- (1923 - 1942) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 [Summer Edition]. Musical revue. Sketches by Ralph Spence and Eddie Cantor. Music by Victor Herbert, Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Lyrics by Gene Buck. Musical Direction by Oscar Radin. Additional music by Charles Tobias [earliest Broadway credit], Eddie Cantor, Jean Schwartz, Ernest Breuer, Walter Donaldson and J. Turner Layton. Additional lyrics by Charles Tobias, Eddie Cantor, Chic Johnson, Ole Olsen, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Henry Creamer and Buddy G. DeSylva. Scenes by Joseph Urban. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 25 Jun 1923- 15 Sep 1923 (96 performances). Cast: Babs Aitlen, Leonora Baron, Michael Barroy, Clara Beresbach, Emma Beresbach, Nina Byron, Erla Calame, Eddie Cantor, Betty Carsdale, Dorothy Clarkson, Thelma Connor, Velma Connor, Dolly Daggars, Ethel Dale, Helena D'Algy, Eleanor Dana, Audrey Darrell, Mae Daw, Alma Drange, Marcelle Earle, Mary Eaton, Pearl Eaton, Dolly Evans, Victoria Gale, Ed Gallagher, Joan Gardner, Alexander Gray, Gilda Gray, Ivy Halstead, Netta Hill, May Howard, Ada Hughes, Sonia Ivanoff, Beatrice Jackson, Hazel Jennings, Brooke Johns, Naomi Johnson, Simeon Karavaeff, Kello Brothers, Lily Kimari, Virginia King, Julia Kingsley, Sylvia Kingsley, Teddy Knox, Frank Lambert, Evelyn Law, Mary Lewis, Kitty Littlefield, Jean Lloyd, Martha Lorber, Pansy Maness, Hallie Manning, Irene Marcellus, Ilsa Marvenga, Pauline Mason, Beulah McFarland, Constance McLaughlin, Janet Megrew, Madge Merritt, Hilda Moreno, Polly Nally, Cora Neary, Jimmy Nervo, Al Ochs, Joe Opp, Olive Osborne, Elaine Palmer, Annie Patron, Ann Pennington, Serge Pernikoff, Elsa Peterson, Pearl Prosser, Jesse Reed, Anastasia Reilly, Frances Reveaux, Marion Rich, Addie Rolfe, Nellie Savage, Jack Scott, Gertrude Selden, J.J. Shannon, Al Shean, Marie Shelton, Grant Simpson, Beatrice Singleton, Nellie Smith, Kathryn Stoneburn, Muriel Stryker, The Follies Four, Tiller Girls, Irene Todd, Andrew Tombes, Brandon Tynan, Ruth Urban, Vangie Valentine, Miriam Vandergriff, Shirley Vernon, Vivian Vernon, Blossom Vreeland, Irene Wales, Marie Wallace, Betty Webb, Hazel Webb, Madlyn Wells, Fay West, West and McGinty, Edna Wheaton, Margie Whittington, Lois Wilde, Betty Williams, Willy, Elsie Woodall. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1925) Stage Play: Gay Paree. Musical revue. Music by Alfred Goodman, Maurice Ruebens and J. Fred Coots. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge, Henry Creamer, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, Lester Allen, Harry Woods, Charles Tobias and Al Sherman. Additional music by Harry Woods, Charles Tobias, Al Sherman, James F. Hanley, Walter Donaldson and Joseph Meyer. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Choreographed by Alexis Kosloff. Directed by J.J. Shubert and Charles Judels. Shubert Theatre: 18 Aug 1925- 30 Jan 1926 (181 performances). Cast: Newton Alexander, Betty Allen, Lucille Arden, William Baden, Dorothy Barber, Pauline Blair, Frances Blythe, Richard Bold, Ilsi Bott, Alice Boulden, Carol Boyer, William Brainerd, Lorraine Brooks, Camille, Jean Caswell, Chandler Christy, Helen Claire, Eddie Conrad, Claire Daniels, Isabel Dawn, Claudia Dell, Johnny Dove, Louise Dove, Clarice Durham, Mabel Earle, Beth Elliott, Byrdeatta Evans, Florence Fair, Rosemary Farmer, Margie Finley, Walton Ford, Ruth Gillette, Florence Golden, Viola Griffith, Texas Guinan, Jack Haley, Ruth Hamilton, Thalie Hamilton, Edith Higgens, Alice Hooke, Edna Hopper, Florence Horne, Gus Hyland, Katherine Janeway, Frank Kimball, Marty Kolinsky, Lillian Lane, George LeMaire, Fern LeRoy, Winnie Lightner, Martha Linn, Gertrude Lowe, Viola Marshall, Betty Maurice, Arthur May, Verdi Milli, Marie Price, Prosper & Maret, Dorothy Rae, Nora Reed, Camille Renault, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Salt and Pepper, Wilfred Seagram, Winifred Seale, Dorothy Shepard, Jeanette Simard, Bartlett Simmons, Marie Simpson, Bernadette Spencer, Louise Taylor, Billy B. Van, Lorraine Weimar, Margaret Wilson. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Rufus Le Maire.
