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Keith-Albee managers' report book, May 11, 1914-July 1, 1915

PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. MAY 11th, 1914.
LAVINE CIMARON TRIO. 10 minutes, full stage. Physical Culture Trio. The same old act played with the same old vim and acrobatic skill.
BYAL and EARLY. 10 minutes in One. A dapper fellow and a girl with a "Ray Cox" voice, and the most extraordinary arms a comedienne ever possessed. Miss Early's dislocation during the ragtime songs is screamingly ludicrous. Without especially good voices, this team gets by nicely. 
JOHN and WINNIE HENNINGS. 12 minutes. Full stage, closing 5 minutes in One. A rube character and a girl playing various musical instruments, singing, dancing and pattering. Hennings is a good grotesque dancer; the act, otherwise, is only mediocre. 
EMMET DEVOY & CO. 20 minutes, full stage. Interior. "The Old Hag." A comedy sketch, played by Mr. Devoy and three others. A fairly good playlet with very poor support. The act has many laughs, but has to be carefully pruned. It is full of suggestion.
KENNY, NOBODY and PLATT. 12 minutes in One. One of the few remaining blackface teams in vaudeville worth playing. They did the same act and the same songs that they gave us a couple of seasons ago and were as big a hit as ever. The men have remarkable voices and put over their line of patter effectively.
MLLE. LIANE DOREE & COMPANY. "Great Moments from Grand Opera." 31 minutes. Excerpts from "Carmen," "Il Trovatore," "Rigoletto," and "Cavalleria Rusticanna." This is the sort of act that really elevates vaudeville. It is well put on, the numbers are well rendered, and a touch of novelty is contributed by Mlle. Doree, who speaks a sort of prologue explaining the stories of the operas. 
HENRY LEWIS. 16 minutes in One. Special plush drop. "A Vaudeville Cocktail." Mr. Lewis is unquestionably the best money value single man turn we have had this season. He has lots of personality, immense versatility, and undoubted originality. He is doing a little bit of most everything and doing it with a fine artistic conception. His prologue is a rich satire.
ISHIKAWA JAPS. 10 minutes, full stage. Four little Japs who are actually doing new things in hand equilibrium. It is a fine act and would be a great hit in the middle of the bill.
MOVING PICTURES. Hearst-Selig News Pictures, and very good views of the war in Mexico, and a suffrage parade, etc.

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PITTSBURGH, PA. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. MAY 11th, 1914. LAVINE CIMARON TRIO. 10 minutes, full stage. Physical Culture Trio. The same old act played with the same old vim and acrobatic skill. BYAL and EARLY. 10 minutes in One. A dapper fellow and a girl with a "Ray Cox" voice, and the most extraordinary arms a comedienne ever possessed. Miss Early's dislocation during the ragtime songs is screamingly ludicrous. Without especially good voices, this team gets by nicely. JOHN and WINNIE HENNINGS. 12 minutes. Full stage, closing 5 minutes in One. A rube character and a girl playing various musical instruments, singing, dancing and pattering. Hennings is a good grotesque dancer; the act, otherwise, is only mediocre. EMMET DEVOY & CO. 20 minutes, full stage. Interior. "The Old Hag." A comedy sketch, played by Mr. Devoy and three others. A fairly good playlet with very poor support. The act has many laughs, but has to be carefully pruned. It is full of suggestion. KENNY, NOBODY and PLATT. 12 minutes in One. One of the few remaining blackface teams in vaudeville worth playing. They did the same act and the same songs that they gave us a couple of seasons ago and were as big a hit as ever. The men have remarkable voices and put over their line of patter effectively. MLLE. LIANE DOREE & COMPANY. "Great Moments from Grand Opera." 31 minutes. Excerpts from "Carmen," "Il Trovatore," "Rigoletto," and "Cavalleria Rusticanna." This is the sort of act that really elevates vaudeville. It is well put on, the numbers are well rendered, and a touch of novelty is contributed by Mlle. Doree, who speaks a sort of prologue explaining the stories of the operas. HENRY LEWIS. 16 minutes in One. Special plush drop. "A Vaudeville Cocktail." Mr. Lewis is unquestionably the best money value single man turn we have had this season. He has lots of personality, immense versatility, and undoubted originality. He is doing a little bit of most everything and doing it with a fine artistic conception. His prologue is a rich satire. ISHIKAWA JAPS. 10 minutes, full stage. Four little Japs who are actually doing new things in hand equilibrium. It is a fine act and would be a great hit in the middle of the bill. MOVING PICTURES. Hearst-Selig News Pictures, and very good views of the war in Mexico, and a suffrage parade, etc.