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Keith-Albee managers' report book, February 4-September 9, 1907

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PHILADELPHIA SHOW.    JULY 15. 1907.    C.E. Barns
CHAS. AND NELLIE KING. Song and Dance Specialty. 11 min in 1. A very pretty little act. Both dance and sing their dainty ballads with effect. Audience liked them from the first. Good applause and closed well. 3 shows.
GREEN BROS. Comedy Baseball Jugglers. 10 min. F.S. 3 shows. Good act for a short one. Men work in baseball costumes after manner of the Mowatts. A timely season for an act of this kind. Should have a stronger finish Good act in the early section or for an opener.
JOHN F. CLARKE. Monologuist and singing Comedian. 15 min in 1. Not as strong as I had expected. Material is chestnutty and songs failed to reach the vital point. Work lacks spontaneity. May pull up later in the week. Can't expect a Jim Thornton in this spot, stage manager says, but we would like the audience to forget their troubles a little longer and stronger than Clark made them this afternoon.
VIOLA DE COSTA & CO., "IN THE LATIN QUARTER." 21 min F.S. Act has attractive stage set. Miss De Costa employs four love-sick young men to give her work the proper romantic emphasis. The line of talk is fairly good, and the songs well sung, particularly the male quartette. Audience was pleased with the act, which ought to go better with evening audiences. Miss De Costa's gowns are certainly 'dreams' for feminine admiration. Close was good.
ALMONT & DUMONT. Musical Specialty. 18 min F.S. An excellent musical novelty and worthy to hold any place on a bill where instrumental music goes. They play instruments seldom seen, giving forth notes of wonderful clearness and purity of tone. Each selection got a good hand. Closed strong.
SIMMONS AND PISTEL. Blackface Minstrels. 18 min, in 1. This act (with Clark instead of Pistil), played 3-a-day with us on the last visit, but on account of the fact that Lew Simmons is one of the oldest Elks in the country and has a strong Elk following, he gets this place and holds it very well Lew Pistel's work is particularly good, and the spook scene as a wind-up is very laughable. One curtain call.
BLONDE TYPEWRITERS, With Johnnie Stanley. 17 min F.S. Justified prediction that this would catch the holiday crowd and it did. Girls are very pretty, pleasingly costumed and sing well. Stanley gives the act lots of dash and ginger, including imitations of Eddie Foy, George Cohan, and others. Altogether the act pleased and will catch the Elks strong this week. Two curtain-calls at close and a fine hand.
BELLCLAIRE BROS. Gymnasts. Work in 1. with mat. One of the best in the world. Applause for their marvellous feats constant. Both marvels of physical strength and skill, doing with ease what others would deem impossible. The finish was great.
BIG CITY FOUR. 17 min in 1. While the comedy in this act is a little shy, it is a strong musical feature for any Vaudeville bill. Each number was well received and at the close when the new Elk song was sung before a new and beautiful drop, the applause was uproarous. Valuable act for us this week.
SHERMAN, DE FOREST & CO. 15 min in F.S. The Battle of San Dago. A very amusing development of the Port Arthus sketch. Full of laughs and a very funny finish. Audience pleased. Held the spot O.K.


Cuts: John F. Clark--The expression "Hell."
Dan Sherman: --Throwing dummy cannon-balls into audience.

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PHILADELPHIA SHOW. JULY 15. 1907. C.E. Barns CHAS. AND NELLIE KING. Song and Dance Specialty. 11 min in 1. A very pretty little act. Both dance and sing their dainty ballads with effect. Audience liked them from the first. Good applause and closed well. 3 shows. GREEN BROS. Comedy Baseball Jugglers. 10 min. F.S. 3 shows. Good act for a short one. Men work in baseball costumes after manner of the Mowatts. A timely season for an act of this kind. Should have a stronger finish Good act in the early section or for an opener. JOHN F. CLARKE. Monologuist and singing Comedian. 15 min in 1. Not as strong as I had expected. Material is chestnutty and songs failed to reach the vital point. Work lacks spontaneity. May pull up later in the week. Can't expect a Jim Thornton in this spot, stage manager says, but we would like the audience to forget their troubles a little longer and stronger than Clark made them this afternoon. VIOLA DE COSTA & CO., "IN THE LATIN QUARTER." 21 min F.S. Act has attractive stage set. Miss De Costa employs four love-sick young men to give her work the proper romantic emphasis. The line of talk is fairly good, and the songs well sung, particularly the male quartette. Audience was pleased with the act, which ought to go better with evening audiences. Miss De Costa's gowns are certainly 'dreams' for feminine admiration. Close was good. ALMONT & DUMONT. Musical Specialty. 18 min F.S. An excellent musical novelty and worthy to hold any place on a bill where instrumental music goes. They play instruments seldom seen, giving forth notes of wonderful clearness and purity of tone. Each selection got a good hand. Closed strong. SIMMONS AND PISTEL. Blackface Minstrels. 18 min, in 1. This act (with Clark instead of Pistil), played 3-a-day with us on the last visit, but on account of the fact that Lew Simmons is one of the oldest Elks in the country and has a strong Elk following, he gets this place and holds it very well Lew Pistel's work is particularly good, and the spook scene as a wind-up is very laughable. One curtain call. BLONDE TYPEWRITERS, With Johnnie Stanley. 17 min F.S. Justified prediction that this would catch the holiday crowd and it did. Girls are very pretty, pleasingly costumed and sing well. Stanley gives the act lots of dash and ginger, including imitations of Eddie Foy, George Cohan, and others. Altogether the act pleased and will catch the Elks strong this week. Two curtain-calls at close and a fine hand. BELLCLAIRE BROS. Gymnasts. Work in 1. with mat. One of the best in the world. Applause for their marvellous feats constant. Both marvels of physical strength and skill, doing with ease what others would deem impossible. The finish was great. BIG CITY FOUR. 17 min in 1. While the comedy in this act is a little shy, it is a strong musical feature for any Vaudeville bill. Each number was well received and at the close when the new Elk song was sung before a new and beautiful drop, the applause was uproarous. Valuable act for us this week. SHERMAN, DE FOREST & CO. 15 min in F.S. The Battle of San Dago. A very amusing development of the Port Arthus sketch. Full of laughs and a very funny finish. Audience pleased. Held the spot O.K. Cuts: John F. Clark--The expression "Hell." Dan Sherman: --Throwing dummy cannon-balls into audience.