- (1913) Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The Misleading Lady" on Broadway. Written by Charles W. Goddard and Paul Dickey. Fulton Theatre: 25 Nov 1913-May 1914 (closing date unknown/183 performances). Cast: Inez Buck, Everett Butterfield, Robert Cain, John Cumberland, Robert Graves [final Broadway role], Jane Quinn, Albert Sackett, William H. Sams, Frances Savage, Lewis Stone, Frank Sylvester, Henry Thompson, Alice Wilson, Gladys Wilson. Produced by William H. Harris Jr.
- (1915) Stage: Appeared (as "Second Yeoman") in "The Yeomen of the Guard [The Merryman and His Maid]" on Broadway. Musical/operetta (revival/played in repertory with "The Mikado", "The Sorcerer", "Trial by Jury", "H.M.S. Pinafore", "Iolanthe"). Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Arthur Sullivan. Musical Director: Clarence West. Directed by Herbert Cripps. 48th Street Theatre: 19 Apr 1915-8 May 1915 (24 performances). Cast: Arthur Aldridge (as "Col. Fairfax"), Natalie Alt (as "Elsie Maynard"), May Arnold (as "Chorus"), Digby Bell (as "Chorus"), Alice Brady (as "Chorus"), Una Brooks (as "Chorus"), Gladys Caldwell (as "Phoebe Meryll"), Frank Clarke (as "First Yeoman"), William Danforth (as "Wilfred Shadbolt"), Hugh Dwyer (as "Leonard Meryll"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Jack Point"), Marie Horgan (as "Dame Carruthers"), James Hughes (as "The Headsman"), Alice McComb (as "Kate"), Maude Mordaunt (as "Chorus"), William Quimby (as "First Citizen"), Henry Smith (as "Second Citizen"), Richard Temple (as "Chorus"), Herbert Waterous (as "Sgt. Meryll"), John Willard (as "Sir Richard Cholmondeley"). Produced by William A. Brady and Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
- (1916) Stage: Appeared (as "Twin Duke of Ethiopia") in "Gertrude Kingston and a Visiting Company" [production was composed of the following shows: "Great Catherine", "The Inca of Perusalem", "The Queen's Enemies"]. Neighborhood Playhouse (moved to Maxine Elliott's Theatre from 18 Dec 1916-close): 14 Nov 1916-30 Dec 1916 (42 performances). "Great Catherine": Written by George Bernard Shaw. Cast: Gertrude Kingston (as "Catherine II, Empress of Russia"), Leslie Austin (credited as Leslie Austen; as "Capt. Edstaston, Of the Light Dragoons"; Broadway debut), Roberta Bellinger (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), William Boykin (as "Courtier"), Colin Campbell (as "Sergeant"), Albert J. Carroll (as "Courtier"), C. Haviland Chappell (as "Courtier"), Louise Coleman (as "Princess Dashkoff"), Nell Compton-Mackenzie (as "Claire"), William Dwight (as "Guard"), Henley Edwards (as "Courtier"), Jacob Golub (as "Guard"), David Kimball (as "Naryshkin, The Chamberlain"), Annabella Murray (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), Esther Pomeroy Owen (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), Walter Ringham (as "Patiomkin, The Prime Minister"), J.F. Roach (as "Guard"), Erskine Sanford (as "Courtier"), Dorie Sawyer (as "Varinka"), Sarah Shirley (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), Vida Walker (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), Henry Worthington (as "Guard"). "The Inca of Perusalem": Written by George Bernard Shaw [credited as "A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature"]. Cast: Gertrude Kingston (as "Ermyntrude"), Colin Campbell (as "The Waiter"), Nell Compton-Mackenzie (as "A Royal Princess"), Henley Edwards (as "The Hotel Manager"), David Kimball (as "The Archdeacon"), Walter Ringham (as "The Inca"). "The Queen's Enemies": Melodrama. Written by Lord Dunsany. Cast: Leslie Austin (credited as Leslie Austen; as "Prince Rhadamandaspes"), Albert J. Carroll (as "Tharrabas"), C. Haviland Chappell (as "King of the Four Countries"), Louise Coleman (as "Ackazarpses"), Henley Edwards (as "Prince Zophernes"), William Essex (as "Slave"), Alice Lewisohn (as "The Queen"), Hubert Osborne (as "Priest of Horus"), Arnold Rittenberg (as "Slave"), J.F. Roach (as "Slave"), Erskine Sanford (as "tharni"), Wells Spaulding (as "Twin Duke of Ethiopia"), Arthur Stevens (as "Slave"), Arthur Wood (as "Harlee"). Produced by The Gertrude Kingston Company.
- (1918) Stage: Appeared (as "Henry Allen") in "Daddies" on Broadway. Written by John L. Hobble. Belasco Theatre (moved to The Lyceum Theatre from 4 Nov 1918-close): 5 Sep 1918-Jun 1919 (closing date unknown/340 performances). Cast: Mrs. Armand (as "Katie"), Aida Armand (as "Alice"), John W. Cope (as "James Crocket"), Edwards Davis (as "Nicholson Walters"), Jeanne Eagels (as "Ruth Atkins"), Winifred Fraser (as "Mrs. Audrey"), George Giddens (as "Parker"), Edith King (as "Bobette"), Bruce McRae (as "Robert Audrey"), Paulette Noizeux (as "Madam Levigne"), Mrs. Quinn (as "Nurse"), The Quinns (as "Francois & Co."), Lorna Volare (as "Lorry"), S.K. Walker (as "William Rivers"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1920) Stage: Appeared (as "Sylvester Cross") in "The Broken Wing" on Broadway. Comedy/drama. Written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. 48th Street Theatre: 29 Nov 1920-Apr 1921 (closing date unknown/171 performances). Cast: Henry Duggan (as "Luther Farley"), Alphonse Ethier (as "Capt. Innocencio Dos Santos"), Inez Plummer (as "Inez Villera"), Walter F. Scott (as "Jerry Waldron"), George Spelvin [fictitious name; actor wished to remain anonymous] (as "Marco"), Joseph Spurin (as "Basilio"), Babe Sundance (as "Babe Sundance"), Myrtle Tannehill (as "Cecelia"), Charles Trowbridge (as "Philip Marvin"), Louis Wolheim (as "General Panfilo Aguilar"), Mary Worth (as "Ouichita"). MPTE: Filmed as The Broken Wing (1932).
