- (1922 - 1932) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1922) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1922. Musical revue.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1922.
- (1925) Stage Play: No, No, Nanette. Musical comedy. Material and lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto A. Harbach and Frank Mandel. Music by Vincent Youmans. Based on the comedy "My Lady Friends" by Frank Mandel and Emil Nyitray. Musical Staging by Sammy Lee. Musical Direction by Nicholas Kempner. Directed by Harry Frazee. Globe Theatre: 16 Sep 1925- 19 Jun 1926 (321 performances). Cast: Marjorie Bailey, William Bailey, Jack Barker, Bonnie Bland, Veeda Burgett, Wellington Cross (as "Bill Early, a Lawyer") [final Broadway role], Eleanor Dawn, Ethel Gibson, Louise Groody, Jane Hurd, Peggy Johnstone, Douglas Keaton, Ruth Kent, Helen Keyes, Jerome Kirkland [final Broadway appearance], Mary Lawlor (as "Winnie Winslow, from Washington"), Edouard Le Febvre, Beatrice Lee, Stanley Lipton, Lillian MacKenzie, Aline Martin, Alfred Milano, Beth Milton, Lucille Moore, Raymond Moore, Edward Nell Jr., Ellen O'Brien, Georgia O'Ramey, Adele Ormiston, Hazel Pando, Frank Parker, Eleanor Rowe, Robert Spencer, May Sullivan, Winifred Verina, Eva Vincent, Edna Whistler, Josephine Whittell, Beatrice Wilson, Charles Winninger (as "Jimmy Smith"). Produced by Harry Frazee. Note: This production is commonly identified with the Boston Red Sox "Curse" legend. The story goes that producer Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in order to finance the production.
- (1926) Stage Play: Queen High. Musical comedy. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. "Queen High" is an adaptation of "A Pair of Sixes" by Edward Peple. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva. Additional numbers by James F. Hanley. Music arranged by Russell Bennett. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Willy Pogany. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor [credited as Edgar McGregor]. Ambassador Theatre: 8 Sep 1926- 23 Jul 1927 (367 performances). Cast: Ward Arnold (as "Ensemble"), Charles Bannister (as "Ensemble"), Joey Benton (as "Ensemble"), Gaile Beverly (as "Coddles, the Nettletons' Maid"), Florence Blue (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Burke (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Carrington (as "Ensemble"), Helen Carrington (as "Mrs. Nellie Nettleton"), Al Downing (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Luella Gear (as "Florence Cole"), Barbara Grace (as "Kitty, a Model"), Albert Hale (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Hart (as "Ensemble"), Harold Hennessy (as "Ensemble"), Sophie Howard (as "Ensemble"), Jack Hughes (as "Ensemble"), Irene Isham (as "Ensemble"), Mary Lawlor (as "Polly Nettleton, Nettleton's Niece"), Ethel Lawrence (as "Ensemble"), Ann Lee (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Lee (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Lombard (as "Ensemble"), John McElroy (as "Ensemble"), Frank McIntyre (as "George Nettleton, the Senior Partner"), Edwin Michaels (as "Jimmy, the Office Assistant"), Lucille Moore (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Nordstrom (as "Richard Johns, Johns' Nephew"), Richard Oakley (as "Ensemble"), June O'Dea (as "Patricia, a Model") [Broadway debut], Charles Ruggles (as "T. Boggs Johns, the Junior Partner"), John Rutherford (as "Jerry Vanderholt, the Firm's Lawyer"), Otis Schaefer (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Carola Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Irene Warner (as "Ensemble"), Betty Wright (as "Ensemble"). Replacement actors: Neil Collins (as "Ensemble"), Frank Cullen (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Lund (as "Ensemble"), George Murray (as "Ensemble"), Betty Whitney (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Laurence Schwab. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures [at their Astoria, NY studio] as Queen High (1930) with Charlie Ruggles reprising his stage role as "T. Boggs Johns."
