- (1921 - 1934) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1921) Stage Play: Good Morning Dearie. Musical comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: Kitty's Kisses. Musical comedy. Music by Con Conrad. Book by Philip Bartholomae and Otto A. Harbach. Lyrics by Gus Kahn. Featuring songs with lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Featuring songs by Will Donaldson. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh. Musical Staging by Bobby Connolly. Directed by John Cromwell. Playhouse Theatre: 6 May 1926- 2 Oct 1926 (170 performances). Cast: Mildred Anders (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Bartlett (as "Ensemble"), Polly Blake (as "Ensemble"), John Boles (as "Robert Mason"), Billie Bostick (as "Ensemble"), Walter Bradbury (as "The Bell Boy/A Track Walker"), Frances Burke (as "Mrs. Dennison"), Emily Burton (as "Ensemble"), Mortimer Chadbourne (as "Brakeman"), Jane Corcoran (as "Mrs. Burke"), Warren Crosby (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Dilley (as "Kittie Brown"), Patsy Dunn (as "The Maid"), Lester Eldridge (as "Ensemble"), Paul Florence (as "Ensemble"), Jack Gargin (as "Ensemble"), Irene Hamlin (as "Ensemble"), Patty Hastings (as "Ensemble"), Frank Hatch (as "Mr. Burke"), Edna Hopper (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Keats (as "Miss Wendel"), Ruth Kelly (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Laird (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Lang (as "Dining Car Steward"), William Leith (as "The Night Clerk"), Nick Long Jr. (as "Philip Dennison"), Gene McVey (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Meehan (as "Lulu/Ensemble"), William Neeley (as "Ensemble"), Frances Nevins (as "Ensemble"), George O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), Cheri Pelham (as "Ensemble"), Joe Sargent (as "Ensemble"), Leonard Scott (as "Pullman Conductor"), Kenneth Shutts (as "Conductor"), Mark Smith (as "Richard Dennison"), Georgina Tilden (as "A Country Girl"), Ruth Warren (as "The Telephone Girl"), William Wayne (as "The Day Clerk"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1926) Stage Play: Honeymoon Lane. Musical comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: Judy. Musical comedy. Book by Mark Swan. Music by Charles Rosoff. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Musical Director: Jay Gorney. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. Directed by John Hayden. Royale Theatre: 7 Feb 1927- 30 Apr 1927 (96 performances). Cast: Edward Allen, Frank Beaston, Magda Bennett, Dorothy Casey, Frank Cornell, John T. Dwyer, Helen Ellfelt, Madelyn Eubanks, Ethel Guerard, Laura Hamilton, Diana Hunt, Lida Kane, Margaret Litz, Ann Loomis, Mildred Lorrain, Mary Lucas, Alice MacKenzie, Elizabeth Mears, Eleanor Meeker, George Meeker (as "Tom Stanton"), Charles Purcell (as "Jack Lethbridge"), James Seeley, Queenie Smith (as "Judy Drummond"), George Tapps (as "Dancer"). Produced by John Henry Mears.
- (1927) Stage Play: Good News. Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Staging by Bobby Connolly. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 6 Sep 1927- 5 Jan 1929 (557 performances). Cast: Arthur Appell, Clara Blackath, Jack Boggs, Bob Borger, Emily Burton, Joe Carey, Irving Carter, Inez Courtney (as "Babe O'Day"), Wally Coyle, Frank Cullen, Dorothy Day, Zilpha De Witt, Phil Dewey, Dan Douglas, Valeda Duncan, Christine Ecklund, Edward Emery, Fran Frey, Betty Garson, Betty Gayle, Gerald Gehlert, Viola Goring, John Grant, Roberta Green, Irene Hamlin, Andreas Irving, John Price Jones, Claire Joyce, Ruth Kelly, Jack Kennedy, Larry Larkin, Mary Lawlor, Ethel Lawrence, Ann Lee, Elsie Lombard, Bodil Lund, Zeda Mansfield, Charles Mayon, Ruth Mayon, John McAvoy, Mack Murray, Roy Nelson, George Oliver, Zelma O'Neal, William Pahlman, Anita Pam, Sherry Pelham, Edwin Redding, Richard Renaud, Bob Rice, Herbert Rothwell, Margaret Shea, John Sheehan, Gus Shy, Mildred Stevens, Don Tomkins, Gwendolyn Vernon, Shirley Vernon, Irene Warner, Gilbert White, Minerva Wilson, Carol Young. Replacement actor: Penny Singleton (as "Flo") [credited as Dorothy McNulty]. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel. Note: Filmed by MGM as Good News (1930), by MGM as Good News (1947).
