- (1929 - 1933) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1929) Stage Play: Fioretta. Musical/romantic comedy/operetta. Music by George Babgy and G. Romilli. Book by Earl Carroll. Book adapted by Charlton Andrews. Lyrics by George Babgy and G. Romilli. Additional lyrics by Grace Henry, Jo Trent and Billy Rose. Music orchestrated by Domenico Savino. Musical Direction by Han Fredhoven. Choreographed by LeRoy Prinz. Production Supervised by Earl Carroll. Directed by Clifford Brooke and Edgar J. MacGregor. Earl Carroll Theatre,: 5 Feb 1929- 11 May 1929 (111 performances). Cast: Dorothy Knapp (as "Fioretta Pepoli"), Violet Arnold, Lionel Atwill (as "Count Matteo Di Brozzo"), Faith Bacon, Paul Banker, Vic Banks, William Billinghurst, Jack Boggs, Lilian Bond (as "Rosamanda," and "Ensemble"), Jay Brennan, Fanny Brice (as "Marchesa Vera Di Livio"), Dorothy Britton, Leo Bronson. Louise Brooks (as "Lucetta," and "Ensemble"), Catherine Clark, G. Davison Clark, Charles Columbus, Elsie Connor, Dorothy Corrigan, Dorice Covert, Rita Crane, Evelyn Crowell, Frank Cullen, Frances Delacy, Sylvia Derby, Leon Dumbadse, Leon Errol (as "Julio Pepoli"), Jackson Fairchild, Stuart N. Farrington Corporal Frank Fiore, Dorothea Frank, Geranium, David Gerry, Harry Goldberg, Betty Goodwin, Gean Greenwald, Giovanni Guerreri, Roy Hansen, Marion Harcke, Angeline Hassel, Virginia Hawkins, George Houston (as "Orsino" AKA "Count di Rovani"), Charles Howard, Stanley Howard Ensemble Margaret Joyce, Theo Karle, Nelda Kincaid, Carol Kingsbury, Martin Le Roy, Bob Lee, Jack Leps, August Lindauer, Wallace Magill, Margaret Manners, John Marlowe, Doris Maye, Russell McLelland, Ida Michaels, Odessa Morgan, Alphonso Mullarkey, Armin Muller, Ordoni Muzzi, Charles Naylor, Leo Pardello, Ruth Patterson, Elsie Pedrick, Irma Philbin, Rae Powell, John Roland, Leonard Ross, Louis Ruff, Albert Sanchez, Blanche Satchell, Hugh Saunders, Sidney Schlesser, Rose Shaw, Martin Sheppard, Autumn Simms, Nelson Snow, Rita Stone, Clement Taylor, Peggy Taylor, Ernest Tello, Benjamin Tilberg, Leonard Trion, Costanza Venturella, Ethel Jane Walker, Dow Walling, J. Allen Ware, Vivian Wilson, John Zimmerman. Produced by Earl Carroll. Note: The quintessential flop of Broadway history. This was Carroll's first attempt at one of his own script adaptations. He made the critical error in casting his girlfriend, Miss Knapp in the lead role in a musical. Knapp couldn't (and didn't) sing in the production and was ridiculed by critics. Carroll's principal backer, Mrs. Anne Warren Weightman Penfield lost her $350,000.00 investment in this show.
- (1929) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Sketch Book. Musical comedy. Music by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney. Book by Earl Carroll, Sidney Skolsky and Eddie Cantor. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney. Conceived by Earl Carroll. Additional text by Eddie Welch. Additional numbers by Billy Rose, Vincent Rose, Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias, Benny Davis, Ted Snyder, Renee Russell, Charles L. Sansone, Irving Kahal, Arnold Johnson, Jean Hubert, Irving Actman and Abner Silver. Music orchestration by Domenico Savino. Production Supervised by Earl Carroll. Choreography by LeRoy Prinz. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Earl Carroll Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 30 Sep 1929 to Mar 1930, then moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 10 Mar 1930 to close): 1 Jul 1929- 7 Jun 1930 (392 performances). Cast: Irene Ahlberg, Eleanor Ahren, Violet Arnold, Faith Bacon, Harry Blue, Dorothy Britton, Marian Carew, Dorothy Carroll, Slim Cavanaugh, Catherine Clark, Elsie Connor, Evelyn Crowell, Janet Currie, Nancy Decker, Frances Delacy, William Demarest (in "Ensemble"), Grace Du Faye, Sammy Duncan, Carlton Emmy, Maryjo Engers, Ann Faye, Collette Francis, Dorothea Frank, Estelle Fratus, Louise Garnett, Bob Geraghty, George Givot, Marion Harcke, Angeline Hassel, Eileen Healy, Don Howard, Bert Jason, Renee Johnson, Frances Joyce, Margaret Joyce, Henrietta Kay, Patsy Kelly, Nelda Kincaid, Will Mahoney, Mary Masher, Vera Milton, Odessa Morgan, Marion O'Day, Omar, Catherine O'Neil, Irma Philbin, Peggy Purcell, Blanche Reeves, Bob Robson, Etna Ross, Winifred Starr, Rita Stone, Three Sailors, Phelps Twins, Beryl Wallace, Flo Ward, Eileen Wenzel, Diana White, Vivian Wilson, Coly Worth, Gracie Worth. