- (1929 - 1942) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1929) Stage Play: The Street Singer. Musical comedy. Music by John Gilbert, Nicholas Kempner and Sammy Timberg. Book by Cyrus Wood and Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Graham John. Featuring songs by Richard Meyers. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu. Musical Director: Pierre De Reeder. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 17 Feb 1930- close): 17 Sep 1929- 7 Mar 1930 (191 performances). Cast: Jane Alden (as "Mabel Brown"), Anne Austin (as "Ensemble"), Edith Blaire (as "Ensemble"), Milton Brodus (as "Ensemble"), Virla Burley (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Cornell (as "Muriel"), Don Cortez (as "First Tourist/Ensemble"), Ruth Cunliffe (as "Ensemble"), Maxine Darrell (as "Ensemble"), Clark Eggleston (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Mary Ferber (as "Ensemble"), Frank Gagen (as "Second Tourist/Ensemble"), Ed Garvie (as "Colonel Brown"), Helen Hall (as "Ensemble"), Larry Hogan (as "Second Agent of Police/(as "Ensemble"), Rita Hogan (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Huth (as "Ensemble"), Barrett James (as "Ensemble"), Walter Johnson (as "Doorman/Manager of Folies Bergere/Theatre Attendant"), Dorothy Joy (as "Ensemble"), Jack Kelley (as "Waiter"), Nell Kelly (as "Annette"), Agnes Kielty (as "Ensemble"), Frank Lalor (as "Prefect of Police"), Elsie Lauritsen (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Lee (as "Ensemble"), Dora Lee (as "Ensemble"), Nick Long (as "Ronnie"), Jane Love (as "Ensemble"), Jimmy Lyman (as "The Baron"), Hazel Maguire (as "Ensemble"), Audrey Maple (as "Erminie"), Isabelle McLaughlin (as "Ensemble"), May Meeris (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Harry K. Morton (as "Louis"), Betty O'Day (as "Ensemble"), Marian Palmer (as "Louise"), Shirley Parshall (as "Ensemble"), Phil Reep (as "Manager of Cafe Royal/Jean Baptiste"), Guy Robertson (as "George"), Cesar Romero (as "John") [Broadway debut], Kathryn Ross (as "Ensemble"), Kay Ross (as "A Lady"), George Saylor (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Shields (as "Claire"), Arthur Shnitzer (as "Ensemble"), Queenie Smith (as "Suzette"), Dorothy Snowden (as "Ensemble"), Grace Stogner (as "Ensemble"), Bentley Stone (as "First Agent of Police/Ensemble"), Jean Swanson (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Tebbs (as "Ensemble"), Wynn Terry (as "Ensemble"), Andrew Tombes (as "Picot"), Jean Watson (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Younger (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Busby Berkeley.
- (1939) Stage Play: The American Way. Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scene Technician for Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Anna Hill Johnstone and Florence Keady. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Conducted by Oscar Levant. