- (1906 - 1934) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1906) Stage Play: The Student King. Musical/operetta. Music by Reginald De Koven. Book by Frederic Ranken and Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Lyrics by Frederic Ranken and Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Musical Director: Arthur Weld. Directed by George F. Marion. Garden Theatre: 25 Dec 1906- 26 Jan 1907 (40 performances). Cast: Lina Abarbanell (as "Ilsa"), Flavia Arcaro (as "Lady Anne") [Broadway debut], Ellanore Brooks (as "Gretchen"), Georgia Brooks (as "Frieda"), Dorothy Buscher (as "Cupid"), Alexander Clark (as "Rudolph"), Henry Coote (as "Francis"), Eva Fallon (as "Pantine"), James E. Feeny (as "Heinrich"), Frank Hayes (as "Grumblekoff"), Rowena La Barre, Thomas C. Leary (as "Merrilaff"), Percy Parsons (as "Frederich"), Albert Pellaton (as "Ferdinand"), J.R. Phillips (as "Wilhelm"), Detmar Poppen (as "Klingel") [Broadway debut], Lenora Watson (as "Milka"). Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Little Michus. Musical comedy. Music by Andre Messager. Book by A. Vanloo and Georges Duval. Translated by Henry Hamilton. Lyrics by Percy Greenbank. Musical Director: Augustus Barratt. Featuring songs by Augustus Barratt. Choreographed by Willie Warde. Directed by J.A.E. Malone. Garden Theatre: 31 Jan 1907- 23 Feb 1907 (29 performances). Produced by J.C. Duff.
- (1909) Stage Play: The Newlyweds and Their Baby. Musical comedy.
- (1909) Stage Play: The Chocolate Soldier. Musical/opera. Music by Oscar Straus. Libretto by Rudolph Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson. Based on "Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw. Lyric Theatre (moved to The Herald Square Theatre from 25 Oct 1909- 20 Nov 1909, then moved to The Lyric Theatre from 22 Nov 1909- 18 Dec 1909, then moved to The Casino Theatre from 20 Dec- close): 13 Sep 1909- 28 May 1910 (295 performances). Cast: Flavia Arcaro, Edith Bradford, J.E. Gardner, Ida Brooks Hunt, Henry Norman, George C. Ogle, Lillian Poli, William Pruette, George Tallman. Produced by F.C. Whitney.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Girl and the Kaiser. Operetta. Music by Georg Jarno. Libretto by Bernhard Buchbinder. Translated by Leonard Liebling. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law. Costume Design by Melville Ellis. Herald Square Theatre: 22 Nov 1910- 14 Jan 1911 (64 performances). Cast: George Alison (as "Chorus"), Flavia Arcaro (as "Baroness von Graven"), William Baumann (as "Chorus"), William Bonelli (as "Tibor Berenyi"), Harry Connor (as "Peter Wenzel"), Alfred Darling (as "Sergeant Kolonitzky/Chorus"), Edith Decker (as "Minka"), Gladys Feldman (as "Chorus"), Edna Fenton (as "Chorus"), Marion Ford (as "Chorus"), Lulu Glaser (as "Christ'l"), Clara Heath (as "Chorus"), Victor Hyde (as "Dancer Harley Knoles (as "Chorus"), Harry Law (as "Chorus"), Vivian Lawrence (as "Chorus"), George Leonard (as "Ludwig"), Jack Leonard (as "Chorus"), Adele Marie (as "Chorus"), Edna Marsh (as "Chorus"), James Marshall (as "Chorus"), Julius McVicker (as "Kaiser Josef II"), William Moore (as "Chorus"), Robinson Newbold (as "Count Sternfeld"), Harry Pearce (as "Chorus"), Thomas Richards (as "Franz Foldessy"), Nathalie Saymore (as "Chorus"), Florence Sommerville (as "Chorus"), Melvin Stokes (as "Baron von Loeben"), Robert Vivian (as "Von Reuter"), Mabel Weeks (as "Countess von Rendorff"), Albert Wilder (as "Hans Lange"). Produced by Sam S. and Lee Shubert Inc.
- (1912) Stage Play: The Man from Cook's. Musical comedy.
