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Managers' report book, November 13, 1916-January 21, 1918

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PHILADELPHIA    B.F.KEITH'S    DEC.3,    7
PATHE. 13 min. About the usual average.
VALENTINE & BELL. 11 min. Man and woman in a comedy bicycle turn. Some good comedy is worked up by the man riding tables, chairs and other furniture and the straight riding of the two is well handled. They have a new idea and furnished a very good opener.
ALEXANDER, O'NEIL & SEXTON. 14 min. Three boys in a minstrel offering consisting of songs and dances. One impersonates a woman, wearing three elaborate costumes and making a striking appearance. The other two in blackface do some songs and dances alone and the trio finishes with an excellent number. The act scored a hit.
"THE BONFIRE OF OLD EMPIRES." 31 min. This is Marion Craig Wentworth's newest dramatic effort and held our audience intensely interested from start to finish. It is a war drama of a new kind up to the times with a motion picture part to it and well acted. Its strongest feature is its patriotic appeal and at the finish it was rewarded with solid applause.
VENITA GOULD. 25 min. One of the biggest applause hits of any single we have had in some time. She offered a series of impressions of stage favorites, comedy and dramatic bits being included, and at the finish, the applause lasted so long that she was compelled to make a little speech of thanks.
KATHARINE DANA'S FANTASIA. 11 min. This is a new production in which music and scenic effects secured by the use of colored slides synchronize, a woman singer and a man who plays the flute appearing in shadowy forms behind the scrim. It is an oddity and held some interest and the music portion of it drew some applause.
MR. & MRS. JIMMY BARRY. 21 min. Their new act, called, "The Burglar," comprises the usual rube character by the man and a straight role by Mrs. Barry. The lines are along those used in Barry's other sketches and were good for a liberal amount of laughs. It is different than anything else we have seen and scored a good sized hit.
BESSIE CLAYTON & CO. 24 min. With the assistance of The Mosconi Brothers, a pair of wonderful dancers, and the Paisley Noon who sings and also dances, Miss Clayton is offering the best act she has ever presented in vaudeville and it was a riot of applause. A variety of dance numbers, colorful and full of action, is offered and it richly deserves the highest praise that can be given.
LYONS & YOSCO. 21 min. The re-union of these singers and musicians has returned to vaudeville an act that has always made a hit. They did their usual success here, cleaning up with some new songs and musical numbers.
"SPORTS IN THE ALPS." 10 min. This act remains the same as last year, six men doing a wonderful routine of aerial acrobatics and teter-board tricks. In the closing position of a long and strong show, they were an applause hit.
GENERAL REMARKS. This was an unusually big show, a bit unwieldy but worked out into a smooth-running and excellent entertainment with several applause hits scattered through it. (Venita Gould now opens her act in one, goes to Two and closes in One.)

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PHILADELPHIA B.F.KEITH'S DEC.3, 7 PATHE. 13 min. About the usual average. VALENTINE & BELL. 11 min. Man and woman in a comedy bicycle turn. Some good comedy is worked up by the man riding tables, chairs and other furniture and the straight riding of the two is well handled. They have a new idea and furnished a very good opener. ALEXANDER, O'NEIL & SEXTON. 14 min. Three boys in a minstrel offering consisting of songs and dances. One impersonates a woman, wearing three elaborate costumes and making a striking appearance. The other two in blackface do some songs and dances alone and the trio finishes with an excellent number. The act scored a hit. "THE BONFIRE OF OLD EMPIRES." 31 min. This is Marion Craig Wentworth's newest dramatic effort and held our audience intensely interested from start to finish. It is a war drama of a new kind up to the times with a motion picture part to it and well acted. Its strongest feature is its patriotic appeal and at the finish it was rewarded with solid applause. VENITA GOULD. 25 min. One of the biggest applause hits of any single we have had in some time. She offered a series of impressions of stage favorites, comedy and dramatic bits being included, and at the finish, the applause lasted so long that she was compelled to make a little speech of thanks. KATHARINE DANA'S FANTASIA. 11 min. This is a new production in which music and scenic effects secured by the use of colored slides synchronize, a woman singer and a man who plays the flute appearing in shadowy forms behind the scrim. It is an oddity and held some interest and the music portion of it drew some applause. MR. & MRS. JIMMY BARRY. 21 min. Their new act, called, "The Burglar," comprises the usual rube character by the man and a straight role by Mrs. Barry. The lines are along those used in Barry's other sketches and were good for a liberal amount of laughs. It is different than anything else we have seen and scored a good sized hit. BESSIE CLAYTON & CO. 24 min. With the assistance of The Mosconi Brothers, a pair of wonderful dancers, and the Paisley Noon who sings and also dances, Miss Clayton is offering the best act she has ever presented in vaudeville and it was a riot of applause. A variety of dance numbers, colorful and full of action, is offered and it richly deserves the highest praise that can be given. LYONS & YOSCO. 21 min. The re-union of these singers and musicians has returned to vaudeville an act that has always made a hit. They did their usual success here, cleaning up with some new songs and musical numbers. "SPORTS IN THE ALPS." 10 min. This act remains the same as last year, six men doing a wonderful routine of aerial acrobatics and teter-board tricks. In the closing position of a long and strong show, they were an applause hit. GENERAL REMARKS. This was an unusually big show, a bit unwieldy but worked out into a smooth-running and excellent entertainment with several applause hits scattered through it. (Venita Gould now opens her act in one, goes to Two and closes in One.)