- (1923) Stage: Appeared (as "Texas") in "Zander the Great" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Salisbury Field. Directed by David Burton. Empire Theatre: 9 Apr 1923-Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Joseph Allen (as "Good News"), Joseph Baird (as "Oliver Macy"), James S. Barrett (as "Jim Sawday"), Alice Brady (as "Mamie"), Edwin Mills (as "Zander"), Dan Moyles (as "Bill Price"), Jerome Patrick (as "Dan Murchison"), Joseph Spurin (as "Juan"), Raymond Van Sickle (as "Elmer Lovejoy"), William Wadsworth (as "Jackson Pepper"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1923) Stage: Appeared (as "Sverre Peterson") in "White Desert" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed / produced by Brock Pemberton. Princess Theatre: 18 Oct 1923-Oct 1923 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: John Friend (as "Dugan"), Beth Merrill (as "Mary Kane"), Francesco Prosperi (as "Michael Kane"), Ethel Wright.
- (1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Sid Hunt") in "Hell-bent Fer Heaven" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Hatcher Hughes. Klaw Theatre: 4 Jan 1924-May 1924 (closing date unknown/122 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders (as "Andy Lowry"), Clara Blandick (as "Meg Hunt"), Margaret Borough (as "Jude Lowry"), Burke Clarke (as "Matt Hunt"), Augustin Duncan (as "David Hunt"), John F. Hamilton (as "Rufe Pryor"). Produced by Marc Klaw Inc. NOTES: (1) Won Pulitzer Prize for Best Play. (2) Filmed as Hell-Bent fer Heaven (1926).
- (1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Steve Tuttle") in "Lazybones" on Broadway. Written by Owen Davis. Vanderbilt Theatre: 22 Sep 1924-Nov 1924 (closing date unknown/79 performances). Cast: Martha Bryan-Allen (as "Kit"), Amelia Gardner (as "Martha Tuttle"; final Broadway role), Leona Hogarth (as "Ruth Fanning"), Jean May (as "Jessie Mary Sisler"), Beth Merrill (as "Agnes Fanning"), Allen H. Moore (as "Dick Ritchie"), Elizabeth Patterson (as "Rebecca Fanning"), Willard Robertson (as "Lew Sisler"), Charles C. Wilson (as "Elmer Ballister"). Produced by Sam Harris. NOTE: Filmed as Lazybones (1925).
- (1925) Stage: Appeared (as "Dynamite Jim") in "Processional" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by John Howard Lawson. Garrick Theatre: 12 Jan 1925-Mar 1925 (closing date unknown/90 performances). Cast: Patricia Barclay (as "Old Maggie"), Alvah Bessie (as "Soldier" / "Miner"), E.F. Bliss (as "Gore"), William P. Canfield (as "Man in Silk Hat"), Samuel Chinitz (as "Third Soldier"), Redfield Clarke (as "The Sheriff"), Robert Collyer (as "Slop"), Carl Eckstrom (as "McCarthy"), Blanche Friderici (as "Mrs. Euphemia Stewart Flimmins"), Ben Grauer (as "Boob Elkins"), Charles Halton (as "Jake Psinkski"), William T. Hayes (credited as William T. Hays; as "Pop Pratt"), Stanley Lindahl (as "Smith" / "Second Soldier"), Philip Loeb (as "Isaac Cohen"), Donald MacDonald (as "Philpotts"), Samuel L. Manning (as "Rastus"), Sanford Meisner (as "Soldier" / "Miner"), Roy Regua (as "Soldier" / "Miner"), Arthur Sircom (as "Soldier" / "Miner"), Lee Strasberg (as "First Soldier"; Broadway debut), Ernest Thompson (as "Soldier" / "Miner"), Harvey Tievs (as "Soldier" / "Miner"), June Walker (as "Sadie Cohen"), Alan Ward (as "Bill"). Replacement actors during run: Edward Pawley (as "Dynamite Jim"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1925) Stage: Wrote (w/James Gleason) The Fall Guy", produced on Broadway. Comedy/melodrama. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 10 Mar 1925-Jun 1925 (closing date unknown/95 performances). Cast: Joseph Baird, Joseph R. Garry (as "Keefe"), Henry Mortimer (as "Charles Newton"), Beatrice Noyes (as "Bertha Quinlan"), Dorothy Peterson (as "Lottie Quinlan"), Hartley Power (as "'Nifty' Frank Herman"), Ralph Sipperly (as "Dan Walsh"), Ernest Truex (as "Johnnie Quinan"), Alf Weinberger (as "Schultz"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with George B. McLellan. NOTE: Filmed as The Fall Guy (1930).
- (1925) Stage: Wrote (w/Winchell Smith, who also directed) / appeared (as "Dirk Yancey") in "A Holy Terror", produced on Broadway. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 28 Sep 1925-Oct 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Elizabeth Allen, Leila Bennett, Emerin Campbell, D.J. Carew, Richard Carlyle, Harry Cooke, William Goddard, Ralph Hackett, Leona Hogarth, Edward T. Holland, Frederic Malcolm, Ben Meigs, Arthur Miles, Millard Mitchell (as "Tremper"), Frank Monroe, John F. Morrissey, Dan Moyles, Bennett Musson, William Pawley, Ed Savold, Harry Schaefer, G. Albert Smith, George Thompson, Frank Verigun, Charles Wagenheim, George J. Williams. Produced by John Golden.
- (1926) Stage: Wrote (w/John V.A. Weaver) / directed "Love 'em and Leave 'em", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 3 Feb 1926-Jun 1926 (closing date unknown/152 performances). Cast: Joseph Bell (as "Kenyon"), Thomas Chalmers (as "Mr. McGonigle"), Elmer Cornell (as "Sam"), Camilla Crume (as "Ma Woodruff"), Eda Heinemann (as "Miss Streeter"), Florence Johns (as "Mame Walsh"), Nellie Leach (as "Agnes"), Frances Lynch (as "Pearl"), Donald MacDonald (as "Billingsly"), Vincent Mallory (as "Jack"), Donald Meek (as "Lem Woodruff"), G. Albert Smith (as "Aiken"), Harold Waldridge (as "Jim"), Katherine Wilson (as "Janie Walsh"). Produced by Jed Harris. NOTE: Filmed as Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926).
- (1926) Stage: Wrote (w/Philip Dunning) / directed "Broadway" on Broadway. Drama. Broadhurst Theatre: 16 Sep 1926-11 Feb 1928 (603 performances). Cast: Constance Brown, Sylvia Field (as "Billie Moore"), William Foran, Robert Gleckler (as "Steve Crandall"), Thomas E. Jackson (as "Dan McCorn"), Roy R. Lloyd (as "Mike"), Millard Mitchell (as "Larry"), Paul Porcasi (as "Nick Verdis"), Ann Preston (as "Katie"), Molly Ricardel, Henry Sherwood, Joseph Calleia (credited as Joseph Spurin-Calleia; as "Joe, a waiter"), Eloise Stream (as "Pearl"), Lee Tracy (as "Roy Lane"), Edith Van Cleve (as "Ruby"), Frank Verigun (as "Benny"), Mildred Wall (as "Mazie Smith"), Clare Woodbury (as "Lil Rice"), John Wray (as "Scar Edwards"). Produced by Jed Harris. NOTE: Filmed as Broadway (1929) (an all-talkie, with Paul Porcasi and Thomas E. Jackson recreating their stage roles, produced on a then eye-popping $1-million budget), Broadway (1942), Broadway (1938).
