- (1924 - 1933) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1924) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music by Earl Carroll. Lyrics by Earl Carroll. Musical Director: Ira Jacobs. Book by Earl Carroll and Ralph Spence. Musical Staging by Sammy Lee. Directed by Earl Carroll. Music Box Theatre (moved to The Earl Carroll Theatre from 10 Nov 1924- close): 10 Sep 1924- 3 Jan 1925 (133 performances). Cast: Sarah Ames (as Ensemble"), Anita Banton (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Beardsley (as "Ensemble"), Joey Benton (as "Performer"), Betty Blackburn (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Blair (as "Ensemble"), Frances Blythe (as "Ensemble"), Mary Carey (as "Performer"), Dave Chasen (as "Performer") [Broadway debut], Leo Conway (as "Performer), Joe Cook (as "Performer"), Johnny Cooke (as "Performer"), Carol Cummings (as "Ensemble"), Albert Dare (as "Performer"), Margaret Davies (as "Performer"), Anna May Dennehy (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Derchin (as "Ensemble"), Yvette DuBois (as "Ensemble"), Geneva Duker (as "Ensemble"), Henry Dunn (as "Performer"), Janice Fair (as "Ensemble"), Betty Fitch (as "Performer"), Norma Forrest (as "Ensemble"), Amy Frank (as "Ensemble"), Chester Fredericks (as "Performer"), Albert Hall (as "Performer"), Dorothy Harris (as "Ensemble"), Rella Harrison (as "Ensemble"), Thelma Harvey (as "Performer"), Albert Hawthorne (as "Performer"), Irene Isham (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Jones (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Lemmon (as "Ensemble"), Agnes Leonard (as "Performer"), Eddie Leslie (as "Performer"), Frank Leslie (as "Performer"), Josephine Libby (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Lombard (as "Ensemble"), Emily Lorraine (as "Ensemble"), James Mack (as "Performer"), Frances Marchant (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Marchant (as "Ensemble"), Margaret McKay (as "Ensemble"), Eleanor Meeker (as "Ensemble"), Helen Menette (as "Ensemble"), John Miller (as "Performer"), Lillian Morehouse (as "Ensemble"), Leonard Oakley (as "Ensemble"), Jane Odette (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Osborn (as "Ensemble"), Kathryn Ray (as "Performer"), Amy Revere (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Ringquist (as "Ensemble"), Nellie Roberts (as "Ensemble"), Bert Rome (as "Performer"), Bernice Rose (as "Ensemble"), Bob Simms (as "Performer"), Frances Stone (as "Ensemble"), Desiree Taylor (as "Performer"), Doria Tree (as "Ensemble"), Inez Tremble (as "Ensemble"), Sophie Tucker (as "Performer"), Betty Vane (as "Ensemble"), Walter Wahl (as "Performer"), Betty Wilson (as "Ensemble"), Kiddy Young (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1925) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music and Lyrics by Clarence Gaskill. Book by William Grew, Jimmy Duffy, "Bugs" Baer, Blanche Merrill, Julius Tannen, Lester Allen, Owen Murphy, Jay Gorney, Bozeman Bulger, Ted Healy [earliest Broadway credit], Don Lindley and Harry Jentes. Music interpreted by Ross Gorman. Musical Director: Donald Voorhees. Additional lyrics by Owen Murphy and Fred Phillips. Additional music by Jay Gorney and Irving Bibo. Production Supervised by Earl Carroll. Set Decoration by Willy Pogany. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Scenic Design by Karle O. Amend. Musical Staging by David Bennett. Directed by William Grew. Earl Carroll Theatre: 6 Jul 1925- 27 Dec 1925 (199 performances). Cast: Rose Adaire, Basil Allis, Marjorie Bailey, Anita Banton, Suzanne Bennett, Marjorie Bolton, Celia Branz (as "Performer"), Pat Brown, Edith Cardell, Marion Cardell, Aileen Carmody, Vivian Carmody, Dave Chasen (as "Performer"), Gertrude Crouch, Sid Daish, Marion Dale, Dane Daniels, Teddy Dauer, M. De Jari, Marion Dowling, Jessica Dragonette, Pearl Eaton, Olivette Florentine, Bobby Folsom, Evelyn France, Bobby Galvin, Jeanette Gilmore, M. Senia Gluck, Dorothy Gordon, Eve Marie Gray, Vivian Hart, Betty Healy, Ted Healy (as "Performer"), Helen Herms, Ross Hertz (as "Ensemble"), Warren Hill, Herman Hoover, Agnes Horter, Ray Hughes, Dave Jones, Marjorie Kelly, Mildred Kelly, Kenneth Lackey, Trudy Lake, Jewel LaKota, Florence Lavalle, Oscar Lorraine, Van Lowe, Polly Luce, Eve Lynn, Virginia Martin, Rita Mayer, Wallace McCutcheon Jr. (as "Performer") [final Broadway role], Ruth Mees, Marcelle Miller, Margaret Miller, Lillian Morehouse, Marie Musselle, Adele Neff, Frances Norton, Jack Norton, Natalie Norton, Blanche O'Brien, Vera O'Brien, Agnes O'Laughlin, Gladys Pender, Marjorie Peterson, Kathryn Ray, Nellie Roberts, Josephine Sabel, Felicia Sorel, Julia Steger, Irene Swor, Earl Taney, Julius Tannen, Esther Tanya, The Whirlwinds, Lillian Thomas, Francis Thorne, Lucille Upton, Velma Valentine, Richard Warren, Peggy Watts, Rose Wenzel, Frank Wisner, Harold Yates, Marguerite Young. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Mating Season. Farce.
