- (1927) Stage Play: A la Carte. Musical revue. Music by Herman Hupfeld, Louis Alter, Norma Gregg, Paul Lannin and Creamer and Johnson. Book by George Kelly. Lyrics by Louis Alter, Norma Gregg, Herman Hupfeld, Paul Lannin, Henry Creamer and Creamer and Johnson. Directed by George Kelly. Martin Beck Theatre: 17 Aug 1927- Sep 1927 (closing date unknown/45 performances). Cast: Bobbe Arnst, Fred Bishop, Bly Bradford, Roy Fant, Cynthia Farr, Elvira Giersdorf, Irene Giersdorf, Rae Giersdorf, Marian Hamilton, Myrtle Hayes, Harriet Hoctor, William Holbrook, Crles Irwin, Rose King, Mr. Kotchetovski, Little Billy, Helen Lowell, Joseph McKenzie, Maude Powers, Frank Rowan, Margaret Schilling, Frances Stein, Jay Velie, Vernon Wallace [final Broadway role], Chick York. Produced by Rosalie Stewart.
- (1980) Stage Play: Perfectly Frank. Musical revue. Music by Frank Loesser. Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Featuring songs by Louis Alter [posthumous credit/in pre-production at death], Remo Biondi, Hoagy Carmichael, Milton Delugg, Frederick Hollander, Gene Krupa, Burton Lane, Joseph J. Lilley, Matt Malneck, Jimmy McHugh, Joseph Meyer, Alfred Newman, Victor Schertzinger, Arthur Schwartz, Manning Sherwin, Jule Styne and Lawrence Welk. Musical Director: Yolanda Segovia. Dance arrangements by Ronald Melrose. Music orchestrated by Bill Byers. Book by Kenny Solms. Conceived by Kenny Solms. Choreographed by Tony Stevens. Directed by Fritz Holt. Helen Hayes Theatre: 30 Nov 1980- 13 Dec 1980 (17 performances + 24 previews that began on 10 Nov 1980). Produced by Gladys Rackmil and Fred Levinson. Produced in association with Emhan Inc. Associate Producer: Vivian Serota.
- (1928) Stage Play. Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Lyrics by Grace Henry. Music by Morris Hamilton. Book by W.C. Fields, Paul Gerard Smith, Joe Frisco, Robert T. Tarrant and Herman Meyer. Additional music by George Bagby, G. Romilli, Michael H. Cleary, George Whiting, Louis Alter, Mario Savino, Jesse Greer, Ernie Golden and Abner Silver. Musical Direction by Ray Kavanaugh. Additional lyrics by Paul Jones, Ned Washington, Joe Burke, Raymond Klages, Ernie Golden, Jack LeSoir and Roy Doll. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Staged by Edgar J. MacGregor. Machinery Ballet created and staged by the Marmein Sisters. Assembled and Directed by Earl Carroll. Earl Carroll Theatre: 6 Aug 1928- 2 Feb 1929 (200 performances). Cast: Fay Adler, Peggy Andre, Violet Arnold, Faith Bacon [Broadway debut], Hazel Bailey, Barto & Mann, Bonnie Blackwood, Peggy Blake, Richard Bold, Lilian Bond, Ted Bradford, Dorothy Britton, Louise Brooks, Marian Carew, Ernest Charles, Catherine Clark, Elsie Connor, Frances Delacy, Gordon Dooley, Ray Dooley, W.C. Fields, Dorothea Frank, Joe Frisco, Edward Graham, Beryl Halley, Edyth Hansen, Marion Harke, Angeline Hassel, Rita Jason, Alyce Johnson, Naomi Johnson, Frances Joyce, Ruth Kent, Nelda Kincaid, Dorothy Knapp, Maurice Lapue, Vincent Lopez Band, Polly Luce, Dorothy Lull, Brian MacDonald, Dana Merrill, Martha Morton, Jean Murray, Marion O'Day, Ruth Patterson, Peggy Purcell, Joey Ray, Lillian Roth, Blanche Satchell, Wanda Stevenson, Bobby Storey, Elizabeth Surran, Jean Tennyson, Katherine Vercelle, Louise Vercelle, Beryl Wallace, Florence Ward, Eileen Wenzel, Rose Wenzel, Diana White, Vivian Wilson. