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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 4, 1905 - April 23, 1906

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PHILADELPHIA SHOW, OCT. 30TH, 1905.    R=H. T. JORDAN.

BRAZIL & BRAZIL-3-Boy and girl, made up as kids. Do some good tumbling and equilibristic work. Good opening act. 12 mins. Farm drop 4  Set cottage & fence.

CORBLEY & BURKE-3-Comedians. Two men, one straight, the other Irish. Same act as usual. While the down stairs element did not care for them, they pleased the gallery. All right for the early bill. 15 mins. 1.

THE GREAT LePAGES-3- Novelty jumpers. Man and woman, the man doing all the work. One of the best jumping acts that we play, and made an exceedingly good impression on to-days audience. Should be given credit for the handsome set that they carry. 13 mins. Spec. Gar. in 3 second show.

THOMAS & PAINE-3-Colored song and dance. Man and woman, but man is practically the whole act. Singing amounts to but little, but the man's wooden shoe dancing is very good indeed, while his finish, a buck dance on roller skates, is clever. Made a sleepy house sit up and take notice and won out in great shape. Mighty good act from a three a day standpoint. 12 mins. in 1.

GARDINER & VINCENT-2-These people gave us their new act to-day which they call "Winning a Queen." It is decidedly away from anything we have had, and after some of the rough edges are worn off, it will be decidedly worth while. The act opens with Gardiner in a tramp make up, talking with a sentry inside of a fort. Evening comes on, he goes to sleep inside a mammoth cannon. The cannon is fired. By means of the moving picture  machine he is shown going through the clouds until he reaches the moon, when he is swallowed by the moon. This brings him into his second set, representing the interior of the moon, where he meets the Queen of the Moon. After some good comedy with the headsman, an eccentric character, he persuades the Queen to go back to New York with him. They then take positions on a big star, and the picture machine is again used to show them falling from the moon to the earth, where they crash through a skylight, and down into a dining-room. After some comedy here, the act closes with an eccentric dance on the order of the one


but does not over do it. Hit of the show up to this point. 15 min. 1.

SNYDER & BUCKLEY-2-Musical comedians. Too well know for comment. Made their usual hit today. 25 mins. C. D. F. in 3. & Olio in 1.

CRESSY & DAYNE-2-In their new sketch entitled, "Town Hall To-Night." Bore out all the good reports we have had from the other houses, and scored a hit to-day. As good if not the best of the Cressy sketches. 25 mins. Spec. in 4.

BILLY VAN-2-Minstrel. While the material he presents is old, his delivery struck our audience as funny, and he succeeded in holding down an exceedingly hard place on the bill in good shape. 15 mins. in 1.

3 MEERS-2-Comedy wire act. Two men and a woman, one man working straight, the other eccentric. Second time here. Good closing act, but did not go as good as it will later on account of lateness of show. 15 mins. Pal. in 4.

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PHILADELPHIA SHOW, OCT. 30TH, 1905. R=H. T. JORDAN. BRAZIL & BRAZIL-3-Boy and girl, made up as kids. Do some good tumbling and equilibristic work. Good opening act. 12 mins. Farm drop 4 Set cottage & fence. CORBLEY & BURKE-3-Comedians. Two men, one straight, the other Irish. Same act as usual. While the down stairs element did not care for them, they pleased the gallery. All right for the early bill. 15 mins. 1. THE GREAT LePAGES-3- Novelty jumpers. Man and woman, the man doing all the work. One of the best jumping acts that we play, and made an exceedingly good impression on to-days audience. Should be given credit for the handsome set that they carry. 13 mins. Spec. Gar. in 3 second show. THOMAS & PAINE-3-Colored song and dance. Man and woman, but man is practically the whole act. Singing amounts to but little, but the man's wooden shoe dancing is very good indeed, while his finish, a buck dance on roller skates, is clever. Made a sleepy house sit up and take notice and won out in great shape. Mighty good act from a three a day standpoint. 12 mins. in 1. GARDINER & VINCENT-2-These people gave us their new act to-day which they call "Winning a Queen." It is decidedly away from anything we have had, and after some of the rough edges are worn off, it will be decidedly worth while. The act opens with Gardiner in a tramp make up, talking with a sentry inside of a fort. Evening comes on, he goes to sleep inside a mammoth cannon. The cannon is fired. By means of the moving picture machine he is shown going through the clouds until he reaches the moon, when he is swallowed by the moon. This brings him into his second set, representing the interior of the moon, where he meets the Queen of the Moon. After some good comedy with the headsman, an eccentric character, he persuades the Queen to go back to New York with him. They then take positions on a big star, and the picture machine is again used to show them falling from the moon to the earth, where they crash through a skylight, and down into a dining-room. After some comedy here, the act closes with an eccentric dance on the order of the one but does not over do it. Hit of the show up to this point. 15 min. 1. SNYDER & BUCKLEY-2-Musical comedians. Too well know for comment. Made their usual hit today. 25 mins. C. D. F. in 3. & Olio in 1. CRESSY & DAYNE-2-In their new sketch entitled, "Town Hall To-Night." Bore out all the good reports we have had from the other houses, and scored a hit to-day. As good if not the best of the Cressy sketches. 25 mins. Spec. in 4. BILLY VAN-2-Minstrel. While the material he presents is old, his delivery struck our audience as funny, and he succeeded in holding down an exceedingly hard place on the bill in good shape. 15 mins. in 1. 3 MEERS-2-Comedy wire act. Two men and a woman, one man working straight, the other eccentric. Second time here. Good closing act, but did not go as good as it will later on account of lateness of show. 15 mins. Pal. in 4.