Variety (May 1917)

33 VARIETY B.F. Keith's Circuit United Booking (Agency) A. PAUL KEITH, President E. F. ALBEE, \^ce-PretideBt and General Manager FOR BOOKING ADDRESS S. K. HODGDON Palace Theatre Buildinff New York City PAULDURAND ARTISTS' BOOKING REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCER and MANAGER VAUDEVILLE ACTS A Route of Forty <40) Weeks on the U. B. O. and Orpheum Circuit (Big Time Only) g:uaranteed for the right kind of acts APPLY NOW PAUL DURAND PALACE THEATRE BUILDING NEW YORK, N. Y. nses General Executive Offices Putnam Building Times Square New York JOSEPH M. SCHENCK General Booking Manager Mr. Schenck PersmuJly Interri^ws ArtisU DaOy B«tw«ai 11 and 1 Chicago Office: Boston Office: North American BuiUBng ; Tremont Theatre FRANK Q. DOYLE, in charge FRED MARDO, in charge Acts lajring off in Soutkam territory wire this office. ^ Feiber & Shea 1493 Broadway (Putnam Building) New York City "Mirth" act la on tba girl-act type, uld to have been working In the Beat for a«vcral montha, but la different, aince It conalata moatly of dancing. Another point of variance la that while nine people are concerned there la no chorua. With the act are two rormer trioa. the Three Oaj Slatera and the Tbreo HalHejr Boya. the former giving one of the few aong numbera. while the latter practically conflne themaelvee to the dancea. of which there la a varied routine, aome beine dnoa, while tbero are one or two oextets. Ttaa pre»> ent turn la probably the reault of conalilerable pruning of what was the original Idea, fop* there la a girl who doea a prolog and makea aeveral other announcements. Thla mirant nothing and thone In the rear of the house oould not bear what waa aald. Tba drcealng la quite good, but the act needa a rtironger flnlsh. NIcodemua and Clark, blackface couple with talk, aonga and a flnlxh In bras^ea, did fairly, and will probably And no trouble In the amaller Asaoclatlon time. Ware and earr. a rather well appearing alater act, might develop, for both have good volcea. but they muft tpeed their songa. All seemed too slew. ThfV Rot »M»ninhlnt wl»h "Storr Door Ball." By dovbling tba teanpo Ibey should be more auift>s»rul with It end their othrr oumbem. A ten the drl ai the piano might help aonewbal by ool kia.tl..g ber- •alC fti Ua butfumaai ikrougbotit ifea act, for there la a number or two In which she doea not play, yet harmonizes with her "sister." Allen and Collins, a two-man talking act, did not do much, nor did Walter DeLora, a bag puncher, who opened the show. KEDZIB (Qus Bunge. mgr.; agent. W. V. M. A.).—The bill for the last half, list weak, failed of good results, opening to warm weather. The house was off Thursday night for the second show and wa^ In s srate oC legargy, but the temperature may or may not have been responsible lor that coiiditiuu. it la more probable that the show was off. since there Is an act acarclty which always ocvura Just before the outlying houses begin to set a time for ending the season. Hanlon Bros, and Co.. with their "The Haunted Motel." were allotted the clo!«lng spot, getting but medium returns for their efforts. It Is a mix- ture of talk and pantomime, with the bust bit of the latter being the "broken niiTor" atunt. but they do not get the results attained by the Schwari Drothera. who hnve a story written around their version, which the Ilnn- lons have not. It seerox that the HnnlonV use of the "mirror'* smedates the ^.tigUsh folk, but neither clalsn oTiftiTiR'.Siji fur tba Idea. t>ecaui*e It waa really flr^t done sbout 2-% years ago In a ahow callfd "My Friend the Prince, produced In England. Cstiilsno and O'Brien, two boys with vongs and ptsno, did much batter than tba others, oo aaaond.