- (1921 - 1944) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1921) Stage Play: Suzette. Musical comedy. Libretto by Roy Dixon. Musical Director: Artur Gutmann. Music by Artur Gutmann. Music orchestrated by Artur Guttmann (credited as Arthur Gutman) and Carl Kiefert. Scenic Design by Golding Studios. Costume Design by Brooks Costume Company and Eaves Costume Company. Musical Staging by Larry Ceballos [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Charles D. Pitt. Princess Theatre: 24 Nov 1921- 26 Nov 1921 (4 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Marie Astrova, Marjorie Booth, John Cherry [Broadway debut], Austin Clark, Viola Fraas, John Grieves, Norman Jefferson, Carmen Johnston, Frank Lalor, Genevieve Markham, James R. Marshall, Polly Mayer, Tom Maynard, Victor Morley, Carola Parson, Peggy Paulson, Ann Roos, Beatrice Savage. Produced by Suzette Producing Company.
- (1922) Stage Play: Glory. Musical comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Gossipy Sex. Farce. Written by Lawrence Grattan. Directed by Sam Forrest. Mansfield Theatre: 19 Apr 1927- May 1927 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Philip Barrison (as "Philip Baxter"), Joan Carvel (as "Martha"), John Cherry (as "Milton"), Eva Condon, Harry Forsman, Norval Keedwell, Florence Mason, Grace Menken, Una Merkel, Lynne Overman, Thomas W. Ross, Ralph Theodore, Helen Weir. Produced by John Golden.
- (1929) Stage Play: Robin Hood. Musical/operetta (revival). Music by Reginald De Koven [posthumous credit]. Libretto by Harry B. Smith. Additional lyrics by Clement W. Scott. Additional music by Louis Kroll. Directed by Milton Aborn. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 23 Dec 1929- close): 16 Nov 1929- 14 Jan 1930 (31 performances). Cast: Frances Baviello (as "Chorus"), Lisette Braddock (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Brown (as "Chorus"), Fritzi Bullard (as "Chorus"), William Burbank (as "Chorus"), Donald Catlin (as "Chorus"), John Cherry (as "Guy of Gisborne"), Roy Cropper (as "Robin Hood"), William Danforth (as "Sheriff of Nottingham"), Alfred Deste (as "Chorus"), Louis Diamond (as "Chorus"), Dene Dickens (as "Chorus"), Helen Etheridge (as "Chorus"), Greek Evans (as "Little John"), Elizabeth Flannigan (as "Chorus"), Charles E. Galagher (as "Will Scarlet"), Sally Galbreaith (as "Chorus"), Eleanor Gilmore (as "Chorus"), Wee Griffin (as "Chorus"), Ida Brooks Hunt (as "Dame Durden"), Lorna Doone Jackson (as "Alan-a-Dale"), Faye Joffee (as "Chorus"), Catherine Kent (as "Chorus"), Harry Knabenshue (as "Chorus"), George Koenig (as "Chorus"), Florence Lamorer'e as "Chorus"), Ehel Lynne ("Chorus"), William J. McCarthy (as "Friar Tuck"), Nell McCormick (as "Chorus"), Daniel Medwin (as "Chorus"), Frances Moore (as "Chorus"), George Plummer (as "Chorus"), Helen Rae (as "Chorus"), Bernie Sager (as "Chorus"), Adele Savage (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Seegar (as "Annabel"), Oga Steck (as "Maid Marian"), Mary Thurman (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Wadleigh (as "Chorus"), Betty Wald (as "Chorus"), Lillian Wallace (as "Chorus"), Jack Willard (as "Chorus"), Bronek Wrobleski (as "Chorus"), Francesco Yannelli (as "Chorus"). Produced by Jolson Theatre Musical Comedy Company.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Serenade. Musical comedy/operetta. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Music by Victor Herbert. Directed by Milton Aborn. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 4 Mar 1930- 15 Mar 1930 (15 performances). Cast: Frances Baviello (as "Juana"), John Cherry (as "Colombo"), Elizabeth Crandall (as "Senora Valdez"), Roy Cropper (as "Lopez"), Carl Dews (as "Captain Anselmo"), Greek Evans (as "Carlos Alvarado"), Charles E. Galagher (as "Romero"), Wee Griffin (as "Isabella"), Forrest Huff (as "The Duke of Santa Cruz") [final Broadway role], Lorna Doone Jackson (as "Dolores"), Olga Steck (as "Inez"), William White (as "Gomez"), Hobson Young (as "The Colonel"). Produced by Jolson Theatre Musical Comedy Company.
