- (1917 - 1931) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: Odds and Ends of 1917. Musical revue.
- (1919) Stage Play: Come Along. Musical comedy. Book by Bide Dudley. Directed by Edward Royce. Nora Bayes Theatre (moved to the 39th Street Theatre on 12 May 1919- close): 8 Apr 1919- 17 May 1919 (47 performances). Produced by Marne Productions Inc.
- (1920) Stage Play: Three Showers. Musical comedy.
- (1920) Stage Play: Kissing Time. Musical comedy. Music by Ivan Caryll. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by Philander Johnson, Clifford Grey and Irving Caesar. Additional lyrics by George V. Hobart. Additional music by William Daly. Music orchestrated by Ivan Caryll and Claude MacArthur. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Based on a libretto by Adolf Philipp and Edward A. Paulton. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge and William Castle. Directed by Edward Royce. Lyric Theatre (moved to The Astor Theatre from 8 Nov 1920- close): 11 Oct 1920- 4 Dec 1920 (65 performances). Cast: Ellen Best (as "Georgette"), Frank Bryant (as "Francois Chandon"), Primrose Caryll (as "Tashi"), Evelyn Cavanaugh (as "Specialty Dancer"), Frances Chase (as "Suzanne"), Harry Coleman (as "Emile Grossard"), John C. Daly (as "Gaston Burgundy"), Frank Doane (as "Armond Moulanger"), Cora D'Orsay (as "Jeannette"), Charles Edwards (as "Anatole Absinthe"), Paul Frawley (as "Robert Perronet"), Margaret Green (as "Helene"), Carl Hyson (as "Paul Pommery"), Allen C. Jenkins (as Charles Moet"), Eleanor Ladd (as "Virginia"), Shirley Latham (as "Loie"), Georgia Lynne (as "Rose-Marie"), Jessie Lynne (as "Babette"), Dorothy Maynard (as "Mimi"), Thomas Maynard (as "George Bacardi"), William McGurn (as "Henri Martel"), William Norris (as "Polydore Cliquot"), Fred Packard (as "Raphael Sauterne"), Rose Page (as "Dolores"), Edith Taliaferro (as "Clarice"), Ruby Vernon (as "Maxine"), Norma Eve Warrington (as "Vivienne"), May Whitney (as "Diane"), De Forrest Woolley (as "Pierre Martini"). Produced by Empire Producing Corp.
- (1921) Stage Play: Music Box Revue. Musical revue. Book by William Collier, T.J. Gray, Frances Nordstrom and George V. Hobart. Music by Irving Berlin. Music orchestrated by Frank Tours, Alfred Dalby, Maurice De Packh, Charles Grant, Stephen Jones and Oscar Radin. Musical Supervisor: Harry Akst. Directed by Hassard Short. Music Box Theatre: 22 Sep 1921- 30 Sep 1922 (440 performances). Cast: Aleta, Wilda Bennett, Irving Berlin, Sam Bernard, Hugh Cameron, William Collier, Paul Frawley (as "Performer"), Frank Gill, Emma Haig, Margaret Irving, Richard Keene, Mlle. Marguerite, Florence Moore, Rene Riano, Rose Rolando, Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1923) Stage Play: Helen of Troy, New York. Musical comedy. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Directed by Bertram Harrison and Bert French. Selwyn Theatre: (moved to Times Square Theatre from 8 Oct 1923- close): 19 Jun 1923- 1 Dec 1923 (191 performances). Cast included Alice Akers, Neil Ames, Roy Atwell, Leon Bartels, Louise Bateman, Virginia Birmingham, Elise Bonwit, Mildred Brown, Joan Clement, Gene Collins, Paul Frawley (as "David Williams"), Queenie Smith. Produced by Rufus LeMaire and George Jessel.