- (1927) Stage Play: Funny Face. Musical comedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: The New Moon. Musical/romance. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II (also lyrics), Frank Mandel and Laurence Schwab. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger and Alfred Goodman. Musical numbers staged by Bobby Connolly. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 18 Nov 1929-close): 19 Sep 1928-14 Dec 1929 (509 performances). Cast: Olga Albani (as "Flower Girl"), Lazlo Aliga (as "Ensemble"), Beulah Baker (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Barnes (as "Proprietor of the Tavern"), Herman Belmonte (as "A Spaniard" / Ensemble"), Ida Berry (as "Ensemble"), Dulcie Bond (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Brumm (as "Ensemble"), Kay Burnell (as "Ensemble"), Ned Byers (as "Ensemble"), Marie Callahan (as "Julie"), Vance Campbell (as "Ensemble"), John Cardini (as "Ensemble"), Helen Casey (as "Ensemble"), Cecilia Caskey (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Christy (credited as Dorothy Christie; as "Ensemble"; Broadway debut), Thomas Coppe (as "Ensemble"), Dorice Covert (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Dale (as "Fouchette"), Barbara Dare (as "Ensemble"), James Davis (as "Ensemble"), David DeGrave (as "Ensemble"), Frank Dobert (as "Ensemble"), Dody Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Lester Dorr (as "Capt. Dejean"), Frank Dowling (as "Ensemble"), Lyle Evans (as "Besac"), Max Figman (as "Vicomte Ribaud"), Marion Frances (as "Ensemble"), Novella Fromm (as "Ensemble"), R.E. Garcia (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Glennon (as "Ensemble"), Sigmund Glukoff (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Grady (as "Ensemble"), Olga Grannis (as "Ensemble"), Frank Grinnel (as "Ensemble"), John Gutcher (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as "Robert"), Patrick Henry (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Herbert (as "Marianne"), Hernadez Brother Trio (as "The Musicans"), Dorothy Higgins (as "Ensemble"), Esther Howard (as "Clotilde Lombaste"), Ruth Jennings (as "Ensemble"), Tina Marie Jensen (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kairoff (as "Ensemble"), Andrew Keller (as "Ensemble"), T.W. Kendall (as "Ensemble"), Constance King (as "Ensemble"), George Kirk (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Elmira Lane (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Lee (as "Ensemble"), Sol Leimas (as "Ensemble"), Carl Linke (as "Ensemble"), Rita Marks (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis Marren (as "Ensemble"), Charles V. Maynard (as "Ensemble"), Ernest McChesney (as "Ensemble"), Wallace McLeod (as "Ensemble"), Frances Mildern (as "Ensemble"), Earle Mitchell (as "Jacques"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), Christine Morey (as "Ensemble"), Charles Muhs (as "Ensemble"), Jack Murray (as "Ensemble"), Edward Nell Jr. (as "Capt. Paul Duval"), William O'Neal (as "Phillippe"), Cornelius Pilcher (as "Ensemble"), Rae Powell (as "Ensemble"), William Prevost (as "Ensemble"), Basil Prock (as "Ensemble"), Ramon (as "One of The Dancers"), Sverre Rasmussen (as "Ensemble"), Pacie Ripple (as "Monsieur Beaunoir"), Sylvia Roberts (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Rosita (as "One of The Dancers"), W.M. Rytter (as "Ensemble"), Leon Sabater (as "Ensemble"), Marnie Sawyer (as "Ensemble"), Howard Schreiber (as "Ensemble"), Edith Sheldon (as "A Dancer"), Bart Shilling (as "Ensemble"), Gus Shy (as "Alexander"), Edward Smythe (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Sneller (as "Ensemble"), Carl Streib (as "Ensemble"), Carola Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Trego (as "Ensemble"), Frank Vaughn (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Verbowvans (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Verlaine (as "Ensemble"), Irving Weinstein (as "Ensemble"), Dean Wheeler (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.
