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Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
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9 PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. NOV. 17th, 1913. From the viewpoint of our audience, this is one of the most satisfying shows we have had this season. THE BALLOTS. Full stage, garden, 8 minutes. man and woman, heavy-weight lifting and balancing. Just a plain little act with no particular merit. HALLEY & NOBLE. 14 minutes in One. About 9 minutes of this time is spent in innocuous dialogue. The remaining 5 minutes are devoted to a singing and dancing number. The act has no place on a bill of this calibre. PERCY WARAM & CO. A farce entitled, "The Bosun's mate." 20 minutes, special set, English Tavern. A typical English comedy well played by three people. In spite of its farcical structure, characteristic of English farces, this act is one of the greatest laugh producers we have played in many a long day. BELLE STORY. Songstress. 13 minutes in One. I consider Miss Story the best single straight singing turn in vaudeville at the present time. She has girlish naivete, a sweet simplicity and a magnificent voice. She is the applause hit of the show. KENO & GREEN. 15 minutes, full stage. Singing, Dancing and Patter. Mr. Keno and Miss Green are remarkable agile acrobatic dancers. An amusing skit with lots of comedy and the liveliest dancing imaginable. HARRY B. LESTER. 20 minutes in One. Songs and impersonations of Great Players. Mr. Lester is doing very well for us, better, in fact, than he has ever done. He has a pleasing personality and his mimicry is good, if not great. NEPTUNE'S GARDEN of living STATUES Pantomimic music spectacle. Full stage, special set, 16 minutes; with sunken tank and aquatic illusion. The setting, with the women models posed as marble statues and the fountain playing, got a hearty round of applause as the curtain rose. Although there are many anachronisms, notably in the modern costumes of the dancers and the interloper and the latter day violin solo of one of the women, and in spite of the mediocrity of the incidental specialties, this attraction is going to do big business for us. Its producers have missed many opportunities for real artistic effect, buy the enigma of the water illusion, by which the swimmers jump into the pool and apparently remain submerged for ten minutes or longer, is causing a lot of talk and arousing curiosity. It is surely mystifying to the laymen. KIMBERLY & MOHR. 16 minutes in one, specioal drop. "In Clubland." A very good two man singing and piano playing act. LE VAN TRIO. Full stage, 6 minutes. Head and hand balancing. Nothing particularly startling or new in this attraction. I regard it the weakest closing number we have had in a long while. MOVING PICTURES. Pathe Weekly. The news picture this week includes an excellent representation of the blowing up of the last ditch in the Panama canal separating the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the usual stereotyped unveiling of monuments, fetes, etc.
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9 PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. NOV. 17th, 1913. From the viewpoint of our audience, this is one of the most satisfying shows we have had this season. THE BALLOTS. Full stage, garden, 8 minutes. man and woman, heavy-weight lifting and balancing. Just a plain little act with no particular merit. HALLEY & NOBLE. 14 minutes in One. About 9 minutes of this time is spent in innocuous dialogue. The remaining 5 minutes are devoted to a singing and dancing number. The act has no place on a bill of this calibre. PERCY WARAM & CO. A farce entitled, "The Bosun's mate." 20 minutes, special set, English Tavern. A typical English comedy well played by three people. In spite of its farcical structure, characteristic of English farces, this act is one of the greatest laugh producers we have played in many a long day. BELLE STORY. Songstress. 13 minutes in One. I consider Miss Story the best single straight singing turn in vaudeville at the present time. She has girlish naivete, a sweet simplicity and a magnificent voice. She is the applause hit of the show. KENO & GREEN. 15 minutes, full stage. Singing, Dancing and Patter. Mr. Keno and Miss Green are remarkable agile acrobatic dancers. An amusing skit with lots of comedy and the liveliest dancing imaginable. HARRY B. LESTER. 20 minutes in One. Songs and impersonations of Great Players. Mr. Lester is doing very well for us, better, in fact, than he has ever done. He has a pleasing personality and his mimicry is good, if not great. NEPTUNE'S GARDEN of living STATUES Pantomimic music spectacle. Full stage, special set, 16 minutes; with sunken tank and aquatic illusion. The setting, with the women models posed as marble statues and the fountain playing, got a hearty round of applause as the curtain rose. Although there are many anachronisms, notably in the modern costumes of the dancers and the interloper and the latter day violin solo of one of the women, and in spite of the mediocrity of the incidental specialties, this attraction is going to do big business for us. Its producers have missed many opportunities for real artistic effect, buy the enigma of the water illusion, by which the swimmers jump into the pool and apparently remain submerged for ten minutes or longer, is causing a lot of talk and arousing curiosity. It is surely mystifying to the laymen. KIMBERLY & MOHR. 16 minutes in one, specioal drop. "In Clubland." A very good two man singing and piano playing act. LE VAN TRIO. Full stage, 6 minutes. Head and hand balancing. Nothing particularly startling or new in this attraction. I regard it the weakest closing number we have had in a long while. MOVING PICTURES. Pathe Weekly. The news picture this week includes an excellent representation of the blowing up of the last ditch in the Panama canal separating the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the usual stereotyped unveiling of monuments, fetes, etc.
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