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Managers' report book, November 13, 1916-January 21, 1918

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PHILADELPHIA    B. F. KEITH'S    JUNE 4,    7
PATHE. Up to the average.
ARCHIE & GERTIE FALLS. 6 min. Man and woman in a rough and tumble acrobatic act. They work fast and with a fairly good routine of tricks furnished a satisfactory opener.
THE STANTONS. 13 min. Two young men in a routine of comedy talk finishing with an instrumental music number. Got a fair amount of laughs and closed to a fair hand.
HOMES & BUCHANAN. 16 min. Man and woman in a refined singing act. The principals are costumed in old fashioned clothes and most of their repertoire of songs is old time ballads which they sing in excellent voice. A very pretty act which pleased and finished strong.
WALTER BROWER. 18 min. This young fellow has a good line of comedy talk and with a peculiar delivery put it over in good shape. He kept the audience laughing and won a big hand for a sentimental poem used at the finish. A very good monologue, a little different than others and registered a hit.
CLAUDE GILLINGWATER & CO. "The Frame-Up." 23 min. He is using a one-act dramatic sketch on about the same order of those used on previous visits here. It is splendidly played, held the interest of the audience from start to finish and is given an excellent comedy touch for a finish. Mr. Gillingwater is seen to advantage and his supporting cast is an excellent one, being headed by Julie Herne. The sketch was a hit.
VIOLET DALE. 18 min. Repeating about the same series of impressions of stage favorites used on her former visit, she was warmly received. Her biggest success was at the finish where she recited a patrotic verse in the costume of a Red Cross nurse in front of a huge American flag drop. She also sang "The Star Spangled Banner" in which the audience joined and her act closed to a rousing hand.
BERT BAKER & CO. "Prevarication." 22 min. An old-fashioned farce written on the broadest lines, full of action and comedy from start to finish. It kept the audience in a roar of laughter. Four persons are employed and the sketch gives vaudeville one of the best laugh-winners played here in a long time.
DOOLEY & SALES. 27 min. This is their first appearance since returning from Europe. Two songs and very little of their talk are new but the act was just as big a laughing and applause hit as ever.
"DANCING GIRL OF DELHI." 17 min. Vanda Hoff, supported by Betalo Rubino and Co. A picturesque oriental fantasy elaborately staged. The dancing is excellent and the pantomime story ably presented. It held attention and finished to a liberal hand of applause.
GENERAL REMARKS. This is one of the biggest shows we have had in the house in a long while and should hold its own as a business-bringer.
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CLAUDE GILLINGWATER: Use of the word "hell."

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PHILADELPHIA B. F. KEITH'S JUNE 4, 7 PATHE. Up to the average. ARCHIE & GERTIE FALLS. 6 min. Man and woman in a rough and tumble acrobatic act. They work fast and with a fairly good routine of tricks furnished a satisfactory opener. THE STANTONS. 13 min. Two young men in a routine of comedy talk finishing with an instrumental music number. Got a fair amount of laughs and closed to a fair hand. HOMES & BUCHANAN. 16 min. Man and woman in a refined singing act. The principals are costumed in old fashioned clothes and most of their repertoire of songs is old time ballads which they sing in excellent voice. A very pretty act which pleased and finished strong. WALTER BROWER. 18 min. This young fellow has a good line of comedy talk and with a peculiar delivery put it over in good shape. He kept the audience laughing and won a big hand for a sentimental poem used at the finish. A very good monologue, a little different than others and registered a hit. CLAUDE GILLINGWATER & CO. "The Frame-Up." 23 min. He is using a one-act dramatic sketch on about the same order of those used on previous visits here. It is splendidly played, held the interest of the audience from start to finish and is given an excellent comedy touch for a finish. Mr. Gillingwater is seen to advantage and his supporting cast is an excellent one, being headed by Julie Herne. The sketch was a hit. VIOLET DALE. 18 min. Repeating about the same series of impressions of stage favorites used on her former visit, she was warmly received. Her biggest success was at the finish where she recited a patrotic verse in the costume of a Red Cross nurse in front of a huge American flag drop. She also sang "The Star Spangled Banner" in which the audience joined and her act closed to a rousing hand. BERT BAKER & CO. "Prevarication." 22 min. An old-fashioned farce written on the broadest lines, full of action and comedy from start to finish. It kept the audience in a roar of laughter. Four persons are employed and the sketch gives vaudeville one of the best laugh-winners played here in a long time. DOOLEY & SALES. 27 min. This is their first appearance since returning from Europe. Two songs and very little of their talk are new but the act was just as big a laughing and applause hit as ever. "DANCING GIRL OF DELHI." 17 min. Vanda Hoff, supported by Betalo Rubino and Co. A picturesque oriental fantasy elaborately staged. The dancing is excellent and the pantomime story ably presented. It held attention and finished to a liberal hand of applause. GENERAL REMARKS. This is one of the biggest shows we have had in the house in a long while and should hold its own as a business-bringer. CUT CLAUDE GILLINGWATER: Use of the word "hell."