- (1926) Stage: Directed "Chicago" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Music Box Theatre: 30 Dec 1926-May 1927 (closing date unknown/172 performances). Cast: George W. Anspeak (as "Foreman of the Jury"), Robert Barrat (as "Martin S. Harrison"), Charles Bickford (as "Jake"), Ferike Boros, Doan Borrup (as "Fred Casely"), George Cowell (as "First Man Reporter"), Juliette Crosby (as "Velma"), Carl De Mal (as "Bailiff"), Edward Ellis (as "Billy Flynn"), Edith Fitzgerald (as "Go-To-Hell Kitty"), Charles Halton (as "Amos Hart"), Eda Heinemann (as "Mary Sunshine"), Charles Kuhn, George Lanning (as "Bailiff"), Francine Larrimore (as "Roxie Hart"), Al Milliken, James C. Pall (as "First Photographer"), Thomas Poland (as "Cameraman"), Charles Slattery, G. Albert Smith (as "Slats"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Liz"), Wilma Thompson, Milano Tilden (as "Judge Canton"), Arthur Vinton (as "Babe"), Isabelle Winlocke (as "Mrs. Morton"), Vincent York (as "Foreman of the Jury"). Produced by Sam Harris. NOTE: Filmed as Chicago (2002).
- (1927) Stage: Directed "Spread Eagle" on Broadway. Drama. Written by George S. Brooks and Walter Lister. Martin Beck Theatre: 4 Apr 1927-Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Brenda Bond (as "Lois Henderson"), Charles D. Brown (as "Bill Davis"), Harry Cooke (as "Sentry"), Herbert Courtney (as "Captain"), Frank Dae (as "Theatre Manager"), Malcolm Duncan (as "Father Estrella"), Virginia Farmer (as "Grace"), Fred House (as "Brig. Gen. Wagner, U.S.A."), Felix Krembs (as "Gen. Ramon Angel de Castro"), Aline MacMahon (as "Rosalie Kent"), Donald Meek (as "Mike Riordan"), Lester Nielson (as "Peter"), Osgood Perkins (as "Joe Cobb"), Jose Rivas (as "Col. Rojas"), Eduardo Sanchez (as "Manuel"), Allen Vincent (as "Charles Parkman"), Fritz Williams (as "Martin Henderson"), Vincent Yorke (as "Radio Announcer"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1927) Stage: Directed / co-wrote (w/Dana Burnet) "Four Walls", produced on Broadway. John Golden Theatre: 19 Sep 1927-Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Suzanne Browne (as "Lizzie"), William Cox (as "Marty"), Lionel Dante (as "Paul"), Peter Du Conge (as "Second Musician"), Bella Finkle (as "Bertha"), Jacob Frank (as "Mendel"), Jeanne Greene (as "Frieda"), Averell Harris (as "The Monk"), Steven Jones (as "Fourth Musician"), Edward Keane (as "Sullivan"), Eloise Keeler (as "Sally"), James C. Lane (as "Tom"), Clara Langsner (as "Mrs. Horowitz"), Jay Lindsey (as "Looey"), Gertrude Manfred (as "Gertie"), Sanford Meisner (as "Sid"), George Nicols (as "Third Musician"), Olga Nova (as "Stella"), William Pawley (as "Lefty"), Edwin Philips (as "Sammy"), Evelyn Platt (as "Rose"), William Smith (as "First Musician"), Lee Strasberg (as "Nick"), Charles Wagenheim (as "Herman"), Josephine Wehn (as "Mrs. Clampman"), Paul Muni (credited as Muni Wisenfrend; as "Benny Horowitz"), George Wright Jr. (as "Jake"). Produced by John Golden. NOTE: Filmed as Four Walls (1928), Straight Is the Way (1934).
- (1927) Stage: Directed / co-wrote (w/Ann Shepherd) "Coquette", produced on Broadway. Tragedy/romance. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 8 Nov 1927-Sep 1928 (closing date unknown/366 performances). Cast: Frederick Burton, Elliot Cabot, Frank Dae (as "Ed Forsythe"), Helen Hayes (as "Norma Besant"), Andrew Lawlor Jr., Una Merkel (as "Betty Lee Reynolds"), Abbie Mitchell, Steve Pendleton, G. Albert Smith (as "Stanley Wentworth"), Phyllis Tyler, Charles Waldron (as "Dr. Besant"). Produced by Jed Harris and Lee Shubert.
- (1927) Stage: Co-directed (w/John Meehan) "Bless You, Sister", produced on Broadway. Written by John Meehan and Robert Riskin (also co-producer). Forrest Theatre: 26 Dec 1927-Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: George Alison (as "Rev. Robert MacDonald"), Robert Ames (as "Freddy Gribble"), Charles Bickford (as "Timothy Bradley"), Alice Brady (as "Mary MacDonald"), Clark Bremer (as "Member of the Choir"), Marjorie Dalton (as "Miss Quigley"), Eugene Donovan (as "Tony Nazarro"), Anne Elliott (as "Member of the Choir"), Dorothy Estabrook (as "Esther Lewis"), Denis Gurney (as "George Hunter"), Marie Ilka (as "Miss Hyde"), Eloise Keeler (as "Daisy"), George Lessey (as "Sen. Gribble"), Mildred MacLeod (as "Sandy MacDonald"), Edwin Marshall (as "Member of the Choir"), Olivia Martin (as "Choir Leader"), Bertha Rodgers (as "Member of the Choir"), Edwin Rogers (as "Member of the Choir"), Anton Teero (as "Member of the Choir"). Co-produced by A.E. Riskin.
- (1928) Stage: Directed "Gentlemen of the Press" on Broadway. Written by Ward Morehouse. Henry Miller's Theatre: 27 Aug 1928-Dec 1928 (closing date unknown/128 performances). Cast: Granville Bates (as "Braddock"), Paul Clare, Elmer Cornell, John Cromwell (as "Wick Snell"), Harry Cronk, Russel Crouse, J. Hammond Dailey, Helen Flint, Harold Grau (as "Haley"), Louis Halprin, Austin O. Huhn, George Humbert, Carlotta Irwin, Betty Lancaster, Lawrence Leslie, Harry Levian, Thos. A. Linker, Millard Mitchell (as "McBee"), Allan Nagle, Hugh O'Connell (as "Charlie Haven"), John Paschall, William Pawley (as "Kelly"), Duncan Penwarden, Francis Pierlot (as "McManahan"), Billy Quinn, J.H. Stoddart, Cornelius Vezin, Philip Wood. Produced by Thomas E. Jackson and H.S. Kraft.
