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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 9-December 14, 1908
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-2- Sydney Grant. On at 3.07, 18 minutes in one. If Sydney Grant is worth $300, Julius Tannen is worth $600 in Boston, for it would be a matter of impossibility for Grant to hold the next to closing spot in this house with any measure of success. His new monologue is rather uneven. He apparently has not used it enough to get it well blended and to separate the wheat from the chaff. He went fairly well this afternoon and should do much better to-night. $200 is nearer his real value than $300. XX Rosina Casselli's Midget Wonders. On at 3.25, 14 minutes full stage. A really wonderful dog act. One that will create a lot of talk. Cuter or cleverer little animals never worked on a stage. A most emphatic hit. Showmanship of the highest class is very apparent. XX1 The Elinore Sisters. On at 3.30, 23 minutes in one. New costumes, a couple of new songs, some new talk, but still their whole turn depends on the personality of that really wonderful eccentric comedienne, Kate Elinore. A scream as usual. XX1 Thomas E. Shea & Co. On at 4.02, 36 minutes, full stage. Special set. Playing "The Bells." Shea is a thoroughly good actor, and Mathias is one of his very best characters. The production is thoroughly adequate in the way of scenic and lighting effects, and the supporting cast thoroughly competent. Shea is also a Cambridge boy. But with all these points in his favor, I must go on record as saying that this house does not care particularly for this style of an act. The melodramatic acts that have been successful here can be counted on the fingers of one hand. It should be possible to play this act at 3 and 8.45, and it should be surrounded by a bright, snappy show, with a particularly good closing act, which we are shy of this week. I tried the experiment of closing with Shea this afternoon, but it was not a success. Have made what I think is the best re-arrangement possible for the balance of the week. On the merits of Mr. Shea's acting and of the entire production, it deserves the mark of XX1 Kinetograph--"Ten Pickaninnies."--Above the average of the comedy pictures. "A Crocodile Hunt."--Quite interesting. "Willie's Fall From Grace."--A fair comic. Cuts. Sam Williams--Clergyman story. Expression, "For God's sake." Reference to Caruso. Salome verse. Zanettos--Sticking fork in thigh. Berry and Wolford--"See-saw" parody.
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-2- Sydney Grant. On at 3.07, 18 minutes in one. If Sydney Grant is worth $300, Julius Tannen is worth $600 in Boston, for it would be a matter of impossibility for Grant to hold the next to closing spot in this house with any measure of success. His new monologue is rather uneven. He apparently has not used it enough to get it well blended and to separate the wheat from the chaff. He went fairly well this afternoon and should do much better to-night. $200 is nearer his real value than $300. XX Rosina Casselli's Midget Wonders. On at 3.25, 14 minutes full stage. A really wonderful dog act. One that will create a lot of talk. Cuter or cleverer little animals never worked on a stage. A most emphatic hit. Showmanship of the highest class is very apparent. XX1 The Elinore Sisters. On at 3.30, 23 minutes in one. New costumes, a couple of new songs, some new talk, but still their whole turn depends on the personality of that really wonderful eccentric comedienne, Kate Elinore. A scream as usual. XX1 Thomas E. Shea & Co. On at 4.02, 36 minutes, full stage. Special set. Playing "The Bells." Shea is a thoroughly good actor, and Mathias is one of his very best characters. The production is thoroughly adequate in the way of scenic and lighting effects, and the supporting cast thoroughly competent. Shea is also a Cambridge boy. But with all these points in his favor, I must go on record as saying that this house does not care particularly for this style of an act. The melodramatic acts that have been successful here can be counted on the fingers of one hand. It should be possible to play this act at 3 and 8.45, and it should be surrounded by a bright, snappy show, with a particularly good closing act, which we are shy of this week. I tried the experiment of closing with Shea this afternoon, but it was not a success. Have made what I think is the best re-arrangement possible for the balance of the week. On the merits of Mr. Shea's acting and of the entire production, it deserves the mark of XX1 Kinetograph--"Ten Pickaninnies."--Above the average of the comedy pictures. "A Crocodile Hunt."--Quite interesting. "Willie's Fall From Grace."--A fair comic. Cuts. Sam Williams--Clergyman story. Expression, "For God's sake." Reference to Caruso. Salome verse. Zanettos--Sticking fork in thigh. Berry and Wolford--"See-saw" parody.
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