Transcribe
Translate
Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
Page 153
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. FEB. 23rd, 1914. MARTIN & FABRINI. 8 minutes in Three. Modern and Toe Dancing. A very good example of the new school of dancing, put on by two young folk who dress attractively and dance gracefully. MILLER & VINCENT. 10 min. in One. Straight singing act. It is a great relief to hear good songs sung after a super-abundance of ragtime trash. Mr. Miller has a fine, true, big voice and Miss Vincent, while possessing no great vocal talent, has a pleasing personality. They are doing very well in No. 2. FIVE MELODY BOYS. 15 min., full stage, closing in One. Saxaphonists with blackface comedian. The boys have a very neat appearance, and while not great, they can be classed as a good act. Their finish in One was very big. STAN STANLEY TRIO. 20 min., open in One, closing full stage, with "plants" in the audience. A real surprise. A fine line of comedy repartee between a pseudo magician on the stage and a man "plant" in the audience, concluding with remarkable grotesque tramplin table bounding acrobatics by the "plant." It is one of the best laughing acts that has come this way in a long while. Though the man in the audience will bear watching on account of an inclination to inject off-color lines for laughs, he is a good comedian and lands his points well. VERIGRAPH. 14 min. in One. This new picture device shows the third dimension of perspective in photography, presented with a lecturer and showing some fine familiar views by means of lorgnettes furnished to the audience free. It is a very interesting exhibition, causing the flat picture scene viewed through the lorgnette to stand out as if imbossed upon the canvas, or, in fact, as if the perspective were as it is in real life. The lecture, is, perhaps, a little long, and the lorgnettes to conspicuous an "ad" for Coco Cola. Nevertheless, it is a novelty. BLANCHE BATES & CO. In J. M. Barrie's one act, three scene playlet, "Half An Hour." 35 minutes. This is an intensely dramatic story of the eternal triangle reciting a tragedy in the life of an aristocratic girl sold by her father to a brutal parvenu. It is finely played by Miss Bates and her leading man, with several other parts in the hands of players below the scale of mediocrity. There is only one laugh in the playlet and that a very mild one. It is a pity it can't be played without the waits between the scenes, necessitated by the shift of settings. these lapses are about two minutes in length, and two minutes is a long time in vaudeville; still, Miss Bates' name and fame are going to do business for us, and the act will please. ARTHUR DEAGON. 19 min. in One. Mr. Deagon has a good medley of popular and classical songs, in which he recited the story of a poker game. It is fine parody. He is still doing his old dance with the dummy, and singing a typical Broadway song to close. HANLON & CLIFTON. "The Unexpected." 7 min., full stage. Here is something really new in acrobatic work, a combination of physical feats and piano playing with genuine artistic atmosphere. The physical work is great. The men work smoothly while the little touch of art gives the act an atmosphere of refinement and is certainly original. MOVING PICTURES. "The Snakeville Fire Department." A rousing comedy of a volunteer brigade.
Saving...
prev
next
PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. FEB. 23rd, 1914. MARTIN & FABRINI. 8 minutes in Three. Modern and Toe Dancing. A very good example of the new school of dancing, put on by two young folk who dress attractively and dance gracefully. MILLER & VINCENT. 10 min. in One. Straight singing act. It is a great relief to hear good songs sung after a super-abundance of ragtime trash. Mr. Miller has a fine, true, big voice and Miss Vincent, while possessing no great vocal talent, has a pleasing personality. They are doing very well in No. 2. FIVE MELODY BOYS. 15 min., full stage, closing in One. Saxaphonists with blackface comedian. The boys have a very neat appearance, and while not great, they can be classed as a good act. Their finish in One was very big. STAN STANLEY TRIO. 20 min., open in One, closing full stage, with "plants" in the audience. A real surprise. A fine line of comedy repartee between a pseudo magician on the stage and a man "plant" in the audience, concluding with remarkable grotesque tramplin table bounding acrobatics by the "plant." It is one of the best laughing acts that has come this way in a long while. Though the man in the audience will bear watching on account of an inclination to inject off-color lines for laughs, he is a good comedian and lands his points well. VERIGRAPH. 14 min. in One. This new picture device shows the third dimension of perspective in photography, presented with a lecturer and showing some fine familiar views by means of lorgnettes furnished to the audience free. It is a very interesting exhibition, causing the flat picture scene viewed through the lorgnette to stand out as if imbossed upon the canvas, or, in fact, as if the perspective were as it is in real life. The lecture, is, perhaps, a little long, and the lorgnettes to conspicuous an "ad" for Coco Cola. Nevertheless, it is a novelty. BLANCHE BATES & CO. In J. M. Barrie's one act, three scene playlet, "Half An Hour." 35 minutes. This is an intensely dramatic story of the eternal triangle reciting a tragedy in the life of an aristocratic girl sold by her father to a brutal parvenu. It is finely played by Miss Bates and her leading man, with several other parts in the hands of players below the scale of mediocrity. There is only one laugh in the playlet and that a very mild one. It is a pity it can't be played without the waits between the scenes, necessitated by the shift of settings. these lapses are about two minutes in length, and two minutes is a long time in vaudeville; still, Miss Bates' name and fame are going to do business for us, and the act will please. ARTHUR DEAGON. 19 min. in One. Mr. Deagon has a good medley of popular and classical songs, in which he recited the story of a poker game. It is fine parody. He is still doing his old dance with the dummy, and singing a typical Broadway song to close. HANLON & CLIFTON. "The Unexpected." 7 min., full stage. Here is something really new in acrobatic work, a combination of physical feats and piano playing with genuine artistic atmosphere. The physical work is great. The men work smoothly while the little touch of art gives the act an atmosphere of refinement and is certainly original. MOVING PICTURES. "The Snakeville Fire Department." A rousing comedy of a volunteer brigade.
Keith-Albee Collection
sidebar