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Report on PROVIDENCE SHOW, Week of Oct. 27, 1913. Chas. Lovenberg, MANAGER. Unfortunately the vaudeville portion of our bill is not particularly good this week, and I say unfortunately, particularly because our headliner, Berton Churchill, is drawing for us a large week's business, largely of stock people and those who do not regularly go to vaudeville theatres and I am afraid they are not going to be very well impressed with what they see apart from his act. STEINER TRIO Comedy bar act, put in to fill the vacancy caused by illness of Leroy, Wilson & Tom. Originally closed the show, but with acts of this kind that they have seen so much, they will be more valuable at the opening. 8 Min. F. S. CANTWELL & WALKER I think this is an awful bunk at the price. The man is about as hard a comedian as I have seen in many a day, and the thing that he can do best -that is, dancing - he does very little of; they try to introduce some singing, but both of their voices are pretty bad. For a No. 2 spot at $150, it would be all right; at double that figure, it is all wrong. 16 Min. in One. "TEMPTATION" This is another one of those slow monotonous things; the sort of thing that has never gotten over here at all; that is, these pantomimes, I thought this would do better, because of the illusion, but the trick is so palpable that there is no illusion, and the act, as a whole, went only fairly well at best. 15 Min. F. S. GORDON & RICA This is a splendid little act of bicycle riding, dancing, comedy, etc. They are put down here to hold a spot that some of the other higher priced acts could not. 14 Min. Short opening in One, close F.S. 3 HICKEY BROS. Good comedy acrobatic act that held the spot all right. Pretty short for an act of that kind at the money. 11 Min. in One. BERTON CHURCHILL & CO. As this act is my own, I don't want to appear egotistical in its praise. I think I can best refer back to what they did last week at the Orpheum in Brooklyn. They were there billed as No. 3, two other acts headlined above this act. The Brooklyn Eagle, a most conservative paper, selected them as the headliner and gave them unstinted praise and more space than they did all the rest of the show combined. On Sunday, after the act had left, they were given a two column story and a picture of Mr. Churchill in this same paper; the article being written by Mr. Hans Van Kaltenborn, the dramatic editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, and recognized as one of the ablest critics in this country. He praised the act to the skies and designated us as pioneers in a field that would surely be exploited by others. For the benefit of those who have the act booked, I want to say that you can get this same sort of result with the act while the act is playing with you or in advance, if you go at it in the right way, instead of getting those things after the act leaves you, as it remained for Mr. Van Kaltenborn to seek out the actor in this particular case and ask for an interview, instead of the house going after things of that kind which seems to be the proper way. There are many features that can be worked out in connection with this in a commercial way, and will no doubt bring business into the house that never was in before perhaps. I have proven this with many acts of high grade nature, which we have played in Providence and if any of the managers desire any assistance from us in this direction for this particular act, I shall be more than pleased to give it in order that you may get out of the act all that you pay for it. It is needless to say that the act went here like a cyclone. 33 Min. F. S. THE 4 ENTERTAINERS Of the regular vaudeville bill, this act was the hit. 15 Min. F. S. COLE & DENEHAY Introducing the modern society dances, tango, turkey trot, etc. 8 Min. F. S. MOTION PICTURES O.K.
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Report on PROVIDENCE SHOW, Week of Oct. 27, 1913. Chas. Lovenberg, MANAGER. Unfortunately the vaudeville portion of our bill is not particularly good this week, and I say unfortunately, particularly because our headliner, Berton Churchill, is drawing for us a large week's business, largely of stock people and those who do not regularly go to vaudeville theatres and I am afraid they are not going to be very well impressed with what they see apart from his act. STEINER TRIO Comedy bar act, put in to fill the vacancy caused by illness of Leroy, Wilson & Tom. Originally closed the show, but with acts of this kind that they have seen so much, they will be more valuable at the opening. 8 Min. F. S. CANTWELL & WALKER I think this is an awful bunk at the price. The man is about as hard a comedian as I have seen in many a day, and the thing that he can do best -that is, dancing - he does very little of; they try to introduce some singing, but both of their voices are pretty bad. For a No. 2 spot at $150, it would be all right; at double that figure, it is all wrong. 16 Min. in One. "TEMPTATION" This is another one of those slow monotonous things; the sort of thing that has never gotten over here at all; that is, these pantomimes, I thought this would do better, because of the illusion, but the trick is so palpable that there is no illusion, and the act, as a whole, went only fairly well at best. 15 Min. F. S. GORDON & RICA This is a splendid little act of bicycle riding, dancing, comedy, etc. They are put down here to hold a spot that some of the other higher priced acts could not. 14 Min. Short opening in One, close F.S. 3 HICKEY BROS. Good comedy acrobatic act that held the spot all right. Pretty short for an act of that kind at the money. 11 Min. in One. BERTON CHURCHILL & CO. As this act is my own, I don't want to appear egotistical in its praise. I think I can best refer back to what they did last week at the Orpheum in Brooklyn. They were there billed as No. 3, two other acts headlined above this act. The Brooklyn Eagle, a most conservative paper, selected them as the headliner and gave them unstinted praise and more space than they did all the rest of the show combined. On Sunday, after the act had left, they were given a two column story and a picture of Mr. Churchill in this same paper; the article being written by Mr. Hans Van Kaltenborn, the dramatic editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, and recognized as one of the ablest critics in this country. He praised the act to the skies and designated us as pioneers in a field that would surely be exploited by others. For the benefit of those who have the act booked, I want to say that you can get this same sort of result with the act while the act is playing with you or in advance, if you go at it in the right way, instead of getting those things after the act leaves you, as it remained for Mr. Van Kaltenborn to seek out the actor in this particular case and ask for an interview, instead of the house going after things of that kind which seems to be the proper way. There are many features that can be worked out in connection with this in a commercial way, and will no doubt bring business into the house that never was in before perhaps. I have proven this with many acts of high grade nature, which we have played in Providence and if any of the managers desire any assistance from us in this direction for this particular act, I shall be more than pleased to give it in order that you may get out of the act all that you pay for it. It is needless to say that the act went here like a cyclone. 33 Min. F. S. THE 4 ENTERTAINERS Of the regular vaudeville bill, this act was the hit. 15 Min. F. S. COLE & DENEHAY Introducing the modern society dances, tango, turkey trot, etc. 8 Min. F. S. MOTION PICTURES O.K.
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