- (1913) Stage Play: Hop o' My Thumb. Pantomime. Music by Manuel Klein. Book by George R. Sims, Frank Dix and Arthur Collins. American version by Sydney Rosenfeld. Music arranged by Manuel Klein. Musical Director: Manuel Klein. Ballet Music by J.M. Glover. Incidental dances arranged by Ernest D'Auban. Ballets by Maud Crompton. Directed by Ernest D'Auban. Manhattan Opera House: 26 Nov 1913- 3 Jan 1914 (46 performances). Cast: (Miss) Andree (as "Outlaw"), Flavia Arcaro (as "Amber Witch"), Ralph Austin (as "Tango"), Lillian Barry (as "Richard Arthur"), (Miss) Bollow (as "Outlaw"), (Miss) Bonnan (as "Outlaw"), Marie Clifford (as "Jenny/Marie"), (Miss) Crook (as "Princess"), Leah De Piean (as "George Frederick"), Bertha Delmonte (as "Fairy Forget-me-not"), (Miss) Denken (as "Outlaw"), Caroline Duffy (as "Joseph James"), Martha Ehrlich (as "John Henry"), Eva Fallon (as "Mirabelle"), Runie Farrington (as "Walter William"), Edna Fenton (as "Fairy Love"), (Miss) French (as "Outlaw"), Viola Gillette (as "Hilario"), Edith Gordon (as "Voice of the Night"), Texas Guinan (as "Zaza") [Broadway debut], Miss Hall (as "Outlaw"), (Miss) Harmon (as "Outlaw"), Albert Hart (as "Ogre"), Iris Hawkins (as "Hop o' my Thumb"), Charles M. Hinton (as "John"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "King Mnemonica"), (Miss) Knight (as "Outlaw"), Miss Lee (as "Outlaw"), A. Leishman (as "Princess"), M. Leishman (as "Princess"), Neal McNeal (as "Datas/Joseph"), (Miss) Meyer (as "Outlaw"), (Miss) Morris (as "Outlaw"), Winnie Richie (as "Arthur Herbert"), Miss E. Rogers (as "Princess"), (Miss) Saunders (as "Outlaw"), Schrode & Harris (as "The Kow Zebra"), (Miss) Shields (as "Princess"), Ross Snow (as "Baroness Chicot"), The DeSerrls (as "Living Statues"), (Miss) Truppel (as "Princess"), Walter S. Wills (as "Trotter"). Produced by Drury Lane Co. of America. Produced by arrangement with Arthur Collins.
- (1917) Stage Play: Have a Heart. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Material by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Musical Direction by Gus Salzer. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Additional lyrics by Schuyler Greene, James Kendis, Charles Bayha and Jerome Kern. Additional music by James Kendis and Charles Bayha. Directed by Edward Royce. Liberty Theatre: 11 Jan 1917- 17 Mar 1917 (76 performances). Cast: Flavia Arcaro (as "Mrs. Pyne"), Annette Besuden (as "Ensemble"), Belle Bowman (as "Ensemble"), James Bradbury (as "Matthew Pyne"), Walter Burke (as "Ensemble"), Dazie Burton (as "Ensemble"), Will Cobb (as "Ensemble"), William Deacon (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Del Puente (as "Yussuf"), Helen Donohue (as "Ensemble"), Louise Dresser (as "Dolly Brabazon"), Grace DuBoise (as "Ensemble"), Helen Eby-Rock (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Eley (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Fears (as "Georgia"), Margaret Fritts (as "Ensemble"), Charmain Furlong (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Gateson (as "Lizzie O'Brien"), Roy Gordon (as "Captain Charles Owen"), Mabel Guilford (as "Ensemble"), Thurston Hall (as "Rutherford Schoonmaker"), Marie Hollywell (as "Ensemble"), Earl Jordon (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Keith (as "Detective Baker"), Helen Lane (as "Ensemble"), Donald MacDonald (as "Ted Sheldon"), Alice Maurice (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Mellette (as "Ensemble"), Paul Mountaney (as "Ensemble"), Leonora Novasio, Martha Parsons (as "Ensemble"), Doris Predo (as "Ensemble"), Bert Pullaney (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Revere (as "Maitre d'Hotel"), Jules Rigoni (as "Ensemble"), Anne Sands (as "Ensemble"), Will Smith (as "Ensemble"), Billy B. Van (as "Henry"), Eileen Van Biene (as "Peggy Schoonmaker"), Roy Wells (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Magic Melody.