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1930) Stage Play: Ballyhoo of 1930. Musical comedy. Music by Louis Alter. Book by Harry Ruskin and Leighton K. Brill. Lyrics by Harry Ruskin and Leighton K. Brill. Additional lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Featuring songs with lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Featuring songs by Rudolf Friml. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Choreographed by Earl Lindsey. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Directed by Reginald R. Hammerstein. Hammerstein's Theatre: 22 Dec 1930- 21 Feb 1931 (68 performances). Cast: Eugene Aldrich (as "Ensemble"), Douglas Alene (as "Jim"), Rose Armand (as "Ensemble"), Kay Arnold (as "Ensemble"), Suzanne Austin (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Baglin (as "Ensemble"), Stella Bailey (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], James Bander (as "Ted Black's Band"), Fred Barber (as "Ted Black's Band"), William Blanche (as "Shorty"), Grace Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Sherman Brande (as "Ted Black's Band"), J. Mardo Brown (as "Drum Major"), George Burkholder (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Cardinal (as "Mr. Miner"), Chaz Chase (as "A Gourmand"), Raymond Clark (as "Cheer Leader"), Jack Colby (as "Larry"), George Cowan (as "Ensemble"), James Cushman (as "Bill Collector/Ensemble"), Frank Daley (as "Ensemble"), Maxine Darrell (as "Ensemble"), Sam De Bonis (as "Ted Black's Band"), Bill Doerflinger (as "Ted Black's Band"), Walter Dolan (as "Ensemble"), Al Downing (as "Harry/Cowboy"), Josephine Dupree (as "Ensemble"), Madelyn Eubanks (as "Ensemble"), Charles Evans (as "Sam"), W.C. Fields (as "Q.Q. Quale") [final Broadway role], Charles Fowler (as "Cheer Leader"), Al Giroux (as "Ted Black's Band"), Dorothy Graves (as "Ensemble"), Betty Greenwood (as "Ensemble"), Francis Guinan (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Hall (as "Cheer Leader"), Grace Hayes (as "Flora Fay"), Max Hoffmann Jr. (as "Junior"), Dorothy Humphreys (as "Ensemble"), Sara Jane (as "Ensemble"), Walter Jewhurst (as "Ted Black's Band"), Samuel Kahn (as "Ted Black's Band"), Craig Kershaw (as "Camera Man"), Morton Kingsland (as "Ensemble"), Francis Kummer (as "Ensemble"), Richard Lambert (as "The King"), Jeanie Lang (as "Ruth"), Betty Lee (as "Ensemble"), Betty Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Lund (as "Sound Man"), Earl McCutcheon (as "Ensemble"), Neil Moore (as "Manager/Landlord"), Patricia Murphy (as "Betty"), Harry Murray (as "Ensemble"), Harvey Murray (as "Reporter"), Anthony O'Dea (as "Bank President"), Anita Pam (as "Ensemble"), Blanche Percy (as "Ensemble"), Theo Phane (as "Ensemble"), Inez Purdy (as "Ensemble"), Adelaide Raleigh (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Ray (as "Ensemble"), Janet Reade (as "Goldie La Marr"), Albertina Rexroth (as "Ensemble"), Andy Rice (as "Whitey Duke"), Fred Shawhan (as "Cheer Leader"), The Slate Brothers (as "Smith/Brown/Jones/Cowboys"), Robert Spencer (as "Ensemble"), Don Tomkins (as "Sam"), Chester Toomer (as "Ensemble"), Winnie Torney (as "Ensemble"), Floria Vestoff (as "Vera"), Val Vestoff (as "Specialty"), Herbert Weber (as "Photographer"), Gus Wicke (as "Mr. Pidgeon"), Florence Winkel (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1916 - 1980) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1916) Stage Play: The Show of Wonders. Musical revue.
- (1919) Stage Play: Come Along. Musical comedy. Book by Bide Dudley. Directed by Edward Royce. Nora Bayes Theatre (moved to the 39th Street Theatre on 12 May 1919- close): 8 Apr 1919- 17 May 1919 (47 performances). Produced by Marne Productions Inc.