- (1928) Stage Play: Treasure Girl. Musical comedy. Book by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Music by George Gershwin. Musical Director: Alfred Newman. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. At the Pianos: Victor Arden and Phil Ohman. Alvin Theatre: 8 Nov 1928- 5 Jan 1929 (68 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Nitza Andre, Sidney Ayres, Charles Barron, Marcia Bell, Edwin Bidwell, Frank G. Bond, Claire Carroll, Jean Carroll, Walter Catlett (as "Larry Hopkins"), Betty Clark, Peggy Conklin (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Cleo Cullen, Constance Cummings, Norman Curtis, Eugene Day, Dotte DeSykva, John Dunsmure, Kathleen Edwardes, Evelyn Farrell, Stephen Francis, Virginia Franck, Paul Frawley, Sherry Gale, E.M. Gall, Victor Garland, Regis Geary, Bob Gebhardt, Ferris Hartman, Mary Hay, Thomas Hodges, Alma Hookey, Edward Humbert, Joyce Johnson, Dorothy Jordan, Richard Keith, Adrienne Lampel, Gertrude Lawrence, William L. Mack, Lionel MacLyn (as "Ensemble") [final Broadway role], Helen Mann, Vida Manuel, Frances Markey, Mabel Martin, Isobel Mason, Pauline Mason, Ethel Maye, John McAvoy, Billy McCarver, Gertrude McDonald, Anabel McMann, Maureen McNeil, Lillian Michel, Jack Morton, Alfonso Mullarkey, Elsie Neal, Wilma Novak, Daniel O'Brien, Peggy O'Neill, Tony Otto, Ruth Penery, Edwin Preble, Peggy Quinn, Alli Raddigan, Marvyne Ray, Fritz Reinhard, Wilma Roeloff, W. Kenneth Shepard, Helen Sills, Sam Simpson, Kay Smythe, Florence Spink, Jack Stevens, Jacques Stone, Gwendolyn Vernon, Betty Vine, Sims Walker, Beryl Wallace, Walter Wandell, Clifton Webb (as "'Nat' McNally"), Betty Wright. Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- (1929) Stage Play: Follow Thru. Musical comedy. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Kiviette. Musical Numbers Staged by Bobby Connolly. Book Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 9 Jan 1929-21 Dec 1929 (401 performances). Cast: Arthur Aylesworth (as "Mac" Moore, a golf professional"), Margaret Banks (as "Lady"), John Barker (as "Jerry Downs, a young golf champion"), Jane Brown (as "Lady"), Arthur Bryan (as "Country Club Boy"), Hilda Burkhart (as "Lady"), Madeline Cameron (as "Ruth Van Horn, an amateur golf champion"), Edith Campbell (as "Mrs. Bascomb, the president's wife"), Dorothy Christy (credited as Dorothy Christie; as "Olive"; final Broadway role), Katherine Cornell [not the actress of the 1930s and 1940s] (as "Lady"), Arthur Craig (as "Gentleman"), W.E. Critzer (as "Country Club Boy"), Dorothy Day (as "Lady"), Zilpha De Witt (as "Lady"), Irene Delroy (as "Lora Moore, Mac's daughter"), Dody Donnelly (as "Lady"), Carrick Douglas (as "Country Club Boy"), Al Downing (as "Mr. Manning"), Dorothea Dunn (as "Lady"), Christine Ecklund (as "Lady"), Oscar Ellinger (as "Country Club Boy"), Joseph Evans (as "Gentleman"), Phil Farley (as "Gentleman"), Yvonne Grey (as "Glenna"), Jack Haley (as "Jack Martin"), Irene Hamlin (as "Lady"), John Hammond (as "Country Club Boy"), Paul Howard (as "Steve"), Claire Joyce (as "Lady"), Marguerite Kennedy (as "Lady"), Ruth Kent (as "Lady"), Philip King (as "Gentleman"), Frank Kingdon (as "Martin Bascomb, President of the Bound Brook Country Club"), Fred Kuhnly (as "Country Club Boy"), Constance Lane (as "Virginia"), Elaine Lank (as "Lady"), Ethel Lawrence (as "Lady"), Jack Lawrence (as "Country Club Boy"), Margaret Lee (as "Babs Bascomb, Martin's 15-year-old daughter"), Ann Lomax (as "Lady"), Bodil Lund (as "Lady"), Jocelyn Lyle (as "Lady"), Ned Lynn (as "Gentleman"), Paul Mann (as "Gentleman"), John McCahill (as "Gentleman"), Gordon Merrick (as "Gentleman"), Harry Moore (as "Gentleman"), Fred Murray (as "Gentleman"), Richard Neely (as "Gentleman"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Gentleman"), Zelma O'Neal (as "Angie Howard, Lora's girl-friend"), Anita Pam (as "Lady"), Sherry Pelham (as "Cynthia" / "Lady"), Eleanor Powell (as "Molly"), Samuel Quinn (as "Gentleman"), Richard Renaud (as "Gentleman"), Herbert Rothwell (as Gentleman"), William Sahner (as "Gentleman"), John Sheehan (as "J.C. Effingham, a new member"), Maurice Siegel (as "Country Club Boy"), Mildred Stevens (as "Lady"), Drucilla Strain (as "Lady"), Don Tomkins (as Thomas Darcy "Dinty" Moore, Mac's sixteen-year-old son"), Renee Vilon (as "Lady"), Irene Warner (as "Lady"), Mildred Webb (as "Lady") [Broadway debut], Arlyne White (as "Lady"), Jerry White (as "Gentleman"), Minerva Wilson (as "Lady"). Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.
- (1929) Stage Play: Spring is Here. Musical comedy.