- (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.
- (1929) Stage Play: Keep It Clean. Musical revue.
- (1939) Stage Play: Yokel Boy. Musical comedy. Book by Lew Brown. Music by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Lyrics by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Musical Director: Harold Stern. Assistant Musical Dir.: Edward A. Hunt. Vocal arrangements by Phil Ellis. Featuring songs by Don George, Teddy Hall, Annette Mills, Gonzalo Curiel, Paul Mann and Stephen Weiss. Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Choreographed by Gene Snyder. Scenic Design by Walter Jagemann. Directed by Lew Brown. Majestic Theatre: 6 Jul 1939- 6 Jan 1940 (208 performances). Cast: Judy Canova (as "Judy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Elmer Whipple"), Charles Althoff (as "Grandpa Hawkins, Mayor"), Kalli Barton (as "Yokel Girl"), Bob Beh (as "Yokel Boy"), Lorraine Belore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jeanne Bergersen (as "Yokel Girl/Lady of the Ensemble"), James L. A. Burrell (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Ann Canova (as "Annie"), Zeke Canova (as "Hank"), Charles Clarke (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Ray Clarke (as "Assistant to "Punko Parks"), Pamela Clifford (as "Yokel Girl"), Helen Cole (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Muriel Cole (as "Yokel Girl"), Phil Crosbie (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marguerite De Coursey (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Helen Dell (as "Yokel Girl"), Dixie Dunbar (as "Tiny"), Jane Everett (as "Yokel Girl"), Margaret Fitzpatrick (as "Yokel Girl"), Miriam Franklyn (as "Yokel Girl"), Lew Hearn (as "Mr. Rubbish"), Jackie Heller (as "Spud"), Ralph Holmes (as "Jimmy Powell") [final Broadway role], Lois January (as "Mary Hawkins"), Roy Johnston (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marjorie Johnstone (as "Yokel Girl"), Grace Kaye (as "Yokel Girl"), Glorianna King (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Dick Langdon (as "Doorman/Yokel Boy"), Kathryn Lazell (as "Yokel Girl"), Jeanette Lee (as "Yokel Girl"), Velma Lord (as "Yokel Girl"), Marion Lulling (as "Yokel Girl"), Alice Malteur (as "Yokel Girl"), Joan Mann (as "Yokel Girl"), Gloria Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Mary Joan Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Dorothy Matthews (as "Yokel Girl"), Maxine Moore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), F. Richard Moors (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Eddie Murray (as "Yokel Boy"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Yokel Boy"), Joseph Peterson (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Mark Plant (as "Blacksmith"), Frances Rands (as "Yokel Girl"), Ruth Rathbun (as "Marie/Yokel Girl"), Jack Richards (as "Another Gateman/Yokel Boy"), Tina Rigat (as "Yokel Girl"), Ralph Riggs (as "Cliff Hawkins"), Ben H. Roberts (as "Sheriff"), Renee Russell (as "Yokel Girl"), Louis Salmon (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Sid Salzer (as "Gateman/Yokel Boy"), Almira Sessions (as "Mrs. Hawkins"), Phil Shaw (as "Yokel Boy"), Donald Showalter (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Phil Silvers (as "Punko Parks") [Broadway debut], Helene Standish (as "Angelina Bouchet/Lady of the Ensemble"), Turnley Walker (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Harold Woodward (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Natalie Wynn (as "Yokel Girl"). Replacement actors: Irene Austin (as "Yokel Girl"), James Burrell [credited as James L.A. Burrell] (as "Spud") [final Broadway role], Peggy Conrad (as "Yokel Girl"), Evelyn Cooper (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jessie Fullam (as "Yokel Girl"), Bubbles Gordon (as "Yokel Girl"), Mildred Hamilton (as "Yokel Girl"). Produced by Lew Brown. Note: Filmed as Yokel Boy (1942).
