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Managers' report book, July 4, 1915-November 13, 1916
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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW JUNE 19, 1916. SELIG TRIBUNE PICTURES. Very ordinary lot of pictures. REDFORD & WINCHESTER. 17 min. These two men are doing the same comedy juggling act that they have been doing for several years. They have a good comedy finish. Did well in the opening spot. THE CRISPS. 16 min. Man and woman in a variety of dances. Their last two numbers were especially well liked and gave them a good finish, a liberal hand rewarding a wooden-soldier number. MARION BARNEY & LOUIS ANCKER. 18 min. In "Put That Down." These two well known stock favorites have a comedy sketch of light calibre for their vehicle in vaudeville. As both are favorites in this city, they managed to get more out of it than the sketch is worth. It started rather weak but finished better and the two artists closed to a good hand. JULIETTE DIKA. 16 min. Franco-American singing comedienne. Since she appeared in vaudeville before, she has been playing in musical comedy where she was successful. Her offering consists of five songs, one of them a ballad, two familiar comedy numbers and a patriotic French song. She wears some striking costumes, making a rathe attractive appearance. She was very well received. MERIAN'S SWISS CANINE ACTORS. 12 min. A troupe of very well trained animals in a pantomime play representing a military incident in the Alps. The act is staged with special scenery and the dogs go through their work with no apparent urging, the trainer not appearing on the stage until the curtain. There is enough comedy injected to get plenty of big laughs and the act finished to a warm hand. A very good novelty. MR. & MRS. BURTON PIERSON. 19 min. This couple are from the concert stage, the man being the son of a prominent University of Pennsylvania Professor. Both have been prominent in concert and operatic circles and have excellent voices. Their numbers are principally operatic and not particularly well suited for vaudeville, but all of them were well sung and the couple were very well liked, finishing to a strong hand. FLORENCE NASH & CO. 18 min. "Pansy's Particular Punch." In this crook play with a surprise finish, the girl who helped to make "Within the Law" famous, has a corking good sketch for vaudeville. She appears in a character along the lines of her "Within the Law" role, using a lot of slang in her characteristic style. The piece is well written and splendidly played, the climax coming in an entirely unexpected manner and the playlet closed to a strong hand. JACK E. GARDNER. 15 min. He is still using a burlesque on moving pictures for a finish, but opens with some comedy songs and a bit of lively chatter which he handles with good effect. Did very well with the opening part of his act, but the moving picture finish got him very little. Not only is the novelty of the latter bit gone, but the picture is bad. AMBLER BROS. 12 min. Two men in a routine of balancing and perch tricks of rather unusual variety and all well handled. The boys do their act in a drawing-room setting, a third man being carried to open with a piano number and handle the props. This is a very good act of its kind and did all that could be expected in the closing position. GENERAL REMARKS. A good summer vaudeville show, with a first-class sketch with a well known star in it surrounded by a bill that hits the high average for general excellence and comedy. CUT - REDFORD & WINCHESTER: Throwing of basket of apples into audience.
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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW JUNE 19, 1916. SELIG TRIBUNE PICTURES. Very ordinary lot of pictures. REDFORD & WINCHESTER. 17 min. These two men are doing the same comedy juggling act that they have been doing for several years. They have a good comedy finish. Did well in the opening spot. THE CRISPS. 16 min. Man and woman in a variety of dances. Their last two numbers were especially well liked and gave them a good finish, a liberal hand rewarding a wooden-soldier number. MARION BARNEY & LOUIS ANCKER. 18 min. In "Put That Down." These two well known stock favorites have a comedy sketch of light calibre for their vehicle in vaudeville. As both are favorites in this city, they managed to get more out of it than the sketch is worth. It started rather weak but finished better and the two artists closed to a good hand. JULIETTE DIKA. 16 min. Franco-American singing comedienne. Since she appeared in vaudeville before, she has been playing in musical comedy where she was successful. Her offering consists of five songs, one of them a ballad, two familiar comedy numbers and a patriotic French song. She wears some striking costumes, making a rathe attractive appearance. She was very well received. MERIAN'S SWISS CANINE ACTORS. 12 min. A troupe of very well trained animals in a pantomime play representing a military incident in the Alps. The act is staged with special scenery and the dogs go through their work with no apparent urging, the trainer not appearing on the stage until the curtain. There is enough comedy injected to get plenty of big laughs and the act finished to a warm hand. A very good novelty. MR. & MRS. BURTON PIERSON. 19 min. This couple are from the concert stage, the man being the son of a prominent University of Pennsylvania Professor. Both have been prominent in concert and operatic circles and have excellent voices. Their numbers are principally operatic and not particularly well suited for vaudeville, but all of them were well sung and the couple were very well liked, finishing to a strong hand. FLORENCE NASH & CO. 18 min. "Pansy's Particular Punch." In this crook play with a surprise finish, the girl who helped to make "Within the Law" famous, has a corking good sketch for vaudeville. She appears in a character along the lines of her "Within the Law" role, using a lot of slang in her characteristic style. The piece is well written and splendidly played, the climax coming in an entirely unexpected manner and the playlet closed to a strong hand. JACK E. GARDNER. 15 min. He is still using a burlesque on moving pictures for a finish, but opens with some comedy songs and a bit of lively chatter which he handles with good effect. Did very well with the opening part of his act, but the moving picture finish got him very little. Not only is the novelty of the latter bit gone, but the picture is bad. AMBLER BROS. 12 min. Two men in a routine of balancing and perch tricks of rather unusual variety and all well handled. The boys do their act in a drawing-room setting, a third man being carried to open with a piano number and handle the props. This is a very good act of its kind and did all that could be expected in the closing position. GENERAL REMARKS. A good summer vaudeville show, with a first-class sketch with a well known star in it surrounded by a bill that hits the high average for general excellence and comedy. CUT - REDFORD & WINCHESTER: Throwing of basket of apples into audience.
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