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Keith-Albee managers' report book, May 11, 1914-July 1, 1915

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I.
REPORT OF SHOW MONDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1914.
THE SEEBACKS: Bag Punching Novelty, 12 minutes, full stage. Man & lady. Good act, showing many new and novel feats of a very entertaining nature.
ROB ROY: Singer, 14 minutes (1) Quite ordinary, seems to rely upon peculiarities to a considerable extent in the way of mannerisms. At the first performance the utilization of profanity did not tend to help the act. I insisted upon the elimination of this business with the result that it was absent at the evening performance. His lady partner seated in the box assists in the rendition of his last number.
THE SIX MUSICAL GORMANS: 15 minutes full stage. Fairly good musical act, the youthful member sustains the act considerably more because of his juvenility than any real musical talent. The lady with the cornet is one of the best features of the act. Many of the selections are somewhat antiquated, and if there were more of real melody and less volume of noise the act would benefit greatly.

[W. E. Parmenter?] Manager.


BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I.
REPORT OF SHOW THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1914.
ROGERS & HALL: Acrobats, 10 minutes full stage. 2 Men. Good act, displaying some new and startling feats, together with others which though old, are to good to be relegated to the shelf. Their head to head balancing is particularly meritorious.
BERNARD & SCARTH: Singing and talking, 16 minutes (1) Lady and Man. Good act, comedy mostly new and of the laugh-compelling variety, and evokes long and hearty laughter. Went well, and deservedly so, for it is one of the best reams here in some time past.
BUTTERFLY AND THE ROSE: 11 minutes full stage. 2 Ladies. 1 Man. Singing of one of the ladies fairly acceptable, while the violin selections by the other lady are fairly well done. The act as a whole falls down because the illusion is far from perfect. The racket and noise occasioned by the manipulation of the apparatus is very objectionable being plainly heard in the extreme rear of the theatre. Again the girl in the guise of the butterfly does not float over the heads of the audience as do some acts of this nature; The crane supporting her extends hardly to the orchestra pit, and instead of a smooth rhythmic motion in the flight it is all a series of jumps and jerks thus robbing the act is its real pretensions, the flight of a butterfly. There is much to be done in the way of lubrication of the bearings and other parts of the machinery before a perfect illusion can be attained, and without this, the act falls far short of its advertised intentions.

[W. E. Parmenter?] Manager

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I. REPORT OF SHOW MONDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1914. THE SEEBACKS: Bag Punching Novelty, 12 minutes, full stage. Man & lady. Good act, showing many new and novel feats of a very entertaining nature. ROB ROY: Singer, 14 minutes (1) Quite ordinary, seems to rely upon peculiarities to a considerable extent in the way of mannerisms. At the first performance the utilization of profanity did not tend to help the act. I insisted upon the elimination of this business with the result that it was absent at the evening performance. His lady partner seated in the box assists in the rendition of his last number. THE SIX MUSICAL GORMANS: 15 minutes full stage. Fairly good musical act, the youthful member sustains the act considerably more because of his juvenility than any real musical talent. The lady with the cornet is one of the best features of the act. Many of the selections are somewhat antiquated, and if there were more of real melody and less volume of noise the act would benefit greatly. [W. E. Parmenter?] Manager. BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I. REPORT OF SHOW THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1914. ROGERS & HALL: Acrobats, 10 minutes full stage. 2 Men. Good act, displaying some new and startling feats, together with others which though old, are to good to be relegated to the shelf. Their head to head balancing is particularly meritorious. BERNARD & SCARTH: Singing and talking, 16 minutes (1) Lady and Man. Good act, comedy mostly new and of the laugh-compelling variety, and evokes long and hearty laughter. Went well, and deservedly so, for it is one of the best reams here in some time past. BUTTERFLY AND THE ROSE: 11 minutes full stage. 2 Ladies. 1 Man. Singing of one of the ladies fairly acceptable, while the violin selections by the other lady are fairly well done. The act as a whole falls down because the illusion is far from perfect. The racket and noise occasioned by the manipulation of the apparatus is very objectionable being plainly heard in the extreme rear of the theatre. Again the girl in the guise of the butterfly does not float over the heads of the audience as do some acts of this nature; The crane supporting her extends hardly to the orchestra pit, and instead of a smooth rhythmic motion in the flight it is all a series of jumps and jerks thus robbing the act is its real pretensions, the flight of a butterfly. There is much to be done in the way of lubrication of the bearings and other parts of the machinery before a perfect illusion can be attained, and without this, the act falls far short of its advertised intentions. [W. E. Parmenter?] Manager