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Keith-Albee managers' report book, February 27-December 11, 1911
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B. F. Keith's Theatre, Cincinnati, O. Week of Oct. 22, 1911. ROBBIE GORDONE: Reproduction of famous statues. 9 min., full stage - own set. Drapery. Miss Gordone presents a series of fifteen poses, all of which are very excellent, and three or four of them unusually so, particularly the figures entitled "A French Clock", "The Angel Lucifer", and "The Lion's Bride". Her changes are made very rapidly. A splendid opening act - well received. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. GLADYS CLARK & HENRY BERGMAN: In a singing and dancing sketch entitled "A Baseball Flirtation". 18 min. in One - own drop. Their songs are good, their costumes very pretty, and their singing, dancing and dialogue unusually clever. A great hit - went very big,- in fact, a riot, and one of the big hits in a great big show. Act goes to INDIANAPOLIS. FRANK MILTON & DE LONG SISTERS: In a comedy sketch entitled, "Twenty Minutes' Lay-over at Alfalfa Junction". 20 minutes, full stage, own act. Close two minutes in One. A loud laugh from beginning to end. Went very big, and made a terrific hit. Act goes to ATLANTA MOVING PICTURES OF CURRENT EVENTS: 10 minutes. Very good. NIN PAYNE, R. ST. ELIA & CO.: In "La Somnambule", French pantomime. 21 min., full stage, own set. The best pantomime act ever seen in this house, and the first one that has ever held the audience to the finish. Went very big. Act goes to MEMPHIS. CARSON & WILLARD: German comedians, 19 minutes in One - own drop. A good act, producing many laughs. These men are better than they have ever been before. Act open for next week. BLANCHE WALSH & CO.: In the sketch entitled "The Thunder Gods". 25 minutes, full stage, own set. Hearty advance hand for Miss Walsh at both Sunday performances. Miss Walsh takes the character of an Indian girl who has been jilted by her white lover, who prepares to return to his people. The Indian maiden makes a prayer to the "White God" that he be compelled to remain. A terrific thunder-storm ensues, and the lover is killed by lightning bolt. The prayer of Miss Walsh is an intense piece of dramatic acting, and the entire playlet is very effectively acted. The sketch is gorgeously mounted. Went very big. Act goes to MILWAUKEE. GENE GREENE: "A Study in Songs". Mr. Chas. Straight at the piano. 20 min. in One. Mr. Greene is better than he ever was before, and is another big riot. Act goes to Memphis. HOWARD'S PONIES & DOGS: 17 min. full stage - own set. A beautiful act, full of good things. Far above the ordinary animal act, and beautifully presented. Went big. Act open for next week. GENERAL REMARKS: The show is the best that has been seen here this season. It is a tremendous one, act for act, and collectively. From a scenic standpoint it is the heaviest show this house has ever had, the stage is jammed and packed with special scenery, making it very difficult to handle from the standpoint of putting on a show with dispatch. Acts that carry such heavy stuff as those of Robbie Gordone, Blanch Walsh and Nina Payne & Co. should not be placed upon the same bill. It was found necessary, on account of this, to have the acts of Clark & Bergman and Carson & Willard exchange places, which also greatly helped the show itself, and to put a ten minute picture before Nina Payne & Co. This was done at Sunday night's performance, and the show worked much better on both sides of the stage. It is now going splendidly in all respects. CUTS: In the act of Carson & Willard, "What state is Cincinnati in?" "Politically speaking, it is in a terrible state". (Owing to the present political campaign, this was cut out.) In act of Gene Greene, the expression in the verse of "May Had A Little Lamb" - "You ought to see the damn thing now",- elimination of the word damn. Also in Mr. Greene's act, the elimination of the line in a song "You bite her on the ankle, and I'll bite her on the knee." C. L. Doran.
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B. F. Keith's Theatre, Cincinnati, O. Week of Oct. 22, 1911. ROBBIE GORDONE: Reproduction of famous statues. 9 min., full stage - own set. Drapery. Miss Gordone presents a series of fifteen poses, all of which are very excellent, and three or four of them unusually so, particularly the figures entitled "A French Clock", "The Angel Lucifer", and "The Lion's Bride". Her changes are made very rapidly. A splendid opening act - well received. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. GLADYS CLARK & HENRY BERGMAN: In a singing and dancing sketch entitled "A Baseball Flirtation". 18 min. in One - own drop. Their songs are good, their costumes very pretty, and their singing, dancing and dialogue unusually clever. A great hit - went very big,- in fact, a riot, and one of the big hits in a great big show. Act goes to INDIANAPOLIS. FRANK MILTON & DE LONG SISTERS: In a comedy sketch entitled, "Twenty Minutes' Lay-over at Alfalfa Junction". 20 minutes, full stage, own act. Close two minutes in One. A loud laugh from beginning to end. Went very big, and made a terrific hit. Act goes to ATLANTA MOVING PICTURES OF CURRENT EVENTS: 10 minutes. Very good. NIN PAYNE, R. ST. ELIA & CO.: In "La Somnambule", French pantomime. 21 min., full stage, own set. The best pantomime act ever seen in this house, and the first one that has ever held the audience to the finish. Went very big. Act goes to MEMPHIS. CARSON & WILLARD: German comedians, 19 minutes in One - own drop. A good act, producing many laughs. These men are better than they have ever been before. Act open for next week. BLANCHE WALSH & CO.: In the sketch entitled "The Thunder Gods". 25 minutes, full stage, own set. Hearty advance hand for Miss Walsh at both Sunday performances. Miss Walsh takes the character of an Indian girl who has been jilted by her white lover, who prepares to return to his people. The Indian maiden makes a prayer to the "White God" that he be compelled to remain. A terrific thunder-storm ensues, and the lover is killed by lightning bolt. The prayer of Miss Walsh is an intense piece of dramatic acting, and the entire playlet is very effectively acted. The sketch is gorgeously mounted. Went very big. Act goes to MILWAUKEE. GENE GREENE: "A Study in Songs". Mr. Chas. Straight at the piano. 20 min. in One. Mr. Greene is better than he ever was before, and is another big riot. Act goes to Memphis. HOWARD'S PONIES & DOGS: 17 min. full stage - own set. A beautiful act, full of good things. Far above the ordinary animal act, and beautifully presented. Went big. Act open for next week. GENERAL REMARKS: The show is the best that has been seen here this season. It is a tremendous one, act for act, and collectively. From a scenic standpoint it is the heaviest show this house has ever had, the stage is jammed and packed with special scenery, making it very difficult to handle from the standpoint of putting on a show with dispatch. Acts that carry such heavy stuff as those of Robbie Gordone, Blanch Walsh and Nina Payne & Co. should not be placed upon the same bill. It was found necessary, on account of this, to have the acts of Clark & Bergman and Carson & Willard exchange places, which also greatly helped the show itself, and to put a ten minute picture before Nina Payne & Co. This was done at Sunday night's performance, and the show worked much better on both sides of the stage. It is now going splendidly in all respects. CUTS: In the act of Carson & Willard, "What state is Cincinnati in?" "Politically speaking, it is in a terrible state". (Owing to the present political campaign, this was cut out.) In act of Gene Greene, the expression in the verse of "May Had A Little Lamb" - "You ought to see the damn thing now",- elimination of the word damn. Also in Mr. Greene's act, the elimination of the line in a song "You bite her on the ankle, and I'll bite her on the knee." C. L. Doran.
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