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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 14, 1904 - November 21, 1904

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NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF MAY 23rd, 1904.
HR 33 CHINESE JOHNNY WILLIAMS.--In an act of burlesque magic; the same turn that he has always given us and one that is always acceptable in an early part of the bill. 14 minutes, open full stage and close in one. Could do the whole act in it if necessary.
NR 3 THE HELSTONS.-- A young man and a young woman in a mixed turn of dancing and acrobatic work. The man is rather a clever acrobat and introduces two or three novelties. They are both good dancers and neat dressers. It is a good act. 11 minutes in two.
NR 3 THE AERIAL SHAWS.-- This is a trapeze act on the order of the Aerial Smiths, and with the exception that the woman of the team is not quite as graceful as the Smith woman, I think it compares very favorably with that act. 9 minutes, full stage.
AR 3 D. J. HARINGTON.--Ventriloquist. This man has some good figures and is the best dialect performer that I have ever seen in a ventriloquist, but he is not an exceptionally good comedian and suffers by comparison with Duncan, who was here last week. It is a very fair act from a three-show-a-day standpoint. 11 minutes, full stage.
McINTYRE & RICE.--GYH 2-- This is the brother of Jim McIntyre, and his wife, McIntyre is an Irish comedian and they do an act the basis of which is the old idea of burlesque acting. McIntyre has a dry sort of wit that is funny, and while the woman does not amount to much she serves as a fairly good feeder for him. It is valuable on act of the act that it is all done in one, but it should be in the three-show-a-day class. 24 minutes in one.
GNH 2 HUGH STANTON & FLORENCE MOEDNA.-- In the character sketch that they have done with us several times entitled "For Reform", and I guess it is about time for Stanton to do that, so far as this act is concerned, for while it goes fairly well, it seems to me every man, woman, and child in America must have seen it ere this. 19 minutes full stage.
GEORGE GASKIN.--AR 2 --Singer. Gaskin is a very good tenor singer, but would be of no special value outside of New York, where he has many friends and is also quite well known through hit extensive work with the Phonographic Company. 13 minutes in one.
SR 2 ROBERT LORAINE & CO.-- In a Chinese sketch entitled, "A Little Tragedy at Tien Tsien." Mr. Loraine is supported by two other gentlemen and two ladies, and the act is considerably of a novelty in its way. It is presented with the best scenic effects that I have ever seen on any of our stages, it being a distinctively Chinese interior, and the scene itself gets in when the curtain goes up on account of its beauty and its elaborate nature. There is not very much to the act until the last five minutes, when Loraine is on the stage himself, and that part of it is about as thrilling and intense as anything we have had in the way of the dramatic; the preceding lines, or course, being necessary to tell the story. I do not know whether the act will be in vaudeville next season or not, but if it should, with the change of one man in the cast, I could heartily recommend it for the entire circuit. It held the attention of the audience very closely and got four or five strong curtain bows at the finish. 26 minutes, full stage.
NH 2 2 LILLIAN SHAW. Hebrew songs and impersonations. This girl, much to my surprise, went very strong. The Loraine act is a terrible act to follow, and I rather anticipated that she would be a terrible failure but was obliged to place her there as I had no other act that would fit that spot. She certainly made good this afternoon, although she undoubtedly goes better in New York than she will in any other town on the circuit. 18 minutes in one.

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71 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF MAY 23rd, 1904. HR 33 CHINESE JOHNNY WILLIAMS.--In an act of burlesque magic; the same turn that he has always given us and one that is always acceptable in an early part of the bill. 14 minutes, open full stage and close in one. Could do the whole act in it if necessary. NR 3 THE HELSTONS.-- A young man and a young woman in a mixed turn of dancing and acrobatic work. The man is rather a clever acrobat and introduces two or three novelties. They are both good dancers and neat dressers. It is a good act. 11 minutes in two. NR 3 THE AERIAL SHAWS.-- This is a trapeze act on the order of the Aerial Smiths, and with the exception that the woman of the team is not quite as graceful as the Smith woman, I think it compares very favorably with that act. 9 minutes, full stage. AR 3 D. J. HARINGTON.--Ventriloquist. This man has some good figures and is the best dialect performer that I have ever seen in a ventriloquist, but he is not an exceptionally good comedian and suffers by comparison with Duncan, who was here last week. It is a very fair act from a three-show-a-day standpoint. 11 minutes, full stage. McINTYRE & RICE.--GYH 2-- This is the brother of Jim McIntyre, and his wife, McIntyre is an Irish comedian and they do an act the basis of which is the old idea of burlesque acting. McIntyre has a dry sort of wit that is funny, and while the woman does not amount to much she serves as a fairly good feeder for him. It is valuable on act of the act that it is all done in one, but it should be in the three-show-a-day class. 24 minutes in one. GNH 2 HUGH STANTON & FLORENCE MOEDNA.-- In the character sketch that they have done with us several times entitled "For Reform", and I guess it is about time for Stanton to do that, so far as this act is concerned, for while it goes fairly well, it seems to me every man, woman, and child in America must have seen it ere this. 19 minutes full stage. GEORGE GASKIN.--AR 2 --Singer. Gaskin is a very good tenor singer, but would be of no special value outside of New York, where he has many friends and is also quite well known through hit extensive work with the Phonographic Company. 13 minutes in one. SR 2 ROBERT LORAINE & CO.-- In a Chinese sketch entitled, "A Little Tragedy at Tien Tsien." Mr. Loraine is supported by two other gentlemen and two ladies, and the act is considerably of a novelty in its way. It is presented with the best scenic effects that I have ever seen on any of our stages, it being a distinctively Chinese interior, and the scene itself gets in when the curtain goes up on account of its beauty and its elaborate nature. There is not very much to the act until the last five minutes, when Loraine is on the stage himself, and that part of it is about as thrilling and intense as anything we have had in the way of the dramatic; the preceding lines, or course, being necessary to tell the story. I do not know whether the act will be in vaudeville next season or not, but if it should, with the change of one man in the cast, I could heartily recommend it for the entire circuit. It held the attention of the audience very closely and got four or five strong curtain bows at the finish. 26 minutes, full stage. NH 2 2 LILLIAN SHAW. Hebrew songs and impersonations. This girl, much to my surprise, went very strong. The Loraine act is a terrible act to follow, and I rather anticipated that she would be a terrible failure but was obliged to place her there as I had no other act that would fit that spot. She certainly made good this afternoon, although she undoubtedly goes better in New York than she will in any other town on the circuit. 18 minutes in one.