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Center Theatre: 21 Jan 1939- Jun 1939 (closing date unknown/164 performances). Cast: Fredric March (as "Martin Gunther"), Florence Eldridge (as "Irma Gunther"), McKay Morris (as "Samuel Brockton"), Ruth Weston (as "Winifred Baxter"), Eve Abbott, Albert Amato, Jack Arnold (as "Ed Lorenz"), Suzanne Ashbrook, Cathie Bailey, Alan Bandler, Bobby Barron, Robin Batcheller, Vivian Baule, Joseph Beale, Walter Beck (as "A Minister"), Herman Belmonte, Mary Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Evelyn Bernie, Whit Bissell [credited as Whitner Bissell] (as "Karl, Age 21"), Milton Blumenthal, Orin Borston, Mary Brandon, Louise Buck, Buddy Buehler, Eileen Burns, Joe Bush, Hugh Cameron (as "Mayor McEvoy"), Eleanore Campsall, Gloria Carey, Gerry Carr, Eldridge Carson, Kenneth Casey, Teddy Casey, Natalie Chilvers, Laura Church, Norma Clerc, Beatrice Cole, Daniel Conway, 'Russell Conway' (qq), George Cotton, Alex Courtney, Ed Crosswell, Harry Crox, Tom Curley, Robert Cushman, Kenneth Dana, Ethel Darling, Gretchen Davidson, Bud Davis, Celeste DeBellis, Louis Delgado, Sandford Dody, Gene Douglas, Dorothy Downs, Katherine Duncan, Helen Edwards, Marian Edwards, Clark Eggleston (as "Ensemble"), Edward Elliott, Ruth Enders, Elsa Ersi (as "Clara Heinrich"), Herbert Everin, Gilbert Fates, Edward Fisher, Alice Fitzsimmons, Janet Fox, Eugene Francis, Vincent Gardiner, Bob Gewald, Herbert Goff, Brant Gorman, Carl Gose, Sydney Grant (as "Dr. Squires"), Norma Green, Claire Greenwood, Donn Hagerty, Gilbert Haggerty, Ann Hagye, Vernon Hammer, Robert Hanley, Lola Harris, Michael Harvey, William Hawes, James Hayes, George Herndon, Alan Hewitt (as "Alex Hewitt"), Nina Hill, Mary Hoban (as "Ensemble"), Cynthia Holbrook, Danny Hood, Claire Howard, Carol Hulings, Bradford Hunt, Buddy Irving, Carl Johnson, Peter Johnson, Marilyn Jolie, Curtis Karpe (as "Ensemble"), Allen Kearns, Walter Kelly, John Kerr, Robert Kerr, Lila King, Dorothy Knox, William Layton (as "Ensemble"), Kenneth Le Roy, Michael Leonard, Tommy Lewis, Richard Lloyd, Audrey Lodge, Constance Lodge, Virginia Lodge, John Long, John Lorenz, Betty MacDonald, James MacDonald, Marvel MacInnis (as "Ensemble"), Edward Mann, Jules Mann, Adrienne Marden, Jean Martel, Remi Martel, Gaylord Mason, Buddy Matthews, Gordon Merrick, Dorothy Miller, Gordon Mills, Patricia Minty, Carman Mitchell, Lois Montgomery, James Moore, Mona Moray, Mary Murray, May Muth, Florrie Nadel, Edna Nagy, Cecil Natapoff, Doris Newcomb, Donald O'Day, Grace O'Malley, LeRoi Operti (as "Dr. MacFarlane"), Margaret Owens, Melvin Parks, Judy Parrish, Lee Parry, Albert Patterson, Charles Payne, Jeannie Belle Perry, Martha Pickens, Gloria Pierre, Elinor Pittis, Philip Pollard, Jean Porter, Janet Regan, Ronald Reiss, George Repp, Robert Rhodes, Eric Roberts, James Roland, Mary Romano, Peggy Romano, Sylvia Roseman, James Russo, Nathaniel Sack, Stephen Sandes, Ray Santos, Lesley Savage, Dora Sayers, Louise Segal, Nat Seigal, Jeanne Shelby, Thomas Speidel, Don Starr, Mary Stevenson, Rodney Stewart, Sidney Stone, Elliott Stranger, Ruth Strome, Daphne Sylva, Jerry Sylvon, Ward Tallman (as "Henry Courtney"), John Thomas, Jerome Thor (as "Ensemble"), Frances Thress, Harry Todd, Carl Urbont, Grace Valentine, Dick Van Patten (as "Karl Gunther, Age 9; Martin Gunther's grandchild"; credited as Dickie Van Patten), Joan Vitez, Julia Walsh, George Ward, Jeanne Wardley, David Wayne (as "Karl Gunther"), William Welch, Maurice Wells, Peggy Wells, Alan Wenfield, Bob White, Albert Whitley, Nancy Whitman, Lynn Whitney, Mary Williamson, Lois Winston, Janice Winter, Barbara Wooddell, Gene Yell. Produced by Sam Harris and Max Gordon.
