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Managers' report book, July 4, 1915-November 13, 1916
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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW OCT. 18, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. 11 min. An ordinary series of pictures. MORIN SISTERS. 11 min. Two young girls who do a variety of dances. Both clever steppers and did very well in the opening position. LLOYD & BRITT. 16 min. Two young men in a comedy singing, talking and dancing act. They handle some chatter with good results and their comedy dancing scored a big hit. A very good number two act. SEVEN COLONIAL BELLES. 19 min. A high-class musical act, instrumental and vocal, by seven girls in quaint Colonial costumes. Made a hit on the strength of its appeal to the lovers of music. The girls are excellent musicians. Finished to a strong hand of applause. VIOLET DALE. 19 min. This young American mimic making her first appearance here in several years scored a big hit with her imitations of stage favorites. Her impressions of Mrs. Carter in a scene from "Zaza" and Nazimova in "War Brides" were particularly good and aroused the audience to a storm of applause. Her act was very well liked all the way through and she finished very strong. GEORGE EAST & CO. 20 min. This is a big flash as a dancing novelty. There are ten in the company, all men, and it is action from start to finish. East does a variety of dances in women's clothes and his assistants give him a lot of support in various kinds of stepping. A rathskellar orchestra furnishes the music on the stage and there is incidental musical numbers which met with favor. There is a lot of fancy dressing and color to the act and it made a very good impression. HENRY LEWIS. 24 min. In "A Vaudeville Cocktail." This is the third time this young man has played this house and if anything he was a bigger hit than ever. Kept the audience laughing from start to finish and was the real applause hit of the bill. WM. COURTLEIGH & CO. 30 min. In "Peaches." This is George V. Hobart's sketch which was a headliner several years ago and is revived this season. There is a clever little story in slang with plenty of action and a little romance to it that makes it a very enjoyable sketch. It was given close attention and was rewarded with liberal applause. McKAY & ARDINE. 16 min. "On Broadway." Man and woman in a very lively singing, talking and dancing act. They handle their material in splendid shape, get a lot of comedy out of it and the dancing is high class. They were a hit in the next-to-closing position. THE SCHMETTANS. 7 min. Man and woman in a very pretty hand-to-hand balancing, posing and hoop juggling act. Have a very showy routine of tricks and made good in the closing position following a long show. GENERAL REMARKS. This show rounded out into a very good vaudeville entertainment with plenty of variety and laughs which kept the audience amused from start to finish. The following rearrangement, however, should make it play still better and get some of the conflicts further apart although the audience this afternoon did not seem to realize that there were so many conflicting things on the bill. CUTS LLOYD & BRITT. Elimination of "September Morn" pose. HENRY LEWIS. Business of fingers to nose.
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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW OCT. 18, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. 11 min. An ordinary series of pictures. MORIN SISTERS. 11 min. Two young girls who do a variety of dances. Both clever steppers and did very well in the opening position. LLOYD & BRITT. 16 min. Two young men in a comedy singing, talking and dancing act. They handle some chatter with good results and their comedy dancing scored a big hit. A very good number two act. SEVEN COLONIAL BELLES. 19 min. A high-class musical act, instrumental and vocal, by seven girls in quaint Colonial costumes. Made a hit on the strength of its appeal to the lovers of music. The girls are excellent musicians. Finished to a strong hand of applause. VIOLET DALE. 19 min. This young American mimic making her first appearance here in several years scored a big hit with her imitations of stage favorites. Her impressions of Mrs. Carter in a scene from "Zaza" and Nazimova in "War Brides" were particularly good and aroused the audience to a storm of applause. Her act was very well liked all the way through and she finished very strong. GEORGE EAST & CO. 20 min. This is a big flash as a dancing novelty. There are ten in the company, all men, and it is action from start to finish. East does a variety of dances in women's clothes and his assistants give him a lot of support in various kinds of stepping. A rathskellar orchestra furnishes the music on the stage and there is incidental musical numbers which met with favor. There is a lot of fancy dressing and color to the act and it made a very good impression. HENRY LEWIS. 24 min. In "A Vaudeville Cocktail." This is the third time this young man has played this house and if anything he was a bigger hit than ever. Kept the audience laughing from start to finish and was the real applause hit of the bill. WM. COURTLEIGH & CO. 30 min. In "Peaches." This is George V. Hobart's sketch which was a headliner several years ago and is revived this season. There is a clever little story in slang with plenty of action and a little romance to it that makes it a very enjoyable sketch. It was given close attention and was rewarded with liberal applause. McKAY & ARDINE. 16 min. "On Broadway." Man and woman in a very lively singing, talking and dancing act. They handle their material in splendid shape, get a lot of comedy out of it and the dancing is high class. They were a hit in the next-to-closing position. THE SCHMETTANS. 7 min. Man and woman in a very pretty hand-to-hand balancing, posing and hoop juggling act. Have a very showy routine of tricks and made good in the closing position following a long show. GENERAL REMARKS. This show rounded out into a very good vaudeville entertainment with plenty of variety and laughs which kept the audience amused from start to finish. The following rearrangement, however, should make it play still better and get some of the conflicts further apart although the audience this afternoon did not seem to realize that there were so many conflicting things on the bill. CUTS LLOYD & BRITT. Elimination of "September Morn" pose. HENRY LEWIS. Business of fingers to nose.
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