- (1923 - 1937) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: Jack and Jill. Musical comedy. Book by Frederic S. Isham and Otto A. Harbach. Based on a play by Frederic S. Isham. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach, John Murray Anderson and Augustus Barratt. Music by Augustus Barratt. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh and Stephen Jones. Additional music by Alfred Newman, William Daly, Muriel Pollock and Ivor Novello. Additional lyrics by Ivor Novello, Oliver Deering and Blanche Merrill. Choreographed by Larry Ceballos. Staged by John Murray Anderson. Directed by John Harwood. Globe Theatre: 22 Mar 1923- 9 Jun 1923 (92 performances). Cast: Kathlyn Ardelle (as "Ensemble"), Jean Barney (as "Solo Singer"), Leon Barte (as "Solo Dancer"), Lina Basquette (as "The Maid/Solo Dancer"), Beth Beri (as "Phyllis Sisson/Solo Dancer"), Helene Blair (as "Solo Dancer"), Brenda Bond (as "Solo Singer"), Anna Buckley (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Burgette (as "A Descendant of Mary Ball"), Cynthia Cambridge (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Cavello (as "Ensemble"), America Chedister (as "Mrs. DePeyster Fish/Ensemble"), Joan Clement (as "Ensemble"), Anna Mae Clift (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Collenette (as "Solo Dancer"), Carlos Conte (as "The Footman"), Pauline Doria (as "Ensemble"), Elsa Doris (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Fish (as "Ensemble"), Ward Fox (as "Solo Dancer"), Alden Gay (as "Ensemble"), Eleanora Grover (as "Mrs. Foote/Ensemble"), Roger Imhof (as "Daniel Malone"), Brooke Johns (as "Donald Lee"), Leslie Joy (as "Solo Singer"), Eleanor Labelle (as "Ensemble"), Eileen Lawrie (as "Solo Singer"), Violet Lobell (as "Ensemble"), Edna Locke (as "Ensemble"), Donald MacDonald (as "Jack Andrews"), Nathalie Malowan (as "Solo Singer"), Geraldine Markham (as "Ensemble"), Kiki Maxwell (as "Corps de Ballet"), Gayle Mays (as "Solo Dancer"), Elizabeth North (as "Ensemble"), Nyoka-Nyoka (as "Solo Dancer"), Virginia O'Brien (as "Jill Malone"), Astrid Ohlson (as "Solo Singer"), Lester O'Keefe (as "Solo Singer"), Georgia O'Ramey (as "Mrs. Malone"), Metta Louise Orr (as "Mrs. Sylvester Jones"), Julia Parler (as "Corps de Ballet"), Lennox Pawle (as "Duke of Dippington"), Ann Pennington (as "Gloria Wayne"), Geneva Price (as "Corps de Ballet"), Russell Scott (as "(as "The Butler/Solo Singer"), Tarzanne (as "Ensemble"), Winifred Verina (as "Marcia Manners"), Doris Vinton (as "Corps de Ballet") [Broadway debut], Clifton Webb (as "Jimmy Eustace"), Claudius Webster (as "Solo Dancer"), Cricket Wooten (as "Corps de Ballet"). Produced by Chelsea Producing Corp.
- (1923) Stage Play: Fashions of 1924. Musical revue. Music by Ted Snyder. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Sketches by: Alexander Leftwich, Jimmy Hussey and John Kendrick Bangs. Musical Direction by Milan Roder. Music orchestrated by Milan Roder and Arthur Lange. Featuring songs by Eric Nardo. Costume Design by Arnold Daly, Marie Nordstrom, Adrian, Travis Banton and Sophie Rosenberg. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Lyceum Theatre: 18 Jul 1923- 28 Jul 1923 (13 performances). Cast: Louise Carlton, Arnold Daly, M. De Jari, Gene Delmont, Dinazarde, Elaine Field, Alden Gay, Teddie Gill, May Rena Grady, Marion Hamilton, Ina Hayward, Ed Hickey, Sallie Hurst, Jimmy Hussey, Joseph Kayser, Muriel Kingston, Helen La Vonne, Muriel Lodge, John V. Lowe, Evelyn Martin, Masters & Kraft, Carlotta Monterey, Florence Morrison, Edythe Nedd, Marie Nordstrom, Maida Palmer, John H. Roberts, John Davenport Seymour, Elsa Sterling, Edith Taliaferro, Ethelyn Tillman, Doris Vinton. Produced by Alexander Leftwich.
