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Keith-Albee managers' report book, February 27-December 11, 1911
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Week of Oct. 15, 1911. B. F. KEITH'S CINCINNATI, OHIO - LOUGHLIN'S COMEDY DOGS: 15 min. - full stage. A half dozen Scotch terriers do a number of new stunts. One, enclosed in a globe, rolls up and down a spiral track. There is also a circle swing producing an airship effect, and the act concludes with a revolving table stunt, which is a tremendous scream. By all odds the best animal act ever seen here. Act goes to BUFFALO. HAL MERRITT: Monologue Cartoonist. 17 min. in One. Mr. Merritt draws two cartoons while he is handing over a humorous line of talk, which goes good. He concludes with a pantomimic imitation of a woman doing up her hair. This is full of good laughs, and the act finishes very strong. This act is open next week. JOHN & MAE BURKE: In a singing and dancing sketch "How Patsy Went to War". Open 11 minutes, full stage; closes six minutes in One- or 17 min. in all. Burke does some good freak piano playing which goes big, and there is some rich comedy in the act. Closes very strong. This act is open next week. MOVING PICTURES OF THE RECENT CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE ROAD RACES: 9 minutes; picture only fair. JOHN D. RICE AND SALLY COHEN: Sketch, "A Bachelor's Wife". 26 minutes, full stage. This is a typical "Rice & Cohen" act. It is too long drawn-out. Rice & Cohen are popular here, this being Miss Cohen's home, and the act went very good. Act goes to CHICAGO. BELLE ADAIR: Singing comedienne. 14 minutes in One. Miss Adair sings four songs, with costume changes, the first time of which were very moderately received, the act being saved by her final song, which sends her away very strong; Act goes to LOUISVILLE. JAMES O'NEILL & CO.: In five scenes from "Monte Cristo";- 42 minutes, full stage, own set. Mr. O'Neill arrived too late for the matinee. The act was presented at the night performance in rather an imperfect state, and with Mr. O'Neill himself in none too good condition, owing to fatigue from his long journey. None of the interest in "Monte Cristo" is impaired in its tabloid form. It is a tremendous production for vaudeville. The act was enthusiastically received, and Mr. O'Neill was accorded several very hearty curtain calls. Act goes to CHICAGO. HAWTHORNE & BURT: In a comedy sketch, entitled. "A Raw Recruit". 18 minutes in One. A good act, with numerous funny situations and an eccentric dance. Went good. Act goes to INDIANAPOLIS. GOLDEN'S RUSSIAN TROUBADOURS: 12 people, one of them conducting the orchestra. 18 minutes, alternating between full stage and One. Own set. Act opens with a winter scene, twelve people in Russian costumes - Very pretty. The scene in One, in imitation of a Balalika Orchestra, in which the twelve people play on three-cornered mandolins, is nothing extra. Their playing is poor and amateurish, and the closing dance is the best thing they did, and it makes a rattling finish. Went big. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. B. F. KEITHOSCOPE: 19 minutes. GENERAL REMARKS: The show is a tremendous one, the weak spots being forgotten in its bigness and general excellence. It is too long, and the following cuts were made: Hal Merritt, 5 minutes: Belle Adair, one song cut out: Hawthorne & Burt, cut six minutes. Moving pictures cut from 19 to 9 minutes. With these cuts, the show ended at eleven o'clock Sunday night. CUTS: In act of John & Mae Burke, the expression "too damned scared to run". In act of Rice & Cohen, the expression, "damn infernal idiots". C. L. Doran.
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Week of Oct. 15, 1911. B. F. KEITH'S CINCINNATI, OHIO - LOUGHLIN'S COMEDY DOGS: 15 min. - full stage. A half dozen Scotch terriers do a number of new stunts. One, enclosed in a globe, rolls up and down a spiral track. There is also a circle swing producing an airship effect, and the act concludes with a revolving table stunt, which is a tremendous scream. By all odds the best animal act ever seen here. Act goes to BUFFALO. HAL MERRITT: Monologue Cartoonist. 17 min. in One. Mr. Merritt draws two cartoons while he is handing over a humorous line of talk, which goes good. He concludes with a pantomimic imitation of a woman doing up her hair. This is full of good laughs, and the act finishes very strong. This act is open next week. JOHN & MAE BURKE: In a singing and dancing sketch "How Patsy Went to War". Open 11 minutes, full stage; closes six minutes in One- or 17 min. in all. Burke does some good freak piano playing which goes big, and there is some rich comedy in the act. Closes very strong. This act is open next week. MOVING PICTURES OF THE RECENT CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE ROAD RACES: 9 minutes; picture only fair. JOHN D. RICE AND SALLY COHEN: Sketch, "A Bachelor's Wife". 26 minutes, full stage. This is a typical "Rice & Cohen" act. It is too long drawn-out. Rice & Cohen are popular here, this being Miss Cohen's home, and the act went very good. Act goes to CHICAGO. BELLE ADAIR: Singing comedienne. 14 minutes in One. Miss Adair sings four songs, with costume changes, the first time of which were very moderately received, the act being saved by her final song, which sends her away very strong; Act goes to LOUISVILLE. JAMES O'NEILL & CO.: In five scenes from "Monte Cristo";- 42 minutes, full stage, own set. Mr. O'Neill arrived too late for the matinee. The act was presented at the night performance in rather an imperfect state, and with Mr. O'Neill himself in none too good condition, owing to fatigue from his long journey. None of the interest in "Monte Cristo" is impaired in its tabloid form. It is a tremendous production for vaudeville. The act was enthusiastically received, and Mr. O'Neill was accorded several very hearty curtain calls. Act goes to CHICAGO. HAWTHORNE & BURT: In a comedy sketch, entitled. "A Raw Recruit". 18 minutes in One. A good act, with numerous funny situations and an eccentric dance. Went good. Act goes to INDIANAPOLIS. GOLDEN'S RUSSIAN TROUBADOURS: 12 people, one of them conducting the orchestra. 18 minutes, alternating between full stage and One. Own set. Act opens with a winter scene, twelve people in Russian costumes - Very pretty. The scene in One, in imitation of a Balalika Orchestra, in which the twelve people play on three-cornered mandolins, is nothing extra. Their playing is poor and amateurish, and the closing dance is the best thing they did, and it makes a rattling finish. Went big. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. B. F. KEITHOSCOPE: 19 minutes. GENERAL REMARKS: The show is a tremendous one, the weak spots being forgotten in its bigness and general excellence. It is too long, and the following cuts were made: Hal Merritt, 5 minutes: Belle Adair, one song cut out: Hawthorne & Burt, cut six minutes. Moving pictures cut from 19 to 9 minutes. With these cuts, the show ended at eleven o'clock Sunday night. CUTS: In act of John & Mae Burke, the expression "too damned scared to run". In act of Rice & Cohen, the expression, "damn infernal idiots". C. L. Doran.
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