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

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H. T. JORDAN    PHILADELPHIA SHOW    MARCH 1, 1915.
HEARST-SELIG PICTURES. Up to the average this week, the war scenes being particularly good.
COAKLEY, HANVEY & DUNLEVY. 12 min. A trio of blackface men in an old time minstrel first part. Good singing and dancing. Did satisfactorily as an opener. A most difficult spot for an act of this description and undoubtedly would go very much bigger number four on the bill.
BEAUMONTE & ARNOLD. 14 min. "The Doctorine." Man and woman. Open with a short sketch, some very snappy comedy talk following with songs and dances. A very clever couple. Held the spot well and secured excellent results.
SCHOOLER & DICKINSON. 18 min. Boy and girl in one of vaudeville's best musical acts. The boy is an exceptional pianist, the girl a very pleasing and dainty little singer. The piano-playing is really the hit of the act. Their selections included classical, operatic and popular selections and they scored a solid hit.
CLAUDE GILLINGWATER-EDITH LYLE & CO. 32 min. "Wives of the Rich." This is undoubtedly one of the best dramatic sketches in vaudeville. It carries the eternal triangle theme, but in a new way and has the advantage of splendid playing on the part of the principals. It held the strictest kind of attention from start to finish and the light comedy at the close adds the most pleasing kind of a touch to an excellent playlet. Several curtain calls were received and well deserved.
FANNIE BRICE. 23 min. With several comedy songs and a lot of nonsensical chatter she put over a good sized hit. Her act is better this time than it was on her last visit and as a result she registered a solid hit, getting enough applause at the finish to come back and sing a ballad.
JOAN SAWYER & CO. 26 min. Following almost all the big acts in vaudeville, including the Castles, Miss Sawyer, assisted by Joseph C. Smith and George Harcourt, registered an unmistakable triumph for a dancing act. Miss Sawyer's dancing is different than any we have had although along the same lines as what the Castles do. She is accompanied by an orchestra of eight pieces and her program is a varied one. In any city where dancing is as popular as it is here, Miss Sawyer cannot fail to score a tremendous hit.
FRANK FOGARTY. 12 min. Had his usual line of Irish stories which he tells in the same old fashion and put them all over for good laughs. Finished very well with his recitation. got a big hand as usual.
Rolfe's "COLONIAL DAYS." 23 min. It is B. A. Rolfe's classiest musical offering including vocal and instrumental numbers. Beautiful stage setting and costuming add to the excellence of this act and despite the fact that they had a very hard position in closing the show, they were a hit with the music lovers.
GENERAL REMARKS. Very well balanced show playing splendidly from start to finish with several big hits in the body of the show and a big flash at the finish.

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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW MARCH 1, 1915. HEARST-SELIG PICTURES. Up to the average this week, the war scenes being particularly good. COAKLEY, HANVEY & DUNLEVY. 12 min. A trio of blackface men in an old time minstrel first part. Good singing and dancing. Did satisfactorily as an opener. A most difficult spot for an act of this description and undoubtedly would go very much bigger number four on the bill. BEAUMONTE & ARNOLD. 14 min. "The Doctorine." Man and woman. Open with a short sketch, some very snappy comedy talk following with songs and dances. A very clever couple. Held the spot well and secured excellent results. SCHOOLER & DICKINSON. 18 min. Boy and girl in one of vaudeville's best musical acts. The boy is an exceptional pianist, the girl a very pleasing and dainty little singer. The piano-playing is really the hit of the act. Their selections included classical, operatic and popular selections and they scored a solid hit. CLAUDE GILLINGWATER-EDITH LYLE & CO. 32 min. "Wives of the Rich." This is undoubtedly one of the best dramatic sketches in vaudeville. It carries the eternal triangle theme, but in a new way and has the advantage of splendid playing on the part of the principals. It held the strictest kind of attention from start to finish and the light comedy at the close adds the most pleasing kind of a touch to an excellent playlet. Several curtain calls were received and well deserved. FANNIE BRICE. 23 min. With several comedy songs and a lot of nonsensical chatter she put over a good sized hit. Her act is better this time than it was on her last visit and as a result she registered a solid hit, getting enough applause at the finish to come back and sing a ballad. JOAN SAWYER & CO. 26 min. Following almost all the big acts in vaudeville, including the Castles, Miss Sawyer, assisted by Joseph C. Smith and George Harcourt, registered an unmistakable triumph for a dancing act. Miss Sawyer's dancing is different than any we have had although along the same lines as what the Castles do. She is accompanied by an orchestra of eight pieces and her program is a varied one. In any city where dancing is as popular as it is here, Miss Sawyer cannot fail to score a tremendous hit. FRANK FOGARTY. 12 min. Had his usual line of Irish stories which he tells in the same old fashion and put them all over for good laughs. Finished very well with his recitation. got a big hand as usual. Rolfe's "COLONIAL DAYS." 23 min. It is B. A. Rolfe's classiest musical offering including vocal and instrumental numbers. Beautiful stage setting and costuming add to the excellence of this act and despite the fact that they had a very hard position in closing the show, they were a hit with the music lovers. GENERAL REMARKS. Very well balanced show playing splendidly from start to finish with several big hits in the body of the show and a big flash at the finish.