- (1921) Stage: Wrote "Romance", produced on Broadway. Comedy/drama.
- (1931) Stage: Wrote "Nikki", produced on Broadway (based on his short stories "Nikki and Her War Birds" and his film The Last Flight (1931)). Musical comedy. Music by Philip Charig. Lyrics by James Dyrenforth [final Broadway credit]. Musical Direction by Julia Lenzberg. Music orchestrated by Louis Katzman. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman, James Morcom and Karle O. Amend. Costume Design by Bergdorf Goodman, Samuel Lorber, Stein & Blaine, Faye Graham and Edith Faggen. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Longacre Theatre (moved to George M. Cohan's Theatre from 19 Oct 1931 to close): 29 Sep 1931-31 Oct 1931 (39 performances). Cast: Alexandra Alexander (as "Ensemble"), Rodolfo Badaloni (as "Benj"), Julia Barron (as "Specialty"), Charles Bath (as "Ensemble"), Maxine Bennett (as "Chorus"), John Brooke (as "Francis. The Washout"), Elizabeth Brown (as "Ensemble"), Cora Burlar (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Byrnell (as "Chorus"), Frank Chapman (as "Specialty"), Anna Criena (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Cunliffe (as "Chorus"), Jean De Koven (as "Ensemble"), Adele Dixon (as "Chorus"), Manuel Duarte (as "Ensemble"), Natalie Dunhan (as "Ensemble"), Mimi Elsasser (as "Ensemble"), Eugenie Erganow (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Fenton (as "Ensemble"), Albert Fontaine (as "Ensemble"), Louis Jean Heydt (as "Willard Crouch / Wiffie"), Page Innes (as "Specialty"), Hunter Kaufman (as "Ensemble"), Sandra Laxer (as "Chorus"), Cary Grant (credited as Archie Leach; as "Cary Lockwood"), Sharon Lloyd (as "Chorus"), Jean Love (as "Chorus"), Agnes Marshall (as "Show Girl"), Rosalie McCallion (as "Chorus"), Modesca & Michael (as "Specialty"), Douglass Montgomery (as "Shepard Lambert"), Martin Muriel (as "Ensemble"), Harriett Murray (as "Chorus"), Lillian Okun (as "Ensemble"), Lidia Ordinsky (as "Ensemble"), Anna Ouzonoff (as "Ensemble"), Marcel Rousseau (as "Specialty"), Mimi Ruskin (as "Chorus"), Ali Sellier (as "Specialty"), Bobbie Sheehan (as "Chorus"), Toni Soral (as "Chorus"), Peggy Stebbins (as "Show Girl"), John Stellato (as "Ensemble"), Louis Sterner (as "Specialty"), Bobbi Tremain (as "Kiss-Me-Quick" [Specialty]), Helen Tschirgi (as "Chorus"), Fania Tuli (as "Ensemble"), Alva Vaughn (as "Show Girl"), Nathaniel Wagner(as "William Talbot / Bill"), George Wald (as "Ensemble"), Fay Wray (as "Nikki"), Marjorie Younger (as "Show Girl"). Produced by Harrison Hall. NOTE: Mr. Saunders and Ms. Wray were married at the time of this production.
- Story: "The Flight Commander". NOTE: Filmed as The Dawn Patrol (1930), The Dawn Patrol (1938).
- Story: "The Bird of Prey". NOTE: Filmed as Ace of Aces (1933).
- Story: "Death in the Morning"l. NOTE: Filmed as The Eagle and the Hawk (1933).
- Story: "The Dock Walloper". NOTE: Filmed as The Docks of New York (1928).
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