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Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. APR. 6th, 1914. ERNIE & ERNIE. 13 minutes, full stage. A one legged dancer and kicker and a girl singer. The latter does not amount to much, but the man has a very creditable act, and though there may be an element of sympathy for him on account of the loss of his leg, he is undoubtedly a substantial hit. HARRY A. ELLIS. 10 minutes in One. Songs. Mr. Ellis has a big, robust tenor voice and is going well in a selection of songs that have been sung by almost every act we have played this season. MEREDITH SISTERS. Open in One, going to full stage, closing in One. 18 minutes. This sort of act is passe on the "big time." It reveals nothing new nor note-worthy since we played these girls many seasons ago. RAWLS & VON KAUFMAN. 19 minutes, opening full stage, closing in One. A good colored comedian and a girl for a foil. The act would be improved if they did not try to sing. The comedian keeps the audience screaming with laughter. They close rather tamely on account of the song. RICHARDS & KYLE. 14 minutes, special drop in One. "A Real Club Fellow." Farcical chatter, songs and Tango Dancing. A good act, but hardly strong enough for this position. ANNA HELD. 23 minutes, full stage, with picture drop showing Miss Held in zoological gardens and a conservatory. The French comedienne sang a group of her old time songs and had the audience with her from the start. She is the same Frenchy, physically gyrating chanteuse as of yore, and the audience certainly likes her. LYDELL, ROGERS & LYDELL. 20 minutes in One. The laughing hit of our programme. Mr. Lydell's character study of an old man is one of the best bits of acting of its sort we have had in a long time. It reminds one of Rube Dickinson and Jack McGreevey. Some grotesque dancing concludes the act in a very laughable manner. CHAS. KASRAC & CO. Full stage, 12 minutes. Three girls and {???] man in the roughest rough and tumble English Music Hall act imaginable. It certainly is the coarsest acrobatic turn that has come across, and yet there is very little in it to particularize that is objectionable. MOVING PICTURES. A comedy, "Slim's Mother-in-law."
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. APR. 6th, 1914. ERNIE & ERNIE. 13 minutes, full stage. A one legged dancer and kicker and a girl singer. The latter does not amount to much, but the man has a very creditable act, and though there may be an element of sympathy for him on account of the loss of his leg, he is undoubtedly a substantial hit. HARRY A. ELLIS. 10 minutes in One. Songs. Mr. Ellis has a big, robust tenor voice and is going well in a selection of songs that have been sung by almost every act we have played this season. MEREDITH SISTERS. Open in One, going to full stage, closing in One. 18 minutes. This sort of act is passe on the "big time." It reveals nothing new nor note-worthy since we played these girls many seasons ago. RAWLS & VON KAUFMAN. 19 minutes, opening full stage, closing in One. A good colored comedian and a girl for a foil. The act would be improved if they did not try to sing. The comedian keeps the audience screaming with laughter. They close rather tamely on account of the song. RICHARDS & KYLE. 14 minutes, special drop in One. "A Real Club Fellow." Farcical chatter, songs and Tango Dancing. A good act, but hardly strong enough for this position. ANNA HELD. 23 minutes, full stage, with picture drop showing Miss Held in zoological gardens and a conservatory. The French comedienne sang a group of her old time songs and had the audience with her from the start. She is the same Frenchy, physically gyrating chanteuse as of yore, and the audience certainly likes her. LYDELL, ROGERS & LYDELL. 20 minutes in One. The laughing hit of our programme. Mr. Lydell's character study of an old man is one of the best bits of acting of its sort we have had in a long time. It reminds one of Rube Dickinson and Jack McGreevey. Some grotesque dancing concludes the act in a very laughable manner. CHAS. KASRAC & CO. Full stage, 12 minutes. Three girls and {???] man in the roughest rough and tumble English Music Hall act imaginable. It certainly is the coarsest acrobatic turn that has come across, and yet there is very little in it to particularize that is objectionable. MOVING PICTURES. A comedy, "Slim's Mother-in-law."
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