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Keith-Albee managers' report book, October 27, 1913-May 11, 1914
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. MARCH 9, 1914. MLLE. TINA Full stage, 6 minutes. Single woman trapeze and rope act. Nothing in the act that has not been done a million times many years past. FRED WARREN and EFFIE CONLEY. 12 minutes in One. Songs, Piano Playing, and Dancing. A neat little number, particularly the dancing. C. H. O'DONNELL & CO. Full stage, Interior, 19 minutes. A one act playlet, "Flashlight Cragin." An obvious melodrama, fairly well played, but not above the plane of mediocrity in any respect. JONES & SYLVESTER. 16 minutes in One. Special drop. Two men, lately of "That Quartette." Fine, big voices, well handled and a lot of bright patter. KLUTING'S ANIMALS. 12 minutes, special draperies. A fine performance of cats, dogs, pigeons and rabbits. Nicely put on and very interesting. WILL ROGERS. 13 minutes in One. "The Oklahoma Cowboy." The real hit of our bill. His bright humor and the clever things he does with the rope, entitle him to distinction. GUS. EDWARDS' MATINEE GIRLS with WILL J. WARD 33 minutes, special settings. By far the poorest act that ever bore the Edwards name. Colorless in every respect; colorless as to material, colorless as to company, and colorless as to idea. It is just a tame, inane singing number, with but one good voice and no personality to save it from being commonplace. JACK WILSON TRIO. 24 minutes in One. Mr. Wilson has taken the burnt cork from his face and transferred the smudge of filth to his patter. Would that he were still in burnt cork. There are two reasons; first, he is not nearly so funny, and second, some of the rough stuff he gets off sounds infinitely coarser in white face than it does in black face. He needs pruning badly, but is obstreperous about it. FLORENCE HURSLEY TROUPE. 7 minutes, full stage. Palace. Four women and four men. Tumbling. A plain, old fashioned acrobatic turn, much out of date. MOVING PICTURES. A comedy film.
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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. MARCH 9, 1914. MLLE. TINA Full stage, 6 minutes. Single woman trapeze and rope act. Nothing in the act that has not been done a million times many years past. FRED WARREN and EFFIE CONLEY. 12 minutes in One. Songs, Piano Playing, and Dancing. A neat little number, particularly the dancing. C. H. O'DONNELL & CO. Full stage, Interior, 19 minutes. A one act playlet, "Flashlight Cragin." An obvious melodrama, fairly well played, but not above the plane of mediocrity in any respect. JONES & SYLVESTER. 16 minutes in One. Special drop. Two men, lately of "That Quartette." Fine, big voices, well handled and a lot of bright patter. KLUTING'S ANIMALS. 12 minutes, special draperies. A fine performance of cats, dogs, pigeons and rabbits. Nicely put on and very interesting. WILL ROGERS. 13 minutes in One. "The Oklahoma Cowboy." The real hit of our bill. His bright humor and the clever things he does with the rope, entitle him to distinction. GUS. EDWARDS' MATINEE GIRLS with WILL J. WARD 33 minutes, special settings. By far the poorest act that ever bore the Edwards name. Colorless in every respect; colorless as to material, colorless as to company, and colorless as to idea. It is just a tame, inane singing number, with but one good voice and no personality to save it from being commonplace. JACK WILSON TRIO. 24 minutes in One. Mr. Wilson has taken the burnt cork from his face and transferred the smudge of filth to his patter. Would that he were still in burnt cork. There are two reasons; first, he is not nearly so funny, and second, some of the rough stuff he gets off sounds infinitely coarser in white face than it does in black face. He needs pruning badly, but is obstreperous about it. FLORENCE HURSLEY TROUPE. 7 minutes, full stage. Palace. Four women and four men. Tumbling. A plain, old fashioned acrobatic turn, much out of date. MOVING PICTURES. A comedy film.
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