- (1928) Stage: Wrote (w/Edward E. Paramore Jr., Hyatt Daab) / directed "Ringside", produced on Broadway. Broadhurst Theatre: 29 Aug 1928-Sep 1928 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Laurel Adams, Suzanne Caubaye, Warren Colston, Harry Cooke (as "Phil"), Ashley Cooper, Joseph Crehan (as "Sid Durham"), Carlo De Angelo, Brian Donlevy (as "Huffy"), William Franklin, Robert Gleckler (as "John Zelli"), Yvonne Grey, Dan E. Hanlon, Kaye Hastings, Donald Heywood, James Horgan, James Lane, Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Doris O'Connell"), John Meehan (as "Peter Murray"), Packey O'Gatty, J. Ascher Smith (as "Radio Announcer"), Richard Taber (as "Bobby Murray"), Frank Verigun, Charles Wagenheim (as "Joe"), William F. Walker, Bobbe Weeks, Craig Williams, George J. Williams. Produced by Gene Buck. NOTE: Filmed as Night Parade (1929).
- (1928) Stage: Directed "Poppa" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack. Biltmore Theatre: 24 Dec 1928-Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Anna Appel (as "Mrs. Schwitzky"), Wilton C. Herman (as "Mr. Finkel"), Sylvia Regan (credited as Sylvia Hoffman; as "Marjorie"), Sam Jaffe (as "Pincus Schwitzky"), Mara Keval (as "Mrs. Rosenthal"), Martin Malloy (as "Mr. Schlossberg"), William E. Morris (as "Jake Harris"), Raymond O'Brien (as "'Big Boy' Shapiro"), Mary Ricard (as "Ruth Schwitzky"), George Sawyer (as "Flannery"), Edward Shaw (as "Philip Rosenthal"), Lillian Toller (as "Fifi"), Harold Waldridge (as "Herbert Schwitzky"), Paula Walter (as "Mrs. Finkel"), Morris J. Ward (as "Detective"). Produced by H.S. Kraft.
- (1930) Stage: Wrote (w/S.K. Lauren) / directed / appeared (as "Frederick Williston") in "Those We Love" on Broadway. Drama. John Golden Theatre: 19 Feb 1930-Apr 1930 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Joseph Crehan (as "Daley"), Helen Flint (as "Valerie Parker"), Franklyn Fox (as "Bertie Parker"), Josephine Hull (as "Evelyn"), Percy Kilbride (as "Jake"), Madeleine King (as "Julia Aiken"), Armina Marshall (as "May Williston"), Edwin Philips, Natalie Potter, G. Albert Smith (as "A Stranger"), J. Ascher Smith, John Stokes (as "Clifford Aiken"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Helen"), Charles Waldron (as "Mr. Blake"). Produced by Philip Dunning. NOTE: Filmed as Those We Love (1932).
- (1931) Stage: Directed "Louder, Please!" on Broadway Comedy. Written by Norman Krasna [earliest Broadway credit]. Theatre Masque: 12 Nov 1931-Jan 1932 (closing date unknown/68 performances). Cast: Buford Armitage, Charles Brokaw, Louise Brooks, Aleeta Freel, Robert Gleckler, Percy Kilbride, Charles Laite, Millard Mitchell, Allan Nagle, Henry Sherwood, J.H. Stoddard, Frank Thomas, Lee Tracy, Mildred Wall (as "Ruth"), Charles G. Wilson. Produced by A.L. Jones.
- (1932) Stage: Wrote (w/Philip Dunning) "Lilly Turner" on Broadway. Morosco Theatre: 19 Sep 1932-Oct 1932 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Robert Barrat (as "Frederick"), Granville Bates (as "Dave Turner"), James Bell (as "Dave Turner"), Warren Bryan (as "Bell Boy"), Joseph Crehan (as "Dr. Hawley"), Dorothy Hall (as "Lilly Turner"), Percy Kilbride (as "Truckman"), John Litel (as "Bob Cross"), Emmett Shackelford (as "Hotel Manager"), Byron Shores (as "Policeman"), Clare Woodbury (as "Mrs. McGill"). Produced by Abbott-Dunning, Inc. NOTE: Filmed as Lilly Turner (1933).
- (1932) Stage: Directed "The Great Magoo" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler. Selwyn Theatre: 2 Dec 1932-Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Violet Barney (as "Dowager" / "La Sylphe"), Eddie Bergman (as "Weber's Band"), John Butler (as "Leo McCafferty"), Muriel Campbell (as "Pauline"), Claire Carleton, Wally Curtis (as "Weber's Band"), Gilbert Douglas, Joe Fields (as "Prof. Jonas"), Evelyn Gaile (as "Fatima Twin" / "Rathskeller Girl"), Al Gentile (as "Weber's Band"), Charlotte Granville (as "Tante"), Harry Green (as "Moe Weber"), Joseph Greewald (as "Harry Aarons"), Jack Hazzard (as "Harry Costello"), Charles Henderson (as "Inspector"), Emil Hoch (as "Waiter"), Paul Kelly (as "Nicky"), Percy Kilbride (as "Hanratty"), Victor Kilian (as "Sailor Burke"), Della Lorraine (as "Gypsy Dancer"), Ronnie Madsen (as "Wench"), Millard Mitchell (as "Sam"), Dennie Moore (as "Jackie"), Lloyd Pickney (as "Mr. McGinnis"), Vic Piemonte (as "Weber's Band"), Joe Ploski, John Porpora (as "Weber's Band"), Al Savarese (as "Weber's Band"), Louis Savarese (as "Weber's Band"), Mildred Stansill (as "Fatima Twin" / Rathskeller Girl"), John Sylvester (as "Weber's Band"), Juan Varro (as "Mario"). Produced by Billy Rose.
