- (1915 - 1941) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1915) Stage Play: Very Good Eddie. Musical. Book by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Schuyler Green. Based on a farce "Over Night" by Philip Bartholomae. Additional music by Henry Kailimai. Additional lyrics by Elsie Janis, Harry B. Smith, Herbert Reynolds and John E. Hazzard. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Frank McCormack. Princess Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 29 May- circa Sep 1916, then moved to The 39th Street Theatre from 11 Sep 1916- circa Oct 1916, then moved to The Princess Theatre from 2 Oct 1916- close): 23 Dec 1915- 14 Oct 1916 (341 performances). Cast: Helen Bond (as "Flo Tide"), Arline Chase (as "Belle Fontaine"), Louise Cook (as "Miss Funnie Rekkod"), Alice Dovey (as "Mrs. Elsie Darling"), Sedgewick Draper (as "Mr. Rollo Munn"), Lew Fullerton (as "Purser"), Stuart Gillmore (as "Mr. Watt Pumkyns"), John E. Hazzard (as "Al Cleveland"), Herbert Hoey (as "Mr. Dyer Thurst"), Bessie Kelly (as "Miss Lily Pond"), Kuy Kendall (as "West Point Cadet"), Adah Lewis (as "Mme. Matroppo"), Dorothy Jane Londoner (as "Ensemble"), James Lounsbery (as "M. de Rougemont"), Tess Mayer (as "Miss Chrystal Poole"), Harry McKenna (as "Mr. Dustin Stacks"), Julia Mills (as "Victoria Lake"), Mary Louise Morrison (as "Miss Munnie Duzzy"), Dorothy Nita (as "Miss Gay Ann Giddy"), Helen O'Day (as "Miss Alwys Innit"), Anna Orr (as "Miss Elsie Lilly"), Katherine Rahn (as "Miss E.Z. Morrels"), Helen Raymond (as "Mrs. Georgina Kettle"), Oscar Shaw (as "Mr. Dick Rivers") [Broadway debut], Dorothy Sylvia (as "Virginia Spring"), Ernest Truex (as "Mr. Eddie Kettle"), Carl Wadsworth (as "Mr. Tayleurs Dumme"), John Willard (as "Mr. Percy Darling"), Genevieve Willment (as "Miss Carrie Closewell"), Morton Wood (as "Mr. Fullern A. Goat"), Benjamin F. Wright (as "Steward"). Produced by Marbury-Comstock Co.
- (1917) Stage Play: Leave It to Jane. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse from "The College Widow" by George Ade. Musical Director: John McGhie. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Edward Royce. Longacre Theatre: 28 Aug 1917- 19 Jan 1918 (167 performances). Cast: Frances Burns (as "Josephine Barclay"), Jane Carroll (as "Sally Cameron"), D.E. Charles (as "Dick McAllister"), Arline Chase (as "Louella Banks"), Dan Collyer (as "Matty McGowan"), Will C. Crimans (as "Hiram Bolton"), Lillian Cullen (as "Bertha Tyson"), Rudolf Cutten (as "Ollie Mitchell"), Thomas Delmar (as "Silent Murphy"), Harry Forbes (as "Jimsey Hopper"), Frederic Graham (as "Peter Witherspoon"), Algernon Grieg (as "Howard Talbot"), Edith Hallor (as "Jane Witherspoon"), Olin Howland (as "Harold Bub Hicks"), Allan Kelly (as "Honorable Elam Hicks"), Marie King (as "Martha Abbott"), Catherine Mack (as "Cora Jenks"), Tess Mayer (as "Cissie Summers"), Georgia O'Ramey (as "Flora Wiggins"), Anna Orr (as "Bessie Tanner"), Robert G. Pitkin (as "Billy Bolton"), Helen Rich (as "Marion Mooney"), Oscar Shaw (as "Stub Talmadge"). Produced by William Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Rose of China. Musical comedy. Music by Armand Vecsey. Material adaption by Guy Bolton. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse. Based on a play by Samuel Shipman. Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Shaw. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Directed by Robert Milton and Julian Mitchell. Lyric Theatre: 25 Nov 1919- 7 Jan 1920 (47 performances). Cast: Dolly Alwin, Marjorie Bailey, Jean Barnett, Gene Billington, Jane Brown, Louise Brownel, Blanche Christen, Cecil Cunningham, Marion Cushion, Percy Davenport, Nelly Day, Georgie Decker, Ed Dwyer, Leo Dwyer, Mabelle Elliott, Marie Hebold, Madeline Hurlock, Paul Irving, Billy Izzard, Thomas E. Jackson (as "Chung"), Perry Lindbloom, Larry Mack, Frank McIntyre, Bessie More, Robert Morey, Bessie Mulligan, Olive O'Brien, Edna May Oliver (as "Mrs. Hobson"), Cynthia Perot, Ed Pierce, William H. Pringle, Thelma Richards, Jane Richardson, Virginia Richmond, Gus Richton, Stanley Ridges (as "Ting-Fang-Lee"), Virginia Roche, Mona Sartoris, Eleanor Scott, Georgie Scott, Mary Scott, Oscar Shaw (as "Tommy Tilford"), Beatrice Singer, Grace West, Swan Wood. Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Half Moon. Musical comedy. Book by William LeBaron. Lyrics by William Le Baron. Music by Viktor Jacobi. Musical Director: Harold Vicars. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Directed by Fred G. Latham. Liberty Theatre: 1 Nov 1920- 11 Dec 1920 (48 performances). Cast: Joseph Cawthorn (as "Henry Hudson Hobson"), Helen Allan (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Appleton (as "Ensemble"), Pearl Bennett (as "Ensemble"), Sophie Brenner (as "Ensemble"), Caroline Burke (as "Ensemble"), Sally Chester (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Conboy (as "Ensemble"), Daisy Daniels (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Darling (as "Ensemble"), Maude Eburne (as "Maggie Green"), Mary Ellison (as "Ensemble"), Sallie Everett (as "Ensemble"), Isabel Falconer (as "Ensemble"), Jean Farrell (as "Ensemble"), William Ingersoll (as "John Copley Adams"), Doris Landy (as "Ensemble"), Charles Lawrence (as "Joe Beckett"), Betty Mack (as "Ensemble"), May Morris (as "Ensemble"), Lorraine Nelson (as "Ensemble"), Madeline O'Brien Ensemble"), Edna May Oliver (as "Mrs. Francis Adams Jarvis"), Elaine Palmer (as "Estelle"), Peggy Parmalee (as "Ensemble"), Betty Raedel (as "Ensemble"), Bobbie Rait (as "Ensemble"), Mignon Reed (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Santley (as "Charlie Hobson"), Ivy Sawyer (as "Grace Bolton"), 'Oscar Shaw'(as "Bradford Adams"), Virginia Shelby (as "Anne"), Peggy Smith (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Sparling (as "Harkins"), May Thompson (as "Mary Bolton"), Rose Timponi (as "Ensemble"), Edna Wheaton (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1921) Stage Play: Ziegfeld 9 O'clock Frolic. Musical revue. Directed by Edward Royce. Danse de Follies: 8 Feb 1921- Mar 1921 (closing date unknown/35 performances). Cast: Annette Bade, Edythe Baker, Virginia Bell, The Fairbanks Twins (Madeline Fairbanks, Marion Fairbanks) [final Broadway credit as act], Franklyn Farnum [credited as Frank Farnum], Eleanor Griffith, Jack Hanley, Herbert Hoey, Kathlene Martyn, Oscar Shaw, Anna Wheaton, Princess White Deer. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1921) Stage Play: Two Little Girls in Blue. Musical comedy. Music by Paul Lannin and Vincent Youmans. Lyrics by Arthur Francis. Book by Fred Jackson. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Paul Lannin. Directed by Ned Wayburn. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 3 May 1921- 27 Aug 1921 (135 performances). Cast: Patricia Clarke, Daisy Daniels, Edith Decker, Carolyn Erwin, Madeleine Fairbanks, Marion Fairbanks, Helen Gates, Etienne Girardot (as "Dudley La Fleur"), Ellwood Gray, Frank Hall, Fred Hall, Otis Harper, Dorothy Harrison, Kay Harrison, Vanda Hoff, Olin Howland, Jacquelyn Hunter, Emma Janvier, Stanley Jessup (as "Captain Morrow"), Julie Kelety, Edith Kessler, Evelyn Law, Muriel Lodge, Leonora Lukens, George Mack, Gayle Mays, Beulah McFarland, Margery Morrison, Paul Porter, Jobyna Ralston (as "Ensemble") [only Broadway appearance], Fred Rogers, Fred Santley, Oscar Shaw (as "Robert Barker"), Rosemary Sill, Taylor, Harold Thompson, Jack Tomson, Tommy Tomson, Peggy Underwood, Fay West. Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1921) Stage Play: Good Morning Dearie. Musical comedy.