- (1929) Stage Play: Show Girl. Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Book by William Anthony McGuire. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. Based on the novel by J.P. McEvoy. Musical Director: William Daly. Additional lyrics by Thomas Malie, Sidney Skolsky, W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Additional music by W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Featuring songs by J. Little. Nusical Staging by Bobby Connolly. Directed by William Anthony McGuire. Ziegfeld Theatre: 2 Jul 1929-5 Oct 1929 (111 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Virginia Allen, Jean Althan, Selma Althan, Jane Barry, Betty Bassett, Marcia Bell, Eddee Belmont, Caryl Bergman, Hazel Boffinger, Dorothy Bow, Bobby Brodsley, Pamela Bryant, Orine Bryne, Edna Bunte, Emily Burton, Dorothy Carrigan, Doris Carson, Peggy Carthew, Virginia Case, Lew Clayton, Blaine Cordner, Billie Cortez, Cleo Cullen, Dona Desne Curry, Gertrude Dahl, Dolores De Fina, Mildred Defina, Violet Dell, Katherine Downer, Doris Downes, Alma Drange, Sadie Duff, Jimmy Durante (as "Snozzle" / "Sombre Eyes"), Kay English, Caja Eric, Austin Fairman (as "John Milton"), Eddie Foy Jr. (as "Denny Kerrigan"), Noel Francis (as "Peggy Ritz"), Virginia Frank, Vera Frederick, Janet Gibbard, Dolores Grant, Viola Hage, Ruth Hayden, Althea Heinly, Kathryn Hereford, Harriet Hoctor, Maurine Holmes, Eddie Jackson, Andy Jochim, Agatha Johann, Juliette Jones, Ruby Keeler (as "Dixie Dugan"), Mildred Klaw, Renee Landeau, Ada Landis, Camille Lanier, Ruth Love, Nick Lucas, Joseph Macauley, Mary MacDonald, Lottie Marcy, Doris May, Patricia McGrath, Frank McHugh (as "Jimmy Doyle"), Dorothy Morgan, Howard Morgan, Barbara Newberry, Evelyn Nichols, Dore Nodine, Lucille O'Connor, Pat O'Keefe, Georgia Payne, Lois Peck, Leonia Pennington, Vivian Porter, Beatrice Powers, Dolores Ray, Louise Raymond, Dorothy Ryan, Blanche Satchell, Matthew Smith, Wanda Stevenson, Mildred Swunke, Calvin Thomas, Mildred Turner, Sunny Van, Claire Wayne, Jean Wayne, Virginia Whitmore. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1929) Stage Play: Sons O' Guns. Musical comedy. Music by J. Fred Coots. Book by Fred Thompson and Jack Donohue [credited as Jack Donahue]. Lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom and Benny Davis. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Military Direction by Harry Holbrook, U.S.M.C. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Directed by Bobby Connolly. Imperial Theatre: 26 Nov 1929- 9 Aug 1930 (295 performances). Cast: Virginia Allen (as "Ensemble"), Russell Ash (as "Ensemble"), Millicent Bancroft (as "Ensemble"), Wallace Banfield (as "Ensemble"), Firley Banks (as "Ensemble"), Alfred Bardelang (as "Oswald/A German Prisoner"), Ida Berry (as "Ensemble"), Charles E. Bird (as "A British Officer"), Jeanette Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Leo Branson (as "Ensemble"), Paul Bristbois (as "Ensemble"), Edna Bunte (as "Ensemble"), Edna Burford (as "Ensemble"), Joe Carey (as "Ensemble"), Michael Cavanaugh (as "Ensemble"), Marion Chambers (as "Joan"), Gloria Clare (as "Ensemble"), Ann Constance (as "Ensemble"), Billie Cortez (as "Ensemble"), Guy Daly (as "Ensemble"), Lili Damita (as "Yvonne"), Del Daven (as "Ensemble"), Gordon Davis (as "Ensemble"), Raoul De Tisne (as "Pierre"), Charles Dodson (as "U.S.A. Bugler"), Robert Dohn (as "Parker/A German Prisoner"), Jack Donohue [credited as Jack Donahue] (as "Jimmy Canfield"), Russel Duncan (as "Ensemble"), William Dunn (as "Ensemble"), Byron Earle (as "Ensemble"), Richard Ellis (as "Ensemble"), June English (as "Ensemble"), Michael J. Forbes (as "Ensemble"), William Frawley (as "Hobson"), James Garrett (as "Ensemble"), Chris Gerard (as "Ensemble"), Anne Goddard (as "Ensemble"), Maerena Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Green (as "Ensemble"), Della Harkins (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Hayden (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Hayman (as "Ensemble"), John Heming (as "Ensemble"), Albert Henkel (as "Ensemble"), Eddie Hodge (as "Billswater"), Muriel Hoey (as "Ensemble"), Harry Holbrook (as "U.S.A. Captain"), Clare Hooper (as "Ensemble"), Mary Horan (as "Bernice Pearce"), Stanley Howard (as "Ensemble"), Topsy Humphrey (as "Ensemble"), David Hutcheson (as "Major Archibald Ponsonby-Falcke"), Lillian Jordan (as "Ensemble"), Ann Karyle (as "Marie"), Wilma Kaye (as "Ensemble"), Nora Kildare (as "Ensemble"), Efim Knoff (as "Ensemble"), Fred Kruger (as "Ensemble"), George Lamb (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne Lampel (as "Ensemble"), Benn K. Leavenworth (as "Ensemble"), Preston Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Jack Little (as "Ensemble"), Bill Mack (as "Ensemble"), John M. Malone (as "Ensemble"), Frances Markey (as "Colette"), Marcelle Miller (as "Ensemble"), Gwendolyn Milne (as "Jeanette"), Robert Milton (as "Ensemble"), Henry Mirshon (as "Ensemble"), Roderick Murray (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Nichols (as "Ensemble"), Tuxie Ondex (as "Ensemble"), Merrill Oslin (as "Ensemble"), Ray Prescott (as "Ensemble"), Nora Puntin (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia Roberts (as "Ensemble"), George Rolland (as "Ensemble"), Carl Rose (as "Ensemble"), Robert Saidler (as "Ensemble"), Earle Sanford (as "Ensemble"), Roy Santor (as "Ensemble"), Marion Santre (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Iola Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Jack Spiegel (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Spree (as "A British Tommy"), Wanda Stevenson (as "Ensemble"), Adele Story (as "Ensemble"), Frank Strang (as "Ensemble"), Ray Stully (as "Ensemble"), Ward Tallman (as "Ensemble"), Richard Temple (as "General Harper"), Shirley Vernon (as "Mary Harper"), Lawrence Waite (as "Ensemble"), Gladstone Waldrip (as "Ensemble"), George Wallace (as "Ensemble"), Barry Walsh (as "Carl Schreiber"), Herbert Warren (as "Ensemble"), Milton Watson (as "Arthur Travers"), Tom Weldon (as "Ensemble "), Cliff Whitcombe (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Whitmore (as "Ensemble"), Frances Wise (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Wolfe (as "Ensemble"), Victor Young (as "Ensemble"), Isabel Zehner (as "Irene"). Produced by Connolly & Swanstrom.