- (1922) Stage Play: Spice of 1922. Musical revue. Book by Jack Lait. Music by J. Fred Coots, Henry Creamer and James F. Hanley. Lyrics by McElbert Moore [earliest Broadway credit], Jack Stanley and Turner Layton [credited as J. Turner Layton]. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Scenic Design by H Robert Law Studios. Directed by Allan K. Foster. Winter Garden Theatre: 6 Jul 1922- 9 Sep 1922 (85 performances). Cast: Flavia Arcaro, Lucille Ballantine, E.H. Barlab, Albert Bennett, Pearl Betts, Bobby Boles, Olga Borowska, Stanley Brennan, Florence Browne, Roger Buckley, Violet Carlson, Mayris Chaney [credited as Maris Chaney], Nan Chapman, Lucille Constant, John C. Daly, D'Andrea & Walters, Emily DeVeaux, Yvette DuBois, Mary Dunne, Charles Eaton, Frankie Feustal, May Fox, Dorothy Frayser, James Gaylor, Marion George, Evelyn Gerard, Dorothy Gilbert, Freckles Gordon, Nan Halperin, James Harold, Hasoutra, Sam Hearn, Jimmy Hussey, Dorothea Jackson, Billie Jerome, Gattison Jones, Arman Kaliz, Dorothy Kendall, Ann Le Meau, Leonard Leeds, Artie Leeming, Miss Marion, Dan Mayo, Isabel McLaughlin, Midgie Miller, Helen Montague, Leonard Mooney, James C. Morton, Eddie Nelson, Will Oakland, Helen O'Shea, Gladys Parker, Ann Poulson, Georgie Price [Broadway debut], Marion Randall, Martinez Randall, Dick Rath, George Rath, Jane Richardson, Adele Rowland, Nell Roy Buck, Sunny Sanders, Virginia Sharr, Rex Storey [credited as Rex Story] (final Broadway role), Gwyn Stratford, Valeska Suratt, Jack Trainor, Marjorie Wall, Jean Watson, James Watts, Sue Wilson. Produced by Arman Kaliz.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Humming Bird. Comedy. Written by Maude Fulton. Directed by Robert Ober. Ritz Theatre: 15 Jan 1923- Feb 1923 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Produced by Frank Egan.
- (1924) Stage Play: Patience. Musical/operetta (revival). Libretto by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Directed by Robert Edmond Jones. Provincetown Playhouse: 29 Dec 1924- Mar 1925 (closing date unknown/104 performances).
- (1925) Stage Play: Dearest Enemy. Musical comedy. Book by Herbert Fields. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Dances and Ensembles Directed by Carl Hemmer. Orchestra under the direction of Richard Rodgers. Libretto Directed by Charles Sinclair and Harry Ford. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Costume Design by Mark Mooring (Costumes for Act One), Hubert Davis (Costumes for Act One) and James Reynolds (Costumes for Acts Two and Three). Directed by John Murray Anderson. Knickerbocker Theatre: 18 Sep 1925- 22 May 1926 (286 performances). Cast: Flavia Arcaro (as "Ms. Robert Murray"), Peggy Bancroft, Charles Bennington, Arthur Brown, Walter Burke, Rachel Chester, Harold Crane, Roberta Curry, James Cushman, Marian Dabney, Marita Dennis, H.E. Eldridge, William Eville (as "General Henry Clinton"), Gloria Faye, Helen Ford, Percy French, Alden Gay, Louis Gomez, Conrad Gordon, George Harold, Don Knobloch, Frank Lambert, Edward Larkin, Andrew Lawlor Jr. (as "Jimmy Burke"), Joy Leitch, Betty Linn, Mildred Mann, Burton McEvilly (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Elizabeth North, Jane Overton, Josephine Payne, Detmar Poppen (as "General John Tryon"), Geneva Price, Charles Purcell (as "Captain Sir John Copeland"), Eugenia Renon, John Seymour, Jack Shannon, Lucille Smyser, Helen Spring, Mark Truscott, John Valentine, Marian Williams, Polly Williams, Percy Woodley, Devah Worrell, Mabel Zoeckler. Produced by George Ford.
- (1927) Stage Play: Oh, Ernest! Musical comedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: In Love With Love. Comedy. Written by Vincent Lawrence. Directed by Joseph E. Shea. Cosmopolitan Theatre: 14 May 1928- May 1928 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Flavia Arcaro (as "Julia "), Margaret Borough (as "Marion Sears "), Percy Helton (as "Robert Metcalf "), Miriam Meehan (as "Ann Jordan"), Philip Tonge (as "Frank Oakes"), Brandon Tynan, Marshall Vincent. Produced by Joseph E. Shea.