- (1940) Stage Play: Louisiana Purchase. Musical comedy. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Morrie Ryskind. Based on a story by Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Additional orchestrations: N. Lang Van Cleve. Ballets by George Balanchine. Musical Staging by Carl Randall. Dances by Carl Randall. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Imperial Theatre: 28 May 1940- 14 Jun 1941 (444 performances). Cast: William Gaxton (as "Jim Taylor"), Victor Moore (as "Senator Oliver P. Loganberry"), Vera Zorina (as "Marina van Linden"), April Ames (as "Emmy-Lou"), Irene Bordoni (as "Madame Bordelaise"), Dorothy Barrett (as "Dancing Girl"), Hubert Bland (as "Dancing Boy"), Ralph Blane (as "The Martins"), Carol Bruce (as "Beatrice"), Georgia Carroll (as "Secretary/Louisiana Belle"), Don Cortez (as "A Buccaneer"), Ned Coupland (as "Dancing Boy"), Charlie Curran (as "Dancing Boy"), Douglas Dean (as "Dancing Boy"), Clark Eggleston (as "Dancing Boy"), Althea Elder (as "Dancing Girl"), John Eliot (as "Sam Liebowitz/A Buccaneer"), Judith Ford (as "Louisiana Belle"), Mary Ganley (as "Dancing Boy"), Grace Gillern (as "Dancing Boy"), Dwight Godwin (as "Dancing Boy"), Petra Gray (as "Dancing Boy"), Dorothy Hall (as "Dancing Boy"), Mary Hartwig (as "Dancing Boy"), Harold Haskins (as "Dancing Boy"), George Hunter (as "Dancing Boy"), Dorothy Jeffers (as "Dancing Boy"), Nancy Knott (as "Dancing Boy"), Charles La Torre (as "Alphonse"), Henry Lahee (as "Dancing Boy"), Charles Laskey (as "Premier Danseur"), Patricia Lee (as "Louisiana Belle"), James Leland (as "Dancing Boy"), Nick Long Jr. (as "Lee Davis"), Edith Luce (as "Louisiana Belle"), Betty Luster (as "Dancing Girl"), Harvey Mack (as "Dancing Boy"), Hugh Martin (as "The Martins"), Ray Mayer (as "Davis D. Davis Jr."), Jack McClendon (as "Dancing Boy"), Virginia Morris (as "Dancing Girl"), Nicodemus (as "Abner"), Leona Olsen (as "Dancing Girl"), John Panter (as "A Buccaneer"), James Phillips (as "A Buccaneer"), Robert Pitkin (as "Col. Davis D. Davis Sr."), Nicolai Popov (as "Dancing Boy"), Richard Reed (as "Dancing Boy"), Ralph Riggs (as "Dean Manning"), Edward H. Robins (as "Police Captain Whitfield"), Jo Jean Rogers (as "The Martins"), Phyllis Rogers (as "The Martins"), Marion Rosamond (as "Louisiana Belle"), Rosemary Sankey (as "Dancing Girl"), Jean Scott (as "Dancing Girl"), Veva Selwood (as "Louisiana Belle"), Zynaid Spencer (as "Dancing Girl"), Aleen Stewart (as "Dancing Girl"), Anitra Upton (as "Dancing Girl"), Helen Vincent (as "Dancing Girl"), Kenneth Whelan (as "Dancing Boy"), Doris York (as "Dancing Girl"). Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva.
- (1941) Stage Play: Banjo Eyes. Musical comedy. Music by Vernon Duke. Material by Joseph Quillan and Irving Elinson [credited as Izzy Elinson]. Lyrics by John La Touche. Additional lyrics by Harold Adamson. Based on "Three Men on a Horse" by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott. "We Did It Before" by Charles Tobias and Cliff Friend. Orchestrations supervised by Domenico Savino. Music arranged by Domenico Savino and Charles L. Cooke. Vocal arrangements by Buck Warnick. The De Marco's arrangements by Alan Moran. Featuring songs by George Sumner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Directed by Hassard Short. Hollywood Theatre: 25 Dec 1941- 12 Apr 1942 (126 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), Ray Arnett, E.J. Blunkall, Betty Boyce, Norma Brown, Audrey Christie, June Clyde, Jimmy Corke, Kay Coulter, Ronnie Cunningham, Sally De Marco, Tony De Marco, Doris Dowling, Clark Eggleston (as "Boy") [final Broadway role], Carle Erbele, John Ervin, James Farrell, Florence Foster, Kate Friedlich, Chick Gagnon, Grace Gilren, Anne Graham, Arthur Grahl, Linda Griffeth, Miriam Gwinn, Ray Harrison, Doug Hawkins, Mitzi Haynes, Peggy Ann Holmes, Virginia Howe, Helene Hudson, Adele Jergens, Bill Johnson, Ray Johnson, Doris Kent, George Lovesee, Lynn, Royce, and Vanya, Lynn Malone, Rayford Malone, Joseph Malvin, Remi Martell, Ray Mayer, Morton Mayo (as "Banjo Eyes"), Virginia Mayo (as "Ginger, The Girl with "Banjo Eyes"), John McCord, Jack Nagle, Leona Olsen, George Richmond, Tina Rigat, Richard Rober, Sherry Shadburne, Phil Shafer, Billy Skipper, Jr., Puddy Smith, Lionel Stander (as "Patsy"), Jacqueline Susann (as "Miss Clark"), Shirl Thomas, Marie Vanneman, Mimi Walthers, Ray Weamer, Evelyn Weiss, Audrey Westphal, Tommy Wonder, Margie Young. Produced by Albert Lewis.
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