- (1927) Stage Play: Merry-Go-Round. Musical comedy. Music by Henry Souvaine and Jay Gorney. Directed by Alan Dinehart [credited as Allan Dinehart]. Klaw Theatre (moved to The Sam H. Harris Theatre from 12 Sep 1927- close): 31 May 1927- Sep 1927 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Don Barclay, Evelyn Bennett, Joyce Booth, Marie Cahill, William Collier, Maryon Dale, Blanche Fleming, Etienne Girardot, Daniel Higgins, Libby Holman, James Jolly, William Leibling, Arthur Lipson, Philip Loeb, Louise Richardson, Leonard Sillman, Mary Stills, Doris Vinton, Clifford Walker, Rose Wenzel, Al Wilde, Renee Wilde, Woodey Lee Wilson, Devah Worrell. Produced by Richard Herndon.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Manhatters. Musical revue. Music by Alfred Nathan. Book by Aline Erlanger and George S. Oppenheimer. Lyrics by George Oppenheimer [credited as George S. Oppenheimer]. Directed by Dave Bennett. Selwyn Theatre: 3 Aug 1927- Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/68 performances). Cast: Sally Bates, Burke Boyce, George Francis Brown, Lehman Byck, Jacques Cartier, Dorothy Chard, Edward Hale, William Johnstone, Raymond Knight [Broadway debut], Mary Marsh, James Norris, Katherine Renwick, Eleanor Shaler, Doris Vinton, Aida Ward, Mabel Zoeckler. Produced by The Manhatters Company.
- (1928) Stage Play: Say When. Musical comedy. Material by Calvin Brown. Based on a play by Amelie Rives and Gilbert Emery. Music by Ray Perkins, Kay Swift, W. Franke Harling, Jesse Greer, Daisy deSegonzak and Irma Hopper. Featuring songs by Arthur Sheekman. Lyrics by Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Paul James, W. Franke Harling, Mayor James J. Walker, Raymond Klages and Irma Hopper. Featuring songs with lyrics by Helen Wallace. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Morosco Theatre: 26 Jun 1928-Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Josephine Adair (as "Miss Stuart"), Jane Alden, Ruth Altman, Sally Anderson, Joyce Arling, Bradley Cass, William J. Cleary, Warren Crosby, Ruth Fallows, Peggy Fish, Dorothy Fitzgibbon, Ann Freshman, Roger Gray, Gene Raymond [credited as Raymond Guion] (as "Michael Graham"), Kathryn Hamill, Kathryn Hereford, Dorothy Jones, Helen Kaiser, Genevieve Kent, Harry Kirk, Cora La Redd, Joseph Lertora, Mabel Martin, Beverly Maude, Patricia McGrath, Duquesne Miller, Robert Moody, J. Gibbs Penrose, Mildred Quigley, Alan Ray, Anna Rex, Bartlett Simmons, Alison Skipworth (as "Comtessa Scaracchi"), Archie Thompson, Doris Vinton, Donald Wells, Harold Williams. Produced by Elisabeth Marbury and Carl Reed.
- (1928) Stage Play: Luckee Girl. Musical comedy. Music by Maurice Yvain. Lyrics by Max Lief and Nathaniel Lief. Book adapted by Gertrude Purcell. Based on a French operette by Andre Barde. Musical Director: Earl Busby. Featuring songs by Werner Janssen. Featuring songs with lyrics by Mann Holiner. Choreographed by Harry Puck and Marie Kelley. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps. Directed by Lew Morton. Casino Theatre (moved to The Sam H. Harris Theatre from 29 Oct 1928- close): 15 Sep 1928- 24 Nov 1928 (81 performances). Cast: Ayres (as "Specialty"), Charles A. Baker (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Barber (as "Celina"), Julia Barker (as "Ensemble"), Dan Berrigan (as "Ensemble"), Malease Bisland (as "Ensemble"), Edward Brown (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Carpenter (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Cartlich (as "Ensemble"), Ted Clarke (as "Ensemble"), Don Cortez (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Drake (as "Mme. Falloux"), Irene Dunne (as "Arlette") [final Broadway role], Thelma Dye (as "Ensemble"), Jinny Evans (as "Ensemble"), Johnny Ferrara (as "One of four Diplomats"), Irving Fisher (as "Lucien DeGravere"), Helen Hackbarth (as "Ensemble"), Andy Hamilton (as "One of four Diplomats"), Billy House (as "Hercules"), Dorothy Kirtley (as "Ensemble"), Frank Lalor (as "Pontaves"), Lucille Leverich (as "Ensemble"), Neva Lynn (as "Ensemble"), Malinoff (as "Specialty"), Dorothy McGushion (as "Lili"), Gertrude McGushion (as "Lulu"), Elena Meade (as "Ensemble"), Betty Montgomery (as "Ensemble"), Carmen Morales (as "Ensemble"), Lenny Nelson (as "One of four Diplomats"), Georgia O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), Roberta Parnell (as "Ensemble"), Viola Paulson (as "Ensemble"), Flo Perry (as "Colette"), Harry Phelps (as "Ensemble"), Lou Powers (as "Tampon"), Harry Puck (as "Paul Pechard"), Albertina Rasch [credited as Miss Rasche] (as "Specialty"), Albertina Rexroth (as "Ensemble"), Larry Rockwell (as "Ensemble"), Hal Saliers (as "One of four Diplomats"), Kay Simmons (as "Ensemble"), Billy Skinner (as "Ensemble"), Clifford Smith (as "Man/Jean"), Frances Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Doris Vinton (as "Camille"), Harold Vizard (as "DeGravere"), Lorraine Weimar (as "Mme. Pontaves"), Elizabeth Whitehead (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert.
- (1930) Stage Play: Garrick Gaieties. Musical revue (revival). Directed by Philip Loeb. Guild Theatre: 16 Oct 1930- Oct 1930 ((closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Alice Bankert, Mary Brown, Donald Burr, Neal Caldwell, Katherine Carrington, Albert Carroll, Irene Carroll, Ruth Chorpenning, Imogene Coca, Anna Marie Cotter, Anne Delphin, Edwin Gilcher, Neila Goodelle, William Holbrook, Sterling Holloway', Otto Hulett, Robert La Branch, Philip Loeb, Ginger Meehan, Sylvia Miller, Mildred Muller, James Norris, Rosalind Russell [Broadway debut], Louis Simon, Roger Stearns, Edgar Stehli, Dot Stemme, Emily Thompson, Doris Vinton, Kathleen Whitcomb, Viola Wilson. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1937) Stage Play: Orchids Preferred. Musical comedy. Music by Dave Stamper [final Broadway credit]. Book by Fred Herendeen. Lyrics by Frederik Herendeen. Based on "Taxi Fare" by Fred Herendeen. Additional music by Henry Russell. Additional lyrics by Morry Olsen. Musical Director: Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Paul Sprosty. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Costume Design by Jenkins. Choreographed by Robert Sanford. Directed by Alexander Leftwich [final Broadway credit]. Imperial Theatre: 11 May 1947- 15 May 1937 (7 performances). Cast: Leslie Austin (as "Richard Hope, Sr."), Phyllis Avery (as "Goldie"), James Babbitt (as "Bobbie"), Bob Borger (as "Dr. Sommers"), Lillian Carson (as "Sally"), Violet Carson (as "Edithe"), William Chalmers (as "Doorman"), Jack Clifford (as "Henry Warrenton"), Ethel Colt (as "Penelope Halchester"), Margie Conradi (as "Margie"), Vicki Cummings (as "Marion Brown"), Jack Curry (as "Footman"), Frew Donald (as "Hortense Chatfield"), John Donaldson (as "Richard Hope, Jr."), Elsie Edwards (as "Elsie"), Audrey Elliott (as "Mary Ann Miller"), Eddie Foy Jr. (as "Bubbles Wilson"), Joanne (as "June"), Hilda Knight (as "Gertrude Devereaux"), Helen Leftwich (as "Elizabeth Hope"), Fay Long (as "Helene Windsor"), Verna Long (as "Dorothy Charters"), Helen Martin (as "Evy"), Dilys Miles (as "Eva"), Bill Pillick (as "Chauffeur"), Bob Rice (as "Henry Monroe"), Lucille Rich (as "Sunny"), Henry Russell (as "Teddy Barber"), Frances Smith (as "Chorus"), Julie Sterling (as "Evangeline Landreth"), Frances Thress (as "Violet Manning"), Virda Twiford (as "Eve"), Benay Venuta (as "Lillian Mahoney"), Doris Vinton (as "Billie") [final Broadway credit], Jules Walton (as "July"), Jack Whittridge (as "Elmer Traun"). Produced by Charles H. Abramson.
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