- (1928 - 1936) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1928) Stage Play: The Greenwich Village Follies. Musical revue. Music by Ray Perkins and Maurice Ruebens. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Nathaniel Lief [earliest Broadway credit] and Max Lief [earliest Broadway credit]. Musical Director: Max Meth. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Choreographed by Chester Hale and Ralph Reader. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 9 Apr 1928- 28 Jul 1928 (128 performances). Cast: Max Alexander, Florence Arganza, Sally Argo, Walter Armin, Sheila Barrett, Bonnibelle Beard, Francine Blythe, Grace Brinkley, Adrienne Brower, Kay Burnell, Helene Cambridge, Carlos & Valeria, Sylvia Carol, Dorothy Casey, Azeada Charkouie, Morine Clarke, Gertrude Cornbloom, Annette Davies, Phyllis DeCastro, John Donahue, Ben Dova, Dorothy Drum, Mickey Ellis, Benny Fields, Irene French, Marion Gillon, Gladys Glorita, Inez Goetz, Jean Gordon, James Grant, Sylvia Green, The Chester Hale Girls, Patsy Hickey, Harry Jans, Phillis Jordan, Jack Kelly, Joan Kent, Marie Kosco, Grace La Rue, Evelyn Law, Laura Lee, Ngaio Lee, Adelaide Loraine, Zayda Lord, Yoland Losee, Renie Luers, Violet Lundberg, Betty MacDonald, Peggy McDonald, Billy McLeod, Hoyt Meredith, Lillian Messmer, Florence Misgen, Georgia Moore, Josephine Mostler, Leona Newell, Hilda Paterson, Viola Paulson, Emmy Petri, Imogene Phillips, Rolande Poucel, Annie Pritchard, Lola Raine, The Ralph Reader Girls, Marie Regan, Violet Renault, Dr. Rockwell, Ethel Ross, Maude Ross (The Ross Twins), Beatrice Rupp, Evelyn Sabin, Rosina Savelli, Blossom Seeley, Eddie Shubert, May Sigler, Evelyn Sintae, Jack Stanford, Irene Stephens, Winona Sweet, Midge Sydney, Lillian Thomas, Jewel Tidgens, Myrtle Wagner, Bobby Watson, Harold Whalen, Ester Wheaton, Dorothy Winters, Mary Wynn. Produced by The Bohemians Inc. and Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1928) Stage Play: Say When. Musical comedy. Book by Calvin Brown. Based on a play by Amelie Rives and Gilbert Emery. Music by Ray Perkins, Kay Swift, W. Franke Harling, Jesse Greer, Daisy deSegonzak and Irma Hopper. Featuring songs by Arthur Sheekman. Lyrics by Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Paul James, W. Franke Harling, Mayor James J. Walker, Raymond Klages and Irma Hopper. Featuring songs with lyrics by Helen Wallace. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Morosco Theatre: 26 Jun 1928- Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Josephine Adair (as "Miss Stuart"), Jane Alden, Ruth Altman, Sally Anderson, Joyce Arling, Bradley Cass, William J. Cleary, Warren Crosby, Ruth Fallows, Peggy Fish, Dorothy Fitzgibbon, Ann Freshman, Roger Gray, Gene Raymond [credited as Raymond Guion] (as "Michael Graham"), Kathryn Hamill, Kathryn Hereford, Dorothy Jones, Helen Kaiser, Genevieve Kent, Harry Kirk, Cora La Redd, Joseph Lertora, Mabel Martin, Beverly Maude, Patricia McGrath, Duquesne Miller, Robert Moody, J. Gibbs Penrose, Mildred Quigley, Alan Ray, Anna Rex, Bartlett Simmons, Alison Skipworth (as "Comtessa Scaracchi"), Archie Thompson, Doris Vinton, Donald Wells, Harold Williams. Produced by Elisabeth Marbury and Carl Reed.
