Chretienne & Louisette

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22 minutes. Opening in One, with a six minutes picture, then to full stage, with an olio drop in One at the end of each song of Miss Chretienne. The moving pictures show Chretienne, the father, and Louisette, the daughter, on a street in their native village in Holland. She is dancing and he is playing the accordion. A theatrical manager joins the crowd of onlookers, and then induces the girl to come to America to go on stage.  The father objects. The girl runs away, and he follows. There is an exciting chase though Holland and Germany. The picture ends when the steamer lands in New York with both father and daughter. The picture produces a lot of laughter, and prepares the audience for the real act. Chretienne and Louisette, at the end of the picture, rush down the aisle from the rear of the theatre and on to the stage. After a short colloquy Chretienne goes into the orchestra pit and leads the orchestra, while Miss Louisette sings Italian, Spanish, French and English songs, with a pretty costume for each song. While she is changing her costumes, Chretienne, form the orchestra pit, repeats each song. He also characterizes orchestra conductors of various personalities. For the finish Chretienne returns to the stage, and they sing a duet in Dutch costumes, and, for an encore, sing another duet and do an eccentric wooden shoe dance. Both are good singers. The girl’s costumes are very pretty. The whole act is a novelty, and one surprise follows another throughout. It is a good act, and was well received, the applause throughout being very liberal.

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