- (1929) Stage Play: Sweethearts. Musical comedy/operetta (revival). Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith and Frédérique De Grésac. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith. Musical Director: Louis Kroll. Directed by Milton Aborn. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 21 Sep 1920- 5 Oct 1929 (17 performances). Cast: Grace Alden (as "Ensemble"), Frank Alexander (as "Ensemble"), Flavia Arcaro (as "Pauline"), Edith Artley (as "Babette"), Frances Baviello (as "Disdainful Girl"), Gladys Baxter (as "Sylvia"), Marion Blau (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Booth (as "Ensemble"), Lisette Braddock (as "Lizette"), Evelyn Brown (as "Ensemble"), William Burbank (as "Ensemble"), Maude Carleton (as "Ensemble"), James Carlin (as "Ensemble"), Donald Catlin (as "First Footman"), Florence Cazelle (as "Toinette"), Emma Curtis (as "Ensemble"), Lee F. Daly (as "Aristide Caniche "), Paul Davin (as "Lt. Karl"), Louis Diamond (as "Ensemble"), William Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Flannigan (as "Ensemble"), Sally Galbreaith (as "Village Belle"), Milton Gallagher (as "Ensemble"), Ida Goodrich (as "Ensemble"), Wee Griffin (as "Jeannette"), Peggy Guilbert (as "Ensemble"), Ione Haals (as "Ensemble"), Helen Held (as "Ensemble"), Betty Hines (as "Ensemble"), Agnes Holt (as "Ensemble"), Lucyle Keeling [credited as Lucyle Keeling] (as "Coquette/Herald "), Harry Knabenshue (as "Ensemble"), George Koenig (as "Ensemble"), Anna Koons (as "Ensemble"), Florine Lacluyze (as "Ensemble"), Florence Lamaere (as "Ensemble"), Mary Leavitt (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Lynne (as "Manette"), Charles Massinger (as "Prince Franz"), Theresa Masters (as "Ensemble"), William J. McCarthy (as "Hon. Percy Algernon Slingsby"), Nell McCormick (as "Ensemble"), Eileen McGann (as "Ensemble"), Bert Melrose (as "Ensemble"), Eleanor Meyer (as "Ensemble"), Roy Miller (as "Ensemble"), Frances Moore (as "Military Girl"), Genevieve Naegele (as "Liane"), Gertrude Noble (as "Ensemble"), Helen Petrie (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Pierce (as "Ensemble"), Detmar Poppen (as "Baron Petrus Von Tromp"), Richard Powell (as "Mikel Mikeloviz"), Bernie Sager (as "Ensemble"), Pearl Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Sharpe (as "Ensemble"), Blanche Shock (as "Ensemble"), Helen Smythe (as "Ensemble"), Alexander Stock (as "Ensemble"), Cecelia Stockdale (as "Herald/Ensemble"), Edward Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Mary Thurman (as "Clairette"), Roland Tudor (as "Captain Lorent"), Dorothy Wadleigh (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Wallace (as "Ensemble"), Jane Walters (as "Ensemble"), Adeline White (as "Ensemble"), Homer Wright (as "Ensemble"), Bronek Wrobleski (as "Second Footman"), Francesco Yannelli (as "Ensemble"), Hobson Young (as "Ensemble"), Meredith Young (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Jolson Theatre Musical Comedy Company. Note: Filmed as Sweethearts (1938).
- (1929) Stage Play: Mlle. Modiste. Musical comedy/operetta (revival). Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Henry Blossom. Lyrics by Henry Martyn Blossom. Musical Director: Louis Kroll. Costume Design by Tams and Rose Mandel Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Directed by Milton Aborn. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 21 Oct 1929- close): 7 Oct 1929- 16 Nov 1929 (48 performances). Cast: Grace Alden (as "Ensemble"), Amy Alexander (as "Ensemble"), Frank Alexander (as "Ensemble"), Flavia Arcaro (as "Mme. Cecile, proprietress of a Parisian hat shop"), Edith Artley (as "Fanchette, Mme. Cecile's daughter/Ensemble"), Frances Baviello (as "Bebe, dancer at Folies Bergere"), Marion Blau (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Booth (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Brown (as "Ensemble"), William Burbank (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Burckley (as "Gaston, an artist, Mme. Cecile's son"), Maude Carleton (as "Ensemble"), James Carlin (as "Ensemble"), Florence Caselle (as "Nanette, Mme. Cecile's daughter"), Emma Curtis (as "Ensemble"), Lee Daly (as "Francois, porter at Mme. Cecile's"), Louis