- (1930) Stage Play: Flying High. Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Book by John McGowan, Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Al Goodman. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. Directed by George White and Edward C. Lilley. Apollo Theatre: 3 Mar 1930- 3 Jan 1931 (355 performances). Cast: Joanna Allen (as "Ensemble"), Andy Anderson (as "Ensemble"), Jack Bedford (as "Ensemble"), Walter Blair (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Boffinger (as "Ensemble"), Grace Brinkley (as "Eileen Cassidy"), Jane Brown (as "Ensemble"), Russ Brown (as "Sport Wardell"), Jack Bruns (as "Mr. Charles"), Bobbie Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Case (as "Ensemble"), Warren Crosby (as "Ensemble"), Charles Davis (as "Ensemble"), Dody Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Bernie Dossitt (as "Ensemble"), Lois Eckhart (as "Ensemble"), George Ford (as "Ensemble"), Jane Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Jean Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Joan Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), June Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Peggy Gallimore (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Hall (as "Judy Trent"), Elmer Hertel (as "Ensemble"), Beth Holt (as "Ensemble"), Rita Horgan (as "Ensemble"), James Howard (as "Ensemble"), Don Hudson (as "Ensemble"), Jesse James (as "Ensemble"), Renee Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Phil King(as "Ensemble"), Bert Lahr (as "Rusty Krause"), Barbara Lee (as "Ensemble"), Robert Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Bob Lively (as "Tim"), Fred Manatt (as "Major Watts, M.D."), Florence Marriner (as "Ensemble"), Edith Martin (as "Ensemble"), Vivian Mathison (as "Ensemble"), John McCahill (as "Ensemble"), Maurine McNeil (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Meyers (as "Ensemble"), Carol Miller (as "Ensemble"), Helene Miller (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Moseley (as "Ensemble"), William Murray (as "Ensemble"), James Notarro (as "Ensemble"), Pearl Osgood (as "Bunny McHugh"), Gladys Page (as "Ensemble"), Mickey Ray (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Ring (as "Ensemble"), Cornelia Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Charles Rose (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Sampson (as "Ensemble"), Gus Schilling (as "Ensemble"), Diana Seaby (as "Ensemble"), Len Shaw (as "Mr. Henry"), Oscar Shaw (as "Tod Addison"), Carolyn Sickle (as "Ensemble"), Robert Silva (as "Ensemble"), Kate Smith (as "Pansy Sparks") [final Broadway role], Jane Stafford (as "Ensemble"), Flora Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Benjamin Tilberg (as "Ensemble"), Betty Travers (as "Ensemble"), Al Vickers (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Wakeley (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Webb (as "Ensemble"), Henry Whittemore (as "Gordon Turner"). Produced by George White. Note (1): One of the few major post-crash hits on Broadway. (2) Filmed by MGM as Flying High (1931), directed by Charles Reisner with Mr. Lahr repeating his starring role.
- (1930) Stage Play: Princess Charming. Musical/operetta. Music by Albert Szirmai [credited as Albert Sirmay] and Arthur Swartz. Lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom. Book by Jack Donahue. Based on the original of Franz Martos. Based on the original of Arthur Wimperis and Lauri Wylie. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Ballets by Albertina Rasch. Military direction by Harry Holbrook, U.S.M.C. Directed by Edward C. Lilley and Bobby Connolly. Imperial Theatre: 13 Oct 1930- 29 Nov 1930 (56 performances). Cast: Louise Allen (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Allen (as "Ensemble"), Walter Asmus (as "Ensemble"), Jeanne Aubert (as "Wanda Navarro"), Fred Barry (as "Ensemble"), Adeline Bendon (as "Ensemble"), Irene Bostick (as "Colette"), Thomas Bourke (as "Ensemble"), Jeanette Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Fred Brook (as "Ensemble"), Edna Bunte (as "Ensemble"), Kay Burnell (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Carey (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Cook (as "Ensemble"), Ray Covert (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Dallas (as "Ensemble"), Erle Danley (as "Ensemble"), Brian Davis (as "Ensemble"), Ilus de Pongo (as "Ensemble"), Raoul De Tisne (as "Lord Chamberlain to the King"), Peggy Dolan (as "Ensemble"), James Dowling (as "Ensemble"), Douglass Dumbrille (as "Ivanoff"), Leon Dunar (as "Ensemble"), June English (as "Ensemble"), John Fulco (as "Ensemble"), Betty Gallagher (as "Marie"), Anne Goddard (as "Ensemble"), Donald Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Roy Gordon (as "Baron Sigman"), Portia Grafton (as "Ensemble"), Yvonne Grey (as "Veronique"), Marie Grimaldi (as "Ensemble"), Edouard Grobe (as "Ensemble"), George Grossmith (as "Christian