- (1923) Stage Play: One Kiss. Comedy.
- (1924) Stage Play: Dear Sir. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by Edgar Selwyn. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Music orchestrated by Allan K. Foster. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by David Burton. Times Square Theatre: 23 Sep 1924- 4 Oct 1924 (15 performances). Cast: Joseph Allen (as "Peters"), June Baldwin, Ida Berry, William Boren, Hazel Bunting, Betty Campbell, Helen Carrington, Walter Catlett (as "Andrew Bloxom"), Austin Clark, Ritchy Craig, Clifford Daly, Regina Daw, Marion Donnelly, Josephine Dunn (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Victoire Dutel, Dorothy Fitzgibbon, Raymond Hall, Madeline Janis, Norman Jefferson, Janearl Johnson, Katherine Kohler, Trudy Lake, Ainsley Lambert, Lovey Lee, Arthur Lipson (as "Louis, Maitre d'Hotel at Sherry's"), Clair Lipton, Claire Luce (as "Clair"), Kathlene Martyn, Margery Martyn, John McCullough, Beth Meakins, Francis Murphy, Helen Orb, Evelyn Plumador, Geraldine Reavard, Dorothea Richmond, Rita Royce, Frank Schulze, Oscar Shaw (as "Laddie Munn"), Allen Stevens, George Sweet, Genevieve Tobin (as "Dorothy Fair"), Julia Warren, Peggy Watts, William Wilder, Billy Wilson, Devah Worrell. Produced by Philip Goodman.
- (1924) Stage Play: Music Box Revue. Musical revue.
- (1926) Stage Play: Oh, Kay! Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Scenic Design by John Wenger. Directed by John Harwood. Imperial Theatre: 8 Nov 1926- Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/256 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Kay"), Victor Moore (as "Shorty" McGee"), Oscar Shaw (as "Jimmy Winter"), Adrienne Armond (as "Ensemble"), Sascha Beaumont (as "Constance Appleton"), Marcia Bell (as "Ensemble"), Bonnie Blackwood (as "Ensemble"), Dowell Brown (as "Ensemble"), Constance Carpenter (as "Mae"), Grace Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Jean Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Melville Chapman (as "Ensemble"), Betty Compton (as "Molly Morse"), Ted Daniels (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Day (as "Ensemble"), Frances DeFoe (as "Ensemble"), Harland Dixon (as "Larry Potter"), Ann Ecklund (as "Ensemble"), Madeline Fairbanks (as "Dolly Ruxton"), Marion Fairbanks (as "Phil Ruxton"), Kappie Fay (as "Ensemble"), Al Fisher (as "Ensemble"), Jack Fraley (as "Ensemble"), Amy Frank (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Frank (as "Ensemble"), Frank Gardiner Judge Appleton"), Bob Gebhardt (as "Ensemble"), Janette Gilmore (as "Peggy"), Anita Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Sara Jane Heliker (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Johnstone (as "Ensemble"), Grace Jones (as "Ensemble"), Dot Justin (as "Ensemble"), 'Lionel Maclyn' (as "Ensemble"), Pansy Maness (as "Ensemble"), Maxine Marshall (as "Ensemble"), Tom Martin (as "Ensemble"), Burton McEvilly (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Murray (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Neal (as "Ensemble"), Blanche O'Donahue (as "Ensemble"), Marie Otto (as "Ensemble"), Caroline Phillips (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Quinn (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Harry T. Shannon (as "Revenue Officer Jansen"), Gerald Oliver Smith (as "The Duke"), Alan Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Frances Stone (as "Ensemble"), Jacques Stone (as "Ensemble"), May Sullivan (as "Ensemble"), Betty Vane (as "Ensemble"), Betty Waxton (as "Ensemble"), Claire Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Jean Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Amy Weber (as "Ensemble"), Justine Welch (as "Ensemble"), Ted White (as "Ensemble"), Polly Williams (as "Ensemble"), Paulette Winston (as "Daisy"). Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Five O'Clock Girl. Musical comedy. Material by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Music by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Directed by John Harwood. 44th Street Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 16 Apr 1928 to close): 10 Oct 1927- 2 Jun 1928 (280 performances). Cast: Russell Ash, Michael Barroy, Louis John Bartels, Chester Bennett, Albert Birk, Marian Bonnell, Marion Booth, Dorothy Brown, Arthur C. Budd, Mary Carlton, Charles Conklin, Myrtle Cox, Daniel Dare (as "Ronnie Webb"), Daye Dawne, Lola De Lille, Helen Deane, Allys Dwyer, Mary Eaton, Dorothy Fitzgibbon, Gloria Gilbert (as "Ethel" and "Sam"), Buddie Haines, Raymond Hall, Evelyn Hannons, Virginia Hassell, Leo Howe, Jack Hughes, Elizabeth Janeway, Carl Judd (as "Policeman"), Jack Kay, Ethel Kelly, Pert Kelton (as "Susan Snow"), Myrtle Lane, Jane Lauderdale, Sam Lee, Helen Madigan, Jessie Madison, Pauline Maxwell, Arthur May, Fred Maye, Frank McNellis, Verdi Milli, Helen Mirtel, Virginia Moore, Bobby Morris, Virginia Mortimer, Alice O'Brien, Gwen Orlando, June Paget, Marjorie Phillips, Mary Phillips, Ruby Poe, Alice Raisen, June Ray, Helen Sanderson, Ted Schultz, Al Shaw, Oscar Shaw (as "Gerald Brooks"), Rosemary Sill, Lowell Stray, Audrey Sturges, Elizabeth Surran, Frances Thress, Philip Tiltman, Vera Trett, Elsa Varga, Vahrah Verba, Billy Walsh, Brownie Walsh, Betty Waxton, Ted White, Biddy Wilkenson, Mary Williams. Produced by Philip Goodman.
- (1930) Stage Play: Flying High. Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Book by John McGowan, Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Al Goodman. Directed by George White and Edward C. Lilley. Apollo Theatre: 3 Mar 1930- 3 Jan 1931 (355 performances). Cast: Joanna Allen (as "Ensemble"), Andy Anderson (as "Ensemble"), Jack Bedford (as "Ensemble"), Walter Blair (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Boffinger (as "Ensemble"), Grace Brinkley (as "Eileen Cassidy"), Jane Brown (as "Ensemble"), Russ Brown (as "Sport Wardell"), Jack Bruns (as "Mr. Charles"), Bobbie Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Case (as "Ensemble"), Warren Crosby (as "Ensemble"), Charles Davis (as "Ensemble"), Dody Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Bernie Dossitt (as "Ensemble"), Lois Eckhart (as "Ensemble"), George Ford (as "Ensemble"), Jane Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Jean Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Joan Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), June Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Peggy Gallimore (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Hall (as "Judy Trent"), Elmer Hertel (as "Ensemble"), Beth Holt (as "Ensemble"), Rita Horgan (as "Ensemble"), James Howard (as "Ensemble"), Don Hudson (as "Ensemble"), Jesse James (as "Ensemble"), Renee Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Phil King (as "Ensemble"), Bert Lahr (as "Rusty Krause"), Barbara Lee (as "Ensemble"), Robert Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Bob Lively (as "Tim"), Fred Manatt (as "Major Watts, M.D."), Florence Marriner (as "Ensemble"), Edith Martin (as "Ensemble"), Vivian Mathison (as "Ensemble"), John McCahill (as "Ensemble"), Maurine McNeil (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Meyers (as "Ensemble"), Carol Miller (as "Ensemble"), Helene Miller (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Moseley (as "Ensemble"), William Murray (as "Ensemble"), James Notarro (as "Ensemble"), Pearl Osgood (as "Bunny McHugh"), Gladys Page (as "Ensemble"), Mickey Ray (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Ring (as "Ensemble"), Cornelia Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Charles