- (1941) Stage Play: Banjo Eyes. Musical comedy. Music by Vernon Duke. Material by Joseph Quillan and Irving Elinson [credited as Izzy Elinson]. Lyrics by John La Touche. Additional lyrics by Harold Adamson. Based on "Three Men on a Horse" by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott. "We Did It Before" by Charles Tobias [final Broadway credit] and Cliff Friend. Orchestrations supervised by Domenico Savino. Music arranged by Domenico Savino and Charles L. Cooke. Vocal arrangements by Buck Warnick. The De Marco's arrangements by Alan Moran. Featuring songs by George Sumner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Directed by Hassard Short. Hollywood Theatre: 25 Dec 1941- 12 Apr 1942 (126 performances). Cast: Eddie Cantor (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), Ray Arnett, E.J. Blunkall, Betty Boyce, Norma Brown, Audrey Christie, June Clyde, Jimmy Corke, Kay Coulter, Ronnie Cunningham, Sally De Marco, Tony De Marco, Doris Dowling, Clark Eggleston (as "Boy") [final Broadway role], Carle Erbele, John Ervin, James Farrell, Florence Foster, Kate Friedlich, Chick Gagnon, Grace Gilren, Anne Graham, Arthur Grahl, Linda Griffeth, Miriam Gwinn, Ray Harrison, Doug Hawkins, Mitzi Haynes, Peggy Ann Holmes, Virginia Howe, Helene Hudson, Adele Jergens, Bill Johnson, Ray Johnson, Doris Kent, George Lovesee, Lynn, Royce, and Vanya, Lynn Malone, Rayford Malone, Joseph Malvin, Remi Martell, Ray Mayer, Morton Mayo (as "Banjo Eyes"), Virginia Mayo (as "Ginger, The Girl with "Banjo Eyes"), John McCord, Jack Nagle, Leona Olsen, George Richmond, Tina Rigat, Richard Rober, Sherry Shadburne, Phil Shafer, Billy Skipper Jr., Puddy Smith, Lionel Stander (as "Patsy"), Jacqueline Susann (as "Miss Clark"), Shirl Thomas, Marie Vanneman, Mimi Walthers, Ray Weamer, Evelyn Weiss, Audrey Westphal, Tommy Wonder, Margie Young. Produced by Albert Lewis.
- (1935) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Sketch Book. Musical comedy.
- (1938) Stage Play: Hellzapoppin' (The Screamlined Revue [Designed for Laughing]). Musical revue. Music by Sammy Fain and Charles Tobias. Book by Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Directed by Eddie Dowling. 46th Street Theatre (moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 26 Nov 1938- 23 Nov 1941 then to The Majestic Theatre on 25 Nov 1941- close): 22 Sep 1938- 17 Dec 1941 (1404 performances). Cast: Chic Johnson, Ole Olsen, Billy Adams, The Aloha Maids, Barto & Mann, Berg and Moore, The Charioteers, Bettymae Crane, Beverly Crane, Syd Dean, Ray Kinney, Walter Nilsson, J.C. Olsen, The Radio Rogues, Bonnie Reed, Mel Reed, Roberta & Ray, Hal Sherman, The Starlings, Dorothy Thomas, Shirley Wayne, Whitey's Steppers, June Winters. Replacement actors included: Mary Boland (as "Ensemle"), Jay C. Flippen, Renee Havel, Anne Middleton, Dolly Spence, Milton Stern. Produced by Olsen & Johnson and Lee & Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: (1) It's doubtful if audiences ever saw the same outrageous show exactly the same way twice, which became part of its appeal. It was the most popular show produced on pre-war Broadway. (2) Filmed by Mafair Productions [distributed by Universal Pictures] as Hellzapoppin' (1941).
