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Managers' report book, July 4, 1915-November 13, 1916

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R.I.
REPORT OF SHOW MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916.
LEONONEL: ACCORDEONIST, 11 MIN. (1).
The act sent from Boston in substitution for Max Zimmer. Not quite as gifted as many in this line who have appeared here, but regardless of how clever an accordeonist might be, he or she would find it difficult to 'go' here; there have been so many of them that our audience is absolutely indifferent to their finest efforts.
EUGENE EMMETT & LOUISE TONGE: VOCALISTS, 12 MIN. (1).
Fair act, a good program of songs given in voices of no phenomenal quality, and their offering just pleased.
FIVE SULLYS: SONG, DANCE AND COMEDY, 2 LADIES, 3 MEN. 20 MIN. SPEC. SET.
Comedy received a few laughs, but there is much old business, as to mistaken identify, etc. things done many times before: Dancing by the young man is very clever, and is one of the best bits of the entire turn. A lively and whirl-wind finish gives the act a fair ending.
[W. E. Parmenter?]



BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET. R. I.
REPORT OF SHOW THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916.
MADELINE SHONE: COMEDIENNE, 12 MINUTES (1)
Weak act, the bulk of her comedy? being so ancient and time-worn as to be underserving of hardly any mention. The few scattered laughs she obtained evidently came from a few charitably inclined who wished to encourage her, but an act like this should not receive any encouragement from anyone.
GORDON & WHYTE: SINGING SKIT, 15 MINUTES (1) SPECIAL DROP, TWO MEN.
Passably fair, considerable of their stuff is somewhat suggestive and when they eliminate same as I insists upon their doing the few scattered laughs they received will be absent. Not phenomenal as singers, and the entire affair is not the feature calibre we have been used to.
ADROIT BROS.: MUSICAL EQUILIBRISTS, 12 MINUTES, C. D. F. TWO MEN.
Excellent act, their work is little short of wonderful, accomplishing the finest work in the line ever seen here. And they were well-received, the audience quickly realizing the difficulties attendant upon such an act, so skillfully performed.
[W. E. Parmenter?] Mgr.

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R.I. REPORT OF SHOW MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916. LEONONEL: ACCORDEONIST, 11 MIN. (1). The act sent from Boston in substitution for Max Zimmer. Not quite as gifted as many in this line who have appeared here, but regardless of how clever an accordeonist might be, he or she would find it difficult to 'go' here; there have been so many of them that our audience is absolutely indifferent to their finest efforts. EUGENE EMMETT & LOUISE TONGE: VOCALISTS, 12 MIN. (1). Fair act, a good program of songs given in voices of no phenomenal quality, and their offering just pleased. FIVE SULLYS: SONG, DANCE AND COMEDY, 2 LADIES, 3 MEN. 20 MIN. SPEC. SET. Comedy received a few laughs, but there is much old business, as to mistaken identify, etc. things done many times before: Dancing by the young man is very clever, and is one of the best bits of the entire turn. A lively and whirl-wind finish gives the act a fair ending. [W. E. Parmenter?] BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET. R. I. REPORT OF SHOW THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916. MADELINE SHONE: COMEDIENNE, 12 MINUTES (1) Weak act, the bulk of her comedy? being so ancient and time-worn as to be underserving of hardly any mention. The few scattered laughs she obtained evidently came from a few charitably inclined who wished to encourage her, but an act like this should not receive any encouragement from anyone. GORDON & WHYTE: SINGING SKIT, 15 MINUTES (1) SPECIAL DROP, TWO MEN. Passably fair, considerable of their stuff is somewhat suggestive and when they eliminate same as I insists upon their doing the few scattered laughs they received will be absent. Not phenomenal as singers, and the entire affair is not the feature calibre we have been used to. ADROIT BROS.: MUSICAL EQUILIBRISTS, 12 MINUTES, C. D. F. TWO MEN. Excellent act, their work is little short of wonderful, accomplishing the finest work in the line ever seen here. And they were well-received, the audience quickly realizing the difficulties attendant upon such an act, so skillfully performed. [W. E. Parmenter?] Mgr.