- (1930) Stage Play: Who Cares. Musical revue. Music by Percy Wenrich. Book by Edward Clarke Lilley, Bertrand Robinson, Kenneth Webb and John Cantwell. Lyrics by Harry Clarke. Directed by George Vivian, Edward C. Lilley and William Holbrook. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 8 Jul 1930- Aug 1930 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Frank Allworth, Florenz Ames, Sibylla Bowman, John Cherry, Margaret Dale, Bobby Edwards, Percy Helton, William Holbrook, Mignon Laird, Don Lanning, Dorothy Martin, Grant Mills, Peggy O'Neill, Robert Pitkin, Mary Ridgley, Templeton Brothers. Produced by The Satirists Inc.
- (1932) Stage Play: Robin Hood. Musical/operetta (revival). Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Music by Reginald De Koven. Musical Director: Louis Kroll. Costume Design by Brooks Costume Company. Directed by Milton Aborn. Erlanger's Theatre: 27 Jan 1932- 20 Feb 1932 (29 performances). Cast: Jeanne Adams (as "Chorus"), Marynia Apel (as "Chorus"), Frances Baviello (as "Chorus"), Helen Bertram (as "Dame Durden"), Katherine Calle (as "Chorus"), John Cardini (as "Chorus"), John Cherry (as "Guy of Gisborne"), Frank Clark (as "Sexton/Chorus"), Patricia Clark (as "Chorus"), Anna May Coburn (as "Chorus"), Mary Combs (as "Chorus"), William Danforth (as "Sheriff of Nottingham"), Georgina (as "Chorus"), Frank Dowling (as "Chorus"), John Eaton (as "King's Herald/Chorus"), Norma Edwards (as "Chorus"), Alice Farley (as "Chorus"), Harrison Fuller (as "Chorus"), Eleanor Gilmore (as "Chorus"), Harriet Gottlieb (as "Chorus"), Mary Harper (as "Chorus"), Vivian Hart (as "Annabel"), Mary Hennessy (as "Chorus"), Harriet Irwin (as "Chorus"), Ann Johnson (as "Chorus), Marie Kelly (as "Chorus"), Lillian Koniver (as "Chorus"), Eleanor La Mance (as "Alan-a-Dale"), Frank Lalor (as "Friar Tuck"), Bernard Lane (as "Chorus"), Charlotte Lansing (as "Maid Marian"), Deborah Ledger (as "Chorus"), Donna Leonard (as "Chorus"), Howard Marsh (as "Robin Hood"), Mary McQuade (as "Chorus"), Bert Melrose (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Messer (as "Chorus"), Frances Moore (as "Chorus"), Frank Murray (as "Chorus"), Felix Noonan (as "Chorus"), Isabel Norwood (as "Chorus"), Fred Patton (as "Will Scarlet"), Pat Quinton (as "Jailer/Chorus"), Harold Raymond (as "Chorus"), Paula Reades (as "Chorus"), Julia Reed (as "Chorus"), Rosa Rubenstein (as "Chorus"), Richard Scharff (as "Chorus"), Thomas Q. Seabrooke (as "Chorus"), Rosalyn Shaw (as "Chorus"), Adele Story (as "Chorus"), Mabel Thompson (as "Chorus"), Gertrude Waldon (as "Chorus"), Allen Waterous (as "Little John"), June Wilcox (as "Chorus"), Hobson Young (as "Chorus"). Produced by The Civic Light Opera Company.
- (1933) Stage Play: The School For Husbands. Musical comedy. Music by Edmond W. Rickett. Book by Arthur Guiterman and Lawrence Langner. Based on the play "L'École des maris" by Molière. Music arranged by Edmond W. Rickett. Lyrics by Arthur Guiterman. Musical Director: Edmond W. Rickett. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Costume Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Lawrence Langner. Empire Theatre: 16 Oct 1933- 20 Jan 1934 (116 performances/production rotated with "The Dream of Sganarelle"). Cast: Michael Bartlett (as "Valere"), Marcus Blechman (as "Bear"), Kenneth Bostock, Joan Carr, Stuart Casey, John Cherry, Stanley Harrison (as "Magistrate"), Doris Humphrey (as "Street Dancer/Columbine"), James Jolley (as "Ergaste"), Janice Joyce, Flora Le Breton, George Macready (as "Lysander/1st Bravo"), Lewis Martin, Virginia Marvin, William Miley, Osgood Perkins (as "Sganarelle"), Dorothea Petgen, Robert Reinhart, Horace Sinclair (as "Notary"), Parker Steward, Francis Tyler, June Walker (as "Isabelle"), Charles Weidman, Lee Whitney. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Mikado. Musical/operetta (revival).