Diamond (as "Ensemble"), William Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Flannigan (as "Ensemble"), Sally Galbreaith (as "Ensemble"), Milton Gallagher (as "Ensemble"), Ida Goodrich (as "Ensemble"), Wee Griffin (as "Ensemble"), Marie Grimaldi (as "Premier Danseuse"), Peggy Guilbert (as "Ensemble"), Ione Haals (as "Ensemble"), Helen Held (as "Ensemble"), Betty Hines (as "Ensemble"), Ralph Hoyt (as "Ensemble"), Lucyle Keeling (as "Marie Louise de Bouvray, Etienne's sister"), Harry Knabenshue (as "Ensemble"), George Koenig (as "Ensemble"), Anna Koons (as "Ensemble"), Florine Lacluyze (as "Ensemble"), Florence Lamorer'e (as "Ensemble"), Mary Leavitt (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Lynne (as "Ensemble"), Theresa Masters (as "Ensemble"), William J. McCarthy (as "General Le Marquis de Villefranche"), Nell McCormick (as "Ensemble"), Eileen McGann (as "Ensemble"), Bert Melrose (as "Ensemble"), Bernice Mershon (as "Mrs. Hiram Bent"), Eleanor Meyer (as "Ensemble"), Roy Miller (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Noble (as "Ensemble"), Helen Petrie (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Pierce (as "Ensemble"), Detmar Poppen (as "Henri de Bouvray, Comte de St. Mar"), Richard Powell (as "Hiram Bent, an American millionaire"), Robert Rhodes (as "Capt. Etienne de Bouvray, Comte de St. Mar's nephew"), Bernie Sager (as "Ensemble"), Pearl Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Fritzi Scheff (as "Fifi"), Ruth Sharpe (as "Ensemble"), Blanche Shock (as "Ensemble"), Helen Smythe (as "Ensemble"), Alexander Stock (as "Ensemble"), Cecelia Stockdale (as "Ensemble"), Edward Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Roland Tudor (as "Lieut. Rene La Motte, engaged to Marie Louise"), Dorothy Wadleigh (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Wallace (as "Ensemble"), Jane Walters (as "Ensemble"), Adeline White (as "Ensemble"), Homer Wright (as "Ensemble"), Bronek Wrobleski (as "Ensemble"), Francesco Yannelli (as "Ensemble"), Hobson Young (as "Ensemble"), Meredith Young (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Jolson Theatre Musical Comedy Company.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Inspector General. Comedy/farce (revival). Based on the Russian of Nikolay Gogol. Book adapted by John Anderson. Directed by Jed Harris. Hudson Theatre: 23 Dec 1930- Dec 1930 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Lina Abarbanell, Flavia Arcaro (as "The Sergeant's Wife"), Romney Brent (as "Ivan"), J. Edward Bromberg, William Challee (as "Waiter"), Eduardo Ciannelli, Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper, William Dorbin, Dorothy Gish, Theodore Hart, Harold Johnsrud (as "Merchant"), Josef Lazarovici, Con MacSunday, Owen Meech (as "Pytor Ivánovich Dóbchinsky, local landowner"), Eugene Powers, Edward Rigby, Joseph Sauers, Bessie Traub. Produced by Jed Harris. Note: Produced on film as a Danny Kaye vehicle by Warner Brothers as The Inspector General (1949). The film had significant changes from the stage version.
- (1932) Stage Play: Hired Husband. Comedy.
- (1934) Stage Play: Queer People. Comedy. Written by John Floyd, from a novel by Carroll Graham and Garrett Graham. Directed by Melville Burke. National Theatre: 15 Feb 1934- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/12 performances). Cast: Frank Allworth (as "Edward Worth, A Policeman"), Flavia Arcaro (as "Madame Frankie Lee") [final Broadway role], Joseph Burton, Kay Carlin, Helen Claire, Colleen Cooper, "Peppy" D'Albrew, Willard Dashiell (as "John Grew"), Frank De Sylva, James Fallon, Walter Fenner, Dwight Frye, Gladys George, Wesley Givens (as "Bartender"), Jerry Hausner (as "Sammy Schmaltz"), Marga Herden, Herbert Heywood, Milly June, Larry Keating [credited as Lawrence Keating] (as "Milton Hoffberger") [final Broadway role], Billie Kemp, Walter Kevan, Ruth Lee, James Levers, Leonard Lord, Sylvia Manners, Edna Mears, Nita Naldi, Charles O'Connor, Frank Otto (as "Henry McGinnis"), Clara Palmer, Arthur Pierson (as "Gilbert Vance"), William Roselle, W.W. Shuttleworth, Hal Skelly, Ming Soy, Harry Vokes (as "Pop Schmaltz"), J. Arthur Young. Produced by Galen Boque.
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