- (1923) Stage Play: Sally. Musical comedy [Return engagement]. Music by Jerome Kern and Victor Herbert. Book by Guy Bolton. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Lyrics for "Look For the Silver Lining" by Buddy G. DeSylva. Directed by Edward Royce. New Amsterdam Theatre: 17 Sep 1923- 6 Oct 1923 (24 performances). Cast: Leon Errol (as "Connie, A Waiter at the Alley Inn/Duke of Czechogovinio"), Marilynn Miller (as "Sally of the Alley, A Foundling/Mme. Nookerova, A Wild Rose"), Walter Catlett (as "Otis Hooper, A Theatrical Agent"), Mae Daw (as "Miss Vanderbilt, Foundling"), Agatha Debussy (as "Miss New York, A Niece/Agatha"), Bernardine DeGraves (as "Miss Worth, Foundling"), Bobby Deane (as "Miss Rhinelander, Foundling"), Floyd English (as "Jimmie Spelvin"), Felice (as "Mrs. Ten Broek, A Settlement Worker/The Bat"), Paul Frawley (as "Blair Farquar, An Only Son"), Joan Gardner (as "Helen"), Alfred P. James (as "Pops, Proprietor of the Alley Inn, New York"), Ethel Kelly (as "Miss Bryant, Foundling"), Frank Kingdon (as "Richard Farquar"), Kathlene Martyn (as "Rosalind Rafferty, A Manicurist/Mme. Nookerova's Maid"), Mary McDonald (as "Beatrice"), Jacques Rabiroff (as "Sascha, Violinist at the Alley Inn"), Virginia Ray (as "Virginia"), Phil Ryley (as "The Admiral Travers, A Gay One"), Pauline Schaefer (as "Miss Audubon, Foundling"), Billie Stanfield (as "Miss Bowling Green/Foundling"), Vivian Vernon (as "Alta"), Betty Williams (as "Winifred"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1925) Stage Play: Sunny. Musical comedy. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Music arranged by Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by James Reynolds. Costume Design by James Reynolds. Dances arranged by Julian Mitchell and Dave Bennett. Marilyn Miller's Hunt Ball dance arranged by Alexis Kosloff. Eight Marilyn Miller Cocktails' dances arranged by Dorothy Tiller. Marilyn Miller's dances with Boys produced by Fred Astaire. Directed by Hassard Short. New Amsterdam Theatre: 22 Sep 1925- 11 Dec 1926 (517 performances). Cast: Marilyn Miller, Charles Angelo, Alfred Arnold, Russell Ash, Jean Audree, William Bennett, Alice Brady, Mary Brady, Elmer Brown, Irving Carter, Gordon B. Clarke, Virginia Clark, Joan Clement, Vera Colburn, May Cornes, Miriam Crosby, Elizabeth Darling, Beatrice De Shaw, Frank Doane, Jack Donohue, Nellie Douglas, Dorothy Durland, Walter Fairmont, Jeanne Fonda, Paul Frawley, Dean Freeman, Helene Gardner, Eddie Graham, Pauline Hall, Louis Harrison, Mary Hay, Grace Holt, Esther Howard, Wensley Johnston, Ray Justus, Pert Kelton, Julia Lane, Myrtle Lane, Helen McDonald, Trude Marr, Lucy Monroe, Lee Moore, Roy Moore, Bill O'Donnell, Donald Oltrash, 'Elsa Peterson', Nickie Pittell, Elva Pomfret, Richard Renaud, Phyllis Reynolds, Leila Riley, Minard Roosa, Don Rowen, Rita Royce, William Scholar Jr., Iris Smith, Peggy Soden, Harry Spencer, Hilda Wynn Stanley, Jet Stanley, Louise Starck, Marshall D. Sullivan, Marion Swords, Ward Tallman, Ayres Tavitt, Norma Taylor, Billy Walsh, Clifton Webb, Maxine Wells, Ted Wenning, Doris Wentworth, James Wilson, 'Louis Yaeckel'. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1927) Stage Play: Piggy [Production changed name to "I Told You So" in the middle of the run]. Musical comedy. Book by Daniel Kusell and Alfred Jackson. Based on "The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer" by Harry B. Smith. Choreographed by John Boyle. Music by Cliff Friend. Lyrics by Lew Brown. Musical Director: Louis Gress. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Royale Theatre (moved to Chanin's 46th Street Theatre from 7 Feb 1927- close): 11 Jan 1927- 19 Mar 1927 (79 performances). Cast: Leon Alton (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Anderson (as "Ensemble"), Rodolfo Badaloni (as "Signor Chali-oppin"), Hester Bailey (as "Ensemble"), Louise Barrett (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Baxter (as "Lady Mildred Vane"), Rosalind Bernard (as "Maid"), Sam Bernard (as "Piggy Hoggenheimer"), Billie Blake (as "Ensemble"), Norine Bogan (as "Ensemble"), Louis Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Vera Braund (as "Ensemble"), Sydelle Bry (as "Ensemble"), Bobby Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Claire Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Joan Carter-Waddell (as "Edna"), Lillian Clark (as "Ensemble"), George Clifford (as "Totsie"), Eddie Conrad (as "Monsieur Hohuho"), Dan Corbett (as "Valet"), Guerida Crawford (as "Ensemble"), John Crone (as "Deck Steward"), John Cronin (as "Mr. Shapiro"), Edith Davis (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Dryden (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Duncan (as "Ensemble"), Frank Flynn (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ford (as "Ensemble"), Paul Frawley (as "Guy Hoggenheimer"), George Freeman (as "Ensemble"), George Frierson (as "Ensemble"), Bee Goldyn (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Grant (as "Ensemble"), William Hale (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Hill (as "Ensemble"), Brooke Johns (as "Bobby Hunter"), James Jolley (as "Butler/Inspector"), Karin Keith (as "Ensemble"), Ethelyna Koski (as "Ensemble"), Norman Lanning (as "Ensemble"), Lottie Linthicum (as "Mrs. Hoggenheimer"), Natalia Lord (as "Ensemble"), Beresford Lovett (as "Lord Tyrone"), Wanda Lyon (as "Suzanne Fair"), Marion Marchante (as "Betty Marshall"), Louise McCoy (as "Ensemble"), Constance McKenzie (as "Ensemble"), Harry McNaughton (as "Honorable Cecil Puffington"), Jack Mead (as "Ensemble"), John Meehan (as "Ensemble"), Marcelle Miller (as "Ensemble"), Goodee Montgomery (as "Hotsie"), Jack Newlon (as "Ensemble"), Wilma Novak (as "Ensemble"), Isabel O'Dell (as "Ensemble"), Jimmie Ormonde (as "Ensemble"), Anita Pam (as "Ensemble"), Polly Ray (as "Ensemble"), Tom Riley (as "Ensemble"), Wilma Roeloff (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Shannon (as "Ensemble"), William Stewart (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Stickney (as "Ensemble"), Helen Warner (as "Ensemble"), Al Wilde (as "Ensemble"), Paul Winkopp (as "Second Man"), Betty Wright (as "Ensemble"). Produced by William B. Friedlander.
- (1927) Stage Play: Manhattan Mary. Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Book by Billy K. Wells and George White. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh. Musical Director: William Daly. Costume Design by Max Weldy. Scenic Design by William Oden Waller. Additional Costumes by Schneider-Anderson Company and Juliette. Directed by George White. Apollo Theatre: 26 Sep 1927- 12 May 1928 (264 performances). Cast: Ed Wynn (as "Crickets"), Ona Munson (as "Mary Brennan"), George White (as "Himself"), Vada Alexander, Mae Clarke (as "Viola Fay"), Harland Dixon (as "Bob Sterling, Stage Manager of Scandals"), Sue Elliott, Mary Farley, Suzanne Fleming, Paul Frawley (as "Jimmy Moore, Mary's Sweetheart"), Messrs. Goff, Kerr and Barth (as "Embassy Boys"), Lou Holtz (as "Sam Platz, a Bond Salesman"), Ray Hunt, Sam Ledner, Doree Leslie, The McCarthy Sisters, Victor Munro (as "Micky, A Hudson Duster"), Harry Oldridge (as "Police Sergeant/His Honor, the Mayor of New York City"), Amy Revere (as "Helen King, Premiere Danseuse of Scandals"), Marcel Rousseau (as "M. Max Duval, of the Folies Bergere, Paris"), The Scott Sisters, James Scott, Adele Smith, Paul Stanton (as "R.C. "Arcy" Black, a Bond Broker"), Dorothy Walters. Produced by George White.
