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Keith-Albee managers' report book, December 11, 1911-September 9, 1912
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[page:] 69 B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, O. Week of February 4th, 1912 THREE BROWNIES: Three boys still in their teens in eccentric dancing and novelty roller skating. 14 minutes, opening 4 minutes in One, then to full stage. They do some good dancing, the burglar dance being noteworthy, also some very clever dancing on rollers, and some good comedy. Went good. OPEN next week; address Walton Hotel, Cincinnati. PAUL BARNES: Monologue. 17 minutes in one. Had a hard time working up to a response from the audience. Has a rather indifferent style, and accepted that way by the audience. Ends up with a couple of good parody songs. His monologue on the umbrella got some laughs. Mr. Barnes needs some new material, and a little ginger in his work. Went fair. Goes to ST. LOUIS CROUCH & WELCH: Man and woman known as "that lively pair." 16 minutes, full stage, including three minutes closing in One. Some good whirlwind dancing and good comedy. Lots of fun. -- Many good laughs. Went big. Act goes to MEMPHIS AVON COMEDY FOUR: In "The New School Teacher". Open 11 min., full stage, and close 12 min. in One. Same old act - Went big as ever. Close with some good quartette singing. A big hit. Goes to LOUISVILLE. BERTHA KALICH & CO.: In the sketch by Mrs. Fiske entitled "A Light from St. Agnes". 34 minutes, full stage, own set. Mme. Kalich takes the character of 'Toinette, John Harrington that of Michel Kerouac, and and John Booth that of Father Bertrand. The curtain rises on the interior of a miserable hut, in the center of which is a cot where 'Toinette lies asleep. She and Michel Kerouac are partners in sin. A priest enters. He awakens her, and tells her of the death of Agnes, a worker in the slums. On a nearby hill is a convent, and in its chapel lies the body of the saintly woman. The chapel is called "St. Agnes." The priest gives 'Toinette some wholesome advice, and tells her what a good friend she had in the saintly Agnes. 'Toinette tells the priest that she is awakened every morning at sunrise by a light which shines through her window and over her couch, being a reflection of the sun from the window of St. Agnes' Chapel. As the priest is about to depart, Michel Kerouac enters, intoxicated. He orders the priest out, and a quarrel ensues between him and the woman. Michel tells 'Toinette that a valuable diamond cross lies on the breast of Agnes, and that he is going up there to steal it. 'Toinette protests. She warns him that the nuns of the convent will ring the alarm bell. He seizes a knife and declares he will cut the bell rope to prevent the alarm. 'Toinette then lures him into the belief that she will help him, and induces him to give her the knife. She departs, ostensibly to cut the bell rope - Instead, she rings the bell for the alarm. Michel rushes out, seizes her, drags her back into the hut, throws her upon the cot, and stabs her to death. As she is dying, she embraces a crucifix, and the reflected light from the window of St. Agnes throws a halo over her body. Curtain. The acting of Mme. Kalich is intense, as is also that of Harrington. Booth, as Fr. Bertrand, also does excellent work. The sketch is a thrilling one, and the audience is under a spell of suspense throughout. Mme. Kalich was accorded many curtain calls at both Sunday performances. Act goes to CLEVELAND. CONLIN, STEELE & CARR: Two men and one woman in a sketch called "Fresh From College". 15 minutes in one. Act consists of piano-playing by one man, singing and dancing by the other man and the young lady. Some clever work. Went good. Act goes to INDIANAPOLIS. B. A. ROLFE'S COURTIERS: 23 minutes, full stage, own set. Same old act, without change of any kind. Very classy and musical. Went big. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. The show, as a whole, is a good one, Bertha Kalich overshadowing all others. The comedy hit of the show is the Avon Comedy Four. The Courtiers arrived too late to use their special set at at the matinee, our own palace set being used. Show out at 11 P.M.-- too long. A large number walked out Sunday night on "The Courtiers". Between Crouch & Welch and the Avon Comedy Four, hte slides and a three minute picture were run. CUTS: A talk on whisky, including the mentioning of Green River Whisky in monologue of Paul Barnes. C. L. Doran.
