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Keith-Albee managers' report book, April 30, 1906 - February 4, 1907, part 1
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71 Kinetograph, 3 shows, 20 min. in 1--Showing the following list of interesting motion pictures: 1. The Prospectors. The film is a little too much on the "blood and thunder" order for our orchestra patrons. I was forced to cut some bits from it. 2. A Tipster Taken for a Fool. Just passable. This week's film are by no means up to the usual standard for this house, and it seems doubly poor following the excellent list we had last week. Ben Beyer, 3 shows, 12 min. full stage---Comedy cyclist. Well-known on the circuit. Quite clever, got some laughs and he gets by all right in the 3-a-day section. Morton, Temple and Morton, 3 shows, 14 min. open full stage, close in 1--Two men and a woman, in comedy singing, dancing and acrobatic specialties. This is a fairly good act from the 3-a-day standpoint, the girl doing some good dancing and one of the men is quite clever in that line. Acceptable from the 3-a-day standpoint. Bill Broad, 3 shows, 15 min. in 1--Monologue singing and dancing comedian and story teller. Perhaps it was owing to the weather, anyway I will give the man the benefit of the doubt, but our audience could not see this fellow at all today. To me, he has neither personality nor ability. Of course this is a very poor spot on the bill but judging from what he did here, this is the proper place for him. Malverne and Thomas were unfortunate enough to get caught on the Fall River line steamer "Puritan". They arrived here in time to go on but the baggage was not forthcoming. We will try to pull along without them today. Comment:- We were blessed with one of our typical frosty summer audiences today, and as a consequence, everything went so-so. In fact, it would be an injustice to the show and any of the individual performers to attempt to criticise from this afternoon's performance. We had a very slight house and those that were there evidently appreciated the fact that the thermometer was soaring to 90 and above and the humidity was in equal proportion.
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71 Kinetograph, 3 shows, 20 min. in 1--Showing the following list of interesting motion pictures: 1. The Prospectors. The film is a little too much on the "blood and thunder" order for our orchestra patrons. I was forced to cut some bits from it. 2. A Tipster Taken for a Fool. Just passable. This week's film are by no means up to the usual standard for this house, and it seems doubly poor following the excellent list we had last week. Ben Beyer, 3 shows, 12 min. full stage---Comedy cyclist. Well-known on the circuit. Quite clever, got some laughs and he gets by all right in the 3-a-day section. Morton, Temple and Morton, 3 shows, 14 min. open full stage, close in 1--Two men and a woman, in comedy singing, dancing and acrobatic specialties. This is a fairly good act from the 3-a-day standpoint, the girl doing some good dancing and one of the men is quite clever in that line. Acceptable from the 3-a-day standpoint. Bill Broad, 3 shows, 15 min. in 1--Monologue singing and dancing comedian and story teller. Perhaps it was owing to the weather, anyway I will give the man the benefit of the doubt, but our audience could not see this fellow at all today. To me, he has neither personality nor ability. Of course this is a very poor spot on the bill but judging from what he did here, this is the proper place for him. Malverne and Thomas were unfortunate enough to get caught on the Fall River line steamer "Puritan". They arrived here in time to go on but the baggage was not forthcoming. We will try to pull along without them today. Comment:- We were blessed with one of our typical frosty summer audiences today, and as a consequence, everything went so-so. In fact, it would be an injustice to the show and any of the individual performers to attempt to criticise from this afternoon's performance. We had a very slight house and those that were there evidently appreciated the fact that the thermometer was soaring to 90 and above and the humidity was in equal proportion.
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