- (1932) Stage: Produced (w/Philip Dunning) / directed "Twentieth Century" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Broadhurst Theatre: 29 Dec 1932-20 May 1933 (152 performances). Cast: Frank Badham (as "Porter"), Granville Bates (as "Conductor"), Matt Briggs (as "Oliver Webb"), Joseph Crehan (as "First Detective"), Florence Edney (as "Sadie"), William Frawley (as "Owen O'Malley"), Etienne Girardot (as "Matthew Clark"; final Broadway role), Hans Hamsa (as "First Beard" / "Cristus"), Ross Hertz (as "Train Secretary"), Ernest Hunter (as "Waiter"), Cliffman Jewel (as "Reporter"), Moffat Johnston (as "Oscar Jaffe"), Edward La Roche (as "Second Beard" / "Judas"), Eugenie Leontovich (as "Lily Garland"), Dennie Moore (as "Anita Highland"), Roy Roberts (as "George Smith"), Henry Sherwood (as "Max Jacobs"), Robert Sloane (as "Gateman"), J. Ascher Smith (as "Second Detective"), James Spottswood (as "Grover Lockwood"), Charles Wagenheim (as "Photographer"), Alfred Webster (as "Flannagan"), Clare Woodbury (as "Dr. Johnson"), William Worth (as "Pullman Conductor"). Replacement actor: Robert Brill (as "Gateman"). NOTE: Filmed as Twentieth Century (1934).
- (1933) Stage: Directed / wrote (w/Leon Abrams) "Heat Lightning" on Broadway. Drama. Drama. Booth Theatre: 15 Sep 1933-Oct 1933 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: Eddie Acuff (as "Everett"), Joan Carr (as "Mrs. Ashton"), Carmen Castellanos (as "Mexican Family"), Irene Castellanos (as "Mexican Family"), Gail De Hart (as "First Hitch-Hiker"), Jean Dixon (as "Olga"), Joe Downing (as "Chauffeur"; credited as Joseph Downing), Robert Gleckler (as "George"), Coburn Goodwin (as "Steve"), Emily Lowry (as "Myra"), Joseph Rivers (as "Mexican Family"), Dolores Sierra (as "Mexican Family"), Emilio Sierra (as "Mexican Family"), Maud Sinclair (credited as Maud B. Sinclair; as "A Wife"), Robert Sloane (as "Jeff"), Leonore Sorsby (as "Mrs. Tifton"), William Wadsworth (as "A Husband"), Geraldine Wall (as "Second Hitch-Hiker"). Produced by Abbott-Dunning Inc. NOTE: Filmed as Heat Lightning (1934).
- (1933) Stage: Produced (w/Philip Dunning) / directed "The Drums Begin" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Howard Irving Young. Shubert Theatre: 24 Nov 1933-Dec 1933 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Walter Abel, Judith Anderson, Oliver Barbour, Mathilde Baring (as "Charlotte"), C.C. Charles, Harry Cooke, Pierre De Ramey, Joe Downing (credited as Joseph Downing), William Foran (as "George Patterson"), Robert Gleckler, F. Cliff Jewell, Moffat Johnston, Alexander Lewis, José Ruben (as "Gaston Corday"), William Shea, J. Ascher Smith, Kent Smith, Lionel Stander, Ingeborg Tillisch, Juan Varro, William Wadsworth, Alf Weinberg.
- (1934) Stage: Directed / produced / appeared (as "John Brown") in "John Brown" on Broadway. Historical drama. Written by Ronald Gow. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 22 Jan 1934-Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/2 performances). Cast: Eddie Acuff (as "A Virginia Militiaman"), Buford Armitage (as "Salmon Brown"), Oliver Barbour (as "Oliver Brown"), Whitney Bourne (as "Annie Brown"), Harry Cooke (as "Owen Brown"), William Corbett (as "Col. Robert E. Lee"), John Emery (as "John Kagi"), Robert Foulk (as "Watson Brown"), Harold Gould (as "Uncle Jeremiah"), Edna Hagan (as "Ellen Brown"), Betty Kendall (as "Bell"), Alma Kruger (as "Mrs. John Brown"), James Lane (as "J.P. Gallagher, of the New York Herald"), Charles McClelland (as "A Slave-Owner"), Tom Morgan (as "Col. Lewis Washington"), Walter Price (as "Shields Green"), William Shea (as "A Telegraph Operator"), J. Ascher Smith (as "A Sentry"), Alfred Webster (as "Stevens"), Ernest R. Whitman (as "Frederick Douglass"), Iris Whitney (as "Martha"), Barry O'Moore (as "T.W. Higginson").
- (1934) Stage: Directed "Kill That Story" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Harry Madden and Philip Dunning. Booth Theatre: 29 Aug 1934-Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Emily"), Buford Armitage (as "Frank Martin"), Eleanor Audley (as "Millicent"), Oliver Barbour (as "Joe Blake"), James Bell, Wyrley Birch (as "Joe McGuire"), Matt Briggs (as "Spike Taylor"), Claire Carleton, George M. Carleton (as "Detective"), William Foran (as "Sam Gersten"), Pedro Galván (as "Second Bell Boy"), Gloria Grafton, Fred Kaufman, James Lane, Emily Lowry, William H. Lynn (as "Bayard Colton"), Royal Dana Tracey (as "Paul Simpson"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "J. Goodington Cartwright"), Alfred Webster. Produced by Abbott-Dunning Inc.
- (1934) Stage: Directed "Small Miracle" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Norman Krasna. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. John Golden Theatre: 26 Sep 1934-Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Violet Barney, Jean Bellows, Wyrley Birch, Ilka Chase, Eva Condon, Edward Crandall, Herbert Duffy, Elspeth Eric, Helen Gardner, Fraye Gilbert, Hitous Gray, Edna Hagan, Alan Hale, Joseph King, George Lambert, James Lane, Owen Martin, Myron McCormick, Robert Middlemass, G. Albert Smith, Joseph Calleia, Lucille Strudwick, Nancy Vane, Juan Varro, William Wadsworth. Produced by Courtney Burr.
- (1934) Stage: Wrote (w/Lawrence Hazard, Richard Flournoy) / directed "Ladies' Money" on Broadway. Drama. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 1 Nov 1934- Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Ruth Potter"), Eleanor Audley (as "Clare Touhey"), Beatrice Behr, Margaret Callahan, Jerome Cowan (as "Nelson Blummer"), Boyd Crawford, Hal K. Dawson (as "Fruity"), Len Doyle (as "Platt Touhey"), Gordon Hamilton, James P. Houston, Frank Jaquet, Garson Kanin (as "Red"), Eric Linden, Helen Lynd, Gertrude Mudge (as "Drunken Woman"), Margaret Mullen, Jack Rigo, Lora Rogers, Robert R. Sloane, J. Ascher Smith (as "2nd Detective"), Nick Wiger. Produced by Courtney Burr.