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[page:] 69 B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE, CINCINNATI, O. Week of February 4th, 1912 THREE BROWNIES: Three boys still in their teens in eccentric dancing and novelty roller skating. 14 minutes, opening 4 minutes in One, then to full stage. They do some good dancing, the burglar dance being noteworthy, also some very clever dancing on rollers, and some good comedy. Went good. OPEN next week; address Walton Hotel, Cincinnati. PAUL BARNES: Monologue. 17 minutes in one. Had a hard time working up to a response from the audience. Has a rather indifferent style, and accepted that way by the audience. Ends up with a couple of good parody songs. His monologue on the umbrella got some laughs. Mr. Barnes needs some new material, and a little ginger in his work. Went fair. Goes to ST. LOUIS CROUCH & WELCH: Man and woman known as "that lively pair." 16 minutes, full stage, including three minutes closing in One. Some good whirlwind dancing and good comedy. Lots of fun. -- Many good laughs. Went big. Act goes to MEMPHIS AVON COMEDY FOUR: In "The New School Teacher". Open 11 min., full stage, and close 12 min. in One. Same old act - Went big as ever. Close with some good quartette singing. A big hit. Goes to LOUISVILLE. BERTHA KALICH & CO.: In the sketch by Mrs. Fiske entitled "A Light from St. Agnes". 34 minutes, full stage, own set. Mme. Kalich takes the character of 'Toinette, John Harrington that of Michel Kerouac, and and John Booth that of Father Bertrand. The curtain rises on the interior of a miserable hut, in the center of which is a cot where 'Toinette lies asleep. She and Michel Kerouac are partners in sin. A priest enters. He awakens her, and tells her of the death of Agnes, a worker in the slums. On a nearby hill is a convent, and in its chapel lies the body of the saintly woman. The chapel is called "St. Agnes." The priest gives 'Toinette some wholesome advice, and tells her what a good friend she had in the saintly Agnes. 'Toinette tells the priest that she is awakened every morning at sunrise by a light which shines through her window and over her couch, being a reflection of the sun from the window of St. Agnes' Chapel. As the priest is about to depart, Michel Kerouac enters, intoxicated. He orders the priest out, and a quarrel ensues between him and the woman. Michel tells 'Toinette that a valuable diamond cross lies on the breast of Agnes, and that he is going up there to steal it. 'Toinette protests. She warns him that the nuns of the convent will ring the alarm bell. He seizes a knife and declares he will cut the bell rope to prevent the alarm. 'Toinette then lures him into the belief that she will help him, and induces him to give her the knife. She departs, ostensibly to cut the bell rope - Instead, she rings the bell for the alarm. Michel rushes out, seizes her, drags her back into the hut, throws her upon the cot, and stabs her to death. As she is dying, she embraces a crucifix, and the reflected light from the window of St. Agnes throws a halo over her body. Curtain. The acting of Mme. Kalich is intense, as is also that of Harrington. Booth, as Fr. Bertrand, also does excellent work. The sketch is a thrilling one, and the audience is under a spell of suspense throughout. Mme. Kalich was accorded many curtain calls at both Sunday performances. Act goes to CLEVELAND. CONLIN, STEELE & CARR: Two men and one woman in a sketch called "Fresh From College". 15 minutes in one. Act consists of piano-playing by one man, singing and dancing by the other man and the young lady. Some clever work. Went good. Act goes to INDIANAPOLIS. B. A. ROLFE'S COURTIERS: 23 minutes, full stage, own set. Same old act, without change of any kind. Very classy and musical. Went big. Act goes to LOUISVILLE. The show, as a whole, is a good one, Bertha Kalich overshadowing all others. The comedy hit of the show is the Avon Comedy Four. The Courtiers arrived too late to use their special set at at the matinee, our own palace set being used. Show out at 11 P.M.-- too long. A large number walked out Sunday night on "The Courtiers". Between Crouch & Welch and the Avon Comedy Four, hte slides and a three minute picture were run. CUTS: A talk on whisky, including the mentioning of Green River Whisky in monologue of Paul Barnes. C. L. Doran.
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