II of Elyria"), William Hagen (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as "Captain Torrelli of the Cruiser Elyria"), Louise Hansen (as "Ensemble"), Ann Hardman (as "Ensemble"), Patty Hastings (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Hayden (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Herbert (as "Princess Elaine of Novia"), Paul Huber (as "Attorney General"), Dorothea James (as "Lulu"), Jack James (as "Ensemble"), Agatha Johann (as "Ensemble"), Howard Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Kain (as "Ensemble"), John Kane (as "Lieutenant of the Elyria"), Wilma Kaye (as "Ensemble"), Stella Kehr (as "Ensemble"), Andor Keller (as "Ensemble"), Tom Kelly (as "Ensemble"), Regina Kovale (as "Ensemble"), John Krikoff (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Lauri (as "Ensemble"), William Leon (as "Ensemble"), Albert Leroy (as "Ensemble"), Jack Lister (as "Ensemble"), John Mangum (as "Ensemble"), Robert Marco (as "Ensemble"), Frances Markey (as "Anastasia"), Ernest McChesney (as "Second Lieutenant"), Duke McHale (as "Page"), Evelyn Monte (as "Ensemble"), Lewis Moore (as "Ensemble"), Merrit Moore (as "Ensemble"), Victor Moore (as "Irving Huff"), Arduino Muzzie (as "Ensemble"), Leon Nash (as "Ensemble"), Norma Nash (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Nodine (as "Ensemble"), Lee Nugent (as "Ensemble"), Leslie Ostrander (as "Ensemble"), Nona Otero (as "Ensemble"), Joanna Parker (as "Ensemble"), Tessie Pearson (as "Ensemble"), Donald Plover (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Potter (as "Ensemble"), William Prevost (as "Ensemble"), Pat Quinton (as "Ensemble"), Basil Rallis (as "Ensemble"), Wynne Ralph (as "Ensemble"), William Ritter (as "Ensemble"), Wilma Roeloff (as "Marguerite"), William Ruppel (as "Ensemble"), Robert Saidler (as "Ensemble"), Billy Sallier (as "Ensemble"), Marion Santre (as "Ensemble"), Bart Schilling (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Sickle (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Siegel (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite Slattery (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Sproul (as "Ensemble"), Howard St. John (as "Aide de Camp to the King"), Jack Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Pam Sweeny (as "Ensemble"), Leo Tatzin (as "Ensemble"), Carola Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Turner (as "Ensemble"), Serge Ury (as "Ensemble"), Jack Var (as "Ensemble"), John Walsh (as "Ensemble"), Walter Wandell (as "Ensemble"), Israfel Weinstein (as "Ensemble"), Patricia Whitney (as "Ensemble"), Martha Wilbert (as "Ensemble"), Frances Wise (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Wolfe (as "Ensemble"), Edward Young (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Bobby Connolly and Arthur Swanstrom.
- (1933) Stage Play: Melody. Musical.
- (1931) Stage Play: East Wind. Musical comedy.
- (1932) Stage Play: Hot-Cha! Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Lew Brown. Book by Mark Hellinger, H.S. Kraft, Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. Based on a story by H.S. Kraft. Musical Direction by Al Goodman. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by John Harkrider. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor and Edward C. Lilley. Ziegfeld Theatre: 8 Mar 1932-18 Jun 1932 (119 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian, Louise Allen, Mary Ann, Nick Basil, Miriam Battista, Herman Belmonte, Leonard Berry, Virginia Biddle, Joan Burgess, Alice Burrage, Tito Coral, Mary Coyle, Jack Daley, Dorothy Day, Antonio de Marco, Renee De Marco, Louis Delgado, Alan DeSylva, Marion Dixon, Dody Donnelly, Betty Dumbris, Prudence Edgar, Georgia Ellis, Jules Epailly (as "Store Keeper, Manuel"), Harriet Fink, Marjorie Fisher, Dorothy Flood, John Fulco, Robert Gleckler, Pearl Harris, Patty Hastings, Florence Healy, Hernandez Brothers, Theo Holley, Jean Howard, Stanley Howard, Mercedes Hughes, Alfonso Iglesias, Dorothy Kal, Gloria Kelly, Tom Kelly, June Knight, Frances Kruger, Charles La Torre, Bert Lahr (as "Alky Schmidt"), Jane Lane, Rose Louise, Evelyn Lowrie, Neva Lynn, June MacCloy, Frances Markey, Edwin Marsh, Mary Joan Martin, Lorelle McCarver, Lou Ann Meredith, Rosalie Milan, Vic Monroe, Grace Moore, Pauline Moore, George O'Brien, Ethel O'Dell, Catherine O'Neil, Lester Ostrander, Lynne Overman (as "Hap Wilson"), Arthur Page, Sherry Pelham, Theo Phane, Lilyan Picard, Eleanor Powell (as "Dancer"), Basil Prock, Polly Ray, Carol Renwick, Mary Alice Rice, Wilburn Riviere, Buddy Rogers (as "Jack Whitney"), Alma Ross, William Ruppel, Mina Ruskin, Marion Santre, Roy Sedley, Gertrude Sheffield, Marie Stevens, Kay Stewart, Thomas Thompson, Lupe Velez (as "Conchita"), Veloz and Yolanda, Efim Vitis, Marion Volk, Molly Wakefield, Diana Walker, Lorraine Webb, Mildred Webb, Marjorie White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1932) Stage Play: Ballyhoo of 1932. Musical.
