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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 4, 1905 - April 23, 1906
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March 5, 1906 PHILADELPHIA SHOW. C. E. BARNS. THE ZARNES:- Trapeze act, man and woman. Very good opener. The act is particularly well dressed. While the feats are not especially daring or remarkable, they are quite up to the standard. Received pretty fair applause. 3 shows. 11 min. F.S. LELIA TAYLOR:- 12 min. in 1. 3 shows. Makes a very good presentation. Well dressed and pretty figure. Has a very good voice, and whereas the songs were a little hackneyed, having been heard here very recently many times, she took quite well and got a pretty good hand. Think she is O.K. considering the three-a-day section. One encore and fair hand at finish. BABY OWENS & CO:- 20 min. F.S. 3 shows. Very precocious child and soubrette assistant. Comes on stage in a very fetching costume which he changes to a tramp make-up in view of the audience. Some of the boy's singing is good and got some applause. The woman's singing is very bad, so bad as to be almost burlesque. The spoken lines are not quite up to the standard and the act is too long. Could not be heard distinctly from the rear rows. Cut talking to audience, "Schlitz' in pants" "Hunter Rye" "Kicking stuffing out of Englishmen" and "Baby Mine". BROOKS BROTHERS:- 14 min. in 1. Comedians, one straight and the other eccentric. Pretty good act, although not altogether original in their lines. Practically the same work that they have done here repeatedly before. Comedy work very good and received some applause and a good many laughs. Responded to encores and left the stage to good applause Cut out Katz's Brewery. PETCHING BROTHERS:- Musical Flower Garden, 2 shows, 20 min. F.S. closing in 1. A Very novel act full of surprises and beautifully dressed. The comedy is entirely good and the musical work up to the standard. Each number received a good hand and they got a strong enough hand at the close to warrant an encore. Hold this place on the bill quite acceptably. MR and MRS. JIMMY BARRY:- Sketch, "The Village Cut-Up". F.S. closing in 1. 20 min. Rustic scene with Barry as a yokel and Mrs. Barry as a city girl. The laughs were very frequent and the song and imitations took well. The work in one was especially applauded and dropped in two curtain calls. A very good sketch for our audiences. ANNA EVA FAY:- Section 1: F.S. 33 min. This is a very remarkable woman and her feats are interesting, but this first section does not show anything so sensational as to astound the audience. In fact, the people did not quite understand the nature of her act and it went altogether too slow. She allowed herself to be tied hand and foot and placed in a cabinet where she performed the regulation cabinet stunts. There were some variations, but not enough to make the audience more than passably interested. The question-writing after the act holds the house for about six minutes making the whole section seem to drag. The telepathic work will probably pull up the interest, but the audience seems to be in a sort of a trance, and the act thus far does not create the enthusiasm we expected. The applause at the finish was only mild and perfunctory. THE FLAT-DWELLERS:- One of the best comedy series that we have had in a long time. It got a great many hearty laughs. CHARLES ROLATRE:- 15 min. in 1. Magician. 3 shows. Has some good tricks and has a pleasing way of presenting them. Received considerable applause for that sort of an act. Is O.K. in the three-a-day class. GENERAL REMARKS:- The bill is lacking in comedy and is too serious, however, by making a shift, the matter will be remedied. Think that Miss Fay will bring to the house lots of people who are not regular Keith patrons. The house was well filled and the prospects for a good week are promising. The following cuts were deemed advisable:- From BROOKS BROTHERS:- "Katz's Brewery." BABY OWENS & CO:- "Schlitz in pants." The word "spit". Picking out persons in the audience and directing lines to them, much to their embarrassment. Kicking the stuffing out of the Englishmen. Hunter's Rye. Baby Mine at the finish.
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March 5, 1906 PHILADELPHIA SHOW. C. E. BARNS. THE ZARNES:- Trapeze act, man and woman. Very good opener. The act is particularly well dressed. While the feats are not especially daring or remarkable, they are quite up to the standard. Received pretty fair applause. 3 shows. 11 min. F.S. LELIA TAYLOR:- 12 min. in 1. 3 shows. Makes a very good presentation. Well dressed and pretty figure. Has a very good voice, and whereas the songs were a little hackneyed, having been heard here very recently many times, she took quite well and got a pretty good hand. Think she is O.K. considering the three-a-day section. One encore and fair hand at finish. BABY OWENS & CO:- 20 min. F.S. 3 shows. Very precocious child and soubrette assistant. Comes on stage in a very fetching costume which he changes to a tramp make-up in view of the audience. Some of the boy's singing is good and got some applause. The woman's singing is very bad, so bad as to be almost burlesque. The spoken lines are not quite up to the standard and the act is too long. Could not be heard distinctly from the rear rows. Cut talking to audience, "Schlitz' in pants" "Hunter Rye" "Kicking stuffing out of Englishmen" and "Baby Mine". BROOKS BROTHERS:- 14 min. in 1. Comedians, one straight and the other eccentric. Pretty good act, although not altogether original in their lines. Practically the same work that they have done here repeatedly before. Comedy work very good and received some applause and a good many laughs. Responded to encores and left the stage to good applause Cut out Katz's Brewery. PETCHING BROTHERS:- Musical Flower Garden, 2 shows, 20 min. F.S. closing in 1. A Very novel act full of surprises and beautifully dressed. The comedy is entirely good and the musical work up to the standard. Each number received a good hand and they got a strong enough hand at the close to warrant an encore. Hold this place on the bill quite acceptably. MR and MRS. JIMMY BARRY:- Sketch, "The Village Cut-Up". F.S. closing in 1. 20 min. Rustic scene with Barry as a yokel and Mrs. Barry as a city girl. The laughs were very frequent and the song and imitations took well. The work in one was especially applauded and dropped in two curtain calls. A very good sketch for our audiences. ANNA EVA FAY:- Section 1: F.S. 33 min. This is a very remarkable woman and her feats are interesting, but this first section does not show anything so sensational as to astound the audience. In fact, the people did not quite understand the nature of her act and it went altogether too slow. She allowed herself to be tied hand and foot and placed in a cabinet where she performed the regulation cabinet stunts. There were some variations, but not enough to make the audience more than passably interested. The question-writing after the act holds the house for about six minutes making the whole section seem to drag. The telepathic work will probably pull up the interest, but the audience seems to be in a sort of a trance, and the act thus far does not create the enthusiasm we expected. The applause at the finish was only mild and perfunctory. THE FLAT-DWELLERS:- One of the best comedy series that we have had in a long time. It got a great many hearty laughs. CHARLES ROLATRE:- 15 min. in 1. Magician. 3 shows. Has some good tricks and has a pleasing way of presenting them. Received considerable applause for that sort of an act. Is O.K. in the three-a-day class. GENERAL REMARKS:- The bill is lacking in comedy and is too serious, however, by making a shift, the matter will be remedied. Think that Miss Fay will bring to the house lots of people who are not regular Keith patrons. The house was well filled and the prospects for a good week are promising. The following cuts were deemed advisable:- From BROOKS BROTHERS:- "Katz's Brewery." BABY OWENS & CO:- "Schlitz in pants." The word "spit". Picking out persons in the audience and directing lines to them, much to their embarrassment. Kicking the stuffing out of the Englishmen. Hunter's Rye. Baby Mine at the finish.
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