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Keith-Albee managers' report book, April 30, 1906 - February 4, 1907, part 1

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Cleveland Show Week of August 20, 1906 (H. A. Daniels)

ST. JOHN & LE FEVRE. Man and woman. Singing eccentric dancing and impersonations. Quite a good little act of the kind and well worth the money. Drop in 1. 11 minutes.

SELBINI & GROVINI-- Man and woman in a juggling and acrobatic bicycle exhibition. This is a corking good act. They both work rapidly and accurately, and although the hands and arms of the people in the audience were paralyzed by the heat this act received hearty and liberal applause. A very good act, strong enough to close the show. F. S. 10 minutes.

FLO ADLER-- This woman singing popular songs assisted by a boy from an upper perscenium box was the applause hit of the show. The boy received more applause than the woman. She seemed to catch the audience with her opening song and had them constantly with her until the close when she had to respond to six curtain calls. A good act. Drop in one.10 minutes.

MINNIE DUPREE-- Dramatic sketch entitled, "When the Earthquake Came".. Miss Dupree has been with Dave Warfield in "The Music Master" she is assisted in this act by Robert L. Dempster. This act was one of the two featured we had this week and from an applause standpoint both of them fell down. The title of the play was timely but not appropriate for today. It could have been named "When the Heat Wave Hit." The thermometer for the past fifth hours has been flirting around the 92 degree mark. It could not be expected that the serious part of Miss Dupree's sketch would receive a great deal of attention under these conditions: The afternoon audience was hot, restless, and irratable [irritable], and all that they asked for was a little light singing. The sketch may go better tonight but I doubt it. For this house it is not worth the money. C.D.F. in 3. 15 minutes.

INTERMISSION-- Ten Minutes.

WILLIAM ROCK & CO.-- in "Thebe." It should be understood that Grace McCarty is not with the act. It should also be understood that while they bill twelve girls the fact remains that they only have nine. Jane Grnat [Grant?], who was put in to fill Miss McCarty's place, cannot sing. The special scenery consists of a few leg drops, a pretty fair back drop, and a black art drop that would be a disgrace to a dime museum. There are three scenes. A railroad station, Along the Banks of the Nile, and a black art affair. The action is slow, the singing but fair, and the comedy not noticeable. The act went off without a hand and I would consider that it was over-paid about $200. As a feature act it is a frost. F.S. 22 minutes

AL ANDERSON & J. H. GOINES-- Two real coons. Singing and dancing specialties. These boys held down this spot in good shape and went off to a liberal applause. Good act. Drop in one. 16 minutes.

VAN CLEVE-o Billed as a clown and his funny mule. This is Wentworth's act of the Rose-Wentworth Trio. Wentworth takes the part of a dutch comedian and he is assisted by a man who works in black face the billing "The Clown and his Funny Mule" is misleading. The two men have a lot of cross-fire talk the whole of which leads up to the real action of the act which consists of the mule kicking the niger about the stage. The talk amounts to very little, and if the mule kicked more and the men talked less it would greatly improve the act. F. S. 12 minutes.

KINETOGRAPH--The Prospectors. A melodramatic film depicting wild Western life. A little serious for summer.
A Tipster taken for a Fool. Comedy picture. Good.

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87 Cleveland Show Week of August 20, 1906 (H. A. Daniels) ST. JOHN & LE FEVRE. Man and woman. Singing eccentric dancing and impersonations. Quite a good little act of the kind and well worth the money. Drop in 1. 11 minutes. SELBINI & GROVINI-- Man and woman in a juggling and acrobatic bicycle exhibition. This is a corking good act. They both work rapidly and accurately, and although the hands and arms of the people in the audience were paralyzed by the heat this act received hearty and liberal applause. A very good act, strong enough to close the show. F. S. 10 minutes. FLO ADLER-- This woman singing popular songs assisted by a boy from an upper perscenium box was the applause hit of the show. The boy received more applause than the woman. She seemed to catch the audience with her opening song and had them constantly with her until the close when she had to respond to six curtain calls. A good act. Drop in one.10 minutes. MINNIE DUPREE-- Dramatic sketch entitled, "When the Earthquake Came".. Miss Dupree has been with Dave Warfield in "The Music Master" she is assisted in this act by Robert L. Dempster. This act was one of the two featured we had this week and from an applause standpoint both of them fell down. The title of the play was timely but not appropriate for today. It could have been named "When the Heat Wave Hit." The thermometer for the past fifth hours has been flirting around the 92 degree mark. It could not be expected that the serious part of Miss Dupree's sketch would receive a great deal of attention under these conditions: The afternoon audience was hot, restless, and irratable [irritable], and all that they asked for was a little light singing. The sketch may go better tonight but I doubt it. For this house it is not worth the money. C.D.F. in 3. 15 minutes. INTERMISSION-- Ten Minutes. WILLIAM ROCK & CO.-- in "Thebe." It should be understood that Grace McCarty is not with the act. It should also be understood that while they bill twelve girls the fact remains that they only have nine. Jane Grnat [Grant?], who was put in to fill Miss McCarty's place, cannot sing. The special scenery consists of a few leg drops, a pretty fair back drop, and a black art drop that would be a disgrace to a dime museum. There are three scenes. A railroad station, Along the Banks of the Nile, and a black art affair. The action is slow, the singing but fair, and the comedy not noticeable. The act went off without a hand and I would consider that it was over-paid about $200. As a feature act it is a frost. F.S. 22 minutes AL ANDERSON & J. H. GOINES-- Two real coons. Singing and dancing specialties. These boys held down this spot in good shape and went off to a liberal applause. Good act. Drop in one. 16 minutes. VAN CLEVE-o Billed as a clown and his funny mule. This is Wentworth's act of the Rose-Wentworth Trio. Wentworth takes the part of a dutch comedian and he is assisted by a man who works in black face the billing "The Clown and his Funny Mule" is misleading. The two men have a lot of cross-fire talk the whole of which leads up to the real action of the act which consists of the mule kicking the niger about the stage. The talk amounts to very little, and if the mule kicked more and the men talked less it would greatly improve the act. F. S. 12 minutes. KINETOGRAPH--The Prospectors. A melodramatic film depicting wild Western life. A little serious for summer. A Tipster taken for a Fool. Comedy picture. Good.