- (1914 - 1931) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1914) Stage Play: Miss Daisy. Musical. Book by Philip Bartholomae. Music by Silvio Hein. Lyrics by Philip Bartholomae. Musical Director: August Kleinecke. Staging by Jack Mason. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Lyric Theatre from 28 Sep 1914- close): 9 Sep 1914- 3 Oct 1914 (29 performances). Cast: Rae Bowdin (as "Josie"), Johnny Boyle [credited as John Boyle] (as "Billy") [Broadway debut], Evelyn Carter Carrington (as "Mrs. Swigget"), Molly Chrysty (as "Edna Barber"), Claiborne Foster (as "Sally Smith"), Alice Hegeman (as "Anastasia"), Elsie Hitz (as "Fern Randolph"), Gwennllyan Jocelyn (as "Maisie Dearborn"), Allen Kearns (as "Frederic"), Helen Lee (as "Elvira Walsh"), Joseph Lertora (as "The Duke of Tormina"), Donald MacDonald (as "Walter Hollister"), Florence Mackie (as "Daisy Hollister"), Charles Murray (as "Joe"), Mae Murray (as "Pierrete"), Frank Parker (as "John"), Anna Wheaton (as "Elsie Swigget"), John E. Wheeler (as "Huggins"), Gladys Zell (as "Dolly Sweet"). Produced by Philip Bartholomae.
- The Passing Show of 1915 (1915). Musical revue.
- The Cohan Revue of 1916 (1916). Musical revue.
- No Foolin' (1926). Musical revue.
- Castles in the Air (1926). Musical comedy.
- Piggy (1927). Musical comedy.
- Padlocks of 1927 (1927). Musical revue. Music by Lee David, Jesse Greer and Henry H. Tobias. Book by Paul Gerard Smith and Ballard MacDonald. Lyrics by Billy Rose. Musical Director: Carlton Kelsey. Music arranged by Joseph Nussbaum. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Jack Yellen. Featuring songs by Billy Rose and Milton Ager. Costume Design by Robert Stevenson, Mahieu and Orry-Kelly. Choreographed by Johnny Boyle. Directed by W.J. Wilson. Shubert Theatre: 5 Jul 1927- 24 Sep 1927 (95 performances). Cast: Drina Beach, Vera Berg, Billie Blake, Edna Burford, Mae Burke, Walter Burke, A.S. 'Pop' Byron, Vivian Carmody, Vee Carroll, Betty Clark, Nora Cliff, Jackie Corrtez, Peggy Daubert, Doris Dellairs, Irene Faery, Don Fiser, Jay C. Flippen, Carl D. Francis, Edna French, Laurette Gilman, Gloria Glennon, Ruth Grady, Dolores Grant, Texas Guinan, Florence Healy, Harry Jans, Carol Kingsbury, Helenya Koski, Hedwig Langer, Val Lester, Edna Locke, Dave Mallen, Raymond Marlowe, Marcelle Miller, Jola Moreno, Ojeda and Inbert, Sugar O'Neill, Alice Outlaw, George Raft, Wilma Roeloff, The Romancers Quartet, Lillian Roth, Catherine Ryder, Rosemary Ryder, Helen Shipman, Eleanor Smith, Virginia Smith, Snowball, The Four Diamonds, The Little Tappers, Mary Titus, The Phelps Twins, Eileen Wenzel, Harold Whalen, Laura Wilkinson, Rosalie Williams. Produced by Duo Art Productions, Inc.
- Excess Baggage (1927). Comedy. Written by John McGowan. Musical Director: Morris Zentner. Featuring songs by Ray Henderson. Featuring songs with lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Staging by Johnny Boyle. Directed by Melville Burke. Ritz Theatre: 26 Dec 1927- 30 Jun 1928 (216 performances). Cast: The Admirals, Maud Blair, Nace Bonville, William Boula, Herbert Clark, Charles Dalton, John Dilson (as "Frank Arnold"), Mort Downey, Eric Dressler (as "Eddie Kane"), Vladimir Dubinsky, Doris Eaton, Frances Goodrich, Miriam Hopkins (as "Elsa McCoy"), Frank Horton, Boyd Marshall, Frank McHugh (as "Jimmy Dunn"), Howard Morgan, Lawrence O'Sullivan, Merald Tollefsen, Denton Vane, Suzanne Willa. Produced by Barbour, Crimmins & Bryant.
- Boom Boom (1929). Musical comedy.
