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Keith-Albee managers' report book, December 11, 1911-September 9, 1912
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CRITICISM FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY. WEEK OF APRIL 29th, 1912. BURTON AND STRYKER: A man and woman presenting a roller skating exhibition. A splendid opening act. Nine minutes full stage. MC GINNIS BROTHERS: "The Dancing Cadets". Two young men in a pleasing singing and dancing act. Quite novel, out of the ordinary and pleasing. Sixteen minutes in one. (Note: This act was substituted for Rob Matthews & Al Alshayne. Reported, but Alshayne was suffering with a severe throat, unable to sing.) THE BERRENS: Pianist and violinist both excellent musicians. The violinist impersonates a girl and carries it all through the act until the finish, and, after it is disclosed, the house is in an uproar. A splendid novelty. Full stage, twelve minutes. HENRY CLIVE assisted by Mai Sturgis Walker: This man's laughable expose of necromancy held the audience for about thirteen minutes of laughter. In one. MRS. GENE HUGHES & CO.: consisting of Miss Isabel Vernon, Margaret Vollmer, Betty Swartz and Lawrence C. Knapp, presenting the one-act play "Youth" by Edgar Allen Woolf. Well known; very interesting and novel. Pleased immensely. Full stage twenty-eight minutes. WILBUR MACK & NELLA WALKER: In their new flirtation, entitled "The Dollar Bill", a dainty skit consisting of bright lines which brought no end of laughs. Finished very strong. Sixteen minutes in one. MINNIE DUPREE: Presenting a one-act play by Ivy Ashton Root, called "Live Wires", staged by Walter N. Lawrence. The company consists of Arthur S. Hull, William Frederic, Albert Dantzer and Walter Young. The scene of the play takes place in a New York uptown hotel. Miss Dupree is the telephone operator who formerly worked at police headquarters and, in her new position, the police believe she will assist them in the capture of a man who is wanted for murder by revealing a telephone conversation that goes over the wire. Meanwhile, a man-about-town becomes a little too familiar with the telephone operator and, in order to right the wrong he has done, permits himself to be arrested as the criminal who, it develops, is a brother of the girl. The last week. Although she is giving us the same songs, presume she may change her repertoire before the week is over. Twenty-eight minutes in one. MARSEILLES: A novel gymnast, who presents a splendid gymnastic exhibition. A little quiet for a closing number but he manages to hold them. Full stage, six minutes.
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CRITICISM FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY. WEEK OF APRIL 29th, 1912. BURTON AND STRYKER: A man and woman presenting a roller skating exhibition. A splendid opening act. Nine minutes full stage. MC GINNIS BROTHERS: "The Dancing Cadets". Two young men in a pleasing singing and dancing act. Quite novel, out of the ordinary and pleasing. Sixteen minutes in one. (Note: This act was substituted for Rob Matthews & Al Alshayne. Reported, but Alshayne was suffering with a severe throat, unable to sing.) THE BERRENS: Pianist and violinist both excellent musicians. The violinist impersonates a girl and carries it all through the act until the finish, and, after it is disclosed, the house is in an uproar. A splendid novelty. Full stage, twelve minutes. HENRY CLIVE assisted by Mai Sturgis Walker: This man's laughable expose of necromancy held the audience for about thirteen minutes of laughter. In one. MRS. GENE HUGHES & CO.: consisting of Miss Isabel Vernon, Margaret Vollmer, Betty Swartz and Lawrence C. Knapp, presenting the one-act play "Youth" by Edgar Allen Woolf. Well known; very interesting and novel. Pleased immensely. Full stage twenty-eight minutes. WILBUR MACK & NELLA WALKER: In their new flirtation, entitled "The Dollar Bill", a dainty skit consisting of bright lines which brought no end of laughs. Finished very strong. Sixteen minutes in one. MINNIE DUPREE: Presenting a one-act play by Ivy Ashton Root, called "Live Wires", staged by Walter N. Lawrence. The company consists of Arthur S. Hull, William Frederic, Albert Dantzer and Walter Young. The scene of the play takes place in a New York uptown hotel. Miss Dupree is the telephone operator who formerly worked at police headquarters and, in her new position, the police believe she will assist them in the capture of a man who is wanted for murder by revealing a telephone conversation that goes over the wire. Meanwhile, a man-about-town becomes a little too familiar with the telephone operator and, in order to right the wrong he has done, permits himself to be arrested as the criminal who, it develops, is a brother of the girl. The last week. Although she is giving us the same songs, presume she may change her repertoire before the week is over. Twenty-eight minutes in one. MARSEILLES: A novel gymnast, who presents a splendid gymnastic exhibition. A little quiet for a closing number but he manages to hold them. Full stage, six minutes.
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