- (1928) Stage Play: Luckee Girl. Musical comedy. Music by Maurice Yvain. Lyrics by Max Lief and Nathaniel Lief. Book adapted by Gertrude Purcell. Based on a French operette by Andre Barde. Musical Director: Earl Busby. Featuring songs by Werner Janssen. Featuring songs with lyrics by Mann Holiner. Choreographed by Harry Puck and Marie Kelley. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps. Directed by Lew Morton. Casino Theatre (moved to The Sam H. Harris Theatre from 29 Oct 1928- close): 15 Sep 1928- 24 Nov 1928 (81 performances). Cast: Ayres (as "Specialty"), Charles A. Baker (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Barber (as "Celina"), Julia Barker (as "Ensemble"), Dan Berrigan (as "Ensemble"), Malease Bisland (as "Ensemble"), Edward Brown (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Carpenter (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Cartlich (as "Ensemble"), Ted Clarke (as "Ensemble"), Don Cortez (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Drake (as "Mme. Falloux"), Irene Dunne (as "Arlette") [final Broadway role], Thelma Dye (as "Ensemble"), Jinny Evans (as "Ensemble"), Johnny Ferrara (as "One of four Diplomats"), Irving Fisher (as "Lucien DeGravere"), Helen Hackbarth (as "Ensemble"), Andy Hamilton (as "One of four Diplomats"), Billy House (as "Hercules"), Dorothy Kirtley (as "Ensemble"), Frank Lalor (as "Pontaves"), Lucille Leverich (as "Ensemble"), Neva Lynn (as "Ensemble"), Malinoff (as "Specialty"), Dorothy McGushion (as "Lili"), Gertrude McGushion (as "Lulu"), Elena Meade (as "Ensemble"), Betty Montgomery (as "Ensemble"), Carmen Morales (as "Ensemble"), Lenny Nelson (as "One of four Diplomats"), Georgia O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), Roberta Parnell (as "Ensemble"), Viola Paulson (as "Ensemble"), Flo Perry (as "Colette"), Harry Phelps (as "Ensemble"), Lou Powers (as "Tampon"), Harry Puck (as "Paul Pechard"), Albertina Rasch [credited as Miss Rasche] (as " Specialty"), Albertina Rexroth (as "Ensemble"), Larry Rockwell (as "Ensemble"), Hal Saliers (as "One of four Diplomats"), Kay Simmons (as "Ensemble"), Billy Skinner (as "Ensemble"), Clifford Smith (as "Man/Jean"), Frances Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Doris Vinton (as "Camille"), Harold Vizard (as "DeGravere"), Lorraine Weimar (as "Mme. Pontaves"), Elizabeth Whitehead (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert.
- (1929) Stage Play: Pleasure Bound. Musical revue. Music by Muriel Pollock. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief and Harold Atteridge. Additional music by Phil Baker, Maurice Ruebens and Peter DeRose. Additional lyrics by Moe Jaffe, Sid Silvers, Charles Tobias, Irving Kahal and Sidney Clare. Musical Director: Harold Stern. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger and Archie Bleyer [credited as Archey Bleyer]. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley and Johnny Boyle [credited as John Boyle]. Directed by Lew Morton. Majestic Theatre: 18 Feb 1929- 15 Jun 1929 (136 performances). Cast: Jannie Adams (as "Ensemble"), Phil Baker (as "Phil Baker"), Virginia Barrett (as "Mazie"), Leonore Blair (as "Ensemble"), William Bonelli (as "Sheriff"), Betty Borden (as "Ensemble"), Betty Bowman (as "Marcella Standish"), Grace Brinkley (as "Betty"), Irene Brown (as "Ensemble"), Sheila Burke (as "Fourth Girl/Ensemble"), Adelaide Candee (as "Ensemble"), Tito Carol (as "Tito"), Mary Chandler (as "Second Girl/Ensemble"), George Clidd (as "Ensemble"), Preston Coombs (as "Ensemble"), Harold Crane (as "Mr. Westover, Sr."), Betty Dair (as "Ensemble/First Girl"), Lillian Darville (as "Ensemble"), Jack Dayton (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite De Coursey (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne DeSayles (as "Ensemble"), Gene DeViney (as "Ensemble"), Cicely Dodenham (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Drum (as "Jans/Ensemble"), Evaline Engers (as "Ensemble"), Rennie Evans (as "Ensemble"), Sherry Frayne (as "Ensemble"), Mary Gibson (as "Ensemble"), George Gilday (as "Detective"), Eleanor Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Harry Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Chester Herman (as "Eddie"), Fred Hillebrand (as "Bob Stewart"), Claire Hooper (as "Ensemble"), Roy Hoyer (as "Tom Westover"), Roland Hudson (as "Chief of the Revenue Officers"), Frank Jones (as "Pullman Porter"), Rosa Kay (as "Ensemble"), Georgette Lampsi (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Lauritsen (as "Ensemble"), Sam Lee (as "Packy"), Henrietta Livingstone (as "Pretty Girl/Ensemble"), Ralph J. Locke, Richard Lowell (as "Ensemble"), Neva Lynn (as "Ensemble"), Marilyn Mack (as "Ensemble"), Thomas MacMillan (as "Mr. Zill"), Jane Manners (as "Ensemble"), Lee Manners (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Marsh (as "Ensemble"), Virginia May (as "Ensemble"), Beth Meredith (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Monte (as "Ensemble"), Rosita Morena (as "Pepita"), Paco Moreno (as "Senor Alvarez"), Vivian Morgan (as "Ensemble"), John Humphrey Muldowney (as "Specialty"), Eddie Murray (as "Ensemble"), Margot Nelson (as "Ensemble"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Osborn (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Parker (as "Ensemble"), Jack Pearl (as "Herman Pfeiffer/Rudolph Fisher"), Irene Peck (as "Ensemble"), Agatha Phillips (as "Ensemble/Third Girl"), Marion Phillips (as "Ensemble"), Tommy Schmidt (as "Ensemble"), Mae Selden (as "Ensemble"), Al Shaw (as "Paisley"), Emily Sherman (as "Ensemble"), Kay Simmons (as "Ensemble"), John Slattery (as "Second Revenue Officer"), Allie Smith (as "Homely Girl"), Aileen Stanley (as "Lola Hopkins"), Bobbie Storey (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Thain (as "Ensemble"), James Thompson (as "First Revenue Officer"), Betty Van Allen (as "Ensemble"), Veloz and Yolanda [Veloz and Yolanda] (as "Dancers"), Rosalind Wishon (as "Dolly/Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1931) Stage Play: Shoot the Works. Musical revue.
- (1931) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music by Burton Lane [earliest Broadway credit]. Book by Ralph Spence and Eddie Welch. Lyrics by Harold Adamson. Musical Director: Ray Cavanaugh. Music orchestrated by Domenico Savino. Additional music by Cliff Friend, Raymond Klages, Jack Meskill, Vincent Rose, Maurice Ravel and Hyman Grossman. Featuring songs with lyrics by Cliff Friend, Raymond Klages, Jack Meskill, Vincent Rose, Nathaniel Lief and Max Lief. Featuring songs by Larry Besson. Staged by Edgar J. MacGregor. Choreographed by George Hale. Ballets by Gluck Sandor. Conceived and assembled by Earl Carroll. Scenic Design by Vincente Minnelli and Hugh Willoughby. Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli and Charles Le Maire. Special Effects by Professor Tax Teuber. Directed by Earl Carroll. Earl Carroll Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 29 Feb 1932- close): 27 Aug 1931- 9 Apr 1932 (300 performances). Cast: Lucille Adair, Irene Ahlberg, Louise Allen, Doris Andress, Helen Arlen, Audrey Arlington, Violet Arnold, George Bailey, Arthur Barry, William Barton, Charles Benjamin, Brooks Berkwich, Renee Bonnie, Ernest Brown, Samuel Brown, Fred Byer, Marian Carew, Claire Carter, Irving Carter, Dan Carthe, Peter Clark, Julius Corsack, Betty Dell, William Demarest, Mickey Devine, Jack Durant, William Dyas, Marcelle Edwards, Herbert Ellis, Maryjo Engers, Collette Francis, Genie Fursa, Howard Garvin, John George, Dolores Grant, Harriet Hagman, Marion Harcke, Albert Harris, William Hart, John Hilliman, Agatha Hoff, Edgar Hughes, Vivian Keefer, Alice Kerwin, Sunny Kest, Nelda Kincaid, Glenfield Knight, Dorothy Knowlton, Anderson Lewis, Helen Lynd, Martha Mackay, Will Mahoney, Irving Mangott, Lois Maye, Charles