- (1934) Stage: Directed "Page Miss Glory" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Joseph Schrank and Philip Dunning. Scenic Design by Arne Lundborg. Mansfield Theatre: 27 Nov 1934-Mar 1935 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: Royal Beal (as "Mr. Bates"), Harry Bellaver (as "Petey"), Carter Blake, Charles D. Brown, Chester Clute (as "Mr. Grace"), Edward Colebrook, Harry Dee, Joe Downing (credited as Joseph Downing), Betty Field (as "Telegram Reporter"), John Fleming, Pedro Galván, Roy Gordon, Harold Grau (as "A Gentleman of the Press"), Douglas Gregory, Dorothy Hall (as "Loretta"), Peggy Hart (as "News Reporter"), H.S. Hopkins, J. Anthony Hughes, Bruce MacFarlane (as "Bingo Nelson"), Muriel Robert, Frank Sardo, Jane Seymour, Peggy Shannon (as "Gladys Russell"), Maud Sinclair (as "Mother"), Jerry Sloane, Ralph Sternard, James Stewart (as "Ed Olsen"), Charles Strong, Royal Dana Tracey (as "Prof. Noonan"), O.J. Vanasse, Joseph Vitale (as "Nick"), Frederic Voight. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Philip Dunning. NOTE: Filmed as Page Miss Glory (1935).
- (1935) Stage: Wrote (w/John Cecil Holm) / directed "Three Men on a Horse" on Broadfway. Comedy. Playhouse Theatre (moved to Fulton Theatre in Nov 1936 to close): 30 Jan 1935-9 Jan 1937 (835 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Audrey Trowbridge"), Shirley Booth (as "Mabel"), Frank Camp, Teddy Hart (as "Frankie"), Richard Huey (as "Moses"), Garson Kanin (as "Al"), James Lane, Sam Levene (as "Patsy"), William H. Lynn (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), Millard Mitchell (as "Charlie"), J. Ascher Smith, Susan Smithers, Edith Van Cleve (as "Gloria"), Fleming Ward (as "Clarence Dobbins"), Nick Wiger. Produced by Alex Yokel. NOTES: (1) Filmed as Three Men on a Horse (1936). (2) Theatre Owned by Brady Enterprises Inc. (William A. Brady [who had no other involvement with production]).
- (1935) Stage: Directed (w/John Murray Anderson) "Jumbo" on Broadway. Musical comedy/puppets. Lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Book by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster and Marjorie Fielding. Hippodrome Theatre: 16 Nov 1935-18 Apr 1936 (233 performances). Cast: Dave Adams, Dave Ballard, Barbette, Jack Barnes, Big Rosie, Donald Black, Tom Breen, Helen Brooks, Willard Dashiell, Charles De Camo, Josie DeMotte, Dr. Ostermeier's "Doheos", Lipman Duckat, Lenze Duo, Jimmy Durante (as "Claudius B. Bowers"), Sybil Elaine (as "Little Girl"), Lynn Eldredge, William J. Ferry, Roger Gerry, Gloria Grafton (as "Mickey Considine"), Gene Greenlaw, Grace Elizabeth Hanneford, Poodles Hanneford (as "Poodles"), Helen Harvey, Harry Jackson, Mary Jackson, Julius Johnson, Robert Johnson, A.P. Kaye (as "Mr. Jellico"), Tiny Kline, Karl Kosicsky, John Kuebler, Art LaFleur, Henry La Marr, Minnie LaPell, Bob Lawrence, Jack Leslie, Walter Lewis, Tom Lomas, Jim Mardy, W.J. McCarthy, Ray Miller, Victoria Miller, Donald Novis, William Parker, Jack Phillips, A. Robins, William Nicholas Selig, Arthur Sherwood, Arthur Sinclair, Fred Spear, Takayama, The Kimris, The Nazfys, The Stonleys, Lomas Troupe, Olivette Tyana, Frances Van Ritter, George Watts, Solon West (as "Razorback"), Cliff Whitcombe, Philip Wood. Produced by Billy Rose.
- (1935) Stage: Directed / produced "Boy Meets Girl" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack. Cort Theatre: 27 Nov 1935-Jul 1937 (closing date unknown/669 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Susie"), Royal Beal (as "Mr. Friday, C.F."), John Clarke, Jerome Cowan (as "J. Carlyle Benson"), Philip Faversham, Robert Foulk (as "Cutter"), Helen Gardner, Peggy Hart (as "Peggy"), Perry Ivins (as "Doctor"; final Broadway role), Allyn Joslyn (as "Robert Law"), Garson Kanin (as "Green"), Marjorie Lytell, James MacColl, Charles McClelland, Lea Penman (as "Miss Crews"), Edison Rice (as "Chauffeur"), Everett Sloane (as "Rosetti"), George W. Smith, Maurice Sommers. NOTE: Filmed as Boy Meets Girl (1938).
- (1936) Stage: Wrote (w/Richard Rodgers [also wrote music], Lorenz Hart [also wrote lyrics]) book for "On Your Toes", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Directed by Worthington Miner. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 9 Nov 1936-close): 11 Apr 1936-23 Jan 1937 (315 performances). Cast: Ray Bolger (as "Phil Dolan III" / "Hoofer" / "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet), Doris Carson, Luella Gear (as "Peggy Porterfield"), Tamara Geva (as "Vera Barnova" / "Princess Zenobia" / "Princess Zenobia Ballet" / "Strip Tease Girl" / "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet"), Monty Woolley (as "Sergei Alexandrovitch"), William Baker, Libby Bennett, May Block, Edward Brinkman, William Broder, Jill Christie, George Church, Fred Danieli, Nick Dennis (as "Thug"), Dorothy Denton, Henry Dick, Enes Earley, Eleanor Fiata, Marjorie Fisher, Robert H. Forsythe, Gloria Franklin, Basil Galahoff, Dorothy Hall, Ethel Hampton, Harold Haskin, Dave Jones, Grace Kaye, Tyrone Kearney, Joan Keenan, Isabelle Kimpal, Betty Lee, Bob Long, Gertrude Magee, Russ Milton, Julian Mitchell, Marie Monnig, David Morris, Frances Nevins, Mae Noble, Harry Peterson, Jack Quinn, Carole Renwick, Patsy Schenck, Ursula Seiler, Robert Sidney, Betty Jane Smith, Guy Stanion, Drucilla Strain, Valery Streshnev, Dorothy Thomas, Beau Tilden (as "Call Boy" / "Thug" / "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Demetrios Vilan, William Wadsworth, Davenie Watson, Amy Weber, Alma Wertley, George Young. Produced by Dwight Wiman. NOTE: Filmed as On Your Toes (1939).
