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Keith-Albee managers' report book, April 30, 1906 - February 4, 1907, part 1
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97. Cleveland Show Week of September 3d, 1906: (H. A. Daniels) CROTTY TRIO--. Two women and a man, singing and dancing specialty. Never again. Last year this act opened and played one show at the Coliseum Gardens, then the management closed them. Now that I have seen the act I don't blame them. We cannot expect much of three people for the money they are getting, but the fact is I would much rather hear the orchestra play "Comrades". Throughout the act I had a burning desire to run down cellar and fine a dark corner in which to hide. There is a little dancing that might tend to relieve the act if there wasn't so much in it that is bad. C.D.F. in 3 close in one. 16 minutes. SEYMOUR'S TRAINED DOGS-- A man exhibiting three fox terriers and a coach dog. This is a good little act. The man attempts nothing unusual The work that the dogs do is well done and the act is well worth the money. I would consider it a very good act for an unimportant place on any bill. Garden in 4 close in 1. 20 minutes. LUCY & LUCIER-- Man and woman in a comic acrobatic specialty. It is a sort of messenger boy and soubrette affair. Lucy has a bad voice. It pierces. The man's comedy is very good in spots, and the act went much better than I had anticipated. The holiday audience was liberal with laughs and applause. C.D.F. in 3 19 minutes. "CHALK" SAUNDERS-- Crayon specialty entitled "Faces". This man's work is very well known. The same criticism of his act has always been made and that is that the act is too short. For tonight's show Saunders will go down in place of Monroe and Wesley. Drop in 1 9 minutes. CATHERINE HAYES & SABEL JOHNSON-- Sketch entitled "A Dream of Baby Days". These two women have stunning figures and are beautifully gowned. They open in a parlor set with a bombastic dialogue, in which they hurl at each other an unlimited number of twenty-syllable words that are purposely mispronounced. This gives them an excellent opening and puts them on good terms with the majority of the audience. They follow with some individual singing, that of Miss Johnson's being excellent. A proposal is then made that they go to bed and sleep on a piece of wedding cake and dream of baby days. The biograph sheet is then dropped and a moving picture is shown of the girls going to bed. They place the wedding cake under the pillow and the picture changes and shows a number of children playing. The play of the children gives an excuse for an excellent "chasing" picture, in which they are all seen running across the country. While the picture is being shown the ladies change their costumes and appear for their close in one in a Fauntleroy and a doll make-up. Here they do a little singing and dancing, which closes the act. They received a number of curtain calls and if judged by the applause of a holiday audience the act is an excellent one. C.D.F. in 3 close in 1. 25 minutes. CHARLES E EVANS & COMPANY-- Farce comedy entitled "It's Up To You William" There are three women and two men in this act. The scene opens in a drawing room in which the two wives are mourning the loss of their husbands. The men are supposed to have gone to Europe and the wives have just read in the newspaper of the sinking of the ship on which they sailed. After some dialogue the women depart and the two men arrive. It appears that they have gone to New York on a little quiet "toot" and have returned because the boat is due to arrive. They had not heard that the boat had sunk. This situation gives an opportunity for all sorts of comedy. The more they lie the more they have to and "the plot thickens" as the sketch progresses. It is a very good act with an excellent finish, and is deserving of headline honors on most any bill. I consider it one of the best sketches that we have ever played here. Cut-- "You're the damndest liar I have ever seen" C.D.F. in 3 25 min.
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97. Cleveland Show Week of September 3d, 1906: (H. A. Daniels) CROTTY TRIO--. Two women and a man, singing and dancing specialty. Never again. Last year this act opened and played one show at the Coliseum Gardens, then the management closed them. Now that I have seen the act I don't blame them. We cannot expect much of three people for the money they are getting, but the fact is I would much rather hear the orchestra play "Comrades". Throughout the act I had a burning desire to run down cellar and fine a dark corner in which to hide. There is a little dancing that might tend to relieve the act if there wasn't so much in it that is bad. C.D.F. in 3 close in one. 16 minutes. SEYMOUR'S TRAINED DOGS-- A man exhibiting three fox terriers and a coach dog. This is a good little act. The man attempts nothing unusual The work that the dogs do is well done and the act is well worth the money. I would consider it a very good act for an unimportant place on any bill. Garden in 4 close in 1. 20 minutes. LUCY & LUCIER-- Man and woman in a comic acrobatic specialty. It is a sort of messenger boy and soubrette affair. Lucy has a bad voice. It pierces. The man's comedy is very good in spots, and the act went much better than I had anticipated. The holiday audience was liberal with laughs and applause. C.D.F. in 3 19 minutes. "CHALK" SAUNDERS-- Crayon specialty entitled "Faces". This man's work is very well known. The same criticism of his act has always been made and that is that the act is too short. For tonight's show Saunders will go down in place of Monroe and Wesley. Drop in 1 9 minutes. CATHERINE HAYES & SABEL JOHNSON-- Sketch entitled "A Dream of Baby Days". These two women have stunning figures and are beautifully gowned. They open in a parlor set with a bombastic dialogue, in which they hurl at each other an unlimited number of twenty-syllable words that are purposely mispronounced. This gives them an excellent opening and puts them on good terms with the majority of the audience. They follow with some individual singing, that of Miss Johnson's being excellent. A proposal is then made that they go to bed and sleep on a piece of wedding cake and dream of baby days. The biograph sheet is then dropped and a moving picture is shown of the girls going to bed. They place the wedding cake under the pillow and the picture changes and shows a number of children playing. The play of the children gives an excuse for an excellent "chasing" picture, in which they are all seen running across the country. While the picture is being shown the ladies change their costumes and appear for their close in one in a Fauntleroy and a doll make-up. Here they do a little singing and dancing, which closes the act. They received a number of curtain calls and if judged by the applause of a holiday audience the act is an excellent one. C.D.F. in 3 close in 1. 25 minutes. CHARLES E EVANS & COMPANY-- Farce comedy entitled "It's Up To You William" There are three women and two men in this act. The scene opens in a drawing room in which the two wives are mourning the loss of their husbands. The men are supposed to have gone to Europe and the wives have just read in the newspaper of the sinking of the ship on which they sailed. After some dialogue the women depart and the two men arrive. It appears that they have gone to New York on a little quiet "toot" and have returned because the boat is due to arrive. They had not heard that the boat had sunk. This situation gives an opportunity for all sorts of comedy. The more they lie the more they have to and "the plot thickens" as the sketch progresses. It is a very good act with an excellent finish, and is deserving of headline honors on most any bill. I consider it one of the best sketches that we have ever played here. Cut-- "You're the damndest liar I have ever seen" C.D.F. in 3 25 min.
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