- (1919) Stage Play: Night Lodging. Drama. Written by Maxim Gorky. Plymouth Theatre: 22 Dec 1919- Jan 1920 (closing date unknown/14 performances). Cast: Louis Alter (as "Krivoi Zob"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Aloyshka"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Baron"), Alan Dinehart (as "Vaska Pepel"), William E. Hallman, Rosalind Ivan, Charles Kennedy, Lillian Kingsbury, Pauline Lord (as "Nastia"), Eva McDonald, Edwin Nicander, Alexis M. Polianov, Hans Robert, Edward G. Robinson (as "Satin"), W.H. Thompson, Gilda Varesi Archibald (as "Vassilisa Karpovna, Michael's Wife), Cecil Yapp (as "Bubnov"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1930) Stage Play: Sweet and Low. Musical revue. Based on material by David Freedman. Musical Director: William Daly. Featuring songs by Harry Archer, Oscar Levant, Charlotte Kent, Harry Warren, Vivian Ellis, William C.K. Irwin, Louis Alter, George M. Cohan, Dana Suesse, Phil Charig and Joseph Meyer, Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, Malcolm McComb and Ballard MacDonald. Additional dances by Busby Berkeley. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 17 Nov 1930-Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: James Barton, Fanny Brice, George Jessel, Borrah Minevitch, Peggy Andre, Gladys Aster, Kathleen Ayres, Arline Baber, Joe Barry, Jack Bauer, Marion Bonnell, Kitty Brady, Ethel Brice, Emily Burton, Betty Croke, Ruth Dana, Nancy Dolan, Harry Edwards, Loretta Flushing, Rita Jason, Cy Landry, James Lee, Muriel Markert, Charles Millang, Moss & Fontana, Edward Murray, Edwin Murray, Jerry Norris, Lucille Osborne, Viola Paulson, Jack Ray, Shirley Richards, Polly Rose, Ruth Sato, Pauline Schaefer, Charlotte Stoll, Ray Stuart, Baun Sturtz, Arthur Treacher, Paula Trueman, Mildred Tully, Dorothy Van Hess, Emily Van Hoven, Hanna Williams, Dan Wyler. Produced by Billy Rose.
- (1933) Stage Play: Hold Your Horses. Musical comedy. Music by Robert Russell Bennett, Robert A. Simon, Louis Alter, Arthur Swanstrom, Ben Oakland and Owen Murphy. Book by Russel Crouse and Corey Ford. Based on a play by Charles Beahan, Russel Crouse and Corey Ford. With many nonsensical moments by Joe Cook. Lyrics by Robert Russell Bennett, Robert A. Simon, Louis Alter, Arthur Swanstrom, Ben Oakland and Owen Murphy. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Featuring songs by Margot Millham and Leslie Stuart [posthumous credit]. Featuring songs with lyrics by Margot Millham, Owen Hall and J.P. Murray. Directed by John Shubert. All dances, ensembles and principals' dances by Robert Alton. Ballets created and staged by Harriet Hoctor. Stage Manager: Frederick De Cordova. Book directed by R.H. Burnside. Winter Garden Theatre: 25 Sep 1933- 9 Dec 1933 (88 performances). Cast: Jack Anthony, Walter Armin (as "Charles Rector"), James Babbitt, Julia Barker, Alayne Blair, W.K. Brady, Jack Burleigh, Lehman Byck, Jack Byrne, Phyllis Carroll, Emeeta Casanova, Andre Charise, Dave Chasen (as "Frothington"), Cecile Clancy, Jay Conley, Mary Connor,Joe Cook (as "Broadway Joe"), Colleen Cooper, Barbara Coswell, Inez Courtney (as "Gwen Fordyce"), Carmen Cuyler, Hene Damur, Helen Day, Dorothy Drum, Helene Ecklund, Marion Farrish, Margie Finley, Helen Folsom, Frances Ford, Jimmie Fox, Peggy Gallimore, Douglas Gilmore, John Glenn, Ruth Gormley, Edwin Guhl, Clarence Harvey, Maurine Holmes, Jack Howard, Meredith Howard, Virginia Howard, Jeryl Joyce, Adelaide Kaye, Josephine Kaye, Marguerite Kennedy, Connie Madison, Jane Manners, Lila Manor, Lola Manor, Gene Martel, Rosalie McCallion, Joe McKeon, Edward J. McNamara, Tully Millet, Jack Morrissey, R.J. Mulligan, Ona Munson (as "Marjory Ellis"), Donnell O'Brian, Emmett O'Brien, Eileen O'Connor, Ethel O'Dell, Olaf Olsen (as "Kid Hogan's Second"), Evelyn Page, Walter Palm (as "Bartender at Nigger Mike's"), Pat Palmer, Tom Patricola, Tesha Pierson, Ernest Recco, Harry Rogers, Polly Rose, Jean Ryan, Lovee Sabalis, George Schiller, Myra Scott, Charles Senna, C. Ellsworth Smith, Stanley Smith, Edna Strong, Frances Stutz, Tanya Tschergi, Frances Upton (as "Dolly Montague"), Dick Wallace, Rex Weber, Eugene Winchester, Jack Wolf, Sunny Wright, Dan Wyler. Produced by Producing Associates, Inc., Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert and Joe Cook. Produced under the supervision of John Shubert.
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