V. Maynard, Ferne McAllister, Theresa Meredith, Ida Michaels, Frank Miller, Woods Miller, Villi Milli, Frank Mitchell, Julia Mooney, Jane Moxon, Rosemary Murphy, Al Norman, Helen Oakes, Olive Olsen, Gay Orlova, Lucille Page, Edythe Paige, Shirley Parshall, Irma Philbin, Paul H. Phillips, Louise Porach, Lydia Resh, Lorna Rodionoff, The Rooney Ensemble, Lillian Roth, Norman C. Rucker, Enrique do los Ruelos, Frank Schegar, Betty Schleindl, Alie Sellier, The Slate Brothers, Betty Sundmark, Jacqueline Swift, James Tamm, The Thermein Ensemble, Jasper Thomas, Phil Thomas, George Turner, Beryl Wallace, Florence Ward, Milton Watson, Eileen Wenzel, Raymond Young. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1932) Stage Play: Hey Nonny Nonny! Musical revue. Written by Florence Calkins ("Television") and Harry Ruskin ("Hollywood") and E.B. White ("Permanent Passion"). Lyrics by Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Malcolm McComb ("I'm Really Not That Way", "In Those Good Old Horsecar Days"), Ogden Nash ("Hey Nonny Nonny"), Herman Hupfeld ("Be A Little Lackadaisical", "Wouldn't That Be Wonderful", "Let's Go Lovin'") and Mann Holiner ("Lady in Waiting"). Book by Michael Cleary [credited as Michael H. Cleary] and Ogden Nash ("Easily Amused"). Music by Will Irwin ("Hey Nonny Nonny", "I'm Really Not That Way", "In Those Good Old Horsecar Days"), Michael H. Cleary, Herman Hupfeld ("Be A Little Lackadaisical", "Wouldn't That Be Wonderful", "Let's Go Lovin'") and Alberta Nichols ("Lady in Waiting"). Musical Director: Sherry Magee. Conceived by Florence Calkins ("Finale"). Written in collaboration with Richie Craig Jr. ("Majestic Hotel"), Jerry Norris ("Majestic Hotel"), Ernest Sharpe ("Majestic Hotel"), Ralph Sanford ("Majestic Hotel") and Mildred Tolle ("Majestic Hotel"). Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner and Raymond Sovey. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Shubert Theatre: 6 Jun 1932- 2 Jul 1932 (32 performances). Cast: Gertrude Blake, Billie Burns, Joan Carter-Waddell, Wilma Cox, Richie Craig Jr., Edna Eustace, Mitzi Garner, Ruth Gordon, Gypsy Hollis, Tina Marie Jensen, Joann Larkin, Jack McCauley, Dorothy McNulty, Bunny Moore, Frank Morgan [final Broadway role], Jerry Norris, Jean O'Neill, Estelle Phillips, Rita Reese, Virginia Renaud, Ralph Sanford, Ann Seymour, Erik Rhodes [credited as Ernest Sharpe], Charlotte Stoll, Bee Sullivan, Mildred Tolle, Peggy Walsh, Deniston Wilson. Produced by Forrest C. Haring and John H. Del Bondio.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Illustrators' Show. Musical revue. Music mostly by Irving Actman. Lyrics mostly by Frank Loesser [earliest Broadway credit]. Additional music by Edgar Fairchild, Charlotte Kent, Frederick Loewe, Berenece Kazounoff and Michael Cleary [credited as Michael H. Cleary]. Additional lyrics by Milton Pascal, Charlotte Kent, Earle Crooker, Nathaniel Lief [final Broadway credit], Max Lief [final Broadway credit] and Carl Randall. Conceived by Society of Illustrators. Amplified and edited by Tom Weatherly. Sketches by Harry Evans, Max Liebman, Hi Alexander, Frank Gabrielson, David Lesan, Kenneth Webb, Donald Blackwell, Napie Moore and Otto Soglow. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Choreographed by Carl Randall. Scenic Design by Arne Lundborg. Sketches directed by Allen Delano. 48th Street Theatre: 22 Jan 1936- 25 Jan 1936 (5 performances). Cast: Robert Perry, Phyllis Cameron, Claire Carroll, Dorothy Chilton, Fred Cooper, Connie Crowell, Joe Donatello, Betty Gillette, Gomez & Winona, Niela Goodelle, Dan Harden, Elizabeth Houston, William Houston, Harriette Howell, Helen Hudson, Betty Lee, Normand Lind, Helen Lynd, Patricia Marton, Edward Mowen, Frances Nevins, Earl Oxford, Sandra Roy, Otto Soglow, Lorraine Teatom, Dorothy Walker, Davenie Watson, O.Z. Whitehead. Produced by Tom Weatherly.
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