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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 21, 1903 - March 14, 1904
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198 (M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of Feb. 22, 1904 Stereopticon, 3 shows, 5 min. in 1--Usual collection of interesting home and foreign views. William O'Rourke and Alice Burnette, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1- Buck dancing in wooden shoes. Excellent act of its kind. Went well. Lucados, 3 shows, 14 min. full stage--Man and woman, the former in feats of strength and equilibrism, the latter simply an assistant, by passing him various articles. Perfectly satisfactory 3-a-day turn. Bijou Russell, 3 shows, 9 min. in 1--Neat singing and dancing specialty for an early place on the bill. Fairly well received. Marlowe, Plunkett and Tutein, 3 shows, 20 min. full stage--Two men and a woman; one man works in blackface and is a good comedian; the other the other man appears in Shakesperian costume and is a clever burlesquer; Miss Tutein still retains much of her charm, and fills in the sketch acceptably. Scored one of the laughing hits of the show with the holiday crowd. Biograph, 3 shows, 20 min. in 1--Excellent lot of pictures especially from a photographic viewpoint. One reproducing an incident in the life of Marie Antoinette is decidedly of historic and educative value. Walter LeRoy and Florence Clayton, 2 shows, 26 min. full stage--Presenting for the first time here their alleged sequel to "Hogan of the Hansom", called "A Horse on Hogan", which is mostly confined to dialogue of the usual Cressy stamp, at times getting dangerously near the border of suggestiveness. It went with screams, up and down stairs and can be classed as the laughing hit of the show. Ed Latell, 2 shows, 22 min. in 1--Blackface comedian and instrumentalist, too well known to need comment. Was the first to receive any advance applause. Has not been here for 15 months and went big. Helene Gerard, 2 shows, 14 min. full stage--First time here for this act, which is easily the best of its class we have ever played. The woman is handsome, the equines are magnificent specimens of horse flesh, in splendid condition, and well trained. The act given here is only one of three which they can do, and I would favor their rebooking at once (as they are to remain in the country, playing parks, during the summer) and placing them two weeks in each of the large houses, with a change of act each week. Rousby's "In Paris", 2 shows, 14 min. full stage--This electric-scenic novelty went even better than last week. It is indisputably an attractive novelty and people come to see it again and again of late and went off the stage with the stamp of approval of the people, who furnish the wherewithal to keep the show going, fixed upon her. Comment:- Without exception, in my memory, the show is the best we have ever given on a holiday, and with such well pleased crowds going forth to advertise it, business during the balance of the week should prove a holiday-week record breaker, even if it is the Lenton season.
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198 (M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of Feb. 22, 1904 Stereopticon, 3 shows, 5 min. in 1--Usual collection of interesting home and foreign views. William O'Rourke and Alice Burnette, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1- Buck dancing in wooden shoes. Excellent act of its kind. Went well. Lucados, 3 shows, 14 min. full stage--Man and woman, the former in feats of strength and equilibrism, the latter simply an assistant, by passing him various articles. Perfectly satisfactory 3-a-day turn. Bijou Russell, 3 shows, 9 min. in 1--Neat singing and dancing specialty for an early place on the bill. Fairly well received. Marlowe, Plunkett and Tutein, 3 shows, 20 min. full stage--Two men and a woman; one man works in blackface and is a good comedian; the other the other man appears in Shakesperian costume and is a clever burlesquer; Miss Tutein still retains much of her charm, and fills in the sketch acceptably. Scored one of the laughing hits of the show with the holiday crowd. Biograph, 3 shows, 20 min. in 1--Excellent lot of pictures especially from a photographic viewpoint. One reproducing an incident in the life of Marie Antoinette is decidedly of historic and educative value. Walter LeRoy and Florence Clayton, 2 shows, 26 min. full stage--Presenting for the first time here their alleged sequel to "Hogan of the Hansom", called "A Horse on Hogan", which is mostly confined to dialogue of the usual Cressy stamp, at times getting dangerously near the border of suggestiveness. It went with screams, up and down stairs and can be classed as the laughing hit of the show. Ed Latell, 2 shows, 22 min. in 1--Blackface comedian and instrumentalist, too well known to need comment. Was the first to receive any advance applause. Has not been here for 15 months and went big. Helene Gerard, 2 shows, 14 min. full stage--First time here for this act, which is easily the best of its class we have ever played. The woman is handsome, the equines are magnificent specimens of horse flesh, in splendid condition, and well trained. The act given here is only one of three which they can do, and I would favor their rebooking at once (as they are to remain in the country, playing parks, during the summer) and placing them two weeks in each of the large houses, with a change of act each week. Rousby's "In Paris", 2 shows, 14 min. full stage--This electric-scenic novelty went even better than last week. It is indisputably an attractive novelty and people come to see it again and again of late and went off the stage with the stamp of approval of the people, who furnish the wherewithal to keep the show going, fixed upon her. Comment:- Without exception, in my memory, the show is the best we have ever given on a holiday, and with such well pleased crowds going forth to advertise it, business during the balance of the week should prove a holiday-week record breaker, even if it is the Lenton season.
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