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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 3-November 3, 1913
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C. E. BARNS. PHILADELPHIA SHOW. JUNE 9, 1913. BELL & CARON. 12 min. F.S. This act makes a good opener. The young lady is a fairly good singer and dancer, but Johnny Bell is certainly the good on the mat and with the table and chairs. Received good applause and closed well. CUMMINGS & GLADYINGS. 11 min. in one. Carry their own drop. This is a very sprightly act with some good songs and dancing and a lively line of patter. The young lady changes from girl to boy costume and is especially clever in the dance. All right for an early spot. EQUILI BROS. 10 min. F.S. without doubt the greatest equilibristic act that we have had here in many years. Both men make a fine appearance, and their work is finished and true and at times thrilling. Strong applause after each feat and an immense finish. Act could hold any audience anywhere with great credit. CHARLOTTE RAVENSCROFT. 11 min. in one. A very pretty woman with considerable personality and plenty of talent, both as a vocalist and violinist. Sang and played three numbers and received an encore. ROBERT HAINES & CO. "The Coward." 26 min. F.S. Advance hand for Mr. Haines. This is a well-written play with a strong motif and very well presented by Haines, with fairly good support. Miss Van Eytinge is a very pretty woman and a capable actress, although her enunciation is sometimes faulty so that she could not always be distinctly heard. The climax of the play is very dramatic and there was big applause at the finish. THREE RASCALS. 16 min. in one. These Philadelphia boys made good in this spot. Work a good deal in the style of The Three White Kuhns and get their crowd from the first. Give several original and gingery selections, and the audience was loth to let them go. Two encores and a little speech at the close to big applause. FLANAGAN & EDWARDS. 20 min. F.S., close in one. "Off and On." This act is quite as funny, if not funnier, than their former low-comedy act, "On and Off." Both boys are born comedians and get the most out of their situations and lines. The close in one in front of their own drop, when they do the various styles of eccentric dancing, got an immense hand. ETHEL GREEN. 21 min. in one. Advance hand. Miss Green is quite a favorite here and every one of her selections in three changes of costume was well received. Succeeds best with her old-time songs judging from the hand each one of them won for her. An encore and a strong finish. NEPTUNE'S GARDEN. 21 min. F.S. The flattering reports that have come in on this act from many sources, both privately and in the press, found full justification today. Ran smoothly for a first performance and hold everybody in the house right up to the spectacular finish. See no reason why it should not be just as strong a feature here as it was in Boston. We have billed it like a circus and the big house today gave it due recognition in flattering applause and the newspaper men say it is the greatest aquatic novelty ever seen here. EDISON KINETOPHONE. "Said Pasha." Fairly good musical comedy series. GENERAL REMARKS. A ripping good show all the way through, with plenty of novelty, comedy and good music, and should win the crowds all right. CUTS CUMMINGS & GLADYINGS: Reference to "chicken;" also business of holding hat and expression "Don't spill it."
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C. E. BARNS. PHILADELPHIA SHOW. JUNE 9, 1913. BELL & CARON. 12 min. F.S. This act makes a good opener. The young lady is a fairly good singer and dancer, but Johnny Bell is certainly the good on the mat and with the table and chairs. Received good applause and closed well. CUMMINGS & GLADYINGS. 11 min. in one. Carry their own drop. This is a very sprightly act with some good songs and dancing and a lively line of patter. The young lady changes from girl to boy costume and is especially clever in the dance. All right for an early spot. EQUILI BROS. 10 min. F.S. without doubt the greatest equilibristic act that we have had here in many years. Both men make a fine appearance, and their work is finished and true and at times thrilling. Strong applause after each feat and an immense finish. Act could hold any audience anywhere with great credit. CHARLOTTE RAVENSCROFT. 11 min. in one. A very pretty woman with considerable personality and plenty of talent, both as a vocalist and violinist. Sang and played three numbers and received an encore. ROBERT HAINES & CO. "The Coward." 26 min. F.S. Advance hand for Mr. Haines. This is a well-written play with a strong motif and very well presented by Haines, with fairly good support. Miss Van Eytinge is a very pretty woman and a capable actress, although her enunciation is sometimes faulty so that she could not always be distinctly heard. The climax of the play is very dramatic and there was big applause at the finish. THREE RASCALS. 16 min. in one. These Philadelphia boys made good in this spot. Work a good deal in the style of The Three White Kuhns and get their crowd from the first. Give several original and gingery selections, and the audience was loth to let them go. Two encores and a little speech at the close to big applause. FLANAGAN & EDWARDS. 20 min. F.S., close in one. "Off and On." This act is quite as funny, if not funnier, than their former low-comedy act, "On and Off." Both boys are born comedians and get the most out of their situations and lines. The close in one in front of their own drop, when they do the various styles of eccentric dancing, got an immense hand. ETHEL GREEN. 21 min. in one. Advance hand. Miss Green is quite a favorite here and every one of her selections in three changes of costume was well received. Succeeds best with her old-time songs judging from the hand each one of them won for her. An encore and a strong finish. NEPTUNE'S GARDEN. 21 min. F.S. The flattering reports that have come in on this act from many sources, both privately and in the press, found full justification today. Ran smoothly for a first performance and hold everybody in the house right up to the spectacular finish. See no reason why it should not be just as strong a feature here as it was in Boston. We have billed it like a circus and the big house today gave it due recognition in flattering applause and the newspaper men say it is the greatest aquatic novelty ever seen here. EDISON KINETOPHONE. "Said Pasha." Fairly good musical comedy series. GENERAL REMARKS. A ripping good show all the way through, with plenty of novelty, comedy and good music, and should win the crowds all right. CUTS CUMMINGS & GLADYINGS: Reference to "chicken;" also business of holding hat and expression "Don't spill it."
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