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Keith-Albee managers' report book, February 27-December 11, 1911
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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, OHIO Week of December 10, 1911. JAMES SAVOY TRIO: 10 minutes, full stage. Two men and one woman, and six bull terriers. Dogs do some clever acrobatic stunts, producing plenty of laughter throughout. Good opener. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. TWO DE FAYE SISTERS: Banjoists. 10 minutes in One. -The girls in dainty white costumes do a brief dance before each selection. They play mandolins, then banjoes. Act was only fair at Sunday matinee, but went better at night. Act goes to LOUISVILLE or EVANSVILLE. GEORGE FELIX, assisted by the TWO BARRY GIRLS: In a comedy sketch, "The Boy Next Door". 22 minutes, full stage, closing five minutes in One. This act is full of rich comedy by Felix, and is one big laugh from beginning to end; the girls are also clever - Went big - Act is open next week. Will be in New York if they do not fill. A four-minute film, showing the latest Parisian styles of hair-dressing. Very Good. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON & CO.: Sketch, "The Wise Rabbi". 26 min, full stage. Based on the expulsion of the Jews in Russia. There are several very intense passages which reflect severely on the Jews. The advisability of this sketch in this house, which has a large and very desirable Jewish patronage, is questionable, although the climax is all in favor of the Jews. If there is any effect, it will be to stir up an agitation for which there is no occasion. Mr. Thompson's acting is very fine, he appearing in the title role of "the wise rabbi". He does not stir up his audiences to such applause as he has in other sketches presented here. In my judgment, playlets of this extreme character should not be sent to this house in the future. Act goes to MEMPHIS, TENN. BEDINI & ARTHUR: Comedy jugglers Open 4 min. in One, then to full stage for 10 min., and close 5 min. in One - 19 minutes in all. There is a third man who helps in the comedy. A good laughing act - went big. Act goes to MEMPHIS. JAMES F. DOLAN & IDA LENHARR: In a comedy burlesque sketch entitled "Some Mind Reader". A burlesque on mind-reading. 27 min., full stage. Sketch is full of good laughs and went good, but is too long. Act goes to MADISON, WIS. EDDIE LEONARD. The Minstrel, assisted by MABEL RUSSELL. 23 min. in One. Big advance hand for Leonard at both performances. Leonard appears in his old act, with a new song or two, and is ably assisted by Miss Russell. A tremendous hit - easily the feature of the show. Act goes to PHILADELPHIA. HARRY HOUDINI: 22 minutes, full stage. Advance hand at both performances. Houdini is doing handcuff feats with a committee on the stage, and follows them with his escape from a galvanized iron can filled with water, and locked into a heavy iron-bound, wooden chest, from which he escapes in less than two minutes. Act went big at both performances, the galvanized iron can feature being a thriller, and holding the entire audience until the end of the long show. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. PATHE'S WEEKLY OF CURRENT EVENTS: 10 min. - very good. GENERAL REMARKS: The show is a tremendous one, with only one or two weak spots, and the big features over-shadowing them. The show is too long, and Dolan & Lenharr's act was cut 10 minutes, and the picture film five minutes. CUTS: Act of Felix & Barry Girls, the expression "Having a hell of a time"; In act of Eddie Leonard, story about Leonard and his wife being married two years, and the only thing running around the house is the fence. Also in same act Leonard talking to a man leaving the audience. In the moving picture film view of two gruesome murders in Denver were cut out, as were view of the Austin, Pa. dam disaster which we displayed at the time. C. L. Doran.
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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, OHIO Week of December 10, 1911. JAMES SAVOY TRIO: 10 minutes, full stage. Two men and one woman, and six bull terriers. Dogs do some clever acrobatic stunts, producing plenty of laughter throughout. Good opener. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. TWO DE FAYE SISTERS: Banjoists. 10 minutes in One. -The girls in dainty white costumes do a brief dance before each selection. They play mandolins, then banjoes. Act was only fair at Sunday matinee, but went better at night. Act goes to LOUISVILLE or EVANSVILLE. GEORGE FELIX, assisted by the TWO BARRY GIRLS: In a comedy sketch, "The Boy Next Door". 22 minutes, full stage, closing five minutes in One. This act is full of rich comedy by Felix, and is one big laugh from beginning to end; the girls are also clever - Went big - Act is open next week. Will be in New York if they do not fill. A four-minute film, showing the latest Parisian styles of hair-dressing. Very Good. WILLIAM H. THOMPSON & CO.: Sketch, "The Wise Rabbi". 26 min, full stage. Based on the expulsion of the Jews in Russia. There are several very intense passages which reflect severely on the Jews. The advisability of this sketch in this house, which has a large and very desirable Jewish patronage, is questionable, although the climax is all in favor of the Jews. If there is any effect, it will be to stir up an agitation for which there is no occasion. Mr. Thompson's acting is very fine, he appearing in the title role of "the wise rabbi". He does not stir up his audiences to such applause as he has in other sketches presented here. In my judgment, playlets of this extreme character should not be sent to this house in the future. Act goes to MEMPHIS, TENN. BEDINI & ARTHUR: Comedy jugglers Open 4 min. in One, then to full stage for 10 min., and close 5 min. in One - 19 minutes in all. There is a third man who helps in the comedy. A good laughing act - went big. Act goes to MEMPHIS. JAMES F. DOLAN & IDA LENHARR: In a comedy burlesque sketch entitled "Some Mind Reader". A burlesque on mind-reading. 27 min., full stage. Sketch is full of good laughs and went good, but is too long. Act goes to MADISON, WIS. EDDIE LEONARD. The Minstrel, assisted by MABEL RUSSELL. 23 min. in One. Big advance hand for Leonard at both performances. Leonard appears in his old act, with a new song or two, and is ably assisted by Miss Russell. A tremendous hit - easily the feature of the show. Act goes to PHILADELPHIA. HARRY HOUDINI: 22 minutes, full stage. Advance hand at both performances. Houdini is doing handcuff feats with a committee on the stage, and follows them with his escape from a galvanized iron can filled with water, and locked into a heavy iron-bound, wooden chest, from which he escapes in less than two minutes. Act went big at both performances, the galvanized iron can feature being a thriller, and holding the entire audience until the end of the long show. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. PATHE'S WEEKLY OF CURRENT EVENTS: 10 min. - very good. GENERAL REMARKS: The show is a tremendous one, with only one or two weak spots, and the big features over-shadowing them. The show is too long, and Dolan & Lenharr's act was cut 10 minutes, and the picture film five minutes. CUTS: Act of Felix & Barry Girls, the expression "Having a hell of a time"; In act of Eddie Leonard, story about Leonard and his wife being married two years, and the only thing running around the house is the fence. Also in same act Leonard talking to a man leaving the audience. In the moving picture film view of two gruesome murders in Denver were cut out, as were view of the Austin, Pa. dam disaster which we displayed at the time. C. L. Doran.
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