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“The Perfect Man:” 20 min. F.S. 2 shows. These are two clever people. Miss Bennett has a very inferior part, and is too young for the role compared with Deagon. Deagon takes the role of the physical culture professor, although he is somewhat shy in his tough dialect. Bronson is at first the postmaster and afterwards a dude in search of physical development. There is some good singing and a good deal of bright talk all through. The theme is a new one to Vaudeville, so that it held the interest well. I was quite agreeably disappointed in the way this act went, for I was prepared for the worst. The thread of romance is rather slender. The dude applicant attempts to flirt with the girl whom the pugilist is to marry, and it looked as if there might be a good deal of rough and tumble comedy as a finish. As it was, however, there was nothing overdone and the close was very satisfactory. There were scattered laughs throughout and at the finish there was a very good hand. I think this act will improve during the week, and get a good reception with the night audiences. The act is overpaid by $50.00 at least. It is not a late act—8 o’clock being the limit.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 30 April 1906 – 4 February 1907