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1929) Stage Play: Great Day. Musical comedy. Music by Vincent Youmans. Book by William Carey Duncan and John Wells. Lyrics by William Rose and Edward Eliscu. Musical Director: Paul Lannin and Nicholas Kempner. Choreographed by LeRoy Prinz. Directed by R.H. Burnside and Frank M. Gillespie. Cosmopolitan Theatre: 17 Oct 1929- 16 Nov 1929 (36 performances). Cast: Ismay Andrews, Olive Ball, George Battles, May Brenton, Mayme Briggs, Letha Burson, Bob Burton, Elizabeth Carroll, Edward Cartier, Hugh Chilvers, Kitty Coleman, Grace Connelly, Jackie Corrtez, Frank Daley, Christine Davis, Mildred Dawson, Peggy Deighton, Doris Delairs, Lois Deppe, Harold Des Verney, Diana Doering, Jean Donnald, James Downes, Maude Eburne, William Ehlers, Georgia English, Irene Evans, Gertrude Fayde, Jewell Fisher, Olga Fox, Rita Garcia, Loise Gay, Lackaye Grant, Josephine Gray, S.H. Gray, John Haynes, Millie Holmes, Olive Hopkins, Halle Howard, Lillian Howard, Carrie Huff, Herman Hylander, Pearl Johnson, Jean Joyce, Adelaide Kaiser, Walter C. Kelly, Roberta Kent, Frank Larsen, Buddy Lavon, Blanche Le Clair, Dixie Lester, Larri Lorear, Assorta Marshall, Emily Martin, Kay Mason, Mary Mason, Snippy Mason, Hamilton McLean, Beth Meredith, Mayo Methot (as "Emma Lou Randolph"), Alfred Milano, Margaret Miller,Miller and Lyles, Josephine Mostler, Helen Newton, Ethel Norris, Ralph Northern, Marjorie Porter, Allan Prior, Ken Pulsifer, Essie Queen, Alma Reynolds, Louise Reynolds, Estell Richardson, Mildred Schroder, Vincent Simonin, Herbert Skinner, J. De Witt Spencer, Frances Stevens, Billy Taylor, Billy Toy, Vanessi, Vera Villon, Helen Wallace, Olive Wanamaker, Jean Warren, Gladys Wells, Harriet Williams, Margie Woods, Paulyne Wynter. Produced by Vincent Youmans.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Silver Swan. Musical romance. Music by H. Maurice Jacquet. Book by William S. Brady and Alonzo Price. Lyrics by William S. Brady. Musical Director: Augustus Barratt. Musical Staging by 'Leroy J. Prinz'. Directed by Alonzo Price. Martin Beck Theatre: 27 Nov 1929- 14 Dec 1929 (21 performances). Cast: Lina Abarbanell, Florenz Ames (as "General Von Auen"), Laine Blaire, Ninon Bunyea, Lucille Constant, William Dillon, Vivian Hart, Paul Joyce, Alexander Leftwich, Alice MacKenzie, Harry Miller, David D. Morris, Walter Munroe, Edward Nell, Jr., Jill Northrup, Robert G. Pitkin, Robert Roltner. Produced by Herman Gantvoort.
- (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.
- (1930) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jay Gorney and Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Ted Keohler. Music orchestrated by Domenico Savino. Dialogue (sketches) by Eddie Welch and Eugene Conrad. Musical Direction by Ray Kavanaugh. Choreographed by LeRoy Prinz. Directed by Priestly Morrison and Earl Carroll. New Amsterdam Theatre: 1 Jul 1930- 3 Jan 1931 (215 performances). Cast: Irene Ware [credited as Irene Ahlberg], Myrtle Allen, Helen Arlen, Violet Arnold, Faith Bacon, Betty Bassett, Jack Benny, Murray Bernie, Renee Bonnie, June Brewster, Dorothy Britton, Claiborne Bryson, Marian Carew, Kae Carroll, The Collette Sisters, Frank Condos, Condos, Harry, Diane Cullen, Martha Devine, Vivian Fay, Ronald Fielder, Rosa Fronson, Genie Fursa, Harriet Hagman, John Hale, Edward Harrison, Louis Harrison, Angeline Hassel, Renee Havel, Julie Jenner, Frances Joyce, Patsy Kelly, Alice Kerwin, Rita Kerwin, Nelda Kincaid, Dorothy Lamb, Nondas Metcalf, Ida Michaels, Vera Milton, Mabel Nordman, Marion O'Day, Mary Pleasants, Edith Pragan, Geraldine Pratt, Naomi Ray, Blanche Reeves, Billy Rolls, Paula Sands, Jimmy Savo, Rose Shaw, Pearl Shepherd, Harry Stockwell, Elizabeth Sundmark, Constance Trevor, Sunny Trowbridge, Betty Veronica, Beryl Wallace, Eileen Wenzel, Thelma White, Herb Williams. Produced by Earl Carroll. Historical note: Vincente Minnelli first worked on Broadway on this production as a costume designer.
