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Keith-Albee managers' report book, December 11, 1911-September 9, 1912

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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE
CINCINNATI, O.
Week of Sept. 8, 1912.
THE SCHMETTENS:
Man and woman. Hand to hand and head to head balancing and athletic posing; Hoop and ball juggling. 8 minutes full stage. Their white costumes and black background make a very pretty effect. Clever opening. LOUISVILLE.
PHIL STAATS:
"Three Hundred Pounds of Monologue and Pianologue." 14 min. in one. A hit. Too strong for second place, but could not readily make change. INDIANAPOLIS.
WILL RAWLS & ELLA VON KAUFMAN:
Comedy sketch. 18 min. F. S., closing 7 min. in one. Rawls in black face. Lots of good comedy and plenty of laughs, Rawls' droll comedy being a feature. LOUISVILLE.
VASSAR GIRLS:
Songs and instrumental music. 22 min. F. S., own set and own orchestra leader. Nine girls - Very pretty costumes, pretty stage settings and good instrumental music. Went good. OPEN NEXT WEEK. ADDRESS 118 Garfield Place, Cincinnati.
VICTOR MOORE, assisted by EMMA LITTLEFIELD & CO.:
In a bare-stage comedy sketch, showing a vaudeville stage. 20 minutes. - Lots of fun. A big laughing hit. NEW YORK.
GERTRUDE VANDERBILT, assisted by GEORGE MOORE:
In songs and dances. 16 min. in one, finishing with a whirlwind dance that went big. The hit of the show. CHICAGO.
THREE HASSANS:
Bicycle riding and other work on the tight wire, with a novel acrobatic dance by the one man and two women. Very clever. LOUISVILLE.
B. F. KEITHOSCOPE: Pathe's weekly. 15 minutes. Good.

C. L. Doran.

CHARLES B. LAWLOR & TWO DAUGHTERS: (fourth on bill)
Vocal character sketch entitled "Night and Day on the Sidewalks of New York". 14 min. F. S., closing 5 min. in one, own set. Lawlor needs some new material. It is the same old sketch without any change that has been coming here for years, including the song, "I Belong to the Upper Ten".  Act went fairly good.

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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE CINCINNATI, O. Week of Sept. 8, 1912. THE SCHMETTENS: Man and woman. Hand to hand and head to head balancing and athletic posing; Hoop and ball juggling. 8 minutes full stage. Their white costumes and black background make a very pretty effect. Clever opening. LOUISVILLE. PHIL STAATS: "Three Hundred Pounds of Monologue and Pianologue." 14 min. in one. A hit. Too strong for second place, but could not readily make change. INDIANAPOLIS. WILL RAWLS & ELLA VON KAUFMAN: Comedy sketch. 18 min. F. S., closing 7 min. in one. Rawls in black face. Lots of good comedy and plenty of laughs, Rawls' droll comedy being a feature. LOUISVILLE. VASSAR GIRLS: Songs and instrumental music. 22 min. F. S., own set and own orchestra leader. Nine girls - Very pretty costumes, pretty stage settings and good instrumental music. Went good. OPEN NEXT WEEK. ADDRESS 118 Garfield Place, Cincinnati. VICTOR MOORE, assisted by EMMA LITTLEFIELD & CO.: In a bare-stage comedy sketch, showing a vaudeville stage. 20 minutes. - Lots of fun. A big laughing hit. NEW YORK. GERTRUDE VANDERBILT, assisted by GEORGE MOORE: In songs and dances. 16 min. in one, finishing with a whirlwind dance that went big. The hit of the show. CHICAGO. THREE HASSANS: Bicycle riding and other work on the tight wire, with a novel acrobatic dance by the one man and two women. Very clever. LOUISVILLE. B. F. KEITHOSCOPE: Pathe's weekly. 15 minutes. Good. C. L. Doran. CHARLES B. LAWLOR & TWO DAUGHTERS: (fourth on bill) Vocal character sketch entitled "Night and Day on the Sidewalks of New York". 14 min. F. S., closing 5 min. in one, own set. Lawlor needs some new material. It is the same old sketch without any change that has been coming here for years, including the song, "I Belong to the Upper Ten". Act went fairly good.