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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 9, 1912-February 24, 1913
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[B. F?]. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINHATI, O. Week of Sept. 30th, 1912. [SAYTON?] TRIO: 11 min. F.S. 2 men and a dog appear as crocodiles and cut antics in a swamp. A huntress appears adn does some shooting, when the men and the dog emerge from their crocodile skins and the men do some straight contortion work. Good act- went good. LOUISVILLE. CADETS DE GASCOGNE: 2 men and a woman. 11 min. in one. They render three classical selections. Act plenty long enough. OPEN NEXT WEEK. Go from here to New York. BUTLER HAVILARD & ALICE THORNTON: Comedy sketch. 18 min. F. S., close 2 min. in one - own set. Went good. LOUISVILLE. HOMER LIND & CO.: In a sketch entitled "The Opera Singer". Open 2 min. F. S., then into one for 14 min. and close 12 min. F. S. - [30?] min. in all. Too many efforts to bring tears for a vaudeville house. Sketch about twice too long, but hardly a chance to cut it. Nothing noteworthy. Went fair. ATLANTA. "DON", THE TALKING DOG: 15 min. in one. [Leney?] Haskell is nine-tenths of this act. He apologizes and prepares advances alibis for the dog. Mrs. Haberland then induces the dog to "speak" several words in Germa, which are translated by Mr. Haskell. The dog's efforts to "speak" evoke some applause, and there were people in the audience who declared that "Don" really did articulate, but the big majority of the Sunday crowds were prepared to treat the matter as a joke. At any rate there is lots of fun in the act, and it is a novelty. BUFFALO, N. Y. "THE HOLD UP". Melodramatic sketch, with two active participants. 21 min. F. S., own est. The scenic feature of this act is its redemption. A fast moving train with real steam and whistle preduces some applause. LOUISVILLE. WALTER C. KELLY: "The Virginia Judge". 16 min. in one. Hearty advance hand. First appearance in America since his return fromnEurope. Kelly is popular here, and maintained it Sunday. He has considerable new material. The act is one long laugh from beginning to end, an is the best thing in the show. INDIANAPOLIS. [KLUTING'S?] ENTERTAINERS: 15 min .F. S. Pigeons, rabbits, cats and dogs. But very few people walked out on this act, which is very clever, with a novel finish, and much superior to the ordinary animal act. Went big. INDIANAPOLIS. B. .F. [KEITHGESCOPE?]: Pathe's weekly 10 min. NOTE: There is an over-supply of dogs in this show. In the first act a dog is prominent; the fifth act is "Don", the talking dog, and in the closing act there is a bunch of dogs. The acts of the Cadets de Gascogne and Homer Lind & Co. furnish too much heavy singing. The bill is not well balanced. The show suffers by comparison with last week's bill, still it is a good bill. Walter Kelly pulls it out. Yesterday we tried the slides of Wilson, Taft, [Beeseelt?] and Debs, but at the matinee Taft was hissed. We changed his position Sunday night, and there was no hissing If the hissing is repeated, we will discontinue this feature. C. L. Deran
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[B. F?]. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINHATI, O. Week of Sept. 30th, 1912. [SAYTON?] TRIO: 11 min. F.S. 2 men and a dog appear as crocodiles and cut antics in a swamp. A huntress appears adn does some shooting, when the men and the dog emerge from their crocodile skins and the men do some straight contortion work. Good act- went good. LOUISVILLE. CADETS DE GASCOGNE: 2 men and a woman. 11 min. in one. They render three classical selections. Act plenty long enough. OPEN NEXT WEEK. Go from here to New York. BUTLER HAVILARD & ALICE THORNTON: Comedy sketch. 18 min. F. S., close 2 min. in one - own set. Went good. LOUISVILLE. HOMER LIND & CO.: In a sketch entitled "The Opera Singer". Open 2 min. F. S., then into one for 14 min. and close 12 min. F. S. - [30?] min. in all. Too many efforts to bring tears for a vaudeville house. Sketch about twice too long, but hardly a chance to cut it. Nothing noteworthy. Went fair. ATLANTA. "DON", THE TALKING DOG: 15 min. in one. [Leney?] Haskell is nine-tenths of this act. He apologizes and prepares advances alibis for the dog. Mrs. Haberland then induces the dog to "speak" several words in Germa, which are translated by Mr. Haskell. The dog's efforts to "speak" evoke some applause, and there were people in the audience who declared that "Don" really did articulate, but the big majority of the Sunday crowds were prepared to treat the matter as a joke. At any rate there is lots of fun in the act, and it is a novelty. BUFFALO, N. Y. "THE HOLD UP". Melodramatic sketch, with two active participants. 21 min. F. S., own est. The scenic feature of this act is its redemption. A fast moving train with real steam and whistle preduces some applause. LOUISVILLE. WALTER C. KELLY: "The Virginia Judge". 16 min. in one. Hearty advance hand. First appearance in America since his return fromnEurope. Kelly is popular here, and maintained it Sunday. He has considerable new material. The act is one long laugh from beginning to end, an is the best thing in the show. INDIANAPOLIS. [KLUTING'S?] ENTERTAINERS: 15 min .F. S. Pigeons, rabbits, cats and dogs. But very few people walked out on this act, which is very clever, with a novel finish, and much superior to the ordinary animal act. Went big. INDIANAPOLIS. B. .F. [KEITHGESCOPE?]: Pathe's weekly 10 min. NOTE: There is an over-supply of dogs in this show. In the first act a dog is prominent; the fifth act is "Don", the talking dog, and in the closing act there is a bunch of dogs. The acts of the Cadets de Gascogne and Homer Lind & Co. furnish too much heavy singing. The bill is not well balanced. The show suffers by comparison with last week's bill, still it is a good bill. Walter Kelly pulls it out. Yesterday we tried the slides of Wilson, Taft, [Beeseelt?] and Debs, but at the matinee Taft was hissed. We changed his position Sunday night, and there was no hissing If the hissing is repeated, we will discontinue this feature. C. L. Deran
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