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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 14, 1904 - November 21, 1904

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NEW YORK CRITICISM: NOVEMBER 7th, 1904:
KENNEDY & QUATRELLI: KR-3-: Two men clown jugglers. Greatly improved since last here. Excellent for an early place on the bill. 17 minutes, close in one. Open full stage.
BIOGRAPH: "An Englishman's Holiday Trip from London to Paris". Lacks comedy, good photographically. "The coal Heavers" and the Dude". Good comedy. "The Lost Child". 4th week, and going fully as strong as last week.
THE GREAT MARINELLAS: KR-3: Man and woman in an aerial performance on the flying rings. Good appearance, clean work and an excellent act for an early place. Full stage, 9 minutes,
CUNNINGHAM & LORD: NH-3: Man and woman in a neat singing and dancing act. Nicely dressed, good singers and dancers. Work in one. 12 minutes.
H. V. FITZGERALD: GGR-3: Character change artist. He is a marvel at quick changes. Lacks finish, and has no personality, although an excellent act for the three-a-day section, where he is destined to remain. Full stage, 14 Mins.
HARPER, DESMOND & BAILEY, Assisted by Walter Robinson: GHR-3: Two men and two women, in a singing and dancing act with a little monologue. Excellent singers and dancers. Full of laughs and the laughing hit of the show. Work in one. 16 minutes.
MR. & MRS. ALLISON: GYH-2: Presenting the musical comedy entitled "Minnie from Minnesota". The woman plays the part of a Swedish servant, and with her funny dialect scores many a laugh. The man is a good light comedian and has a good singing voice. The act went very strong. Full stage, 17 minutes.
MISS VERA KING: NH-2: With a little singing and a few stories. She has a pleasing personality. Went big. in one.
FRANK GARDNER & LOTTIE VINCENT:- Man and woman in a comedy entitled "An Idyl of the Links". The act is well known over the circuit and a description is not necessary. while the act is good, as it contains a lot of good material and has an excellent finish, it failed to make good this afternoon. Will move them further up to-night. In three. YRR-3 shows.
NICHOLS SISTERS: YRR-2: Impersonating two colored belles. Great dialect. good voices, went strong. In one.
CLAUDE GILLINGWATER & CO: MRR-2: Two men and two women, presenting for the first time here the comedy entitled "The Wrong Man". A dramatic rehearsal idea. It opens a little tame for a few minutes, but shortly after it is a scream. Gillingwater is an artist. It is splendidly acted throughout and leaves all other acts of this nature in the cold. He responded to 3 curtain calls at the finish. In three.
PRESS ELDRIDGE: YRR-2: The man has a lot of new material with some excellent parodies. He had a hard spot on the bill, but manages to hold them. In one.
JEAN MARCEL'S BAS RELIEFS: HRR-2: While this attraction is a relief from the regular vaudeville, one week would have been enough, as they left by the dozen when his name was presented this afternoon.

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212 NEW YORK CRITICISM: NOVEMBER 7th, 1904: KENNEDY & QUATRELLI: KR-3-: Two men clown jugglers. Greatly improved since last here. Excellent for an early place on the bill. 17 minutes, close in one. Open full stage. BIOGRAPH: "An Englishman's Holiday Trip from London to Paris". Lacks comedy, good photographically. "The coal Heavers" and the Dude". Good comedy. "The Lost Child". 4th week, and going fully as strong as last week. THE GREAT MARINELLAS: KR-3: Man and woman in an aerial performance on the flying rings. Good appearance, clean work and an excellent act for an early place. Full stage, 9 minutes, CUNNINGHAM & LORD: NH-3: Man and woman in a neat singing and dancing act. Nicely dressed, good singers and dancers. Work in one. 12 minutes. H. V. FITZGERALD: GGR-3: Character change artist. He is a marvel at quick changes. Lacks finish, and has no personality, although an excellent act for the three-a-day section, where he is destined to remain. Full stage, 14 Mins. HARPER, DESMOND & BAILEY, Assisted by Walter Robinson: GHR-3: Two men and two women, in a singing and dancing act with a little monologue. Excellent singers and dancers. Full of laughs and the laughing hit of the show. Work in one. 16 minutes. MR. & MRS. ALLISON: GYH-2: Presenting the musical comedy entitled "Minnie from Minnesota". The woman plays the part of a Swedish servant, and with her funny dialect scores many a laugh. The man is a good light comedian and has a good singing voice. The act went very strong. Full stage, 17 minutes. MISS VERA KING: NH-2: With a little singing and a few stories. She has a pleasing personality. Went big. in one. FRANK GARDNER & LOTTIE VINCENT:- Man and woman in a comedy entitled "An Idyl of the Links". The act is well known over the circuit and a description is not necessary. while the act is good, as it contains a lot of good material and has an excellent finish, it failed to make good this afternoon. Will move them further up to-night. In three. YRR-3 shows. NICHOLS SISTERS: YRR-2: Impersonating two colored belles. Great dialect. good voices, went strong. In one. CLAUDE GILLINGWATER & CO: MRR-2: Two men and two women, presenting for the first time here the comedy entitled "The Wrong Man". A dramatic rehearsal idea. It opens a little tame for a few minutes, but shortly after it is a scream. Gillingwater is an artist. It is splendidly acted throughout and leaves all other acts of this nature in the cold. He responded to 3 curtain calls at the finish. In three. PRESS ELDRIDGE: YRR-2: The man has a lot of new material with some excellent parodies. He had a hard spot on the bill, but manages to hold them. In one. JEAN MARCEL'S BAS RELIEFS: HRR-2: While this attraction is a relief from the regular vaudeville, one week would have been enough, as they left by the dozen when his name was presented this afternoon.