- (1922) Stage: Appeared (as "Briggs"; Broadway debut) in "Secrets" on Broadway. Comedy/drama. Written by Rudolph Besier and May Edginton. Directed by Sam Forrest. Fulton Theatre: 25 Dec 1922-May 1923 (closing date unknown/168 performances). Cast: Barbara Allen (as "Lady Lessington"), Lillian Brennard (as "Elizabeth Channing"), Horace Cooper (as "Robert Carlton"), Frazer Coulter (as "Dr. Arbuthnot"), Orlando Daly (as "William Marlowe"), Elmer Grandin (as "Dr. McGovern"), Mrs. Edmund Gurney (as "Mrs. Marlowe"), Norman Houston (as "Bob"), Cynthia Hyde (as "Audrey"), Beatrice Kay (as "Blanche"), Clay Kennedy (as "Robert"), Margaret Lawrence (as "Lady Carlton" / "Mary Marlowe"), Tom Nesbitt (as "John Carlton"), Mignon O'Doherty (as "Audrey Carlton"), Diantha Pattison (as "Mrs. Eustace Mainwaring"), Shirley B. Pink (as "John Carlton"), Nora Ryan (as "Nurse Martin"), Mary Scott Seton (as "Susan"). Produced by Sam Harris. NOTE: Filmed as Secrets (1933), Secrets (1924).
- (1926) Stage: Appeared (as "Whitey Adams") in "Glory Hallelujah" on Broadway. Written by Bertram Bloch and Thomas Mitchell. Directed / produced by Guthrie McClintic. Broadhurst Theatre: 6 Apr 1926-Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast included: Morris Ankrum, Charles Bickford, Lee Tracy, Earl Mayne, Olive West.
- (1926) Stage: Appeared (as "Cunningham") in "Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Ritz Theatre: 31 Aug 1926-Oct 1926 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Rosie Potash"), Arthur Dunn (as "Sigmund Fried"), Charles Gotthold (as "George McAdam"), Harry Hanlon (as "Henry Dubois "), Annette Hoffman (as "Babette Imerglick"), Robert Z. Leonard, Patricia O'Connor (as "Letty"), Isabel O'Madigan (as "Mrs. McAdam"), Brandon Peters (as "Hal Mason"), Hartley Power (as "Kent J. Goldstein"; final Broadway role), Ludwig Satz (as "Abe Potash"), Hope Sutherland (as "Jean McAdam"), Robert Vivian (as "Hedges"), Max Waizman (as "Henry D. Feldman"), Edwin Walter (as "Tegner"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1928) Stage: Appeared (as "Endicott, of The Post") in "The Front Page" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Times Square Theatre: 14 Aug 1928-Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/276 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Bensinger, of The Tribune"), George Barbier (as "The Mayor"), Violet Barney, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Diamond Louis"), Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper, Jessie Crommette, Matthew Crowley, Larry Doyle, George Fleming, William Foran (as "McCue, City Press"), Frances Fuller, George Leach, Osgood Perkins (as "Walter Burns"), Willard Robertson, Joseph Calleia (as "Kruger, of The Journal of Commerce"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Mollie Malloy"), Lee Tracy (as "Hildy Johnson, of The Herald Examiner"), Carrie Weller, Gene West, Jay Wilson, Vincent York (as "Wilson, of The American"), Tammany Young (as "Schwartz, of The Daily News"). Produced by Jed Harris. NOTE: Filmed as The Front Page (1931), The Front Page (1974), His Girl Friday (1940).
- (1930) Stage Play: Five Star Final. Melodrama. Written by Louis Weitzenkorn. Cort Theatre: 30 Dec 1930- Jun 1931 (closing date unknown/175 performances). Cast: Sydney Booth (as "Mr. Arthur Loveland Weeks"), Lillian Bronson, Arthur Byron (as "Randall"), King Calder (as "Philip Weeks"), Berton Churchill, Frank Dae (as "Brannegan"), Ken Dana, Mike D'Arcy, Amy Dennis, Malcolm Duncan (as "Michael Townsend"), Frances Fuller (as "Jenny Townsend"), Georgette Harvey (as "Minerva"), Fred House, Richard Huey (as "Harold"), Laurie Jacobs, Allen Jenkins (as "Ziggie Feonstein"), P.J. Kelly, Alvin Kerr (as "Arthur"), Kathryn Keyes, Bruce MacFarlane, Merle Maddern (as "Nancy Voorhees Townsend"), Madeline Marshall (as "Miss Edwards"), Dorothy McElhone (as "Rooney"), Alexander Onslow, Henry Sherwood, Helene Sinnott (as "Miss Taylor"). Produced by A.H. Woods. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros. as Five Star Final (1931) and by Warner Bros. as Two Against the World (1936). Also produced as a 1954 installment of Lux Video Theater (adaption telecast 11 Nov 1954).
