to laugh again when the two piano movers quit on their ridiculous job at the first blow of the five o'clock whistle. BETTY CALLISH. 10 min. in one. A very beautiful girl, well costumed, whose talent and personality do not seem to be more than drawing-room size. Except for her last number, "Take Me Back," her songs were not well chosen and her violin playing was not out of the ordinary. The applause was polite but very weak. However, she tried harder and did better on her final number where the applause was cordial. With a change of program for tonight, including the elimination of one number, and the fact that the young lady is now over her nervousness, she should do much better. HUBERT DYER & CO. 8 min. F.S. This man makes good his claim, "A Laugh a Second." From the jump-off, there is first-rate clowning of the tumbling variety. His assistant employs rings, but half the act is whiled away in funny foolishness before they ever get to the rings. The audience enjoyed every minute and came through with a big hand at the finish. HUFFORD & CHAIN. 17 min. in one. A first-rate pair of fun-makers, one in blackface and the other a feeder. They start their act with singing and patter and go to an echo song which the blackface sings from off stage. He then does a travesty upon the sermon of a negro minister which got a good many laughs. They finish with a rag song which won substantial applause. OLGA NETHERSOLE. In the third act of "Sapho." 30 min. F.S. Considerable advance applause. An exquisite performance of the well known classic -- better than Miss Nethersole was giving when she was doing the play in the legitimate theatre. The act held the audience in complete and thrilled silence from the moment the curtain went up. Miss Nethersole gradually rose from the intentionally commonplace to real heights of emotional acting and there were many damp eyes by the time the curtain went down on the tense and poignant parting between the former lovers. The act is beautifully staged and Miss Nethersole has with her a really superior cast, especially A. E. Winnington Barnes, whose acting was fully worthy of the great star whom he supported. The applause at the end amounted to a genuine ovation and there were at least seven curtain calls. TROVATO. 17 min. in one. Trovato grows more eccentric every day and seems to get away with it, especially since he has control over his violin technique. Certainly had the audience going, the men whistling while he imitated them on his violin, the women humming his popular songs and everybody in the house clapping. Finished strong with a big hand. SIX ABDALLAHS. 8 min. F.S. A well-known whirlwind acrobatic act that got the audience from the start and finished with a storm of applause. One of the best and fastest closing acts in show business. KINETOGRAPH. Usually well chosen series of pictures, finishing with "Mutt and Jeff" comedy. GENERAL REMARKS. An ideal comedy show surrounding a great emotional actress. Has both quality and speed and apparently made a most favorable impression upon a packed house. CUTS EDMOND HAYES & CO. Word "H---;" also a substitution for the expression "Never mind them."
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H. T. JORDAN. PHILADELPHIA SHOW. OCT: 20, 1913. ANITA BARTLING. 9 min. F.S. Ordinary woman juggler, fair applause all the way through. Closed fair with the torches. BLACK BROTHERS. 12 min. in one. Two young fellows with a pleasing personality who play all the latest ragtime very cleverly on the banjo. From that, they go into a piano and banjo duet and finish with a neatly executed double dance. All their work received applause and the act finished very well. EDMOND HAYES & CO. 18 min. F. S. "The Piano Movers." Very good advance applause. A screamingly funny farce comedy in which Mr. Hayes and his silent assistant divide honors in the humor. The audience was shrieking all the way through and scarcely had breath left to laugh again when the two piano movers quit on their ridiculous job at the first blow of the five o'clock whistle. BETTY CALLISH. 10 min. in one. A very beautiful girl, well costumed, whose talent and personality do not seem to be more than drawing-room size. Except for her last number, "Take Me Back," her songs were not well chosen and her violin playing was not out of the ordinary. The applause was polite but very weak. However, she tried harder and did better on her final number where the applause was cordial. With a change of program for tonight, including the elimination of one number, and the fact that the young lady is now over her nervousness, she should do much better. HUBERT DYER & CO. 8 min. F.S. This man makes good his claim, "A Laugh a Second." From the jump-off, there is first-rate clowning of the tumbling variety. His assistant employs rings, but half the act is whiled away in funny foolishness before they ever get to the rings. The audience enjoyed every minute and came through with a big hand at the finish. HUFFORD & CHAIN. 17 min. in one. A first-rate pair of fun-makers, one in blackface and the other a feeder. They start their act with singing and patter and go to an echo song which the blackface sings from off stage. He then does a travesty upon the sermon of a negro minister which got a good many laughs. They finish with a rag song which won substantial applause. OLGA NETHERSOLE. In the third act of "Sapho." 30 min. F.S. Considerable advance applause. An exquisite performance of the well known classic -- better than Miss Nethersole was giving when she was doing the play in the legitimate theatre. The act held the audience in complete and thrilled silence from the moment the curtain went up. Miss Nethersole gradually rose from the intentionally commonplace to real heights of emotional acting and there were many damp eyes by the time the curtain went down on the tense and poignant parting between the former lovers. The act is beautifully staged and Miss Nethersole has with her a really superior cast, especially A. E. Winnington Barnes, whose acting was fully worthy of the great star whom he supported. The applause at the end amounted to a genuine ovation and there were at least seven curtain calls. TROVATO. 17 min. in one. Trovato grows more eccentric every day and seems to get away with it, especially since he has control over his violin technique. Certainly had the audience going, the men whistling while he imitated them on his violin, the women humming his popular songs and everybody in the house clapping. Finished strong with a big hand. SIX ABDALLAHS. 8 min. F.S. A well-known whirlwind acrobatic act that got the audience from the start and finished with a storm of applause. One of the best and fastest closing acts in show business. KINETOGRAPH. Usually well chosen series of pictures, finishing with "Mutt and Jeff" comedy. GENERAL REMARKS. An ideal comedy show surrounding a great emotional actress. Has both quality and speed and apparently made a most favorable impression upon a packed house. CUTS EDMOND HAYES & CO. Word "H---;" also a substitution for the expression "Never mind them."
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