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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 APRIL 19, 1915.
A. J. FARRELL: Cartoonist, 12 minutes (3) Displays considerable cleverness in the execution of a series of pictures, comic and serious, all combining to make a novelty, new and interesting.
CARROLL & HICKEY: Comedy talking, parodies and piano, 15 minutes (1) Lady and Man. Comedy gets a few scattered laughs, and one or two songs just manage to hold attention. The old business of performer coming up through audience falls miserably flat; It has been done too often here, and always with the same result, an attitude of absolute frigidity on the part of the audience, who refuse to discern any comedy in this bit of by-play.
INTERNATIONAL SEXTETTE: MUsical, 14 minutes, open full stage own set, go to one and close full stage. 4 Ladies. 2 Men. With the brass they achieve a little success, but are decidedly weak with the string instruments. They open fairly strong with wind instruments, but all off weak during the middle portions of the act; They do a little at the finish with the entire six in brass. There have been many better, vastly better musical features here than the present offering.


BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I.
REPORT OF SHOW, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915.
VON DELL: Musical Impersonations, 15 minutes (2), Own Drop. Only a fair act, manifesting no wondrous ability as a musician. His work on the wind instruments gets him fair recognition.
FALK & ADAMS: Singing and dancing skit, 13 minutes (1) Lady and Man. Some of their songs are a trifle out of date. They dance quite well, and the audience was appreciative of this feature of the offering.
GALETTI'S DOGS AND MONKEYS: 15 minutes, full stage. Provide uproarious laughter by the antics of the simians, while the canines are adequate in the parts assigned them. Musical renditions prove quite interesting, and the animals give evidence of long and patient training.

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BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I. REPORT OF SHOW MONDAY APRIL 19, 1915. A. J. FARRELL: Cartoonist, 12 minutes (3) Displays considerable cleverness in the execution of a series of pictures, comic and serious, all combining to make a novelty, new and interesting. CARROLL & HICKEY: Comedy talking, parodies and piano, 15 minutes (1) Lady and Man. Comedy gets a few scattered laughs, and one or two songs just manage to hold attention. The old business of performer coming up through audience falls miserably flat; It has been done too often here, and always with the same result, an attitude of absolute frigidity on the part of the audience, who refuse to discern any comedy in this bit of by-play. INTERNATIONAL SEXTETTE: MUsical, 14 minutes, open full stage own set, go to one and close full stage. 4 Ladies. 2 Men. With the brass they achieve a little success, but are decidedly weak with the string instruments. They open fairly strong with wind instruments, but all off weak during the middle portions of the act; They do a little at the finish with the entire six in brass. There have been many better, vastly better musical features here than the present offering. BIJOU THEATRE, WOONSOCKET, R. I. REPORT OF SHOW, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915. VON DELL: Musical Impersonations, 15 minutes (2), Own Drop. Only a fair act, manifesting no wondrous ability as a musician. His work on the wind instruments gets him fair recognition. FALK & ADAMS: Singing and dancing skit, 13 minutes (1) Lady and Man. Some of their songs are a trifle out of date. They dance quite well, and the audience was appreciative of this feature of the offering. GALETTI'S DOGS AND MONKEYS: 15 minutes, full stage. Provide uproarious laughter by the antics of the simians, while the canines are adequate in the parts assigned them. Musical renditions prove quite interesting, and the animals give evidence of long and patient training.