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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 9, 1912-February 24, 1913
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156 B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, O. Week of Jan. 5th, 1913. BOUNDING PATTERSONS: Comedy trampoline act. 8 min. F. S. Good opener - Went good. MEMPHIS. KAUFMAN BROS.: Black-face comedy. Songs and talk. 12 min. in one. Went good. INDIANAPOLIS. EIGHT BERLIN MADCAPS: Dancing act. 10 min. F. S. Good, fast work, principally acrobatic dancing. Went good. CHICAGO. J. C. NUGENT & CO. (The company being one woman) Sketch. 24 min. Opens 5 min. in one, closes 19 min. F. S. Good - Went good. SYRACUSE. ELSA RUEGGER: 'Cellist. 12 min. in one. Assisted by Edmund Lichtenstein, who conducts the orchestra during the act. She is a wonderful performer on this instrument, but rendered only the classical. Went only fair at Sunday matinee on this account. They were induced to play "Annie Laurie" as an encore Sunday night, but it didn't help the act so far as the audience was concerned. This selection was the limit of their popular stuff. One or two popular selections, and less heavy stuff, would be better. There is too much classical work by special musicians in this house. People come here to see vaudeville, and not to attend a symphony concert. PITTSBURG. JESSIE BUSLEY & CO.: Department store sketch entitled, "Miss 318". 26 min. F. S., own set. A good picture of department store life with both comedy and pathos. Went good. BALTIMORE. BILLY GOULD & BELLE ASHLYN: Songs, stories, impersonations and general comedy. 28 min. in one. A big hit. The "raw stuff" stated in other reports to be in this act is not evident; the pair must have eliminated it before reaching Cincinnati. MEMPHIS. TOM DAVIES TRIO: "Motoring in Mid Air". 10 min. F. S. Three men, one dressed as a woman. Same old act, with motor cycles, intended as a "thriller". About the last time this act or acts like it should be sent to this house. The people here are weary of motoring in mid air, globes of death, and other death-defying thrills. In warming up their motor cycles before the curtain goes up on the act, such a terrific noise is produced that it frightens the audience. Several women left their seats and walked out Sunday night while this noise was going on behind the stage and the curtain was down. From now on we will raise the curtain so the people can see what the noise is. This act came from Pittsburg, and their apparatus did not reach the theatre until 1:30 Sunday afternoon. As it requires fully two hours to set, to the exclusion of all other acts, it was eliminated Sunday matinee. Too long a jump for an act of this kind, even when railroads are on time, and yesterday the act was two hours late in arriving. On account of this act we will be glad when this week is over. B. F. KEITHOSCOPE: Pathe's Weekly. An oil explosion and railroad wreck eliminated, reducing the film to ten minutes. REMARKS: The show is not well balanced. The acts of J. C. Nugent & Co. and Jessie Busley & Co. moralize in the same direction and teach the same lesson. Although both acts are excellent, they should not be on the same bill- too much sameness. Bicycle acts, death-defying thrills and bombastic scares of that kind are not wanted by our patrons. During the Tom Davies Trio last night half the audience walked out. They went out in droves. The other half appeared scared half to death. Again, people like Elsa Ruegger, Ota Gygi and other musical specialists should be induced in some way not to confine their selections exclusively to the classical. If this week's show makes us any money, we will be agreeably surprised. There is no particular drawing card in it. C. L. Doran.
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156 B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, O. Week of Jan. 5th, 1913. BOUNDING PATTERSONS: Comedy trampoline act. 8 min. F. S. Good opener - Went good. MEMPHIS. KAUFMAN BROS.: Black-face comedy. Songs and talk. 12 min. in one. Went good. INDIANAPOLIS. EIGHT BERLIN MADCAPS: Dancing act. 10 min. F. S. Good, fast work, principally acrobatic dancing. Went good. CHICAGO. J. C. NUGENT & CO. (The company being one woman) Sketch. 24 min. Opens 5 min. in one, closes 19 min. F. S. Good - Went good. SYRACUSE. ELSA RUEGGER: 'Cellist. 12 min. in one. Assisted by Edmund Lichtenstein, who conducts the orchestra during the act. She is a wonderful performer on this instrument, but rendered only the classical. Went only fair at Sunday matinee on this account. They were induced to play "Annie Laurie" as an encore Sunday night, but it didn't help the act so far as the audience was concerned. This selection was the limit of their popular stuff. One or two popular selections, and less heavy stuff, would be better. There is too much classical work by special musicians in this house. People come here to see vaudeville, and not to attend a symphony concert. PITTSBURG. JESSIE BUSLEY & CO.: Department store sketch entitled, "Miss 318". 26 min. F. S., own set. A good picture of department store life with both comedy and pathos. Went good. BALTIMORE. BILLY GOULD & BELLE ASHLYN: Songs, stories, impersonations and general comedy. 28 min. in one. A big hit. The "raw stuff" stated in other reports to be in this act is not evident; the pair must have eliminated it before reaching Cincinnati. MEMPHIS. TOM DAVIES TRIO: "Motoring in Mid Air". 10 min. F. S. Three men, one dressed as a woman. Same old act, with motor cycles, intended as a "thriller". About the last time this act or acts like it should be sent to this house. The people here are weary of motoring in mid air, globes of death, and other death-defying thrills. In warming up their motor cycles before the curtain goes up on the act, such a terrific noise is produced that it frightens the audience. Several women left their seats and walked out Sunday night while this noise was going on behind the stage and the curtain was down. From now on we will raise the curtain so the people can see what the noise is. This act came from Pittsburg, and their apparatus did not reach the theatre until 1:30 Sunday afternoon. As it requires fully two hours to set, to the exclusion of all other acts, it was eliminated Sunday matinee. Too long a jump for an act of this kind, even when railroads are on time, and yesterday the act was two hours late in arriving. On account of this act we will be glad when this week is over. B. F. KEITHOSCOPE: Pathe's Weekly. An oil explosion and railroad wreck eliminated, reducing the film to ten minutes. REMARKS: The show is not well balanced. The acts of J. C. Nugent & Co. and Jessie Busley & Co. moralize in the same direction and teach the same lesson. Although both acts are excellent, they should not be on the same bill- too much sameness. Bicycle acts, death-defying thrills and bombastic scares of that kind are not wanted by our patrons. During the Tom Davies Trio last night half the audience walked out. They went out in droves. The other half appeared scared half to death. Again, people like Elsa Ruegger, Ota Gygi and other musical specialists should be induced in some way not to confine their selections exclusively to the classical. If this week's show makes us any money, we will be agreeably surprised. There is no particular drawing card in it. C. L. Doran.
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