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Keith-Albee manager reports, September 2, 1902 - September 3, 1903

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James F. Kelly and Dorothy Kent, 2 shows, 18 min. open full stage, close in 1--In a comedy, singing and eccentric dancing sketch entitled "A Ginger Snap", which they have done here before. Not only being personally popular, they are exceedingly clever, and scored the big hit of the show, especially with their closing song and dance, as a tough boy and girl.
Blocksom and Burns, 2 shows, 14 min. ion 3-- Eccentric black face singing and dancing comedians. Their act is not so good as formerly. they have cut out a lot of their funny business, such as the burlesque walking on tight rope, barrel jumping, etc., and substituted other stuff that is not so fetching. The finish of the act, with the burlesque acrobatic stuff, with the aid of a wire from above, is not nearly so good as that offered by Collins and Hart who have them beaten a mile. The latter are worth at least one-third more salary than these men get, which means that Blocksom and Burns should get about $50 per week less salary.
Bioscope, 3 shows, 18 min in 1-- interesting and amusing lot of pictures, many of which were applauded.
nice Twins, 3 shows, 18 min. in 1-- interesting and amusing both very good singers, and considering the amount of this sort of thing we have in the bill, went very well.
Murphy and Andrews, 3 shows, 16 min. in 1--Man and woman in comedy, talking ans dinging specialties. From a 3-a-day standpoint, they went as well as any act on the bill, causing laughter all through and scoring applause for some excellent topical songs.
Comment:- The show has decidedly too much singing in it, ten of the acts have vocalism of some kind, good indifferent and bad. The 3-turn section is all singing, which makes a very bad show during the "supper hours", and should not be allowed to occur. This, coupled with the fact, that some of the 2-turn stuff did not pan out well, has a tendency to make the entire programme look somewhat slippery. rearrangement tonight may bring it up in a more presentable form. The afternoon audience was one of those dead, dare-you0to-make-me-applause sort of assemblages that invariably make the show look worse, but it may be that we will be disappointed with it under different conditions.

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James F. Kelly and Dorothy Kent, 2 shows, 18 min. open full stage, close in 1--In a comedy, singing and eccentric dancing sketch entitled "A Ginger Snap", which they have done here before. Not only being personally popular, they are exceedingly clever, and scored the big hit of the show, especially with their closing song and dance, as a tough boy and girl. Blocksom and Burns, 2 shows, 14 min. ion 3-- Eccentric black face singing and dancing comedians. Their act is not so good as formerly. they have cut out a lot of their funny business, such as the burlesque walking on tight rope, barrel jumping, etc., and substituted other stuff that is not so fetching. The finish of the act, with the burlesque acrobatic stuff, with the aid of a wire from above, is not nearly so good as that offered by Collins and Hart who have them beaten a mile. The latter are worth at least one-third more salary than these men get, which means that Blocksom and Burns should get about $50 per week less salary. Bioscope, 3 shows, 18 min in 1-- interesting and amusing lot of pictures, many of which were applauded. nice Twins, 3 shows, 18 min. in 1-- interesting and amusing both very good singers, and considering the amount of this sort of thing we have in the bill, went very well. Murphy and Andrews, 3 shows, 16 min. in 1--Man and woman in comedy, talking ans dinging specialties. From a 3-a-day standpoint, they went as well as any act on the bill, causing laughter all through and scoring applause for some excellent topical songs. Comment:- The show has decidedly too much singing in it, ten of the acts have vocalism of some kind, good indifferent and bad. The 3-turn section is all singing, which makes a very bad show during the "supper hours", and should not be allowed to occur. This, coupled with the fact, that some of the 2-turn stuff did not pan out well, has a tendency to make the entire programme look somewhat slippery. rearrangement tonight may bring it up in a more presentable form. The afternoon audience was one of those dead, dare-you0to-make-me-applause sort of assemblages that invariably make the show look worse, but it may be that we will be disappointed with it under different conditions.