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

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H. T. JORDAN    PHILADELPHIA SHOW    MAY 31, 1915.
HEARST SELIG PICTURES. Fair average of pictures this week.
MALLIA BART CO. 11 min. Two men and a woman in an eccentric comedy acrobatic act called "The Baggage Smashers" with a lot of rough-house comedy and some clever tumbling. Did fair as an opener.
BOBBY BARRY & NELLIE DALY. 17 min. A singing and dancing team of fair merit, offering songs and dances and a travesty on "Romeo and Juliet." Got a fair amount of laughter and finished to a fair hand.
THE SHARROCKS. 22 min. "Behind the Grand Stand." Good novelty laugh winner. Man and woman in the characters of county fair fortune tellers. Open with a string of slangy chatter, good for plenty of laughs, followed by a very good demonstration of mind reading, man working in the audience and the woman on the stage. Very rapid work causing the audience to frequently applaud. Has a comedy finish that took them off with a big laugh and solid round of applause. Very good comedy act.
RAE ELEANOR BALL. 14 min. A violinist who plays classical and popular selections very cleverly. A high class musical act that any first class audience will appreciate and enjoy. Scored very strongly.
AVON COMEDY FOUR. 23 min. "The New Teacher." Same riot of laughs it has always been in this house. Kept the audience screaming from start to finish with their comedy and won liberal applause with their single and quartet numbers. They have a finish in one, burlesquing a troupe of acrobats that proved a tremendous laughing hit.
MISSES CAMPBELL. 13 min. Two girls working in evening clothes with a piano. One also plays the banjo and they sing Southern ditties in solos and duets in a highly pleasing manner. A very classy looking act and ought to score on any bill. Made a big hit here.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS & CO. 18 min. With Patricia Collings. "A Regular Business Man." This is the same sketch Mr. Fairbanks presented in this house last year and scored just as big a hit this time as it did then. It is a very good light comedy on high finance by John Stokes with plenty of action, bright lines and comedy situations and it is also splendidly played by Mr. Fairbanks and the members of his company. Finished very strong.
ERNEST R. BALL. 12 min. This writer of popular songs made his first appearance here as a single, offering a pianologue of his own compositions, singing his latest hits and playing a medley of some of the most popular songs he has written. His act scored a tremendous hit and he was forced to respond to several encores.
CHAS. AHEARN'S BIG COMEDY CO. 12 min. Act is the same as usual with the addition of a few new comedy wheels. Plenty of action, noise and laughs which gave the bill a great closing number. Sent the audience out in a happy mood.
GENERAL REMARKS. Starting just a bit slowly with the first two acts, this show picked up with the appearance of number three act and from then on was a big hit right up to the final curtain, both as a laugh-winner and for applause.

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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW MAY 31, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. Fair average of pictures this week. MALLIA BART CO. 11 min. Two men and a woman in an eccentric comedy acrobatic act called "The Baggage Smashers" with a lot of rough-house comedy and some clever tumbling. Did fair as an opener. BOBBY BARRY & NELLIE DALY. 17 min. A singing and dancing team of fair merit, offering songs and dances and a travesty on "Romeo and Juliet." Got a fair amount of laughter and finished to a fair hand. THE SHARROCKS. 22 min. "Behind the Grand Stand." Good novelty laugh winner. Man and woman in the characters of county fair fortune tellers. Open with a string of slangy chatter, good for plenty of laughs, followed by a very good demonstration of mind reading, man working in the audience and the woman on the stage. Very rapid work causing the audience to frequently applaud. Has a comedy finish that took them off with a big laugh and solid round of applause. Very good comedy act. RAE ELEANOR BALL. 14 min. A violinist who plays classical and popular selections very cleverly. A high class musical act that any first class audience will appreciate and enjoy. Scored very strongly. AVON COMEDY FOUR. 23 min. "The New Teacher." Same riot of laughs it has always been in this house. Kept the audience screaming from start to finish with their comedy and won liberal applause with their single and quartet numbers. They have a finish in one, burlesquing a troupe of acrobats that proved a tremendous laughing hit. MISSES CAMPBELL. 13 min. Two girls working in evening clothes with a piano. One also plays the banjo and they sing Southern ditties in solos and duets in a highly pleasing manner. A very classy looking act and ought to score on any bill. Made a big hit here. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS & CO. 18 min. With Patricia Collings. "A Regular Business Man." This is the same sketch Mr. Fairbanks presented in this house last year and scored just as big a hit this time as it did then. It is a very good light comedy on high finance by John Stokes with plenty of action, bright lines and comedy situations and it is also splendidly played by Mr. Fairbanks and the members of his company. Finished very strong. ERNEST R. BALL. 12 min. This writer of popular songs made his first appearance here as a single, offering a pianologue of his own compositions, singing his latest hits and playing a medley of some of the most popular songs he has written. His act scored a tremendous hit and he was forced to respond to several encores. CHAS. AHEARN'S BIG COMEDY CO. 12 min. Act is the same as usual with the addition of a few new comedy wheels. Plenty of action, noise and laughs which gave the bill a great closing number. Sent the audience out in a happy mood. GENERAL REMARKS. Starting just a bit slowly with the first two acts, this show picked up with the appearance of number three act and from then on was a big hit right up to the final curtain, both as a laugh-winner and for applause.