- (1932) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music by Harold Arlen. Book by Jack McGowan. Lyrics by Ted Koehler. Additional dialogue by Eugene Conrad. Music orchestrated by Edward Powell. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Heyman, Haven Gillespie, Charles Tobias, Sidney Clare and Will Fyffe. Musical Direction by Ray Kavanaugh. Additional music by Richard Myers, Henry Tobias, Andre Renaud, Peter Tinturin and Will Fyffe. Dances by Ned McGurn. Scenic Design by Vincente Minnelli. Dialogue Staged by Edgar J. MacGregor. Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre: 27 Sep 1932- 10 Dec 1932 (97 performances). Cast: Audrey Arlington, Katheryn Becker, Milton Berle (as "Mortimer"), Hazel Brandt, Helen Broderick, Sylvia P. Brown, Helene Callahan, Claire Carter, The Celebrated Helen Jackson Girls, Earl Christie, Keith Clark, Andy Costello, Lester Crawford, Evelyn Crowell, Elizabeth Deignan, Betty Dell, Marcelle Edwards, Louise Estes, Rosalie Fromson, Will Fyffe, Kathaleen Gaughran, Mazie Gibson, Renee Goldberg, Dolores Grant, John Hale, Harriet Hoctor, Agatha Hoff, Ann Howard, Peggy Hunter, Josephine Huston, Flo Johnson, Eddie Jones, Evelyn Joslyn, Billy Joyce, Vivian Keefer, Elinor Keenan, Evelyn Kelly, Nelda Kincaid, Sybil Elaine Krinney, Fay Lytell, Martha Mackay, Ruth Mann, Helene Marano, Olive McLay, Cora Joyce Melnick, Ida Michaels, Jacqueline Mousette, Hazel Nevin, Gay Orlova, Betty Ann Pulis, Barbara Rand, André Randall, Hilda Regal, Andre Renaud, Lydia Resh, Lorna Rodionoff, Patricia Roe, Martin Roses, Ubaldo Russo, Bruno Sarti, Lillian Shade, Euna Sinnott, Phylis Ann Slattery, Ruth Snyder, Bill Spears, Edwin Styles, Betty Sundmark, Anna Taranda, Marion Volk, Max Wall, Beryl Wallace (as "Ray Kavanaugh's Vanities Band"/"Girl"/"Mourning Becomes Impossible"/"Beryl"/"Gossip"/"Second Girl"/"The Hospital"/"Publisher's Daughter"/"A Street in Vienna"/"Spanish Girl"), Flo Ward, Teddy Wilson. Production Conceived and Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1929) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Sketch Book. Musical comedy. Music and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney. Material by Earl Carroll, Sidney Skolsky and Eddie Cantor. Conceived by Earl Carroll. Additional text by Eddie Welch. Additional numbers by Billy Rose, Vincent Rose, Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias, Benny Davis, Ted Snyder, Renee Russell, Charles L. Sansone, Irving Kahal, Arnold Johnson, Jean Hubert, Irving Actman and Abner Silver. Music orchestration by Domenico Savino. Production Supervised by Earl Carroll. Choreography by LeRoy Prinz. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Earl Carroll Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 30 Sep 1929- Mar 1930, then moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 10 Mar 1930- close): 1 Jul 1929- 7 Jun 1930 (392 performances). Cast: Irene Ahlberg, Eleanor Ahren, Violet Arnold, Faith Bacon, Harry Blue, Dorothy Britton, Marian Carew, Dorothy Carroll, Slim Cavanaugh, Catherine Clark, Elsie Connor, Evelyn Crowell, Janet Currie, Nancy Decker, Frances Delacy, William Demarest (in "Ensemble"), Grace Du Faye, Sammy Duncan, Carlton Emmy, Maryjo Engers, Ann Faye, Collette Francis, Dorothea Frank, Estelle Fratus, Louise Garnett, Bob Geraghty, George Givot, Marion Harcke, Angeline Hassel, Eileen Healy, Don Howard, Bert Jason, Renee Johnson, Frances Joyce, Margaret Joyce, Henrietta Kay, Patsy Kelly, Nelda Kincaid, Will Mahoney, Mary Masher, Vera Milton, Odessa Morgan, Marion O'Day, Omar, Catherine O'Neil, Irma Philbin, Peggy Purcell, Blanche Reeves, Bob Robson, Etna Ross, Winifred Starr, Rita Stone, Three Sailors, Phelps Twins, Beryl Wallace, Flo Ward, Eileen Wenzel, Diana White, Vivian Wilson, Coly Worth, Gracie Worth. Produced by Earl Carroll.
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