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

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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, O.
Week of November 10th, 1912.
MUSICAL GORDON HIGHLANDERS: 13 min. F.S. 3 men and 1 woman playing bag pipes, mandolins, concertinas, xylophones, chimes and trumpets, singing Scotch songs and doing Scotch dances. An interesting and entertaining act. Makes good opener - Went good. INDIANAPOLIS.
HARRY ATKINSON: 12 min. in one. Imitations of musical instruments. Same imitations he has been doing here for several seasons but made more effective by the use of nursery rhymes in introducing each imitation. Went good. YOUNGSTOWN, O.
JUGGLING MOWATTS: Billed as give men - one sick in Chicago, and four now working. 6 min. F. S. - Indian Clubs. A rapid act, and a rattling good one. Went big. MEMPHIS, TENN.
CROSS & JOSEPHINE: Comedy skit, with songs and dances. 20 min. in One. One of the big hits of the show. INDIANAPOLIS.
MRS. LANGTRY: (Lady de Bathe) In a suffragette sketch entitled "Helping the Cause". 22 min. F. S. Half-hearted advance hand at each Sunday performance for Mrs. Langtry. There is scarcely anything to the sketch. Mrs. Langtry's support is very poor. Cecil Bevan, as the "Governor", Alfred Mansfield as the "Doctor", and Mrs. Fleming as "wardress of the jail" are all very weak. At each performance Sunday the audience grew very impatient before the sketch was half over. At the end of the sketch Sunday matinee there was a very light applause, and the one curtain call to which Mrs. Langtry responded was forced. Sunday night performance the restlessness of the audience was even more marked, and at the finish the applause was scarcely audible; the second curtain for Mrs. Langry herself being given without a single hand. Notwithstanding Mrs. Langtry's clever acting, the sketch is an absolute frost, and its presentation about as poor, ineffective and amateurish as has ever been seen in this house. Monday's newspaper reviews give the act an awful jolt. Mrs. Langtry has another sketch called "The Test", based upon one of the acts of her plays of a quarter of a century ago. This we will substitute at once, as it cannot be any worse, and there is every chance for improvement. INDIANAPOLIS.
EDWARDS, RYAN & TIERNEY: Comedy singing and piano. 25 min. in One. These three boys have substituted a rather suppressed style for their former biff-bang manner, and they put it over just as effectively - held for several encores. Went big. INDIANAPOLIS.
WILLARD SIMMS & CO.: In "Flinders' Furnished Flat". 18 min. F. S., closing [?] min. in One. Same old sketch - a terrific scream from beginning to end. Really the headline act of the show. LOUISVILLE.
MARLO-ALDO TRIO: Straight and comedy bar act. 2 men and a woman. 8 min. F. S. Rattling good closing act - Went big. TOLEDO.
PATHE'S WEEKLY: 12 min.
REMARKS: The show, with the exception of the Langtry act, is one of the best of the season.
CUTS: Concluding line in one of the songs of Edwards, Ryan & Tierney - "Look at the hell of a start he had."

C. L. Doran.

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82 B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, O. Week of November 10th, 1912. MUSICAL GORDON HIGHLANDERS: 13 min. F.S. 3 men and 1 woman playing bag pipes, mandolins, concertinas, xylophones, chimes and trumpets, singing Scotch songs and doing Scotch dances. An interesting and entertaining act. Makes good opener - Went good. INDIANAPOLIS. HARRY ATKINSON: 12 min. in one. Imitations of musical instruments. Same imitations he has been doing here for several seasons but made more effective by the use of nursery rhymes in introducing each imitation. Went good. YOUNGSTOWN, O. JUGGLING MOWATTS: Billed as give men - one sick in Chicago, and four now working. 6 min. F. S. - Indian Clubs. A rapid act, and a rattling good one. Went big. MEMPHIS, TENN. CROSS & JOSEPHINE: Comedy skit, with songs and dances. 20 min. in One. One of the big hits of the show. INDIANAPOLIS. MRS. LANGTRY: (Lady de Bathe) In a suffragette sketch entitled "Helping the Cause". 22 min. F. S. Half-hearted advance hand at each Sunday performance for Mrs. Langtry. There is scarcely anything to the sketch. Mrs. Langtry's support is very poor. Cecil Bevan, as the "Governor", Alfred Mansfield as the "Doctor", and Mrs. Fleming as "wardress of the jail" are all very weak. At each performance Sunday the audience grew very impatient before the sketch was half over. At the end of the sketch Sunday matinee there was a very light applause, and the one curtain call to which Mrs. Langtry responded was forced. Sunday night performance the restlessness of the audience was even more marked, and at the finish the applause was scarcely audible; the second curtain for Mrs. Langry herself being given without a single hand. Notwithstanding Mrs. Langtry's clever acting, the sketch is an absolute frost, and its presentation about as poor, ineffective and amateurish as has ever been seen in this house. Monday's newspaper reviews give the act an awful jolt. Mrs. Langtry has another sketch called "The Test", based upon one of the acts of her plays of a quarter of a century ago. This we will substitute at once, as it cannot be any worse, and there is every chance for improvement. INDIANAPOLIS. EDWARDS, RYAN & TIERNEY: Comedy singing and piano. 25 min. in One. These three boys have substituted a rather suppressed style for their former biff-bang manner, and they put it over just as effectively - held for several encores. Went big. INDIANAPOLIS. WILLARD SIMMS & CO.: In "Flinders' Furnished Flat". 18 min. F. S., closing [?] min. in One. Same old sketch - a terrific scream from beginning to end. Really the headline act of the show. LOUISVILLE. MARLO-ALDO TRIO: Straight and comedy bar act. 2 men and a woman. 8 min. F. S. Rattling good closing act - Went big. TOLEDO. PATHE'S WEEKLY: 12 min. REMARKS: The show, with the exception of the Langtry act, is one of the best of the season. CUTS: Concluding line in one of the songs of Edwards, Ryan & Tierney - "Look at the hell of a start he had." C. L. Doran.