- (1934) Stage Play: The Pirates of Penzance. Musical comedy/operetta (revival).
- (1934) Stage Play: Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore. Musical comedy/operetta.
- (1937) Stage Play: Excursion. Comedy. Written by Victor Wolfson. Directed by Worthington Miner [credited as C. Worthington Miner]. Vanderbilt Theatre: 9 Apr 1937- Jul 1937 (closing date unknown/116 performances). Cast: Shirley Booth (as "Mrs. Loschavio"), Dorothy Brackett, Flora Campbell, Irene Cattell, William H. Chambers, John Cherry (as "Linton"), Henry Clark, J. Hammond Dailey, Marilyn Erskine, William Foran (as "Pop"), Frances Fuller, Connie Gilchrist (as "Martha"), Kathryn Grace, Jackie Grimes, Mae Grimes, Whitford Kane, John L. Kearney, Richard Kendrick, Julie Lawrence, Sylvia Leigh (as "Tessie"), William H. Malone, Jennie Moscowitz, Joseph Olney, John O'Shaughnessy, William Redfield [credited as Billy Redfield], Anthony Ross, Fred Stewart (as "Stevens"), Robert Thomsen, Nellie Thorne, Lester Wald, Eric Walz, Conway Washburne (as "Mac Coleman") [final Broadway role], James R. Waters, Sylvia Weld (as "Passenger"), Robert Williams (as "Red Magoon"), Lesley Woods. Produced by John C. Wilson.
- (1937) Stage Play: I'd Rather Be Right. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Material by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Material staged by George S. Kaufman. Modern dances staged by Ned McGurn. Choreographed by Charles Weidman. Alvin Theatre (moved to The Music Box Theatre from 23 May 1938 to close): 2 Nov 1937- 9 Jul 1938 (290 performances). Cast: Joseph Allen Sr., David Allman, Florenz Ames (as "Henry B. Maxwell"), Al Atkins, Jack Barnes, Virginia Berger, Sol Black, Robert Bleck, Jeanette Bradley, Charles Bywater, Cecil Carey, Donald C. Carter, John Cherry, Ruth Clayton, George M. Cohan (as "The President of the United States"), Marie Louise Dana, Eleanor De Witt, Martin Fair, Bijou Fernandez (as "The Secretary of Labor"), Len Frank, Kate Frederic, John Fulco, Ralph Glover, Ruth Gormley, Joe Granville, Marion Green, Geraldine Hamilton, Edward Harrington, Joy Hodges (as "Peggy Jones"), Taylor Holmes, Robert Howard, Jay Hunter, Jack Kearney, Linda Kellogg, Georgette Lampsi, Jeanette Lee, Jack Leslie, Robert Less, Velma Lord, Joseph Macaulay, Lili Mann, William Marel, Austin Marshall, Irene McBride, Charles McLoughlin, John McQuade, Evelyn Mills, Jack Mills, Warren Mills, Marie Nash, Fred Nay, Austra Neiman, Paul Parks, Erminie Randolph, Jack Reynolds, Jane Richardson, Tina Rigat, Margaret Sande, Patsy Schenk, Betty Schlaffer, Clarise Sitomer, Bob Spencer, Emily Stephenson, Georgie Tapps, Beau Tilden, Norman Van Emburgh, Joe Verdi, Dorothy Waller, Mary Jane Walsh, Jack Whitney, Herbert Wood. Produced by Sam Harris. Note: The facts of this production were somewhat inaccurately depicted in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
- (1939) Stage Play: Foreigners. Comedy.
- (1940) Stage Play: The Return of the Vagabond. Melodrama/satire.
- (1941) Stage Play: Viva O'Brien. Musical comedy.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Merry Widow. Musical/operetta (revival). Music by Franz Lehár. English lyrics by Adrian Ross. Musical Direction by Joseph Tushinsky. Original Viennese Libretto by Victor Leon and Leo Stein. Based on "L'Attache d'Ambassade" by Henri Meilhac. Directed by Felix Brentano and John Pierce. Carnegie Hall: 15 Jul 1942- 16 Aug 1942 (39 performances). Produced by Hans Bartsch and Joseph Tushinsky.
- (1943) Stage Play: A Connecticut Yankee. Musical comedy (revival).
