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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 24, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. Good average of pictures this week, these of the naval review in New York making an especial hit with the audience. THE O'KURAS. 9 min. A very clever little opening act, man and woman, Japanese, in a series of risley and foot juggling feats. Nicely dressed and cleverly done. WARREN & DIETRICH. 17 min. Two men, one in blackface, the other in evening clothes. Singing and talking act of fair calibre and was fairly well received. SCOTCH LADS & LASSIES. 22 min. Six men and five girls, working in native costume. They sing Scotch songs, dance and play the bagpipes. The singing is especially good, one number holding the applause going for several minutes. The dancing is all skilfully done and the whole act makes one of the prettiest and most pleasing numbers we have ever played. Act scored a tremendous hit. Should have a route for next season. NORTON & LEE. 14 min. This young couple who have been playing principal roles in some of the important musical comedies in this country and Europe have returned to vaudeville with a high class singing and dancing turn that scored an emphatic success. Their singing and dancing are equally good, dividing the honors they receive and they finished to solid hand of well deserved applause. "THE BROKEN MIRROR." 20 min. Presented by the Schwarz Company. Two men and a girl. A remarkable pantomime comedy with plenty of speed and action that keep the laughs going from start to finish. It was a big applause winner. ORVILLE HARROLD. 20 min. The great American tenor well known in grand opera circles. Scored what is probably the biggest applause hit ever registered by any male singer in this house. His selections included operatic numbers, a ballad and three popular numbers. Each one was greeted with a loud outburst of applause. BILLY B. VAN & BEAUMONT SISTERS. 31 min. In "Spooks." This is a genuine hokum act from start to finish with a typical burlesque comedy that kept the audience in a roar of laughter for twenty minutes. It is a fortune-telling travesty with no music, but comedy of the rougher kind which makes it a bigger laughing hit than "Props" ever was. BONITA & LEW HEARN. 17 min. Doing practically the same act they did when they appeared in vaudeville some time ago, the exception being the introduction of a couple of songs. Won a fair amount of laughs with their burlesque cafe bit and finished fairly well with their duet song. THREE ANCHORS. 10 min. Two men and a woman. A high class hand-balancing turn of an unusual kind. Woman works in a showy suit of tights and contributes almost as much as the men to a series of very showy routine and cleverly handled tricks. Made quite a hit in the closing position. GENERAL REMARKS. A patron on his way out this afternoon asked the door-tender if that was what was known as a Summer show. The door-tender saying "yes," the patron replied, "Tell your Manager to put a few of these in in the winter time." For the evening performance Bonita & Hearn and Norton & Lee exchanged places. CUT BILLY B. VAN: Word "damn."
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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW MAY 24, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. Good average of pictures this week, these of the naval review in New York making an especial hit with the audience. THE O'KURAS. 9 min. A very clever little opening act, man and woman, Japanese, in a series of risley and foot juggling feats. Nicely dressed and cleverly done. WARREN & DIETRICH. 17 min. Two men, one in blackface, the other in evening clothes. Singing and talking act of fair calibre and was fairly well received. SCOTCH LADS & LASSIES. 22 min. Six men and five girls, working in native costume. They sing Scotch songs, dance and play the bagpipes. The singing is especially good, one number holding the applause going for several minutes. The dancing is all skilfully done and the whole act makes one of the prettiest and most pleasing numbers we have ever played. Act scored a tremendous hit. Should have a route for next season. NORTON & LEE. 14 min. This young couple who have been playing principal roles in some of the important musical comedies in this country and Europe have returned to vaudeville with a high class singing and dancing turn that scored an emphatic success. Their singing and dancing are equally good, dividing the honors they receive and they finished to solid hand of well deserved applause. "THE BROKEN MIRROR." 20 min. Presented by the Schwarz Company. Two men and a girl. A remarkable pantomime comedy with plenty of speed and action that keep the laughs going from start to finish. It was a big applause winner. ORVILLE HARROLD. 20 min. The great American tenor well known in grand opera circles. Scored what is probably the biggest applause hit ever registered by any male singer in this house. His selections included operatic numbers, a ballad and three popular numbers. Each one was greeted with a loud outburst of applause. BILLY B. VAN & BEAUMONT SISTERS. 31 min. In "Spooks." This is a genuine hokum act from start to finish with a typical burlesque comedy that kept the audience in a roar of laughter for twenty minutes. It is a fortune-telling travesty with no music, but comedy of the rougher kind which makes it a bigger laughing hit than "Props" ever was. BONITA & LEW HEARN. 17 min. Doing practically the same act they did when they appeared in vaudeville some time ago, the exception being the introduction of a couple of songs. Won a fair amount of laughs with their burlesque cafe bit and finished fairly well with their duet song. THREE ANCHORS. 10 min. Two men and a woman. A high class hand-balancing turn of an unusual kind. Woman works in a showy suit of tights and contributes almost as much as the men to a series of very showy routine and cleverly handled tricks. Made quite a hit in the closing position. GENERAL REMARKS. A patron on his way out this afternoon asked the door-tender if that was what was known as a Summer show. The door-tender saying "yes," the patron replied, "Tell your Manager to put a few of these in in the winter time." For the evening performance Bonita & Hearn and Norton & Lee exchanged places. CUT BILLY B. VAN: Word "damn."
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