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Keith-Albee manager reports, September 2, 1902 - September 3, 1903
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49 49 Report of show in Chicago Opera House, Chicago, Week of Nov 3d. Kinodrome Series of good pictures Powers and Freed ... 3 shows--18 minutes--parlor in 3--instrumental novelties--melodies well played--might rank as a two show act Manley and Rose ... 3 shows--17 minutes--parlor in 3--man and woman in farcical sketch--fairly good Wayne and Lamar ... 3 shows--14 minutes--exterior in 4--these people do some clever tricks but their act lacks the refinement essential to success/ Mitchell and Love ... 3 shows--12 minutes--in 1--German comedian and feeder--ordinary-- Bryan and Nadine .... 2 shows--11 minutes--exterior in 4--grotesque acrobatic comedians--man and woman--latter very good. Clark and Gandy ... 3 shows--18 minutes--fair specialty for 3 shows a day--open in 3 and close in 1. The barrows--Lancaster Co. ... 2 shows--25 minutes--fancy box set in 3 for restaurant scene--sketch by Edmund day entitled "A Jolly Jollier.--better sketch this combination ever gave--excels "Tactics" and "The Major's Appointment"--Lancaster is an insipid actor, however. Alice May, the woman, makes fairly favorable impression. Warren and Blanchard ... 2 shows--20 minutes--in 1--excellent lyric artists with good voices--amusing line of talk--Warren in black face Four Nelson Comiques ... 2 shows--20 minutes--carry their own drop to use in 3 with landscape for backing in 4--one of the greatest grotesque acrobatic acts going-- something doing all the time--makes big hit. Lotta Gladstone ... 2 shows--15 minutes--in 1--clever character creation of country girl-- extra food in its way-- Abramoff-Clodio--Decker Trio ..2 shows--14 minutes--prison scene in 2-- encore in 1--bit of grand opera of Faust--Edith Decker of San Francisco as Marguerite carries act to success-- she possess a pure soprano of rare sweetness and unusual strength--act invariably gets recall. Lieut. Nobel ... 2 shows--20 minutes--exterior in 3-- ventrilloquial novelty--automatons used--figures life-like and deceiving-- an interesting and amusing act. The Three Marvelous Merrills..2 shows--15 minutes--exterior in 4-- great act--scarcely surpassed by any other of its kind--daring feats and comedy tricks follow in rapid and pleasing succession--big hit
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49 49 Report of show in Chicago Opera House, Chicago, Week of Nov 3d. Kinodrome Series of good pictures Powers and Freed ... 3 shows--18 minutes--parlor in 3--instrumental novelties--melodies well played--might rank as a two show act Manley and Rose ... 3 shows--17 minutes--parlor in 3--man and woman in farcical sketch--fairly good Wayne and Lamar ... 3 shows--14 minutes--exterior in 4--these people do some clever tricks but their act lacks the refinement essential to success/ Mitchell and Love ... 3 shows--12 minutes--in 1--German comedian and feeder--ordinary-- Bryan and Nadine .... 2 shows--11 minutes--exterior in 4--grotesque acrobatic comedians--man and woman--latter very good. Clark and Gandy ... 3 shows--18 minutes--fair specialty for 3 shows a day--open in 3 and close in 1. The barrows--Lancaster Co. ... 2 shows--25 minutes--fancy box set in 3 for restaurant scene--sketch by Edmund day entitled "A Jolly Jollier.--better sketch this combination ever gave--excels "Tactics" and "The Major's Appointment"--Lancaster is an insipid actor, however. Alice May, the woman, makes fairly favorable impression. Warren and Blanchard ... 2 shows--20 minutes--in 1--excellent lyric artists with good voices--amusing line of talk--Warren in black face Four Nelson Comiques ... 2 shows--20 minutes--carry their own drop to use in 3 with landscape for backing in 4--one of the greatest grotesque acrobatic acts going-- something doing all the time--makes big hit. Lotta Gladstone ... 2 shows--15 minutes--in 1--clever character creation of country girl-- extra food in its way-- Abramoff-Clodio--Decker Trio ..2 shows--14 minutes--prison scene in 2-- encore in 1--bit of grand opera of Faust--Edith Decker of San Francisco as Marguerite carries act to success-- she possess a pure soprano of rare sweetness and unusual strength--act invariably gets recall. Lieut. Nobel ... 2 shows--20 minutes--exterior in 3-- ventrilloquial novelty--automatons used--figures life-like and deceiving-- an interesting and amusing act. The Three Marvelous Merrills..2 shows--15 minutes--exterior in 4-- great act--scarcely surpassed by any other of its kind--daring feats and comedy tricks follow in rapid and pleasing succession--big hit
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