- (1931) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. Musical revue. Sketches by Mark Hellinger, J.P. Murray and Gene Buck. Lyrics by Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Farrell, Mack Gordon, J.P. Murray, Barry Trivers, E.Y. Harburg, Jack Norworth and Noël Coward. Dialogue staged by Edward C. Lilley. Music by Harry Revel, Ben Oakland, Dave Stamper, Dimitri Tiomkin, Noel Coward, Nora Bayes, James Monaco, Chick Endor, Walter Donaldson, Jay Gorney and Hugo Riesenfeld. Music for "Pink Lady Waltz" by Ivan Caryll. Music for "(Shine On) Harvest Moon" by Jack Norworth. Music for "(Who Paid the Rent for Mrs.) Rip Van Winkle" by Alfred Bryan. Lyrics for "(Who Paid the Rent for Mrs.) Rip Van Winkle" by Fred Fisher. Music for "You Made Me Love You" Dance by Mack Gordon. Lyrics for "I'm With You" by Walter Donaldson. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh, Will Vodery, Howard Jackson and Joe Jordan. Featuring songs by Powell and Stevens. Dances staged by Bobby Connolly and Albertina Rasch. Directed by Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. and Gene Buck. Ziegfeld Theatre: 1 Jul 1931-21 Nov 1931 (165 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian, The Albertina Rasch Dancers, Thomas Arace, Jack Arthur, Jean Audree, Faith Bacon, Robert Baldwin, Virginia Bethel, Virginia Biddle, Ethel Borden, Mildred Borst, Frank Britton, Milt Britton, Jack Bruns, John W. Bubbles, Buck & Bubbles, Joan Burgess, Katherine Burke, Alice Burrage, Arthur Campbell, Tito Carol, Gordon Carper, Albert Carroll, Helen Carson, Emmita Casanova, Catherine Clark, The Collette Sisters, Dorothy Dell, Netta Deuschateau, Dorothy Dodge, David Drollet, Betty Dumbris, Marguerite Durand, Marguerite Eisele, Georgia Ellis, Kay English (as "Hazel Dawn" and "Pink lady Waltz" performer; final Broadway role), Caja Eric, Clayton Estes, Ruth Etting (as "Nora Bayes"; Dorothy Flood, Rosa Fromson, Rose Gale, Gladys Glad, Gene Gory, Yvonne Grey, John Gurney, Paul Gursdorff, Cliff Hall, Cassie Hanley, Helen Hannan, Pearl Harris, Eunice Holmes, Jean Howard, Billy Hughes, Russell Johns, Tom Kendall, George Lamar, Frank Lang, Hal Le Roy (as "Alphonso Smith"), Milton Le Roy, Marjorie Levoe, Boots Mallory, Christine Maple, Herschel Martin, Mitzi Mayfair, Lorelle McCarver, Ernest McChesney, Frank McCormack, Dennis McCurtin, Marjorie McLaughlin, Olive McLay, Frieda Mierse, Vera Milton, Grace Moore, Jim Moore, Helen Morgan, John Daly Murphy, Dorissa Nelova, Pat O'Day, Pearl Osgood, Earl Oxford, Anne Lee Patterson, Ruth Patterson, Jack Pearl, Vivian Porter, Betty Real, Mary Alice Rice, Harry Richman, Bernice Roberts, William Royal, 'Adrian Samish'( qv) [credited as A. Samish], Blanche Satchell, Billie Seward, Barbara Smith, Conrad Sparin, Marie Stevens, Leonard Stokes, Lena Thomas, Joseph Toner, Synny Trowbridge, Robert Walker, Helen Walsh, Eileen Wenzel, Robert White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1931) Stage Play: America's Sweetheart. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book by Herbert Fields. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. Directed by Monty Woolley. Broadhurst Theatre: 10 Feb 1931-6 Jun 1931 (135 performances). Cast: Jeanne Aubert, Virginia Bruce (as "Miss Mulligan"), Alice Burrage (as "Telephone Operator"), Terry Carroll, Bud Clark, Inez Courtney (as "Madge Farrell"), Dorothy Dare (as "Dorith"), Raoul De Tisne, Al Downing, Jay Ford, Charles Fowler, Herbert Hall, Harriette Lake, Francetta Malloy, Vera Marsh, Sue Moore, Fred Shawhan, John Sheehan (as "S.A. Dolan"), Gus Shy, O.J. Vanasse, Jack Whiting. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.
- (1931) Stage Play: Free for All. Musical comedy. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Laurence Schwab. Music by Richard A. Whiting. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: John McManus. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Manhattan Theatre: 8 Sep 1931-19 Sep 1931 (15 performances). Cast: Charles Althoff, Seth Arnold (as "Pete Weber, a Nevada Sheriff"), Olive Bayes, Lilian Bond (as "Marie Sinnot, Editor of "Free for All"), Julia Chandler, G. Pat Collins, John Donahue, Al Downing, Edward Emery, Dorris Groday, Jack Haley (as "Steve Potter Jr., Son of Stephen Sr."), Peter Higgins, Gus Howard, David Hutcheson, Dorothea James, Grace Johnston, Dorothy Knapp, Clair Kramer, Peter Lang, Jeannette Loff, Philip Lord, Vera Marsh, Rae Powell, Robert Randall, Edwin Saulpaugh, Harry Shannon, Tamara, Thelma Tipson, Don Tomkins, Edward Walters. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.
