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Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. DEC. 1st, 1913. GORDON BROS. and BOXING KANGAROO. 11 minutes, full stage. This is a fine opening act. The kangaroo is good for a laugh anywhere any time. WILLIAM SISTO 12 minutes in One. Italian Dialect Monologue and Harmonica Player. I can't see that this act is worth anything like the salary we are paying. Sisto's only salvation is his harmonica playing. This allows him to finish well after a very dull eight minutes of talk. EDMUND HAYES & CO. In "The Piano Movers." Full stage, 16 minutes. Mr. Hayes has made no change whatever in his sketch. However, it is so well played and, withal, so funny, one may forgive its hackneyed lines. CLARICE VANCE. 12 minutes in One. The Southern Singer. Got a fine reception upon her entrance, but did only fairly well after that. The trouble with Miss Vance seems to be not that she has gone back, but that she has not the songs. It is a crime for an artiste of her calibre to open with a song as old as "The Pullman Porters on Parade," which she is doing this week. Her chief asset in other days, in addition to her real talent, was the fact that she sang songs which were exclusive property. It would pay her now to buy numbers and hold them for her own use. MARION LITTLEFIELD'S FLORENTINE SINGERS Full stage, 20 minutes. An octette of operatic vocalists in selections from the operas and folk songs. This is, undoubtedly, one of the best vocal numbers in vaudeville at the present time, and although we have played it on several occasions with precisely the same repertoire, it is one of the hits of our bill this week. BURLEY & BURLEY. 9 minutes in One. "The Dude and the Scotchman." A melange of acrobatics with patter. The acrobatic work is excellent and is done in a droll, eccentric manner. BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP. William A. Brayd's Company. 26 minutes, full stage, special set. This is an act from Elizabeth Jordan's "The Lady from Oklahoma." Has more real substance to it and pleases our audience more completely than any sketch we have played this season. It has a real "punch" in it, a touch of pathos and throughout is well played. RINALDO. 12 minutes in One. Eccentric Violinist. Rinaldo murders the classics. It is voluntary homicide. while he seems to be a clever musician, still he sacrifices his art by his freak playing, and in spite of this, however, he manages to pull of a major share of applause. One can't help feeling, however, that if he dressed up and cut out some of the freak bowing he would be vastly better liked. FIVE MANCHURIANS. 11 minutes, full stage, oriental set. This is a genuine novelty. Five real Chinamen doing remarkable acrobatic and juggling feats, including some mid-air explots performed while the Chinamen are suspended by their queues. It is an excellent feature. MOVING PICTURES. Pathe Weekly. We are keeping the news pictures in this week, mainly because they show the gift of Congress to President Wilson's daughter on the occasion of her wedding; otherwise, the pictures continue the same old routine.
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. DEC. 1st, 1913. GORDON BROS. and BOXING KANGAROO. 11 minutes, full stage. This is a fine opening act. The kangaroo is good for a laugh anywhere any time. WILLIAM SISTO 12 minutes in One. Italian Dialect Monologue and Harmonica Player. I can't see that this act is worth anything like the salary we are paying. Sisto's only salvation is his harmonica playing. This allows him to finish well after a very dull eight minutes of talk. EDMUND HAYES & CO. In "The Piano Movers." Full stage, 16 minutes. Mr. Hayes has made no change whatever in his sketch. However, it is so well played and, withal, so funny, one may forgive its hackneyed lines. CLARICE VANCE. 12 minutes in One. The Southern Singer. Got a fine reception upon her entrance, but did only fairly well after that. The trouble with Miss Vance seems to be not that she has gone back, but that she has not the songs. It is a crime for an artiste of her calibre to open with a song as old as "The Pullman Porters on Parade," which she is doing this week. Her chief asset in other days, in addition to her real talent, was the fact that she sang songs which were exclusive property. It would pay her now to buy numbers and hold them for her own use. MARION LITTLEFIELD'S FLORENTINE SINGERS Full stage, 20 minutes. An octette of operatic vocalists in selections from the operas and folk songs. This is, undoubtedly, one of the best vocal numbers in vaudeville at the present time, and although we have played it on several occasions with precisely the same repertoire, it is one of the hits of our bill this week. BURLEY & BURLEY. 9 minutes in One. "The Dude and the Scotchman." A melange of acrobatics with patter. The acrobatic work is excellent and is done in a droll, eccentric manner. BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP. William A. Brayd's Company. 26 minutes, full stage, special set. This is an act from Elizabeth Jordan's "The Lady from Oklahoma." Has more real substance to it and pleases our audience more completely than any sketch we have played this season. It has a real "punch" in it, a touch of pathos and throughout is well played. RINALDO. 12 minutes in One. Eccentric Violinist. Rinaldo murders the classics. It is voluntary homicide. while he seems to be a clever musician, still he sacrifices his art by his freak playing, and in spite of this, however, he manages to pull of a major share of applause. One can't help feeling, however, that if he dressed up and cut out some of the freak bowing he would be vastly better liked. FIVE MANCHURIANS. 11 minutes, full stage, oriental set. This is a genuine novelty. Five real Chinamen doing remarkable acrobatic and juggling feats, including some mid-air explots performed while the Chinamen are suspended by their queues. It is an excellent feature. MOVING PICTURES. Pathe Weekly. We are keeping the news pictures in this week, mainly because they show the gift of Congress to President Wilson's daughter on the occasion of her wedding; otherwise, the pictures continue the same old routine.
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