10 min. A very classy dancing act consisting of three numbers of a different character than what we have been having. Their first, “The Artist and the Model” number is the prettiest and gave them a very good start, but their following numbers are rather light. They, however, finished to fairly good hand.
14 min. This is the celebrated smoke-painter and whistler who made a tour of American vaudeville several years ago. He is doing practically the same act, drawing pictures in smoke and finishing with a comedy bit of whistling. A very clever novelty act which held close attention and won a liberal amount of applause.
One hour and 18 minutes. The big Summer Revue has already established itself as one of the biggest features every offered on our stage. This is its third week and it just went as big today as during its first week. Several changes were made including the introduction of specialties by Vivienne Segal, a Philadelphia girl, who scored a tremendous success in the “The Blue Paradise;” Edna Wroc, a toe dancer, and Elizabeth Cope & Jack Figel, society dancers. The whole act went with speed and held the audience amused from start to finish.
16 min. Coming into vaudeville as a team from B.A.Rolfe’s “The Bride Shop,” in which they played the principal parts, this clever comedian and his partner have a splendid vehicle. It opens with a lot of bright comedy talk and they have three song numbers with some dancing. They were a big applause hit, being compelled to come back to answer several recalls. Mr. Tombes is using a very old comedy song which, if replaced with something more uptodate, would be an improvement.
14 min. They do a series of ballads and comedy songs, some of them written by Mr. Marshall. The girl is a lively worker and builds up her songs by injecting comedy bit and imitations. They did very well with their “cat” duet, finishing to a very good hand.
1 hour and Twenty-Three minutes. (As Mr. Jordan is the producer of this summer show, he declined to pass an opinion on it. I am giving an unbiased criticism of it, paying no attention to the fact that it is a B.F. Keith Theatre production.)
Nothing that Philadelphia has ever attempted in the production line for Vaudeville has equaled “Made in Philly.” It was written, produced, staged and presented by Philadelphians, therefore, supporting the title in every respect. At the very first performance it was a tremendous hit. Not one moment in one hour and twenty-three minutes did the audience stop laughing or applauding, or did it let down in enthusiasm. While the basis of the story is militarism, no attempt was made to put it over through the use of “Spirit of 76” pyrotechnics. It was one big jubilee of comedy and sing from start to finish and the biggest hit in the musical comedy line that Keith’s Theatre has ever had. It is so good that it could go on the road with a few changes and do as well as it did here. It looks like an all-summer run for “Made in Philly.”
20 min. The three persons concerned in the presentation of the English comedy sketch, “Vittles,” were all members of “The Little Theatre” Company in this city which had quite a following. The sketch is talky but serves its purpose in introducing people who are well known locally and therefore fitted into the bill in a satisfactory manner.
21 min. This orchestra was here only three weeks ago and brought back as a special feature for our Summer Revue. In the opening position on the bill they gave the show a great start. Their program was liberally applauded.
1 hour and nine min. This is the second week of our big summer Revue with all local favorites. The act has been the talk of the town and it started off its second week with promises of being a bigger hit than on its first showing. No changes were made in the act this week but there will be a revision for the third week which starts July 17. After playing a week, the running time has been cut twelve minutes due to the speeding up of the comedy and there is nothing left now but action which puts “Made in Philly” over with a bang.
26 min. “Meadowbrook Lane.” This is a new sketch by Edgar Allan Woolf. It is a very good little comedy with a little sentiment in it and plot enough to carry it through to pleasing climax. It is presented by a comedy of four people and it was very well liked, finishing to a good hand of applause and a laugh.
