- (1930 - 1935) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1930) Stage Play: Mr. Gilhooley. Drama. Written by Frank B. Elser [earliest Broadway credit]. Based on the novel by Liam O'Flaherty. Broadhurst Theatre: 30 Sep 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Eileen Burke (as "A Street Walker"), John A. Butler (as "Mick Friel"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Mr. Davin"), Peggy Doran (as "Maggie"), Helen Hayes (as "A Girl"), P.J. Kelly (as "Sean Macaward"), Charles Kennedy [credited as Charles Kennedy] (as "Seumas Hanrahan"), Barry Macollum (as "Pollard"), Kate McComb (as "Mrs. Davin"), Clement O'Loghlen (as "Tom Shaughnessy"), Maire O'Neill (as "Cissy"), Jimmy Scott A Trunkman"), Joseph Shea (as "A Beggar"), Arthur Sinclair (as "Mr. Gilhooley"). Produced by Jed Harris. Note: Liam O'Flaherty, was a longtime member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), he served for a time as a gunman in the fight against the British occupation of Ireland in the early teens and 1920s. Although his most famous work, "The Informer," received significant US screen success in 1935, this work received arguably more international screen interest with themes Italian fascists found intriguing. Filmed by Scalera Film S.p.a. [Italy] as Ultima giovinezza (1939) (original title) [no US distribution], by Lumenfilms, Scalera Film S.p.a. [Italy] as Second Childhood (1939) [distributed by DisCina in France, it received minimal US distribution by Transatlantic Releasing]--- these 2 films were Italian/French language versions filmed concurrently.
- (1933) Stage Play: Low Bridge.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Farmer Takes a Wife. Comedy. Written by Frank B. Elser [final Broadway credit] and Marc Connelly. Based on the novel "Rome Haul" by Walter D. Edmonds. Directed by Marc Connelly. 46th Street Theatre: 30 Oct 1934- Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams (as "Conductor"), Walter Ayres (as "Fry"), Joe M. Fields (as "Riley"), Henry Fonda (as "Dan Harrow"), James Francis-Robertson (as "Joe Teetham"), Ruth Gillmore (as "Mrs. Howard"), Margaret Hamilton (as "Lucy Gurget"), Frank Knight (as "Calder"), Mabel Kroman (as "Ivy"), Lewis Martin (as "Luke"), Kate Mayhew (as "Gammy Hennessy"), Mary McQuade (as "Della"), Bert J. Norton (as "Howard"), Charles F. O'Connor (as "Otway"), Larry Oliver (as "Lucas"), Gibbs Penrose (as "Jotham Klore"), Francis Pierlot (as "Sol Tinker"), Ralph Riggs (as "Sam Weaver"), Robert Ross (as "Stark"), Morton Stevens [credited as Morton L. Stevens] (as "Harry Emory"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Mr. Fisher"), June Walker (as "Molly Larkins"), Herb Williams (as "Fortune Friendly"), Jay Young (as "Yazey"). Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed by Fox Film Corp. as The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) starring Henry Fonda.
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