- (1929) Stage Play: Pleasure Bound. Musical revue. Music by Muriel Pollock. Book by' Harold Atteridge'. Lyrics by Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief and Harold Atteridge. Additional music by Phil Baker, Maurice Ruebens and Peter DeRose. Additional lyrics by Moe Jaffe, Sid Silvers, Charles Tobias, Irving Kahal and Sidney Clare. Musical Director: Harold Stern. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger and Archie Bleyer [credited as Archey Bleyer]. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley and Johnny Boyle [credited as John Boyle]. Directed by Lew Morton. Majestic Theatre: 18 Feb 1929- 15 Jun 1929 (136 performances). Cast: Jannie Adams (as "Ensemble"), Phil Baker (as "Phil Baker"), Virginia Barrett (as "Mazie"), Leonore Blair (as "Ensemble"), William Bonelli (as "Sheriff"), Betty Borden (as "Ensemble"), Betty Bowman (as "Marcella Standish"), Grace Brinkley (as "Betty"), Irene Brown (as "Ensemble"), Sheila Burke (as "Fourth Girl/Ensemble"), Adelaide Candee (as "Ensemble"), Tito Carol (as "Tito"), Mary Chandler (as "Second Girl/Ensemble"), George Clidd (as "Ensemble"), Preston Coombs (as "Ensemble"), Harold Crane (as "Mr. Westover, Sr."), Betty Dair (as "Ensemble/First Girl"), Lillian Darville (as "Ensemble"), Jack Dayton (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite De Coursey (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne DeSayles (as "Ensemble"), Gene DeViney (as "Ensemble"), Cicely Dodenham (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Drum (as "Jans/Ensemble"), Evaline Engers (as "Ensemble"), Rennie Evans (as "Ensemble"), Sherry Frayne (as "Ensemble"), Mary Gibson (as "Ensemble"), George Gilday (as "Detective"), Eleanor Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Harry Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Chester Herman (as "Eddie"), Fred Hillebrand (as "Bob Stewart"), Claire Hooper (as "Ensemble"), Roy Hoyer (as "Tom Westover"), Roland Hudson (as "Chief of the Revenue Officers"), Frank Jones (as "Pullman Porter"), Rosa Kay (as "Ensemble"), Georgette Lampsi (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Lauritsen (as "Ensemble"), Sam Lee (as "Packy"), Henrietta Livingstone (as "Pretty Girl/Ensemble"), Ralph J. Locke, Richard Lowell (as "Ensemble"), Neva Lynn (as "Ensemble"), Marilyn Mack (as "Ensemble"), Thomas MacMillan (as "Mr. Zill"), Jane Manners (as "Ensemble"), Lee Manners (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Marsh (as "Ensemble"), Virginia May (as "Ensemble"), Beth Meredith (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Monte (as "Ensemble"), Rosita Morena (as "Pepita"), Paco Moreno (as "Senor Alvarez"), Vivian Morgan (as "Ensemble"), John Humphrey Muldowney (as "Specialty"), Eddie Murray (as "Ensemble"), Margot Nelson (as "Ensemble"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Osborn (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Parker (as "Ensemble"), Jack Pearl (as "Herman Pfeiffer/Rudolph Fisher"), Irene Peck (as "Ensemble"), Agatha Phillips (as "Ensemble/Third Girl"), Marion Phillips (as "Ensemble"), Tommy Schmidt (as "Ensemble"), Mae Selden (as "Ensemble"), Al Shaw (as "Paisley"), Emily Sherman (as "Ensemble"), Kay Simmons (as "Ensemble"), John Slattery (as "Second Revenue Officer"), Allie Smith (as "Homely Girl"), Aileen Stanley (as "Lola Hopkins"), Bobbie Storey (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Thain (as "Ensemble"), James Thompson (as "First Revenue Officer"), Betty Van Allen (as "Ensemble"), Veloz and Yolanda [Veloz and Yolanda] (as "Dancers"), Rosalind Wishon (as "Dolly/Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1929) Stage Play: Top Speed. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton. Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar. Music by Harry Ruby. Musical Direction by Ivan Rudisill. Choreographed by Johnny Boyle [credited as John Boyle] and LeRoy Prinz. Directed by John Harwood. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 10 Mar 1930- close): 25 Dec 1929- 22 Mar 1930 (104 performances). Cast: Flo Allen (as "Ensemble"), Lester Allen (as "Elmer Peters"), Ray Apgar (as "Ensemble"), Theodore Babcock (as "Mr. Rollins") [final Broadway role], Tom Barrett (as "Ensemble"), Laine Blaire (as "Molly"), Billie Blake (as "Ensemble"), Norine Bogan (as "Ensemble"), Irene Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Martha Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Samuel Critcherson (as "Vincent Colgate"), Sunny Dale (as "Daisy Parker") [final Broadway role], George Del Drigo (as "Waiter at the Yacht Club/Ensemble"), Irene Delroy (as "Virginia Rollins") [final Broadway role], Alan DeSylva (as "Ensemble"), Adele Dickson (as "Ensemble"), Harland Dixon (as "Tad Jordan"), Valerie Dolaro (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Driscoll (as "Ensemble"), John T. Dwyer (as "Spencer Colgate"), Enes Early (as "Ensemble"), Olga Fox (as "Ensemble"), Louise Francis (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Franke (as "Ensemble"), Paul Frawley (as "Gerry Brooks"), Fred Furman (as "Ensemble"), William Hale (as "Souvenir Storekeeper"), Lon Haschal [credited as Lon Hascall] (as "Pete Schoonmaker") [final Broadway role], Mildred Hosee (as "Ensemble"), Carolyn James (as "Ensemble"), Gene Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Marie Keve (as "Ensemble"), George King (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Kirkland (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Knight (as "Ensemble"), Willis Lawrence (as "Ensemble"), Irving Lesser (as "Ensemble"), Dixie Lester (as "Ensemble"), Arthur May (as "Ensemble"), Beth Meredith (as "Ensemble"), Hal Morton (as "Ensemble"), Kendall Northrop (as "Ensemble"), Hermes Pan (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Pedrick (as "Bellows"), Lorraine Power (as "Ensemble"), John Quinn (as "Ensemble"), Helen Rauth (as "Ensemble"), Kay Reilly (as "Ensemble"), Shirley Richards (as "Shirley"), Ginger Rogers (as "Babs Green") [Broadway debut], Mildred Rye (as "Ensemble"), Paula Sands (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Silton (as "Ensemble"), Frances Thress (as "Ensemble"), Elinor Walent (as "Ensemble"), Nondas Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Ken Williams (as "Chauffeur/Ensemble"), Dodo Wyatt (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Wyler (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Bolton, Kalmar & Ruby Ltd. Note: Filmed by First National Pictures [distributed by Warner Bros.] as Top Speed (1930) as a Joe E. Brown vehicle.
- (1931) Stage Play: Shoot the Works. Musical revue.
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