- (1933) Stage Play: Tattle Tales. Musical revue. Sketches by Frank Fay and Nick Copeland. Lyrics by George Waggoner, Leo Robin, Edward Eliscu, William Walsh, Frank Fay, Willard Robison and Howard Jackson. Additional lyrics by Bernie Grossman and Dave Silverstein. Music by Edward Ward, Ralph Rainger, Willard Robison, Howard Jackson and Eddie Bienbryer. Musical Direction by Arnold Johnson. Music orchestrated by Howard Jackson. Musical numbers staged by John Lonergan, Danny Dare and LeRoy Prinz [final Broadway credit]. Entire production under the personal supervision of Frank Fay. Broadhurst Theatre: 1 Jun 1933- 24 Jun 1033 (28 performances). Cast: Lois Ackerman (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Jerry Archer (as "The Mind Readers" Performer/The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Mary Barnett (as "You Gotta Do Better Than That" Performer/The First Spring Day" Dancer/"Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer/"Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Beauvell (as "Hasta Mañana (So This is Havana)" Performer/"Valse/Moderniatsic" Performer/Inspector of Transients/Grand Centre Terminal"), Eddie Byrnbriar (as "A Son of New Rochelle, Grand Centre Terminal"), Les Clark (as "You Gotta Do Better Than That" Performer/"The First Spring Day" Dancer/"Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer/"Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Ione Collombe (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Nick Copeland (as "Nathan Jackson, The Crash/Hook & Eye No. 1/Information, Grand Centre Terminal"), Don Cumming (as "Meet Our Hero and Heavy" Performer/The Sneak, Not to Be Trusted/Retired Time Table Folder, Grand Centre Terminal"), Dorothy Dell (as "Breaking Up a Rhythm" Performer/"Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Betty Doree (as "I'll Take an Option on You" Performer/Specialty Performer"), John Dyer (as "Hon. Wilbur Peabody, The Crash/"The Mind Readers" Performer/First Interviewer/The Interview/Casting Director, Extra Man/Announcer, Grand Centre Terminal"), Helen Eades (as "Maid, The Interview/The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Edith Evans (as "Harlem Lullaby" Performer/Dot LaMar, The Interview/Jenny Grab, Grand Centre Terminal"), Frank Fay (as "Meet Our Hero and Heavy" Performer/"I'll Take an Option on You" Performer/"The Nervous Waltz" Performer/"Still the Nervous Waltz" Performer/"Hang Up Your Hat on Broadway" Performer/The Abused, Not to Be Trusted/"Extra Man" Performer/Col. Tapeapeek, Grand Centre Terminal"), Wilma Flannigan (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), William Hargrave (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer/Second Interviewer, The Interview/"The First Spring Day" Performer"), Jane Hayes (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Collece Legget (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), James Mack (as "Sir Herbert Martin, The Crash/Engine Co. No. 2/Baggage Supervisor, Grand Centre Terminal"), Lucille Matthews (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Ray Mayer (as "The Official Mr. "Eh Eh"/Officer Take, Grand Centre Terminal"), Jane Morgan Mrs. Strong, The Interview/Madamme YO YO, Grand Centre Terminal"), Barbara Near (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Charlotte Neste The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Betty Norton (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Betty Nylander (as "The Wife, Grand Centre Terminal"), Evelyn Page (as "The Nervous Waltz" Performer/"Still the Nervous Waltz" Performer/The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Lillian Reynolds (as "Percy With Perserverence" Performer/"Breaking Up a Rhythm" Performer/"Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer"), Beverly Royde (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Sylvia Schiller (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Barbara Stanwyck (as "Herself, The Interview/Kay Arnold, The Interview"), Miss Tova (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer/"Valse Moderniatsic" Performer/Mr.-Mrs. Lady, Grand Centre Terminal"), Elsa Walbridge (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Wilma Wray The Misses "Tattle Tales"). Produced by Frank Fay.
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