- (1927) Stage Play: Good News. Musical. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Staging by Bobby Connolly. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 6 Sep 1927- 5 Jan 1929 (557 performances). Cast: Arthur Appell, Clara Blackath, Jack Boggs, Bob Borger, Emily Burton, Joe Carey, Irving Carter, Inez Courtney (as "Babe O'Day"), Wally Coyle, Frank Cullen, Dorothy Day, Zilpha De Witt, Phil Dewey, Dan Douglas, Valeda Duncan, Christine Ecklund, Edward Emery, Fran Frey, Betty Garson, Betty Gayle, Gerald Gehlert, Viola Goring, John Grant, Roberta Green, Irene Hamlin, Andreas Irving, John Price Jones, Claire Joyce, Ruth Kelly, Jack Kennedy, Larry Larkin, Mary Lawlor (as "Connie Lane"), Ethel Lawrence, Ann Lee, Elsie Lombard, Bodil Lund, Zeda Mansfield, Charles Mayon, Ruth Mayon, John McAvoy, Mack Murray, Roy Nelson, George Oliver, Zelma O'Neal, William Pahlman, Anita Pam, Sherry Pelham, Edwin Redding, Richard Renaud, Bob Rice, Herbert Rothwell, Margaret Shea, John Sheehan, Gus Shy, Mildred Stevens, Don Tomkins, Gwendolyn Vernon, Shirley Vernon, Irene Warner, Gilbert White, Minerva Wilson, Carol Young. Replacement actor: Penny Singleton (as "Flo") [credited as Dorothy McNulty]. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel. Note: Filmed as Good News (1930), Good News (1947).
- (1928) Stage Play: Cross My Heart. Musical comedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: Hello, Daddy. Musical comedy. Book by Herbert Fields. Lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Based on a farce adapted from the German by Frank Mandel. Principal Dance Routines arranged by Buddy Bradley. Harmony arrangements of the Giersdorf Sisters' songs by Arthur Johnston. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh, Stephen Jones, Fod Livingston and Hans Spialek. Musical Numbers Staged by Busby Berkeley. Entire Production Under the Supervision of John Murray Anderson. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Scenic Design by Hermann Rosse. Book Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre (moved to George M. Cohan's Theatre from 21 Jan 1929- May 1929, then moved to Erlanger's Theatre from 6 May 1929- close): 26 Dec 1928- 15 Jun 1929 (198 performances). Cast: Lew Fields (as "Henry Block"), Ethel Allen (as "Eloise, Student at Cedarhurst"), Annette Atherton (as "Girl of the Chorus"), James Bradleigh (as "Boy of the Chorus"), Bobby Brodsley (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Donald Brown (as "Boy of the Chorus"), Shirley Buford (as "Singer"), Bob Burk (as "Singer"), Harriet Carling (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Donn Carney (as "Singer"), Wilfred Clark (as "Anthony Bennett"), Elizabeth Crandall (as "Ellen, Student at Cedarhurst/Singer"), Dorothy Croyle (as "Edna, Student at Cedarhurst"), Florence Earle (as "Miss Prichard, Principal at Cedarhurst"), Jean Egan (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Alice Fischer (as "Emma Block"), Helen Fried (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Wanda Gall (as "Helen"), Elvira Giersdorf (as "Gertrude"), Irene Giersdorf (as "Helene"), Rae Giersdorf (as "Marguerite"), Carroll Glucas (as "Godfrey Burnham"), Madeline Grey (as "Mathilde Burnham"), Edward Hackett (as "Boy of the Chorus"), George Hassell (as "Edward Hauser"), Albert Hewitt (as "Singer"), Doris Jay (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Henrietta Kay (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Allen Kearns (as "Lawrence Tucker"), Mary Lawlor (as "Mary Block"), George C. Lehrian (as "Singer"), Betty Lockwood (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Marjorie-May (as "Martin Grace, Student at Cedarhurst"), Jerome Maxwell (as "Boy of the Chorus"), David Morton (as "Boy of the Chorus"), May Muth [credited as Mae Muth] (as "Singer"), Frances Norton (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Emmy Lou Petri (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Valerie Petri (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Larry Regan (as "Boy of the Chorus"), Patricia Ross (as "Singer"), Dorothy Roy (as "Dot, Student at Cedarhurst"), Paula Sands (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Charles Scott (as "Boy of the Chorus"), Jane Sherman (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Betty Starbuck (as "Betty Hauser, Student at Cedarhurst"), Billy Taylor (as "Noel Burnham"), Peggy Tebbs (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Inez Tremble (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Jae Voll (as "Girl of the Chorus"), Jack Waldron (as "Boy of the Chorus"). Produced by Lew M. Fields.
- (1931) Stage Play: You Said It. Musical comedy.
- (1932) Stage Play: The Budget. Comedy.
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