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Keith-Albee managers' report book, May 11, 1914-July 1, 1915
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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW MAY 17, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. Following a very ordinary series of films, a submarine pictures and a scene of the Naval Review in New York Harbor were shown and drew a liberal amount of applause. European war pictures were again eliminated. KERR & WESTON. 8 min. Man and woman in an average dancing number, finishing with a whirlwind number which won them applause. PRINCE LAI MON KIM. 10 min. A Chinese tenor. He works in a picturesque costume of his country. Sang four ballads in English and a ragtime number in Chinese. Has a pleasing voice and is a good singing novelty. NORTON & NICHOLSON. 20 min. Reviving their old sketch, "Ella's All Right" under the name of "A Dramatic Cartoon." It is a rough comedy sketch with rough comedy bits of business and dialogue all through it. It got a liberal amount of laughter and they finished to a good hand. CLAIRE ROCHESTER. 10 min. Sang four numbers displaying her double voice of unusual quality. She was suffering with a heavy cold which prevented her from doing herself full justice, but each number was warmly applauded and she scored a hit. FRIDKOWSKY TROUPE. 10 min. Four men and three women, Russian singers and dancers, in a very picturesque offering. Open in one with a singing number, then go into full stage for their unique legmania work which scored strongly. Act was very well liked and finished strong. HANS KRONOLD. 20 min. Violincellist formerly of Walter Damrosch's Symphony Orchestra. Plays classical numbers accompanied by William Parsons at the piano. This is an act which appeals especially to the lovers of high-class music. He is an exceptional artist and was much appreciated. EDITH TALIAFERRO & CO. 23 min. In "A Breath of Old Virginia." This is one of the prettiest dramatic sketches that vaudeville has presented in a long time. It is odd in construction with a very beautiful heart-interest love story very well written and exceedingly well played by this clever young woman and her company consisting of four men. It held the audience closely interested from start to finish and was received with the utmost satisfaction. DONAHUE & STEWART. 24 min. This is a nut act with eccentric dancing as one of its applause-winning features. They do very little except kid their way through, but they handle it in such a way as to keep the audience laughing. It is entirely different from any other nut act in vaudeville and deserves credit for getting away from the beaten path. Finished to a big hand of applause. HOWARD'S ANIMALS. 17 min. F.S. This still remains, as it always has been, the best looking and most entertaining animal act of its kind in vaudeville. Four ponies and a troupe of dogs, all splendidly trained and beautiful in appearance, are handled by a man and woman. The routine of tricks is varied and showy and the finishing number gives the act a strong closing. It was a big applause winner in the closing spot. GENERAL REMARKS. A well balanced and smoothly playing vaudeville show hitting a high average from start to finish. Plenty of variety, laughs liberally distributed throughout the bill and a very pretty dramatic sketch to give it class. It was generally liked. CUTS NORTON & NICHOLSON: Words "God" and "hell," reference to "Twilight Sleep" and the business of killing a bedbug on the sheet taken from the bed.
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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW MAY 17, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. Following a very ordinary series of films, a submarine pictures and a scene of the Naval Review in New York Harbor were shown and drew a liberal amount of applause. European war pictures were again eliminated. KERR & WESTON. 8 min. Man and woman in an average dancing number, finishing with a whirlwind number which won them applause. PRINCE LAI MON KIM. 10 min. A Chinese tenor. He works in a picturesque costume of his country. Sang four ballads in English and a ragtime number in Chinese. Has a pleasing voice and is a good singing novelty. NORTON & NICHOLSON. 20 min. Reviving their old sketch, "Ella's All Right" under the name of "A Dramatic Cartoon." It is a rough comedy sketch with rough comedy bits of business and dialogue all through it. It got a liberal amount of laughter and they finished to a good hand. CLAIRE ROCHESTER. 10 min. Sang four numbers displaying her double voice of unusual quality. She was suffering with a heavy cold which prevented her from doing herself full justice, but each number was warmly applauded and she scored a hit. FRIDKOWSKY TROUPE. 10 min. Four men and three women, Russian singers and dancers, in a very picturesque offering. Open in one with a singing number, then go into full stage for their unique legmania work which scored strongly. Act was very well liked and finished strong. HANS KRONOLD. 20 min. Violincellist formerly of Walter Damrosch's Symphony Orchestra. Plays classical numbers accompanied by William Parsons at the piano. This is an act which appeals especially to the lovers of high-class music. He is an exceptional artist and was much appreciated. EDITH TALIAFERRO & CO. 23 min. In "A Breath of Old Virginia." This is one of the prettiest dramatic sketches that vaudeville has presented in a long time. It is odd in construction with a very beautiful heart-interest love story very well written and exceedingly well played by this clever young woman and her company consisting of four men. It held the audience closely interested from start to finish and was received with the utmost satisfaction. DONAHUE & STEWART. 24 min. This is a nut act with eccentric dancing as one of its applause-winning features. They do very little except kid their way through, but they handle it in such a way as to keep the audience laughing. It is entirely different from any other nut act in vaudeville and deserves credit for getting away from the beaten path. Finished to a big hand of applause. HOWARD'S ANIMALS. 17 min. F.S. This still remains, as it always has been, the best looking and most entertaining animal act of its kind in vaudeville. Four ponies and a troupe of dogs, all splendidly trained and beautiful in appearance, are handled by a man and woman. The routine of tricks is varied and showy and the finishing number gives the act a strong closing. It was a big applause winner in the closing spot. GENERAL REMARKS. A well balanced and smoothly playing vaudeville show hitting a high average from start to finish. Plenty of variety, laughs liberally distributed throughout the bill and a very pretty dramatic sketch to give it class. It was generally liked. CUTS NORTON & NICHOLSON: Words "God" and "hell," reference to "Twilight Sleep" and the business of killing a bedbug on the sheet taken from the bed.
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