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Keith-Albee managers' report book, February 4-September 9, 1907
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Ethel Levey. On at 3.42, 12 min, in 1. Am playing Miss Levey this week principally because a name was needed in this bill. She was very hoarse at rehearsal and wanted to quit, but I prevailed on her to go on even if she could only make an apology, rather than disappoint the audience. It was therefore an agreeable surprise to find that her voice had cleared up considerably when she went on, and she was able to do her full act, although the audience realized she had a severe cold. I think she did better today than she did when here in the spring. Robert Hilliard & Co. On at 3.54, 26 min, full stage. Playing "The Man Who Won the Pool", which I consider an excellent dramatic playlet, much out of the ordinary and played capitally. It fitted in this bill excellently and pleased today's holiday audience immensely. Cliff Gordon. On at 4.20, 22 min, in 1. Made a home-run hit in this hard spot. There are very few monologuists that I know of who can talk nonsense for 20 minutes, unrelieved by anything in the way of a song or a parody, and leave an audience clamoring for more. That's what Gordon did today. Toozoonin Arabs. On at 4.42, 7 min, full stage. Sly old Hassan Ben Ali is up to his tricks again. Instead of twelve acrobats, as formerly, there are only ten with this troupe, and several of the stars of the last two years, notably two of the clever youngsters, are missing. Somebody has got to talk to Hassan, or some of the other houses that need more than 7 minutes for an act of this kind will be making a howl. Kinetograph. On at 4.49, 21 min. Showing "The Lost Umbrella", one of the most amusing films we have had in several weeks. "Two Thousand Miles without a Dollar", an entertaining film, with a good comedy finish. "I'll Do the Cakewalk", another series of laughs. It is seldom we get three films with so much humor in them. Max Duffek. On at 5.10, 10 min, full stage. A musical contortionist. He does an out-of-the-ordinary turn that is well worth its money, one that should be quite valuable for the small houses. I have changed his place on the bill so as to give him the opportunity he deserves. Villers & Lee. On at 3.20, 10 min, in 1; 3 shows. An ordinary sister act. Singing and acrobatic dancing. Think they are better suited for burlesque than for vaudeville. Cuts:- Permane Brothers. Instructed not to allow their rubber ball to go out into the audience. Cliff Gordon. "Who the hell"; "Damned", and Roosevelt squib regarding race suicide, ending "And now he wants all the credit". Comment. A show that has a good balance, runs very smoothly and seemed to please this afternoon's very large house very much.
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Ethel Levey. On at 3.42, 12 min, in 1. Am playing Miss Levey this week principally because a name was needed in this bill. She was very hoarse at rehearsal and wanted to quit, but I prevailed on her to go on even if she could only make an apology, rather than disappoint the audience. It was therefore an agreeable surprise to find that her voice had cleared up considerably when she went on, and she was able to do her full act, although the audience realized she had a severe cold. I think she did better today than she did when here in the spring. Robert Hilliard & Co. On at 3.54, 26 min, full stage. Playing "The Man Who Won the Pool", which I consider an excellent dramatic playlet, much out of the ordinary and played capitally. It fitted in this bill excellently and pleased today's holiday audience immensely. Cliff Gordon. On at 4.20, 22 min, in 1. Made a home-run hit in this hard spot. There are very few monologuists that I know of who can talk nonsense for 20 minutes, unrelieved by anything in the way of a song or a parody, and leave an audience clamoring for more. That's what Gordon did today. Toozoonin Arabs. On at 4.42, 7 min, full stage. Sly old Hassan Ben Ali is up to his tricks again. Instead of twelve acrobats, as formerly, there are only ten with this troupe, and several of the stars of the last two years, notably two of the clever youngsters, are missing. Somebody has got to talk to Hassan, or some of the other houses that need more than 7 minutes for an act of this kind will be making a howl. Kinetograph. On at 4.49, 21 min. Showing "The Lost Umbrella", one of the most amusing films we have had in several weeks. "Two Thousand Miles without a Dollar", an entertaining film, with a good comedy finish. "I'll Do the Cakewalk", another series of laughs. It is seldom we get three films with so much humor in them. Max Duffek. On at 5.10, 10 min, full stage. A musical contortionist. He does an out-of-the-ordinary turn that is well worth its money, one that should be quite valuable for the small houses. I have changed his place on the bill so as to give him the opportunity he deserves. Villers & Lee. On at 3.20, 10 min, in 1; 3 shows. An ordinary sister act. Singing and acrobatic dancing. Think they are better suited for burlesque than for vaudeville. Cuts:- Permane Brothers. Instructed not to allow their rubber ball to go out into the audience. Cliff Gordon. "Who the hell"; "Damned", and Roosevelt squib regarding race suicide, ending "And now he wants all the credit". Comment. A show that has a good balance, runs very smoothly and seemed to please this afternoon's very large house very much.
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