Rose (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Sampson (as "Ensemble"), Gus Schilling (as "Ensemble"), Diana Seaby (as "Ensemble"), Len Shaw (as "Mr. Henry"), Oscar Shaw (as "Tod Addison"), Carolyn Sickle (as "Ensemble"), Robert Silva (as "Ensemble"), Kate Smith (as "Pansy Sparks") [final Broadway role], Jane Stafford (as "Ensemble"), Flora Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Benjamin Tilberg (as "Ensemble"), Betty Travers (as "Ensemble"), Al Vickers (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Wakeley (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Webb (as "Ensemble"), Henry Whittemore (as "Gordon Turner"). Produced by George White. Note (1): One of the few major post-crash hits on Broadway. (2) Filmed by MGM as Flying High (1931), directed by Charles Reisner with Mr. Lahr repeating his starring role.
- (1931) Stage Play: Everybody's Welcome. Musical comedy. Music by Sammy Fain [earliest Broadway credit]. Book by Lambert Carroll. Based on "Up Pops the Devil" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Lyrics by Irving Kahal. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Additional music by Harry Revel, Herman Hupfeld and Manning Sherwin. Additional lyrics by Herman Hupfeld, Mack Gordon, Edward Eliscu, Arthur Lippmann and Milton Pascal. Choreographed by William Holbrook, under the supervision of Albertina Rasch. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Alison McLellan Hunter. Directed by William Mollison. Shubert Theatre: 13 Oct 1931- 13 Feb 1932 (139 performances). Cast: Spencer Barnes (as "Laundryman"), Jack Barratt (as "Ensemble"), Mary Brooks (as "Dora/Ensemble"), Andrew Carr (as "Buddy Hill/Specialty Dancer"), Louise Carr (as "Specialty Dancer"), Gladys Carter (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Cook (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Virginia Davis (as "Ensemble"), Carl Duart (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Duffy (as "Jane/Ensemble"), Charles Garland (as "Mr. Platt/Ensemble") [final Broadway role], Donald Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Louise Hansen (as "Premier Danseuse/Albertina Rasch Girl"), Thomas Harty (as "A Drunk"), Helen Hawkins (as "Ensemble"), Edna Hedin (as "Helen/Ensemble"), Dorothy Koster (as "Ensemble"), Ann Sothern [credited as Harriette Lake] (as "Ann Cathway"), Beatrice Lauri (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Cecil Lean (as "George Kent") [final Broadway role], Bernice Lee (as "Grace"), Clark Leston (as "Ensemble"), Sally Lynne (as "Ensemble"), Charles McClelland (as "Ensemble"), Jack Moore (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Murray (as "Ensemble"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), Jean Newcombe (as "Mrs. Geroge Kent"), Lucille Osborn (as "Mrs. Platt"), Naida Pahl (as "Trixie/Ensemble"), Tesha Pearson (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Ann Pennington (as "Louella Carroll"), Una Ralph (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Evan Ritter (as "Ensemble"), Roy Roberts (as "Gilbert Morrell"), Etna Ross (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ross (as "Kelly/Ensemble"), Oscar Shaw (as "Steve Merrick"), Jack Sheehan (as "Biny Hatfield"), Phoebe Wallace (as "Betty"), Frances Williams (as "Polly Bascom"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1935) Stage Play: A Lady Detained. Comedy.
- (1936) Stage Play: A Private Affair. Comedy.
- (January 15, 1933) He acted in the musical comedy, "Of Thee I Sing," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with 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, John Cherry, 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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