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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 9, 1912-February 24, 1913

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GRAND OPERA HOUSE, PITTSBURGH, PA.
JOHN P. HARRIS.
OCTOBER 21st, 1912.
THREE ERNESTO SISTERS
Slack & Tight Wire Performers. Wood. Full Stage. 11 minutes. These three ladies are well dressed, work fast and really get more out of the act than most other wire acts. They are opening the show and taking several bows at each performance. I think it is a great wire act. (OPEN)
UBERT CARLTON AND KATHLEEN KAY
Singers and Dancers. 15 min. Olio in One. I understand that this act has only been working a few weeks. I have them on No. 2 and they are going very big for us. I am sure after they have played a few more weeks that they will be strong enough for any place on the bill. (TOLEDO)
JAMES B. DONOVAN AND CHAS. McDONALD
In a Bit of Limerick and Blarney. 25 min. in Two. Special Drop. Two old time Irishmen with singing, dancing and talking and doing it all exceptionally well. They are going very big with us, and the only suggestion I care to make would be that they cut out 5 or 6 minutes of their act. (TOLEDO)
CARL DEMAREST
The Dancing Violinist. 9 min. Street in One. One of the best acts of its kind that we have played. He is on at 3 and 9 o'clock and going very big. (OPEN)
FROHMAN'S PLAYERS IN "DETECTIVE KEEN"
18 minutes. Interior. The male members of the Company are far


KATE WATSON "A Breeze from the Alfalfa." 12 minutes. Olio. A rural comedienne in a class all by herself. She has good stories and tells them better than any comedienne I have seen. (NEW YORK)
MARCELINE AND VAN CLEVE. The famous Hippodrome Clown. 9 minutes. Special. I am at a loss to know why a man who has had as much experience as Marceline, would attempt to go into vaudeville without first having an act. This week he is the most unfunny man that I have ever seen. He seems at a loss to know what to do. I have tried to suggest several things I have seen him do at the Hippodrome, so as to make the act presentable for the balance of the week, but he seems unable to do anything for himself. It is really too bad that some one has not taken hold of this man and put an act together that he could make good in. I am sure he would have proved a real feature for us. The act as it now stands would get away opening the show in one of the three-a-day houses.
MOVING PICTURES Pathe's Review.

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GRAND OPERA HOUSE, PITTSBURGH, PA. JOHN P. HARRIS. OCTOBER 21st, 1912. THREE ERNESTO SISTERS Slack & Tight Wire Performers. Wood. Full Stage. 11 minutes. These three ladies are well dressed, work fast and really get more out of the act than most other wire acts. They are opening the show and taking several bows at each performance. I think it is a great wire act. (OPEN) UBERT CARLTON AND KATHLEEN KAY Singers and Dancers. 15 min. Olio in One. I understand that this act has only been working a few weeks. I have them on No. 2 and they are going very big for us. I am sure after they have played a few more weeks that they will be strong enough for any place on the bill. (TOLEDO) JAMES B. DONOVAN AND CHAS. McDONALD In a Bit of Limerick and Blarney. 25 min. in Two. Special Drop. Two old time Irishmen with singing, dancing and talking and doing it all exceptionally well. They are going very big with us, and the only suggestion I care to make would be that they cut out 5 or 6 minutes of their act. (TOLEDO) CARL DEMAREST The Dancing Violinist. 9 min. Street in One. One of the best acts of its kind that we have played. He is on at 3 and 9 o'clock and going very big. (OPEN) FROHMAN'S PLAYERS IN "DETECTIVE KEEN" 18 minutes. Interior. The male members of the Company are far KATE WATSON "A Breeze from the Alfalfa." 12 minutes. Olio. A rural comedienne in a class all by herself. She has good stories and tells them better than any comedienne I have seen. (NEW YORK) MARCELINE AND VAN CLEVE. The famous Hippodrome Clown. 9 minutes. Special. I am at a loss to know why a man who has had as much experience as Marceline, would attempt to go into vaudeville without first having an act. This week he is the most unfunny man that I have ever seen. He seems at a loss to know what to do. I have tried to suggest several things I have seen him do at the Hippodrome, so as to make the act presentable for the balance of the week, but he seems unable to do anything for himself. It is really too bad that some one has not taken hold of this man and put an act together that he could make good in. I am sure he would have proved a real feature for us. The act as it now stands would get away opening the show in one of the three-a-day houses. MOVING PICTURES Pathe's Review.