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Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. FEB. 2nd, 1914. WARTENBERG BROS. 8 minutes, full stage, Garden. Foot jugglers and mandolinists. A good opening act, but offering nothing very startling nor particularly new. SIDNEY & TOWNLEY. 13 minutes in One. A mediocre singing and dancing turn. MADDEN & FITZPATRICK. 22 minutes, Interior. Playlet entitled, "The Wanderer." Two young men of no special acting talent, in a rather amusing playlet containing some bright lines and a bit of clever piano playing. ELSIE JANIS TRIO. 15 minutes in One. The young woman's impersonation of Miss Janis and some neat dancing just about lift this act above the plane of small time. ORFORD'S ELEPHANTS. Full stage, 14 minutes. There are no superlatives in the lexicon that can be construed as fulsome in describing this act. It is far and away the greatest exhibition of animal training we have ever played, and so distinct a departure from the conventional elephant act that classification as such does it rank injustice. It will be the talk of the town. WINONA WINTER. 15 minutes in One. Songs and Ventriloquism. Miss Winter is prettier, more demure, and daintier than ever, and will give a touch of refinement and artistry to any programme. AVON COMEDY FOUR. 21 minutes, full stage, interior. Not a new line in the act; but a bigger hit than ever. This quartette, which boasts of no great singing voice, would waken a graveyard, and is the best money value of any act of its kind. It is slap-stick, rough and tumble comedy, but somehow or other, it gets to everybody with an infection that makes no class distinction. CLARA MORTON, Assisted by FRANK SHEEN. 19 minutes, full stage, closing in One with picture sheet. Skit called, "Binding the Family," based upon the assumed disappearance of Sam and Kitty Morton and the reunion of the Four Mortons. Mr. Sheen acts like an awkwardly handled manikin; apparently, has had no previous experience on the stage and has the hallmark of the amateur plastered all over him. There isn't anything in the sketch to justify it being a sketch. Miss Morton is still a dainty personality. She is a neat dancer and is doing a clever character song take-off on the telephone operator. There is no reason in the world why she should not be doing a single turn, much to her advantage and to the betterment of the shows in which she is booked. Three BARTOS. 6 minutes, full stage. Palace. Hand and Foot balancing and acrobatics. A truly remarkable physical act that was frequently interrupted by applause, which is not a commonplace thing at the close of our bills. MOVING PICTURES. "Little Billie's Troubles." A corking good juvenile comedy film played by children of exceptional cleverness and remarkable facial expression. The biggest hit in the way of a picture we have had this season.
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. FEB. 2nd, 1914. WARTENBERG BROS. 8 minutes, full stage, Garden. Foot jugglers and mandolinists. A good opening act, but offering nothing very startling nor particularly new. SIDNEY & TOWNLEY. 13 minutes in One. A mediocre singing and dancing turn. MADDEN & FITZPATRICK. 22 minutes, Interior. Playlet entitled, "The Wanderer." Two young men of no special acting talent, in a rather amusing playlet containing some bright lines and a bit of clever piano playing. ELSIE JANIS TRIO. 15 minutes in One. The young woman's impersonation of Miss Janis and some neat dancing just about lift this act above the plane of small time. ORFORD'S ELEPHANTS. Full stage, 14 minutes. There are no superlatives in the lexicon that can be construed as fulsome in describing this act. It is far and away the greatest exhibition of animal training we have ever played, and so distinct a departure from the conventional elephant act that classification as such does it rank injustice. It will be the talk of the town. WINONA WINTER. 15 minutes in One. Songs and Ventriloquism. Miss Winter is prettier, more demure, and daintier than ever, and will give a touch of refinement and artistry to any programme. AVON COMEDY FOUR. 21 minutes, full stage, interior. Not a new line in the act; but a bigger hit than ever. This quartette, which boasts of no great singing voice, would waken a graveyard, and is the best money value of any act of its kind. It is slap-stick, rough and tumble comedy, but somehow or other, it gets to everybody with an infection that makes no class distinction. CLARA MORTON, Assisted by FRANK SHEEN. 19 minutes, full stage, closing in One with picture sheet. Skit called, "Binding the Family," based upon the assumed disappearance of Sam and Kitty Morton and the reunion of the Four Mortons. Mr. Sheen acts like an awkwardly handled manikin; apparently, has had no previous experience on the stage and has the hallmark of the amateur plastered all over him. There isn't anything in the sketch to justify it being a sketch. Miss Morton is still a dainty personality. She is a neat dancer and is doing a clever character song take-off on the telephone operator. There is no reason in the world why she should not be doing a single turn, much to her advantage and to the betterment of the shows in which she is booked. Three BARTOS. 6 minutes, full stage. Palace. Hand and Foot balancing and acrobatics. A truly remarkable physical act that was frequently interrupted by applause, which is not a commonplace thing at the close of our bills. MOVING PICTURES. "Little Billie's Troubles." A corking good juvenile comedy film played by children of exceptional cleverness and remarkable facial expression. The biggest hit in the way of a picture we have had this season.
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