- (1931) Stage Play: Wonder Boy. Comedy. Written by Edward Chodorov and Arthur Barton. Directed by Jed Harris. Alvin Theatre: 22 Oct 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: Constance Almy, Max Beck, Jacob Bleifer, Matt Briggs, Barbara Bulgakova, David Burns, Frank Carter, Maurice Cass (as "Montague Levy"), William Challee (as "Peter Hinkle"), Eddie Craven, Hazel Dawn, Thomas Fisher, Eva Franklin, Bernard Gorcey (as "Commodore Cohen"), Jeanne Greene, D.J. Hamilton, Ross Hertz (as "Tony"), Donald Heywood, Cecil Holm (as "Mac"), Allen Jenkins (as "Joe Glick"), James Kearney, Robert Leonard, Sam Levene (as "Schwartz"), Bruce MacFarlane, Hallie Manning, Horace McMahon (as "A Reporter"), Margaret Meyers, Arnold Moss, (as "Page Boy"), Henry O'Neill (as "George Kelly"), Joseph Ploski, Arnold Preston, Gregory Ratoff (as "Phil Mashkin"), Estelle Scheer, Herman Shapiro, James R. Waters, Vincent York (as "Another Reporter"). Produced by Jed Harris.
- (1932) Stage: Appeared (as "Frankie Wells") in "Blessed Event" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Manuel Seff and Forrest Wilson. Directed by Harlan Thompson. Longacre Theatre: 12 Feb 1932-May 1932 (closing date unknown/115 performances). Cast: Jean Adair, Robert Allen, Matt Briiggs, Charles D. Brown, Ollie Burgoyne, Kenneth Dana, Herbert Duffy, George Greenberg, Isabel Jewell, Herman Jones, Walter Kinsella, David Leonard, Ralph Locke (as "Louis Miller"), Eddie Lynch, Herman J. Mankiewicz (as "Waiter"), John Morrissey, Lee Patrick (as "Gladys Price"), Dorothea Petgen, Roger Pryor, John Robb, Lynn Root, Frank Rowan, Henry Shelvey, Thelma Tipson, Mildred Wall, Milton Wallace. Produced by Sidney Phillips and Harlan Thompson.
- (1943) Stage Play: Something for the Boys. Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Choral arrangements by William Parson. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker and Ted Royal. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Billy Livingston. Assistant to Mr. Bay: Albert A. Ostrander. Assistant to Mr. Livingston: Grace Houston. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Choreographed by Jack Cole. Book directed by Herbert Fields. Additional Numbers Staged by Lew Kessler. Directed by Hassard Short. Alvin Theatre: 7 Jan 1943- 8 Jan 1944 (422 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman (as "Blossom Hart"), Jimmy Allison (as "Singer"), Anita Alvarez (as "Micheala"), Alice Anthony (as "Dancer"), The Barnes Twins (as "Lois & Lucille"), Joseph Bell (as "Singer"), May Block (as "Dancer"), Betty Bruce (as "Betty-Jean"), William Callahan (as "Corp. Burns"), Stanley Catron (as "Dancer"), Madeleine Clive (as "Mrs. Grubbs"), Jean Coyne (as "Dancer"), Bob Davis (as "Dancer"), Betty Deane (as "Dancer"), Patricia Deering (as "Dancer"), Benny DeSio (as "Dancer"), Alan Fleming (as "Singer"), Jerry Florio (as "Dancer"), Albert Gaeta (as "Dancer"), Betty Garrett (as "Mary-Frances"), Aaron Gobetz (as "Dancer"), Ruth Godfrey (as "Dancer"), Dody Goodman [credited as Dolores Goodman] (as "Dancer"), Ray Harrison (as "Dancer"), Jack Hartley (as "Lt. Col. S.D. Grubbs"), Richard Harvey (as "Singer"), Betty Heather (as "Dancer"), Buddy Irving (as "Singer"), Margie Jackson (as "Dancer"), Allen Jenkins (as "Harry Hart") [final Broadway role], Bill Johnson (as "Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton"), Jeanne Jones (as "Dancer"), Art Lambert (as "Singer"), Stuart Langley (as "Sgt. Laddie Green"), Paula Laurence (as "Chiquita Hart"), Bruce Lord (as "Singer"), William Lynn (as "Mr. Tobias Twitch"), David Mann (as "Dancer"), Paul Mario (as "Singer"), Remi Martell (as "Sgt. Carter/Dancer"), Paul Martin (as "Dancer"), John Mayo (as "Singer"), Frances Mercer (as "Melanie Walker"), Joseph Monte (as "Singer"), Duncan Noble (as "Dancer"), Jean Owens (as "Dancer"), Jed Prouty (as "Roger Calhoun"), Ricky Riccardi (as "Dancer"), Walter Rinner (as "Burke/Singer"), Leslie Shannon (as "Dancer"), Ethel Sherman (as "Dancer"), Puddy Smith (as "Dancer"), Nina Starkey (as "Dancer"), William Vaux (as "Dancer"), Joe Viggiano (as "Dancer"), Murvyn Vye (as "Singer"), William Weber (as "Dancer"), Patricia Welles (as "Dancer"), Helen Wenzel (as "Dancer"), June Wieting (as "Dancer"), Lou Wills Jr. (as "Dancer"), Parker Wilson (as "Dancer"). Understudy: Betty Garrett (as "Blossom Hart"). Replacement actors: Leon Anthony (as "Dancer"), Tom Barrigan (as "Singer"), Dick Beard (as "Dancer"), Forrest Bonshire (as "Dancer"), Gloria Brooks (as "Dancer"), Betty Bruce (as "Chiquita Hart"), Edward Cassell (as "Singer"), Clarissa (as "Micheala"), Muriel Cole (as "Dancer"), William Drew (as "Dancer"), Charles Flynn (as "Singer"), Jack Foley (as "Dancer"), Charles Howard (as "Mr. Tobias Twitch"), Frank Hyers (as "Harry Hart"), George Lambrose (as "Singer"), Roma Leigh (as "Dancer"), Brayton Lewis (as "Singer"), June MacLaren (as "Dancer"), Jack Malis (as "Dancer"), Jerry Meilan (as "Dancer"), Mavis Mims (as "Betty-Jean"), Willamae Montur (as "Maid"), Ben Murphy (as "M.P./Singer"), Mischa Pompianov (as "Dancer"), Nancy Porter (as "Mary-Frances"), Bobby Preist (as "Dancer"), Dale Preist (as "Dancer"), Jules Racine (as "Dancer"), Gordon Richards (as "Singer"), Bob Roland (as "Singer"), Herbert Ross (as "Dancer"), Ruth Ryder (as "Dancer"), George Sabo (as "Dancer"), Shirl Thomas (as "Melanie Walker"), Terry Towne (as "Dancer"), Milton Watson (as "Sgt. Laddie Green"). Replacement cast: Leon Anthony (as "Dancer "), Tom Barrigan (as "Singer"), Dick Beard (as "Dancer"), Forest Bonshire [credited as Forrest Bonshire] (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Gloria Brooks (as "Dancer"), Betty Bruce (as "Chiquita Hart"), Edward Cassell (as "Singer"), Clarissa (as "Micheala "), Muriel Cole (as "Dancer"), William Drew (as "Dancer"), Charles Flynn (as "Singer"), Jack Foley (as "Dancer"), Charles Howard (as "Mr. Tobias Twitch"), Frank Hyers (as "Harry Hart"), George Lambrose (as "Singer"), Roma Leigh (as "Dancer"), Brayton Lewis (as "Singer"), June MacLaren (as "Dancer"), Jack Malis (as "Dancer"), Jerry Meilan (as "Dancer"), Mavis Mims (as "Betty-Jean"), Willamae Montur (as "Maid"), Ben Murphy (as "M.P./Singer"), Mischa Pompianov (as "Dancer"), Nancy Porter (as "Mary-Frances"), Bobby Preist (as "Dancer"), Dale Preist (as "Dancer"), Jules Racine (as "Dancer"), Gordon Richards (as "Singer"), Bob Roland (as "Singer"), Herbert Ross (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Ruth Ryder (as "Dancer"), George Sabo (as "Dancer"), Shirl Thomas (as "Melanie Walker"),Terry Towne (as "Dancer"), Milton Watson (as "Sgt. Laddie Green"). Produced by Mike Todd.
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