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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 JANUARY 18, 1915.
NOLAN & NOLAN: Comedy jugglers, 14 minutes, full stage. Lady & Man. Very good act, showing some excellent work that was very successful in arousing the audience to excellent applause. Best juggling act seen here in a long time.
KNIGHT & RAYMOND: Singing and Talking, 12 minutes (1) Lady & Man. Fairly good act, having good repertoire of songs quite pleasingly sung.
VICTOR'S MUSICAL MELANGE: 27 minutes, open in one, close full stage. Special drop. 1 Lady. 16 Men. A truly wonderful act, given amidst beautiful scenery. The musical renditions are perfectly superb, while the vocal solos by the lady are supreme. The act received a tremendous ovation being recalled again and again. Their appearance here is a huge success, the applause being absolutely tumultuous, in fact they have achieved the biggest hit ever recorded in the history of the Bijou, and they are positively the sensation of the hour here.

[W. E. Parmenter?] Manager.


BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I.
REPORT OF SHOW THURSDAY JANUARY 21, 1915.
PAULINE SAXON: Comedienne, 8 minutes (1) Fair act, trying hard to interest a town that is always particularly averse to the rural comedienne type of entertainers, and she fares no better and no worse than the others of her ilk who have gone before.
CHAS. & ADELAIDE WILSON: Comedy talking, singing and violin, 17 minutes (1) special drop. Opening in rather a slow and uninteresting manner, they fail to impress until the man offers a few minutes with the violin. This is the only portion that gets them much attention, and they just barely get away at the finish.
SPANISH GOLDINIS: Acrobatics, rug spinning, and dancing, 14 minutes full stage, 2 Ladies. 1 Man. good act of the novel and unique class, disclosing considerable work decidedly new, and rarely seen, making, on the whole an interesting bit of diversion, but scarcely of sufficient strength to constitute a feature, the two other acts being so weak as to necessitate something unusually good to overbalance, and bring the show up to anything like an alluring program.

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I. REPORT OF SHOW MONDAY JANUARY 18, 1915. NOLAN & NOLAN: Comedy jugglers, 14 minutes, full stage. Lady & Man. Very good act, showing some excellent work that was very successful in arousing the audience to excellent applause. Best juggling act seen here in a long time. KNIGHT & RAYMOND: Singing and Talking, 12 minutes (1) Lady & Man. Fairly good act, having good repertoire of songs quite pleasingly sung. VICTOR'S MUSICAL MELANGE: 27 minutes, open in one, close full stage. Special drop. 1 Lady. 16 Men. A truly wonderful act, given amidst beautiful scenery. The musical renditions are perfectly superb, while the vocal solos by the lady are supreme. The act received a tremendous ovation being recalled again and again. Their appearance here is a huge success, the applause being absolutely tumultuous, in fact they have achieved the biggest hit ever recorded in the history of the Bijou, and they are positively the sensation of the hour here. [W. E. Parmenter?] Manager. BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I. REPORT OF SHOW THURSDAY JANUARY 21, 1915. PAULINE SAXON: Comedienne, 8 minutes (1) Fair act, trying hard to interest a town that is always particularly averse to the rural comedienne type of entertainers, and she fares no better and no worse than the others of her ilk who have gone before. CHAS. & ADELAIDE WILSON: Comedy talking, singing and violin, 17 minutes (1) special drop. Opening in rather a slow and uninteresting manner, they fail to impress until the man offers a few minutes with the violin. This is the only portion that gets them much attention, and they just barely get away at the finish. SPANISH GOLDINIS: Acrobatics, rug spinning, and dancing, 14 minutes full stage, 2 Ladies. 1 Man. good act of the novel and unique class, disclosing considerable work decidedly new, and rarely seen, making, on the whole an interesting bit of diversion, but scarcely of sufficient strength to constitute a feature, the two other acts being so weak as to necessitate something unusually good to overbalance, and bring the show up to anything like an alluring program.