- (1934) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke, Samuel Pokrass, Billy Hill, H.I. Phillips, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend and Ballard MacDonald. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Director: John McManus. Sketches by: H.I. Philips, Fred Allen and David Freedman. Written by Harry Turgend. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Billy Rose, Billy Hill and Edward Heyman. Featuring songs by Joseph Meyer, Richard Myers, Dana Suesse, Peter DeRose, Billy Hill and James F. Hanley. Additional numbers staged by John Murray Anderson. Costume Design by Russell Patterson, Raoul Pene Du Bois, Charles Le Maire, Billy Livingston and Kiviette. Scenic Design by Watson Barrett and Albert R. Johnson. Lighting Design by John Murray Anderson. Dialogue Directed by Edward C. Lilley. Directed by Bobby Connolly. Winter Garden Theatre: 4 Jan 1934- 9 Jun 1934 (182 performances). Cast: John Adair, Joanna Allen, Virginia Allen, Louene Ambrosius, Peggy Ann, Eve Arden [Broadway debut], Margorie Baglin, Judith Barron, Leon Barte, Mary Bay, Betzi Beaton, Anna Bell, Herman Belmonte, Helen Bennett, Al Bloom, Hazel Boffinger, Mary Bolles, Mildred Borst, Patricia Bowman, Fanny Brice, Mary Ellen Brown, Dorothy Buckley, Joanne Cannon, Joseph Carey, Jean Carson, Jacques Cartier, Jack Coogan, Gloria Cook, Dorothy Daly, Hope Dare, Hope Dare, Maxine Darrell, Loretta Dennison, Eva Desca, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Frank Ericson, Lonita Foster, Helene Frederic, Jane Froman, Marjorie Gayle, Gloria Glennon, Julia Gorman, Irene Hamlin, Helen Hannon, Pearl Harris, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Brice Hutchins, Vivian Janis, Julie Jenner, Ruth Kane, Gladyse Keating, James Kitson, Evelyn Laurie, Naomi Leaf, Clark Leston, Rose Lipton, Dorothy MacKinnon, Florence Mallee, Florence Malley, Carlotta Mann, Charlotte Mann, Lillian Mann, Fred Mannat, Everett Marshall, Camilla Masters, Sara Mazo, Pam McAvoy, Frances McHugh, Vicki Michak, Bobbie Miller, Dinty Moore, Victor Morely, Jane Moxon, Evelyn Nichols, Evelyn Nielson, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Ina Ray, Ruth Reiter, Susanne Remos, Edith Roark, Thora Roberts, Don Ross, Caroline Ryan, Ruth Saks, Sid Salzer, Marion Santre, Sunya Shurman, Leone Sousa, Edwina Steele, Maria Steele, Marie Stevens, Jean Stuart, Lucile Stuart, Adlynn Swan, Gladine Sweetser, Ethel Thorsen, The Vikings, Oliver Wakefield, Mildred Webb, Gil White, Marguerite White, Betty Worth. Produced by Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld (Billie Burke).
- (1932) Stage Play: Take a Chance. Music by Nacio Herb Brown and Richard A. Whiting. Additional songs by Vincent Youmans. Material by Buddy G. DeSylva and Laurence Schwab. Additional Dialogue by Sid Silvers. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones, Edward Powell, Robert Russell Bennett and William Daly. Vocal Arrangements for Miss Merman's songs by Roger Edens. Musical numbers directed by Bobby Connolly. Material directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Apollo Theatre: 26 Nov 1932- 1 Jul 1932 (243 performances). Cast: Louise Allen, James Ardell, Jack Armstrong, Lee Beggs (as "Actor, in Kenneth Raleigh's Revue, "Humpty Dumpty"/Mr. Krankel, "Blackmail"/Boss, "Eadie"), Gerry Billings, Chet Bree, Lucille Brodin, Flo Brooks, Andrew Carr, Louise Carr, Jean Carson, Edward Delridge, Marian Dixon, Al Downing, Josephine Dunn, Neil Evans, Helen Fairweather, Emily Fitzpatrick, John Fleming, Arline Garfield, Robert Gleckler, Frances Gordon, John Grant, Ethel Green, Jack Haley, Marion Herson, Sara Jane, Julie Jenner, Dorothy Kal, Budd Kehlner, Gloria Kelly, Henry King, Paula King, June Knight, Tommy Land, Jane Lane, Evelyn Laurie, Clark Leston, Florence Mallee, Mitzi Mayfair, Frances McHugh, Anna Marie McKenney, Ethel Merman (as "Wanda Brill"), Dorothy Morgan, George Pauncefort, Paul Peque, Blanche Poston, Oscar Ragland (as "Actor"), Adelaide Raleigh, Louise Seidel, Sid Silvers, William Stamm, Mildred Webb, Jack Whiting (as "Kenneth Raleigh"), Douglas Wood. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva.
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