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Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
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187 PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE MARCH 23, 1914. WILL & KEMP. 8 min. in Two. Acrobatic oddities and tumbling. A good act which could be much improved by more genteel dressing. THOSE FOUR ENTERTAINERS. 12 min. in One. Male quartette with one black-face comedian. Fairly good voices, but lacking in selections. Act went well, nevertheless. HELEN PAGE & CO. 25 min., opening in Two, going into full stage, closing in Two. Comedy sketch, "The Understudy." A travesty on the amateur actor, poorly played, and a trifle bold in Miss Page's undressing. LORRAINE & BURKS. Singing and dancing. 11 minutes, open in One, closing full stage. A very good number, closing with a tango in picturesque costumes. R. L. GOLDBERG. Cartoonist. 18 min., opening in one and closing in Two. Nothing excitingly funny, and contrary to the general opinion of some managers, I, personally, do not think this act compares with either Bud Fisher or Winsor McKay. FRED V. BOWERS & CO. 13 min., opening in One, closing full stage. Special drops. The colored boy, in his eccentric dancing, saved the act. Without him, it would not get a hearing in any first class house. MARIE & MARY MCFARLAND. 12 min., full stage. This is not a $650. act, any way you figure it. One of the girls has a good voice and the other just gets by. Still they please because of personality and selection of songs, including the time worn "Chocolate Soldier" number. STUART BARNES. 24 min. in One. Monologue and Songs. Mr. Barnes is the same big hit he has always been. He mixed a little new stuff with a lot of his old patter. MIJARES. 7 min., full stage. Next to Robaledillo, the best eccentric wire act we have ever played. MOVING PICTURES. "A Model Young Man." A fairly good subject with Sidney Drew the principal in the story.
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187 PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE MARCH 23, 1914. WILL & KEMP. 8 min. in Two. Acrobatic oddities and tumbling. A good act which could be much improved by more genteel dressing. THOSE FOUR ENTERTAINERS. 12 min. in One. Male quartette with one black-face comedian. Fairly good voices, but lacking in selections. Act went well, nevertheless. HELEN PAGE & CO. 25 min., opening in Two, going into full stage, closing in Two. Comedy sketch, "The Understudy." A travesty on the amateur actor, poorly played, and a trifle bold in Miss Page's undressing. LORRAINE & BURKS. Singing and dancing. 11 minutes, open in One, closing full stage. A very good number, closing with a tango in picturesque costumes. R. L. GOLDBERG. Cartoonist. 18 min., opening in one and closing in Two. Nothing excitingly funny, and contrary to the general opinion of some managers, I, personally, do not think this act compares with either Bud Fisher or Winsor McKay. FRED V. BOWERS & CO. 13 min., opening in One, closing full stage. Special drops. The colored boy, in his eccentric dancing, saved the act. Without him, it would not get a hearing in any first class house. MARIE & MARY MCFARLAND. 12 min., full stage. This is not a $650. act, any way you figure it. One of the girls has a good voice and the other just gets by. Still they please because of personality and selection of songs, including the time worn "Chocolate Soldier" number. STUART BARNES. 24 min. in One. Monologue and Songs. Mr. Barnes is the same big hit he has always been. He mixed a little new stuff with a lot of his old patter. MIJARES. 7 min., full stage. Next to Robaledillo, the best eccentric wire act we have ever played. MOVING PICTURES. "A Model Young Man." A fairly good subject with Sidney Drew the principal in the story.
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