- (1917 - 1931) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: Over the Top. Musical revue. Book by Philip Bartholomae and Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Additional numbers by Herman Timberg. Lyrics by Matthew C. Woodward and Charles Manning. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Additional lyrics by Philip Bartholomae. Additional music by Frank Carter. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Lew Fields' 44th Street Roof Garden: 28 Nov 1917- 2 Feb 1918 (78 performances). Cast: Miss Arnold, Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire, Anita Baldwin, Muriel Barnes, T. Roy Barnes, Anna Berg, Aleen Bronson, Bly Brown, Craig Campbell, Clara Carroll, Jean Carroll, Miss Cassidy, Florence Challenger, Kewpie Collier, Ray Conlin, Paul Cordes, Louise Dale, Harry Detlof, Mary Eaton, Miss Eden, Miss Edward, Miss Forbes, Aileen French, Ada Fuld, Justine Johnstone, Joe Laurie, Miss Levine, Beatrice Little, Martha Lorber, Ted Lorraine, Ma-Belle, Charles Mack, Molly Moore, Frank Murphy, Miss Murray, Dagmar Oakland, Vivien Oakland, Betty Pierce, Miss Powell, Phyllis Prince, Jean Rebera, Rose Rolanda, Miss Rook, F. Rowe, Edna Russell, Emma Sharrock, Harry Sharrock, Beatrice Sommers, Miss Sortelle, Flo Summerville, Hal Taggart, Miss Warwick, Nina Whittmore, Hilda Wright, Miss Youde. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1922) Stage Play: Orange Blossoms. Musical comedy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Frédérique De Grésac. Based on the play "La Passarelle" by Fred De Gresac and Francis De Croisset. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Scenic Design by Norman Bel Geddes [earliest Broadway credit]. Costume Design by Paul Poiret and Earl Benham. Directed by Edward Royce. Fulton Theatre: 19 Sep 1922- 9 Dec 1922 (95 performances). Cast: Abner Barnart, Frank Curran, Maurice Darcy, Evelyn Darville, Edith Day, Vera DeWolfe, Emily Drange, Fay Evelyn, Robert Fischer, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Eden Gray, Alta King, Phyllys Le Grand, Mary Lucas, Gayle Mays, Clinton Merrill, Robert Michaelis, Denny Murray, Dagmar Oakland (as Julie Briesil"), Elva Pomfret, Hal Skelly, Queenie Smith (as "Tillie/Dancer"), Pat Somerset, Diana Stegman, Oliver Stewart, Nancy Welford, Jack Whiting. Produced by Edward Royce.
- (1923) Stage Play: Cinders. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Edward Clark. Lyrics by Edward Clark. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Directed by Edward Royce. Dresden Theatre: 3 Apr 1923- 28 Apr 1923 (31 performances). Cast: George Bancroft (as "Great Scott") [Broadway debut], Abner Barnhart (as "Cliff"), Louise Bateman (as "Simone"), Roberta Beatty (as "Mrs. Delancey Hoyt"), John H. Brewer (as "Major Dummond"), Edith Campbell-Walker (as "Mme. Duval"), Frank Curran (as "Frank"), Margaret Dale (as "Mrs. Horatio Winthrop"), Evelyn Darville (as "Julie"), Vera DeWolfe (as "Cecelia"), Thomas Fitzpatrick (as "Butler"), Nathaniel Gennes (as "Nat"), Elaine Gholson (as "Yvette"), Eden Gray (as "Ninette"), Thomas Green (as "Thomas"), Fred Hillebrand (as "Slim Kelly"), Harry Howell (as "Harry"), Eugene Jenkins (as "Gene"), Kitty Kelly (as "Tottie"), Alta King (as "Hortense"), Lillian Lee (as "Miss Breckenridge"), Estelle Levelle (as "Lottie"), Mary Lucas (as "Geraldine"), Mildred Lunnay (as "Dancer"), Gertrude McDonald (as "Dancer"), Denny Murray (as "Denny"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Mathilde"), Dewitt Oakley (as "Dewitt"), Elva Pomfret (as "Dancer"), Sydney Reynolds (as "Dancer"), Ralph Riggs (as "Dancer"), Queenie Smith (as "Tillie Olsen"), Diana Stegman (as "Annabelle"), W. Douglas Stevenson (as "John Winthrop"), Nancy Welford (as "Cinders"), Jack Whiting (as "Bruce"), Katherine Witchie (as "Dancer"). Replacement actor: Walter Regan (as "John Winthrop"). Produced by Edward Royce.