- (1928) Stage Play: Treasure Girl. Musical comedy. Book by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Music by George Gershwin. Musical Director: Alfred Newman. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. At the Pianos: Victor Arden and Phil Ohman. Alvin Theatre: 8 Nov 1928- 5 Jan 1929 (68 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Nitza Andre, Sidney Ayres, Charles Barron, Marcia Bell, Edwin Bidwell, Frank G. Bond, Claire Carroll, Jean Carroll, Walter Catlett (as "Larry Hopkins"), Betty Clark, Peggy Conklin (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Cleo Cullen, Constance Cummings, Norman Curtis, Eugene Day, Dotte DeSykva, John Dunsmure, Kathleen Edwardes, Evelyn Farrell, Stephen Francis, Virginia Franck, Paul Frawley (as "Neil Forrester"), Sherry Gale, E.M. Gall, Victor Garland, Regis Geary, Bob Gebhardt, Ferris Hartman, Mary Hay, Thomas Hodges, Alma Hookey, Edward Humbert, Joyce Johnson, Dorothy Jordan, Richard Keith, Adrienne Lampel, Gertrude Lawrence, William L. Mack, Lionel Maclyn, Helen Mann, Vida Manuel, Frances Markey, Mabel Martin, Isobel Mason, Pauline Mason, Ethel Maye, John McAvoy, Billy McCarver, Gertrude McDonald, Anabel McMann, Maureen McNeil, Lillian Michel, Jack Morton, Alfonso Mullarkey, Elsie Neal, Wilma Novak, Daniel O'Brien, Peggy O'Neill, Tony Otto, Ruth Penery, Edwin Preble, Peggy Quinn, Alli Raddigan, Marvyne Ray, Fritz Reinhard, Wilma Roeloff, W. Kenneth Shepard, Helen Sills, Sam Simpson, Kay Smythe, Florence Spink, Jack Stevens, Jacques Stone, Gwendolyn Vernon, Betty Vine, Sims Walker, Beryl Wallace, Walter Wandell, Clifton Webb (as "'Nat' McNally"), Betty Wright. Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- (1929) Stage Play: Top Speed. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton. Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar. Music by Harry Ruby. Musical Direction by Ivan Rudisill. Choreographed by John Boyle and LeRoy Prinz. Directed by John Harwood. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 10 Mar 1930- close): 25 Dec 1929- 22 Mar 1930 (104 performances). Cast: Flo Allen (as "Ensemble"), Lester Allen (as "Elmer Peters"), Ray Apgar (as "Ensemble"), Theodore Babcock (as "Mr. Rollins") [final Broadway role], Tom Barrett (as "Ensemble"), Laine Blaire (as "Molly"), Billie Blake (as "Ensemble"), Norine Bogan (as "Ensemble"), Irene Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Martha Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Samuel Critcherson (as "Vincent Colgate"), Sunny Dale (as "Daisy Parker") [final Broadway role], George Del Drigo (as "Waiter at the Yacht Club/Ensemble"), Irene Delroy (as "Virginia Rollins") [final Broadway role], Alan DeSylva (as "Ensemble"), Adele Dickson (as "Ensemble"), Harland Dixon (as "Tad Jordan"), Valerie Dolaro (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Driscoll (as "Ensemble"), John T. Dwyer (as "Spencer Colgate"), Enes Early (as "Ensemble"), Olga Fox (as "Ensemble"), Louise Francis (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Franke (as "Ensemble"), Paul Frawley (as "Gerry Brooks"), Fred Furman (as "Ensemble"), William Hale (as "Souvenir Storekeeper"), Lon Haschal [credited as Lon Hascall] (as "Pete Schoonmaker") [final Broadway role], Mildred Hosee (as "Ensemble"), Carolyn James (as "Ensemble"), Gene Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Marie Keve (as "Ensemble"), George King (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Kirkland (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Knight (as "Ensemble"), Willis Lawrence (as "Ensemble"), Irving Lesser (as "Ensemble"), Dixie Lester (as "Ensemble"), Arthur May (as "Ensemble"), Beth Meredith (as "Ensemble"), Hal Morton (as "Ensemble"), Kendall Northrop (as "Ensemble"), Hermes Pan (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Pedrick (as "Bellows"), Lorraine Power (as "Ensemble"), John Quinn (as "Ensemble"), Helen Rauth (as "Ensemble"), Kay Reilly (as "Ensemble"), Shirley Richards (as "Shirley"), Ginger Rogers (as "Babs Green") [Broadway debut], Mildred Rye (as "Ensemble"), Paula Sands (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Silton (as "Ensemble"), Frances Thress (as "Ensemble"), Elinor Walent (as "Ensemble"), Nondas Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Ken Williams (as "Chauffeur/Ensemble"), Dodo Wyatt (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Wyler (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Bolton, Kalmar & Ruby Ltd. Note: Filmed by First National Pictures [distributed by Warner Bros.] as Top Speed (1930) as a Joe E. Brown vehicle.
- (1931) Stage Play: Here Goes the Bride. Musical comedy.
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