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Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
Page 131
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[printed letterhead on sheet pasted in:] SCENIC TEMPLE Vaudeville and Motion Pictures EXEC OFFICE: UNION THEATRE UNION STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND MAIN STREET PHONE PAWTUCKET 356 Pawtucket, R.I., [stamped at u.r. of page:] 131 Report on acts playing this theatre, Feb. 9, 10, 11, 1914 Little Mickey. 14 minutes in one. Sings four numbers, two straight one Hebrew, and one Italian, with changes for each number. Went fair. Hill and Donaldson. Man and woman. A comedy sketch in which both man and woman play dual roles. 16 minutes in the full stage. Went fair. Kelley and Laffertey. Man and woman. Songs and dances, which include shadow, toe, and eccentric dancing. The toe dance is done in three. A special drop in uses [is used?] in one, for the closing number. Mr. and Mrs. Voelker and Associate Artists. Three women and two men. They have a pretty music room set, and do a neat song and musical act, which was built especially around their talents. The violinist and the Italian street singing woman work as beggars in the sketch. This act went good at hte matinee and very good at the evening performance. Report on acts playing this theatre, Feb. 12, 13, and 14. 1914 Crouch and Richards. Man and woman. Banjoists, opening with classical numbers in one. Then they go into three to close before their own special drop, representing a coast scene with two battleships fighting. One of the battleships is sunk at the finish, while the banjos play patriotic airs. Colonial costume throughout. Fair. 14 minutes. Grant and Delmar. Man and woman. Olio in one. 13 minutes. They open with a flittation bit, and then after the man has done a solo, the woman comes out as a "kid" and tells kid stories closing with a song together. Fair. The Glockers. Man and woman. Water-juggling novelty, introducing some juggling of water in first glasses, then metal cups, then larger receptacles, then pails, and finally in wash tubs. Also they do some baton-twirling by the woman. 13 minutes in the full stage. They introduce a dog into the act also, and there is some comedy produced by the "accidental" dropping of the water receptacles. The Bison City Four. Four men, straight, Italian fruit-seller, policeman, and tramp. Songs and comedy, also some playing on comedy musical instruments. This act went very good at all shows.
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[printed letterhead on sheet pasted in:] SCENIC TEMPLE Vaudeville and Motion Pictures EXEC OFFICE: UNION THEATRE UNION STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND MAIN STREET PHONE PAWTUCKET 356 Pawtucket, R.I., [stamped at u.r. of page:] 131 Report on acts playing this theatre, Feb. 9, 10, 11, 1914 Little Mickey. 14 minutes in one. Sings four numbers, two straight one Hebrew, and one Italian, with changes for each number. Went fair. Hill and Donaldson. Man and woman. A comedy sketch in which both man and woman play dual roles. 16 minutes in the full stage. Went fair. Kelley and Laffertey. Man and woman. Songs and dances, which include shadow, toe, and eccentric dancing. The toe dance is done in three. A special drop in uses [is used?] in one, for the closing number. Mr. and Mrs. Voelker and Associate Artists. Three women and two men. They have a pretty music room set, and do a neat song and musical act, which was built especially around their talents. The violinist and the Italian street singing woman work as beggars in the sketch. This act went good at hte matinee and very good at the evening performance. Report on acts playing this theatre, Feb. 12, 13, and 14. 1914 Crouch and Richards. Man and woman. Banjoists, opening with classical numbers in one. Then they go into three to close before their own special drop, representing a coast scene with two battleships fighting. One of the battleships is sunk at the finish, while the banjos play patriotic airs. Colonial costume throughout. Fair. 14 minutes. Grant and Delmar. Man and woman. Olio in one. 13 minutes. They open with a flittation bit, and then after the man has done a solo, the woman comes out as a "kid" and tells kid stories closing with a song together. Fair. The Glockers. Man and woman. Water-juggling novelty, introducing some juggling of water in first glasses, then metal cups, then larger receptacles, then pails, and finally in wash tubs. Also they do some baton-twirling by the woman. 13 minutes in the full stage. They introduce a dog into the act also, and there is some comedy produced by the "accidental" dropping of the water receptacles. The Bison City Four. Four men, straight, Italian fruit-seller, policeman, and tramp. Songs and comedy, also some playing on comedy musical instruments. This act went very good at all shows.
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