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

Page 130b

3. Phila.
KINETOGRAPH:-
THE TENACIOUS CAT:- Rather amusing series,- a little disagreeable in parts, but makes a good finish.
SCENES IN GUINEA:- Very interesting travel series of the usual railroad picture order.
RESCUED IN MID-AIR:- Fantastic film consisting of an automobile smash-up and a woman blown up in the air. It finishes something the Rarebit fiend.
Altogether the KINETOGRAPH feature just about fills the bill and will create no sensation.
GUERTIN & LAMB, Jumpers:- 12 min. F.S. 3 shows. On at 6:13. Two men in athletic costumes. Use hurdles, chairs, high-jumping paraphernalia, etc. This is a very expert act and would be a good opener for any house. Unfortunately our two-a-day section was so large that we were compelled to put them in back of the Kinetograph. The work is very speedy and clever, and this spot is no indication of their lack of merit.
HORACE WRIGHT, Italian character songs:- 14 min. in 1, 3 shows. On at 6:25. Appears in a costume of the ordinary Dago push-cart peddler. Tells a little hard luck story and then proceeds to sing snatches from the Italian operas, which he does very well, having a very high and well-trained tenor voice. This act is worthy of a good spot on the bill, in fact, any time before eight o'clock.
GENERAL REMARKS:-
It will be noted that on account of our having such a heavy two-a-day section that we were compelled to not only shove some very meritorious features far up the bill, but were also compelled to take two of the three-a-day out of the former position and list them after the Kinetograph, making them work twice instead of three times. Arranged as below, the Program runs smoothly. This is an expensive and somewhat top-heavy bill, at the same time does not make the impression that we thought it would, although I think that the receipts for the balance of the week will show that it will create comment. Walton's act is so new to our audiences that it is received with less enthusiasm than we expected, although there was evidence of appreciation, and I think it will pull business to the house. The time of the acts on the bill should not be taken as a criterion of their merit. It was rather a necessity on our part to balance the bill. The following is the order of the revised bill:-
Guertin & Lamb...6:13
Horace Wright...6:25
Maybelle Meeker...6:40
Arlington Comedy Four...6:50
Julia Redmond...7:06
Keith's Orchestra...7:37
The Balzers...7:42
The Adelmanns...7:52
The Gems...8:06
Dave Nowlin...8:18
White and Stuart...8:36
Besnah & Miller...9:04
Fred Walton & co....9:19
Elmer Tenley...9:53
Berzac's Circus...10:08
Kinetograph...10:20
10:30


feature properly. This is an immense improvement and will have the effect of increasing the interest in the act.
C.E. Barns.
Oct. 9,-.6

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3. Phila. KINETOGRAPH:- THE TENACIOUS CAT:- Rather amusing series,- a little disagreeable in parts, but makes a good finish. SCENES IN GUINEA:- Very interesting travel series of the usual railroad picture order. RESCUED IN MID-AIR:- Fantastic film consisting of an automobile smash-up and a woman blown up in the air. It finishes something the Rarebit fiend. Altogether the KINETOGRAPH feature just about fills the bill and will create no sensation. GUERTIN & LAMB, Jumpers:- 12 min. F.S. 3 shows. On at 6:13. Two men in athletic costumes. Use hurdles, chairs, high-jumping paraphernalia, etc. This is a very expert act and would be a good opener for any house. Unfortunately our two-a-day section was so large that we were compelled to put them in back of the Kinetograph. The work is very speedy and clever, and this spot is no indication of their lack of merit. HORACE WRIGHT, Italian character songs:- 14 min. in 1, 3 shows. On at 6:25. Appears in a costume of the ordinary Dago push-cart peddler. Tells a little hard luck story and then proceeds to sing snatches from the Italian operas, which he does very well, having a very high and well-trained tenor voice. This act is worthy of a good spot on the bill, in fact, any time before eight o'clock. GENERAL REMARKS:- It will be noted that on account of our having such a heavy two-a-day section that we were compelled to not only shove some very meritorious features far up the bill, but were also compelled to take two of the three-a-day out of the former position and list them after the Kinetograph, making them work twice instead of three times. Arranged as below, the Program runs smoothly. This is an expensive and somewhat top-heavy bill, at the same time does not make the impression that we thought it would, although I think that the receipts for the balance of the week will show that it will create comment. Walton's act is so new to our audiences that it is received with less enthusiasm than we expected, although there was evidence of appreciation, and I think it will pull business to the house. The time of the acts on the bill should not be taken as a criterion of their merit. It was rather a necessity on our part to balance the bill. The following is the order of the revised bill:- Guertin & Lamb...6:13 Horace Wright...6:25 Maybelle Meeker...6:40 Arlington Comedy Four...6:50 Julia Redmond...7:06 Keith's Orchestra...7:37 The Balzers...7:42 The Adelmanns...7:52 The Gems...8:06 Dave Nowlin...8:18 White and Stuart...8:36 Besnah & Miller...9:04 Fred Walton & co....9:19 Elmer Tenley...9:53 Berzac's Circus...10:08 Kinetograph...10:20 10:30 feature properly. This is an immense improvement and will have the effect of increasing the interest in the act. C.E. Barns. Oct. 9,-.6