- (1923) Stage Play: One Kiss. Comedy.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Student Prince. Musical/operetta.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Pearl of Great Price. Drama. Written by Robert McLaughlin. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Century Theatre: 1 Nov 1926- Nov 1926 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Myrtle Adams (as "Folly"), Herbert Ashton (as "Smug"), Lee Beggs (as "Vulgarity"), Irma Bertrand (as "Flirt"), Amelia G. Bingham (as "Shame"), Sydna Black (as "Flip"), Lalive Brownell (as "Primp/Prudence"), Millie Butterfield (as "Slander"), Kathleen Cambridge (as "Preen"), Claudette Colbert (as "Pilgrim"), Marie Desyls (as "Lesbia"), Peter Doyle (as "Hunger/Bailiff"), William Dupont (as "Quill/Want"), 'Malcolm Fassett' (as "Truth"), Mrs. William Faversham (as "Envy"), Edward Favor (as "Greed"), Booth Franklin (as "Beggar/Blase/Despair"), 'Albert Froome' (as "Bore/Law"), Bernice Gardener (as "Lure"), Hazel Goodwin (as "Pert"), Elmer Grandin (as "Prejudice"), Frank Green (as "Idle Rich"), Julia Hoyt (as "Luxury"), Millie James (as "Loneliness"), Frances Kelly (as "Swirl"), Margot Kelly (as "Any Man's Sister"), Marion Kerby (as "Pander"), H. Kurasaki (as "Cringe"), Adele Le Roy (as "Primp"), Ross Neal (as "Queer"), John Nicholson (as "Adventure/Drink/Foreman of the Jury"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Beauty"), Eugene Ordway (as "Lust"), Florence Pendleton (as "Despair"), Marie Pettes (as "Pride"), Adele Ranson (as "Flounce"), Effie Shannon (as "Mother of Pilgrim"), Reginald Sheffield (as "Love"), Marcella Swanson (as "Vanity"), Richard Temple (as "Fame/Humanity"), Helen Tucker (as "Indolence"), Valdeo (as "Orgy"), Betty Webb (as "Smirk"), Mae Welch (as "Swish"), Irene Whipple (as "Wanton"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1927) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Material adaption by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Choral direction by Will Vodery. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Directed by E.B. 'Zeke' Colvan and Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 27 Dec 1927- 4 May 1929 (572 performances). Cast: Jules Bledsoe (as "Joe"), Alan Campbell, Bert Chapman, Laura Clairon, Jack Daley, Ted Daniels, Dorothy Denese, Charles Ellis (as "Steve"), Robert Farley, Estelle Floyd, Tommy Gunn (as "Vallon"), Annette Harding, Annie Hart, Aunt Jemima, J. Louis Johnson, Tana Kamp, Francis X. Mahoney, Howard Marsh, Helen L. Morgan (as "Julie"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Dolly"), Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Eva Puck, Mildred Schewenke, Eleanor Shaw, Phil Sheridan (as "Gambler"), Norma Terris, Sammy White, Charles Winninger (as "Cap'n Andy"), Jack Wynn. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: Filmed as Show Boat (1929) and more notably as Show Boat (1936), which while successful, suffered production delays and cost overruns that ultimately led to the downfall of Carl Laemmle's reign at Universal Pictures. Later filmed by MGM (lavishly, if somewhat truncated musically) as Show Boat (1951).
- (1931) Stage Play: The Wonder Bar. Comedy. Written by Irving Caesar and Aben Kandel. From the German of Geza Herczeg and Karl Farkas. Lyrics by Irving Caesar. Music by Robert Katscher. Additional lyrics by Manuel M. Ponce. Additional music by J. Peterburski and Manuel M. Ponce. Directed by William Mollison. Nora Bayes Theatre: 17 May 1931- 29 May 1931 (78 performances). Cast: Auguste Aramini, Roman Arnoldoff, Hugo Brucken, Stuart Casey (as "Francois Vale"), Medea Columbara, Armand Cortes (as "Pascal"), Henry Crosby, Michael Dalmatoff, Adriana Dori, Prince Nikolas Engalitcheff, Antonina Fechner, Clarence Harvey, Leo Hoyt, Marie Hunt, Mohammid Ibrahim, Al Jolson (as "Monsieur Al"), Patsy Kelly (as "Electra Pivonka"), Wanda Lyon, Jean Newcombe, Dagmar Oakland (as "Billie") [final Broadway role], Rex O'Malley (as "Ramon Colmano"), Laura Pierpont, Gustave Rolland, Adrian Rosely, Al Siegal, Vernon Steele, Elvira Trabert, Arthur Treacher (as "Lord Cauldwell"), Trini, Bertha Walden, C. Jay Williams. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Morris Gest. Note: Produced as an Al Jolson vehicle by First National Pictures (Warner Brothers) as Wonder Bar (1934). The film version was substantially reworked by Warner screenwriter Earl Baldwin.
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