- (1936) Stage: Wrote / directed / produced "Sweet River". Drama. Adapted from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Hollywood Theatre: 28 Oct 1936-Nov 1936 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams (as "Sheriff"), Birleanna Banks (as "Slave"), Harry Bolden (as "Slave"), Matt Briggs (as "Simon Legree"), John T.L. Bunn (as "Gen. Jim Jones"), Earle Burke (as "Slave"), Vivian Collier (as "Charlotte"), Orange Cox (as "Slave"), William W. Crimans (as "Col. Jenks"), John Diggs (as "Slave"), Charles Dingle (as "Phineas"), Herbert Duffy (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Darlean Duval (as "Slave"), Estelle Floyd (as "Slave"), Anna Franklin (as "Hedda"), George F. Hall (as "Slave"), Inge Hardison (as "Topsy"), Juan Hernandez (as "Gabe"), Clinton Holland (as "Slave"), Harriet Jackson (as "Queenie"), Paul Johnson (as "Jonah"), Roy Johnson (as "Waiter"), Lamar King (as "Assistant Auctioneer"), Mildred Lassiter (as "Slave"), Allen Lewis (as "Ben" / "Jasper"), J.E. Lightfoot (as "Mort"), Kathryn March (as "Marie St. Clare"), Dorothy Marks (as "Slave"), John Marriott (as "Sam"), Assotta Marshall (as "Hesper"), Gertrude McBrown (as "Hagar"), Richard McMyers (as "Slave"), Julian Miles (as "Luke"), Eulabelle Moore (as "Juba"), Tom Morgan (as "Maj. Putnam"), Margaret Mullen (as "Eliza"), May Peebles (as "Slave"), Betty Philson (as "Eva"), Leslie Phipps (as "Slave"), Walter Price (as "Uncle Tom"), Ethel Purnello (as "Tisha"), Iona Reynolds (as "Slave"), Bartlett Robinson (as "Edward St. Clare"), Lora Rogers (as "Aunt Ophelia"), James Sparks (as "Slave"), John Taylor (as "Dan"), Louise Twyman (as "Slave"), Charles Welch (as "Slave"), Foster Williams (as "Auctioneer"), Gerald Williams (as "Slave"), Irma Williams (as "Slave"), Jean Williams (as "Slave"), Musa Williams (as "Slave"), Regina Williams (as "Slave"), Marion Willis (as "Sheriff"), Philip Wood (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Haas Woodlin (as "Slave"), Ray Yeates (as "Deeter").
- (1936) Stage: Directed / produced "Brother Rat" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by John Monks Jr. [only Broadway credit] and Fred F. Finklehoffe [earliest Broadway credit]. All Musical Arrangements and Orchestra by Alexander Haas. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Biltmore Theatre: 16 Dec 1936-May 1938 (closing date unknown/577 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Bing Edwards"), Frank Albertson (as "Billy Randolph"), Carroll Ashburn (as "Col. Ramm"), Wyn Cahoon (as "Joyce Winfree"), Richard Clark (as "Harley Harrington"), José Ferrer (as "Dan Crawford"), Kathleen Fitz (as "Kate Rice"), Robert Foulk (as "A. Furman Townsend Jr."), Anna Franklin (as "Jenny"), Robert Griffith (as "'Tripod' Andrews"), David Hoffman (as "Slim"), Lamar King (as "Member of the Guard"), Gerard Lewis (as "'Newsreel' Scott"), Mary Mason (as "Claire Ramm"), James Monks (as "Member of the Guard"), Robert O'Donovan (as "Member of the Guard"), Curtis Burnley Railing (as "Mrs. Brooks"), Ezra Stone (as "'Mistol' Bottome"), Walter Wagner (as "Member of the Guard"), 'Vincent York' (as "Lt. "Lace Drawers" Rogers"). NOTE: Filmed as Brother Rat (1938).
- (1937) Stage: Directed / produced "Room Service" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Allen Boretz and John Murray. Cort Theatre: 19 May 1937-16 Jul 1938 (500 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Leo Davis"), Alexander Astro, Jack Byrne, Clifford Dunstan, Betty Field (as "Hilda Manney"), Teddy Hart (as "Faker Englund"), William Howard, Sam Levene (as "Gordon Miller"), Philip Loeb (as "Harry Binion"), William Mendrek, Ralph Morehouse (as "Sen. Blake"), Margaret Mullen, Hans Robert, Philip Wood (as "Simon Jenkins"). NOTE: Filmed as Room Service (1938).
- (1937) Stage: Directed / produced "Angel Island" on Broadway. Comedy/mystery. Written by Bernie Angus. National Theatre: 20 Oct 1937-Nov 1937 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Gail Marsh"), Carroll Ashburn, Nigel Blake, Clayton Collyer, Morgan Conway, Alma Dickson, Betty Field (as "Eunice"), Clyde Fillmore (as "John Kavanaugh"), Arlene Francis (as "Sylvia Jordan"), Thomas Graham, David Hoffman, Louise Larabee, Doro Merande (as "Bessie"), Lea Penman (as "Carma Grainger"), Maidel Turner (as "Aimee Lattimer"), Edith Van Cleve (as "Lucy Powell"), Eric Wollencott (as "Garth").
- (1937) Stage: Directed / produced "Brown Sugar" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Bernie Angus. Incidental music by Haven Johnson. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Biltmore Theatre: 2 Dec 1937-4 Dec 1937 (4 performances). Cast: John T.L. Bunn (as "Trot"), Eric Burroughs (as "Musken"), Alvin Childress (as "Slim"), Martin de C. Slade (as "Lonny"), Beth Dixon (as "Stella"), Beulah E. Edmonds (as "Louella"), Ruby Elzy (as "Sarah"), George Fitzpatrick (as "O'Hara"), Georgette Harvey (as "Lily May"), Juan Hernandez (as "Sam"), Irene Hill (as "Cleo"), Bertram Holmes (as "Jeb"), Richard Huey (as "Bartender"), Haven Johnson (as "Rosco"), Ira Johnson (as "Charlie"), Paul Johnson (as "Tar"), Kathryn Lavall (as "Ruby"), Canada Lee (as "Henry"), Richard McMyers (as "Sylvester"), Butterfly McQueen (as "Lucille"), Julian Miles (as "Officer Leroy"), Ernest Rowan (as "First Mate"), John Shellie (as "Pete Malley"), George W. Smith (as "Officer Kent"), T. Burton Smith (as "Tom Warfield"), Allen Tinney (as "George"), William Tinney (as "Walter"), Frederick Wallace (as "McQuade"), Jimmy Waters (as "Man"), Christola Williams (as "Rosalinda").
- (1938) Stage: Directed / produced "All That Glitters" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by John Baragwanath and Kenneth Simpson. Biltmore Theatre: 19 Jan 1938-Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/69 performances). Cast: Kenneth Bates (as "Edwards"), Royal Beal (as "Dave Hamlin"), Florence Britton, Jean Casto (as "Jackie"; Broadway debut), Colin Dawson (as "Saunders"), Arlene Francis (as "Elena"), Helen Gardner (as "Mrs. E. Mortimer Townsend"), Allyn Joslyn (as "Morgan 'Muggy' William"), Judson Laire (as "George Ten Eyck"), Edward Lester, 'David Orrick', Beverly Phalon (as "Honey"), Everett Sloane (as "Charlie"), Barry Sullivan (as "Atwood Post"), Edith Van Cleve (as Frances Fellowes"), Carmel White.