- (1928) Stage Play: Rain or Shine. Musical. Music by Milton Ager and Owen Murphy. Book by James Gleason and Maurice Marks. Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Music orchestrated by William Still and Arthur Schutt. Orchestra under the direction of Don Voorhees. Dances directed by Russell Markert. Dances Directed by Tom Nip. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 9 Feb 1928- 15 Dec 1928 (356 performances). Cast: Paul Brack, Walter Bremer, Dave Chasen (as "Simley's Protege/The Head Waiter"), Joe Cook (as "Smiley Johnson"), Ben Cutler, Vance Elliott, Rita Garcia, Edgar Gardner, James Gregory, Marion Herson, Tom Howard, Warren Hull, Vernon Jacobson, Ernest Lambart, Helen Lynd, Joe Lyons, Alex McKee, Rosie Moran, Ethel Norris, Walter Pharr, William V. Powers, Dimples Riede, Janet Velie, Nancy Welford, Devah Worrell. Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures as Rain or Shine (1930) (directed by 'Frank Capra'). Joe Cook reprised his stage role in the film.Although the stage version was a musical comedy, the musical numbers were deleted from the film version due to the public's distaste of the genre from 1930- early 1933 (until successfully revived by Warner Bros). The film is one of the least seen Capra films and is generally regarded as giving us a mere approximation of the extent of Joe Cook's talent which was far more effectively conveyed on stage (a situation somewhat comparable to Al Jolson's film career). Dave Chasen, later a world-renown restaurateur, and Tom Howard reprised their stage roles for the film. None of the songs in the original musical were used in the film except as background music.
- (1930) Stage Play: Fine and Dandy. Musical comedy. Music by Kay Swift. Book by Donald Ogden Stewart. Lyrics by Paul James. Uncredited book by Joe Cook. Orchestra directed by Gene Salzer. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Scenic Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Dialogue directed by Frank McCoy. Choreographed by Tom Nip and Dave Gould. Routines of Abbot Dancers arranged by Merriel Abbott. Dance for Mechanical Ballet arranged by Eugene Van Grona. Directed by Morris Green. Erlanger's Theatre: 23 Sep 1930- 2 May 1931 (255 performances). Cast: Joe Cook (as "Joe Squibb"), Edna Abbey, Jeanne Adams, James Babbitt, Marjorie Bailey, Ben Bernard, Bonnie Blackwood, Alice Boulden, Paul Brack, Joan Burgess, Jack Burley, Phyllis Cameron, Violet Casey, Dave Chasen (as "Wiffington"), Laura Clairon, Joseph Clayton, Hal Clyne, Peaches Dahl, Frances DeFoe, Alda Deery, Tom Denton, Fritzie Deuss, Margaret Dixon, Bert Doughty, John W. Ehrle, Herman Ergotti, Dick Erskine, Eleanor Etheridge, Murray Evans (as "The Four Horsemen"), Walter Fehl, Jack Flaherty, Frank Gagen, Cara Gould, Adele Goulding, Jimmy Hadreas, John Hall (as "First Workman"), May Hass, Marion Herson, Gypsy Hollis, Frank Innis, Genevieve Irwin, Scott Jensen, Dick Kirby, Rose Kirsner, Muriel Lawlor, Eva Lewis, Bob Long, Joe Lyons, Jimmy Mahr, Dora Maughan, Jack McClusky, Pearl McKnight, Glen Meyers, Carmen Morales, David D. Morris, Frank Naldi, Fred Nay, George Neville, Chet O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, Nell O'Day, Eleanor Powell (as "Miss Hunter"), Victor Pullman, Gus Quinlan, Billy Randall, Joe Reilly, Catherine Reynolds, Jack Richardson, Joe Riley, Elene Ross, Jack Ross, J. Rousseaux, Patsy Schenck, George A. Schiller, Mildred Schroder, Claribel Skinner, Nette Solomon Merriel Abbot, Rheta Stone, Odette Swan, Peggy Timmons, Kathleen VanNoy, Mary Grace Van Noy, Joe Wagstaff, Pat Walshe, Flo Ward, Amy Weber, Teddy West, Florence Wilson, Wanda Wood. Produced by Morris Green and Lewis E. Gensler.
- (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. 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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