- (1916 - 1930) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1916) Stage Play: Please Help Emily. Written by H.M. Harwood. Lyceum Theatre: 14 Aug 1916- Sep 1916 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Joseph Allenton, Anton Ascher, Sydney Blair, Charles Cherry, Hubert Druce [credited as Herbert Druce], Ferdinand Gottschalk, Alice Hale, John Harwood, J.J. Horowitz, Alice John Vernon Kelso [Broadway debut], Jeffreys Lewis, Maud Milton, Ann Murdock, Kenyon Musgrove, Ben Probst [Broadway debut], Jules Raucourt. Produced by Charles Frohman Inc. Note: Filmed by Empire All Star Corp. [distributed by Mutual Film] as Please Help Emily (1917), and by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Palm Beach Girl (1926).
- (1928) Stage Play: King Henry V. Historical drama. Written by William Shakespeare.
- (1928) Stage Play: Mima. Written by David Belasco. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 12 Dec 1928- May 1929 (closing date unknown/180 performances). Cast: Eduardo Abdo, A.E. Anson (as "Magister"), Najeeb Assaf, Eva Barcay, Philip Bishop, Sidney Blackmer (as "Janos"), William Boag, Lionel Braham (as "Rubicante"), Romaine Callender (as "Malacoda"), Reginald Carrington, Norman Constantin, Armand Cortes, W. Gordon Craig, Ruth Dayton, Eugene Donovan, Andre Dumont, Jane Ferrell, Myra Florian, Dwight Frye (as "Alfons"), George Gardon, Vivienne Gieson, Florence Golden, Kitty Gray, Alan Hale (as "Farfarello"), Charlcie Hedge, Arthur Stuart Hull (as "The Husband"), Jerome Jordan, Madeline King, Richard Lambart, Frank Lengel, Arthur MacArthur, Schuyler MacGuffin, Charles H. Martin, Jah Misko, Fred Nelson, Logan Paul [final Broadway role], Lennox Pawle, Ben Probst, Frederick Raymond, George Ryan, Anthony J. Sansome, Harold Seton, Loretto Shea, Maurice Sturez, Bernard Sussman, Douglas F. Swanson, Lenore Ulric, Kraft Wilson, Helen Withers, H. Percy Woodley, Ali Ilma Yousoff. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1930) Stage Play: Penny Arcade. Drama. Written by Marie Baumer. Directed by William Keighley. Fulton Theatre: 10 Mar 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Eleanor Andrus (as "Anna"), Harry Balcom (as "Johnston"), George Barbier (as "Sikes"), Don Beddoe (as "George"), Valerie Bergere (as "Mrs. Delano"), Joan Blondell (as "Myrtle"), James Cagney, John J. Cameron (as "Jim"), Jules Cern (as "Fred"), Eric Dressler (as "Angel"), Lucile Gillespie (as "Rose"), Harry Gresham (as "Dick"), Paul Guilfoyle (as "Joe Delano"), Marshall Hale (as "Bob"), Desiree Harris (as "Mabel"), Annie Laurie (as "Jaques Vivian"), Lenita Lane (as "Jenny Delano"), Martin Malloy (as "Nolan"), Millard Mitchell [credited as Millard F. Mitchell] (as "Happy"), Edmund Norris (as "Mr. James"), Ackland Powell (as "Bum Rogers"), Ben Probst (as "Dugan") [final Broadway role], Frank Rowan (as "Mitch McKane"), William Whitehead (as "Jack"). Produced by William Keighley and W.P. Tanner. Note: Perhaps the most significant Broadway flop in relation to Hollywood history. Al Jolson would buy the rights to the play cheaply and sell them to Warner Brothers with the proviso that Cagney and Blondell be cast in the Warner Bros. film version, Sinners' Holiday (1930). It is unknown why Jolson, never known as a benefactor to anyone, chose to include this requirement and, oddly, he and Cagney would never meet. Keighley would also follow to Hollywood and find long-time employment at Warner Brothers, directing Cagney in 5 films there from 1935- 41.
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