- (1938) Stage: Directed / produced "What a Life" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Clifford Goldsmith. Production Assistant: Ezra Stone (also in cast, as "Henry Aldrich"). Press Representative: Barclay McCarty. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Biltmore Theatre: 13 Apr 1938-8 Jul 1939 (538 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Miss Wheeler"), Ralph Bell (as "Student'), Eddie Bracken' (as "Bill"), Jack Byrne (as "Mr. Ferguson"), James Corner (as "George Bigelow"), Betty Field (as "Barbara Pearson"), Blaine Fillmore (as "Student"), Vaughan Glaser (as "Mr. Bradley"), Teresa Keane (as "Student"), Marguerite Lodge (as "Student"), Kay Loring (as "Miss Johnson"), Ruth Matteson (as "Miss Shea"), Butterfly McQueen (as "Mary"), William Mendrek (as "Mr. Patterson"), Mitzi Miller (as "Student"), Daniel Ocko (as "Mr. Vecchitto"), Lea Penman (as "Mrs. Aldrich"), Arthur Pierson (as "Mr. Nelson"), Elena Salvatore (as "Gertie"), Maidel Turner (as "Miss Eggleston"), Isla Vaile (as "Student"), Edith Van Cleve (as "Miss Pike"). NOT: Filmed as What a Life (1939).
- (1938) Stage: Worked on script (uncredited) for "You Never Know" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music / lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Rowland Leigh )also director). Based on the play "By Candlelight" by Siegfried Geyer. Adapted from the Viennese operetta "Bei Kerzenleicht" by Robert Katscher and Karl Farkas. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Additional orchestrations by Don Walker, Maurice De Packh and Minati Salta. Additional lyrics by Rowland Leigh, Edwin Gilbert and Robert Katscher. Additional music by Alexander Fogarty and Dana Suesse. Musical Director: John McManus. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Winter Garden: 21 Sep 1938-26 Nov 1938 (78 performances). Cast: Libby Holman, Rex O'Malley, Lupe Velez and Toby Wing. Replacement actor: June Havoc [replaced Toby Wing]. NOTE: Despite the seemingly sure-fire talent involved, the show was poorly reviewed and proved a test of wills between Holman (then a close personal friend of Webb) and Velez, who despised each other. Webb flatly refused to consider touring with the production after it closed on Broadway. Also notable as the play Cole Porter was working on when he suffered a severe leg injury (ultimately requiring amputation after numerous operations) while riding horseback.
- (1938) Stage: Wrote book for / directed / produced "The Boys from Syracuse" Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Based on the play "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare. Vocal arrangements by Hugh Martin. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Musical Director: Harry S. Levant. Scenic Design / Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Alvin Theatre: 23 Nov 1938-10 Jun 1939 (235 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Antipholus of Syracuse"), Grace Albert, Micky Alvarez, Dolores Anderson, Muriel Angelus, Carroll Ashburn (as "Duke of Ephesus"), Libby Bennett, Marguerite Benton, Ruth Brady, Betty Bruce, Florine Callahan, Renee Cettel, George Church, John Clarke, Stella Clauson, Alice Craig, Betty De Elmo, Buddy Douglas, Clifford Dunstan, Florence Fair, Bee Farnum, Sidney Gordon, Ruth Gormly, Ronald Graham, Joseph Granville, Joseph Harris, Teddy Hart (as "Dromio of Ephesus"), Claire Harvey, Robert Howard, Burl Ives (as "Tailor's Apprentice"), Dan Karry, Laura Kellogg, Bob Lawrence, Lita Lede, Connie Leslie, Tom Lynch, Jack Malis, Owen Martin, Edwin Mills, Vivien Moore, Wynn Murray, John O'Shaughnessy, Harry Peterson, Jimmy Savo, Joseph Scandur, Byron Shores, Robert Sidney, Mildred Solly, Lee Tannen, Anna Mae Tesslo, Beau Tilden (as "Dancer"), Heidi Vosseler, Margaret Walsh, Davenie Watson, Marcy Wescott, Armonce Wilkins, James Wilkinson, Claire Wolf, Herbert Wood.
- (1939) Stage: Produced / directed "The Primrose Path" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Robert Buckner and Walter Hart. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Costume Design by 'Helene Pons' )qv_. Biltmore Theatre: 4 Jan 1939-May 1939 (closing date unknown/166 performances). Cast: Leslie Barrett (as "Davy Wallace"), Teresa Dale (as "A Police Matron"; final Broadway role), Marilyn Erskine (as "Eva Wallace"), Betty Field (as "Clare Wallace"), Clyde Fillmore (as "Augustus Cummings"), Florida Friebus (as "Maggie Wallace"), Betty Garde (as "Emma Wallace"), Russell Hardie (as "Bayard Lawrence"), Helen Westley (as "Grandma"), Philip Wood (as "Homer Wallace").
- (1938) Stage: Directed / produced "Mrs. O'Brien Entertains" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Harry Madden. Scenic Design / Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Lyceum Theatre: 8 Feb 1939-Mar 1939 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Paul Ballantyne (as "Heinrich Wertheimer"; Broadway debut), Kirk Brown Jr., Marie Brown, Emerin Campbell, John Carmody (as "Terry Flanagan"), Robert Conrey, Aileen Ernst, Richard Keene, Walter Kinsella (as "Thomas Delaney"), James Lane, Maureen McManus, Katherine Meskil, Ralph Morehouse, Margaret Mullen, Daniel Ocko, Harry Shannon, Asher Smith, Fred Sumner, Gene Tierney (as "Molly O'Day"), Maidel Turner (as "Mama Wertheimer"), Robert Williams.
- (1939) Stage: Produced "See My Lawyer" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Written by Richard Maibaum [final Broadway credit] and Harry Clork. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by Ezra Hunt. Biltmore Theatre: 27 Sep 1939-6 Apr 1940 (224 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn, Ralph Bell, Milton Berle (as "Arthur Lee"), Robert Griffith, Teddy Hart, George Hirose (as "Ichiro Kato"), David Hoffman (as "Seymore Tyler"), Richard Lee, Gary Merrill (as "Peter Russo"; Broadway debut_, Millard Mitchell (as "Joseph O'Rourke"), Edward J. Nugent (as "Robert Carlin"), Robin Raymond, Mary Rolfe, John Shellie (as "A Man"), Norman Tokar, Walter Wanger (as "Shoeshine Boy"), Fleming Ward.
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