- (1944) Stage Play: Violet. Written by Whitfield Cook. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Directed by Whitfield Cook. Belasco Theatre 24 Oct 1944- 11 Nov 1944 (23 performances). Cast: Mason Adams (as "Walter Meeker"), Fay Baker (as "Crystal"), John Cherry (as "Clarence"), Helen Claire (as "Lily Foster"), Martin David (as "Arthur"), Russell Gaige (as "W.W. Upthegrove'), Patricia Hitchcock (as "Violet"), Len D. Hollister (as "Elisha Bly") [final Broadway role], Leslie Litomy (as "Henry Watrous"), Fuzzy McQuade (as "Evelyn"), Doro Merande (as "Mrs. Elfie Tunison"), Billy Nevard (as "Bruce"), Carlo Robinson (as "Sidney Watrous"), Jimsey Somers (as "Susie"), Harvey Stephens (as "Pete Granden"), Paula Trueman (as "Esther"), Joan Vitez (as "Charlotte Watrous"). Produced by Albert Margolies.
- (1944) Stage Play: Rhapsody. Musical/operetta. Music by Fritz Kreisler. Lyrics by John La Touche. Book by Leonard Louis Levinson and Arnold Sundgaard. Additional lyrics by Blevins Davis and Robert Russell Bennett. Based on an original story by A.N. Nagler. Music arranged by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Fritz Mahler. Choreographed by David Lichine.Directed by David Lichine. New Century Theatre: 22 Nov 1944- 3 Dec 1944 (13 performances). Cast: Nina Allen (as "Maywine Octette"), Carl Anders (as "Court Octette"), Betty Baker (as "Rhapsody Double Quintett"), Bertha Belmore (as "Frau Tina Hugenhaugen"), Nicolas Beriozoff (as "Rickshaw Man"), Patricia Bowman (as "Ilse Bonen"), Rosemarie Brancato (as "Madame Boticini"), Angela Carabella (as "Maywine Octette"), John Cherry (as "Lotzi Hugenhaugen") [final Broadway role], Alexandra Denisova (as "Sonya"), Annamary Dickey (as "Empress Maria Theresa"), Camille Fischelli (as "Court Octette"), S/Sgt. Gordon Gaines (as "Court Octette"), John Hamill (as "Charles Eckert"), Joan Hansen (as "Corps de Ballet"), William Hearne (as "Court Octette"), John Henson (as "Maywine Octette"), Barbara Jevne (as "Court Octette"), Mildred Jocelyn Greta/Maywine Octette"), Mr. Johnson (as "Demi-Tasse"), Evelyn Keller (as "Maywine Octette"), Robert Kirland (as "Jailer/Rhapsody Double Quintett"), Irene Larson (as "Corps de Ballet"), Thomas LoMonaco (as "Maywine Octette"), Cecille Mann (as "Corps de Ballet"), Eddie Mayehoff (as "Casanova"), Ella Mayer (as "Rhapsody Double Quintett"), Gar Moore (as "Court Octette"), Muriel O'Malley (as "Court Octette"), Jerry Ross (as "The Dandy"), Rudy Rudisill (as "Maywine Octette"), Dorothy Scott (as "Corps de Ballet"), Lucille Shea (as "Court Octette"), Patricia Sims (as "Corps de Ballet"), Sally Sorvo (as "Corps de Ballet"), Igor Storojeff (as "Boy"), Gloria Story (as "Lili Hugenhausen"), Randolph Symonette (as "Captain of the Palace Guard"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Corps de Ballet"), Bette Van (as "Rhapsody Double Quintett"), Harry Ward (as "Maywine Octette"), George Young (as "Emperor Francis I"), George Zoritch (as "Ivan"). Produced by Blevins Davis. Produced in association with Lorraine Manville Dresselhuys.
- (January 15, 1933) He acted in the musical comedy, "Of Thee I Sing," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Oscar Shaw, Harriette Lake, Donald Meek, Cecil Lean, Abe Reynolds, William J. Pringle, Georgette Lampsi, Francis Pierlot, Paul Everton, Gaile Darling, Al Sexton, Audrey Christie, Tommy Texas, Sergeant Reynolds, Jeannette Marion, Adrian Rosley and Tommy Thompson in the cast. Georgie Hale was choreographer. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Weld and Charles LeMaire were costume designers. George S. Kaufman was director. Sam H. Harris was producer. George Gershwin composed music. Ira Gershwin was lyricist. George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind wrote the book.
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