- (1897 - 1928) Active on Broadway (as a stage actor, theatre owner, albeit briefly, of the small 300-seat Princess Theatre at 104 W 39th St, New York--built in 1913 by Blinn and producer F. Ray Comstock to specialize in short plays. This idea soon proved a failure and Blinn sold his interest shortly after the business model changed; the theatre closed in 1926 and was torn down in 1955; he also worked as a film producer) in the following productions:
- (1897) Stage Play: The Cat and the Cherub. Melodrama. Written by Chester Bailey Fernald; Featuring songs by Edgar Stillman Kelley. Olympia Theatre: Lyric: 1 Sep 1897- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Ruth Benson (as "Ah Yoi"), Holbrook Blinn (as "Wing Shee") [Broadway debut], Richard Ganthony (as "Chim Fang"), Edward Morrison (as "Wing Sun Luey").
- (1900) Stage Play: Ib and Little Christina [played in rotation with The Husbands of Leontine]. Comedy. Written by Basil Hood. Based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Direced by Joseph Humphreys. Hoyt's Theatre: 8 Sep 1900- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Holbrook Blinn, Jennie Eustace, Master Lores Grimm, Violet Holliday, James Kearney, May Lambert, Percy Lyndal, Jay Wilson.
- (1901) Stage Play: To Have and to Hold. Drama. Written by E.F. Boddington. Directed by Edward E. Rose. Knickerbocker Theatre: 4 Mar 1901- Apr 1901 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Lottie Alter, Holbrook Blinn (as "Lord Carnal"), Robert Broderick, J.M. Colville, Dore Davidson, Cecil B. DeMille, Richard Disney, Wallace Erskine, John Findlay, George Forbes, Isabel Garrison, Sidney Herbert, Maud Hosford, Isabel Irving, N.L. Jelenko, Seth Miller Kent, Harry Lewis, Robert Loraine [Broadway debut], Claire McDowell, Etta Morris, Florence Robinson, Carl St. Aubyn, Charles Walcott, Joseph A. Weber. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Duchess of Dantzic. Musical/operetta/romance. Music by Ivan Caryll. Book and lyrics by Henry Hamilton. from "Madame Sans Gene" by Victorien Sardou and 'Emile Moreau'. Musical Director: Barter Johns. Featuring songs with lyrics by Adrian Ross. Choreographed by Willie Warde. Directed by Holbrook Blinn. Daly's Theatre: 16 Jan 1905- 15 Apr 1905 (93 performances). Cast: Adrienne Augarde (as "Renee de Saint Mezard"), Holbrook Blinn (as "Napoleon Bonaparte/Napoleon I"), Philip H. Bracy (as "Capt. Reignier/M. D'Alegre"), Helena Byrne (as "Mathilde/Comtesse de Laborde"), Cecil Cameron (as "M. De Montmorenci"), Evelyn Cottee (as "Jacqueline/Mme. de Chatel"), Ridgwell Cullum (as "Comte de Narbonne"), A.J. Evelyn (as "Sgt. Flageot"), Elizabeth Firth (as "Caroline Murat"), Ethel Forsyth (as "Mme. de Beauffremont/Therese"), May Francis (as "Lisette"), Mary Grant (as "Pauline"), Evie Greene (as "Catherine Upscher"), Frank Greene (as "Cpl. Gildon/Comte de Chanteloup"), Martin Hayden (as "Comte de Laborde"), Grace Heyer (as "Empress Josephine"), Agnes Matz (as "Louise/Mlle. de Legrange"), Courtice Pounds (as "Papillon"), Lempriere Pringle (as "Sgt. Francoise Lefebvre"), Lawrence Rea (as "Phillipe/Adhemar"). Produced by George Edwardes.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Clansman. Comedy/drama. Incidental music by Max Schmidt. Written by Thomas Dixon Jr. Direced by Frank Hatch. Liberty Theatre: 8 Jan 1906- Feb 1906 (closing date unknown/51 performances). Cast: Sydney Ayers, Grena Bennett, Holbrook Blinn, J.F. Chaille, Gretchen Dale, Robert Gibson, M.J. Gordon, James Grady, Ruth Hart, Samuel Hyams, John B. Hymer, George Bee Jackson, DeWitt Jennings, Fred Kley, Jeffreys Lewis, Albert Lovern, Jeanne Madeira, Harry Mainhall, J.E. Miller, John Nichols, Henry Riley, James J. Ryan, Grayce Scott, Francis Shannon, Abner H. Symmons, Austin Webb, Georgia Welles, Joseph Wheelock Jr., Joseph Woodburn, Murray Woods. Produced by George H. Brennan.
- (1906) Stage Play: Man and His Angel. Drama. Written by Stanley Dark. Directed by Holbrook Blinn. Hackett Theatre: 18 Sep 1906- Sep 1906 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Ruth Benson, Holbrook Blinn, Alice Butler, Mabel Crawley, Alexander Frank, Frank Gilmore, Charles Hayne, Arthur R. Lawrence, Charles Martin, Frances Ring, Norman Tharp, Fred Tyler, James Watson. Produced by Edward A. Braden.
- (1907) Stage Play: Salomy Jane. Melodrama/romance. Written by Paul Armstrong. Based on "Salomy Jane's Kiss" by Bret Harte. Directed by Hugh Ford. Liberty Theatre: 19 Jan 1907- 4 May 1907 (122 performances). Cast: Ruth Abbott Wells, Holbrook Blinn, Earl Browne, Ralph Delmore, Ada Dwyer, Reuben Fax, Frances Golden Fuller, Master Donald Gallaher, Henry Harmon, Eleanor Robson Belmont[credited as Eleanor Robson] (as "Salomy Jane"), James Seeley, Horace Vinton, H.B. Warner, Stephen Wright. Produced by Liebler & Co. Note: Filmed by California Motion Picture Corporation [distributed by Alco Film Corporation] as Salomy Jane (1914), by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Salomy Jane (1923), and by Fox Film Corporation as Wild Girl (1932).
- (1907) Stage Play: Merely Mary Ann. Comedy (revival).
- (1907) Stage Play: The Shirkers.
- (1907) Stage Play: Candida. Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Berkeley Lyceum Theatre: 11 Dec 1907- Jan 1908 (closing date unknown/30 performances). Cast: Holbrook Blinn (as "The Rev. James Mavor Morell"), Harold M. Cheshire, Arnold Daly, Herbert Standing, Helen Ware, Margaret Wycherly (as "Candida"). Produced by Arnold Daly Repertory.
- (1908) Stage Play: Salvation Nell. Drama.
- (1910) Stage Play: Pillars of Society (Revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Lyceum Theatre: 28 Mar 1910- Apr 1910 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Holbrook Blinn (as "Karsten Bernick"), Wilfred Buckland (as "Vigeland"), Cyril Chadwick (as "Hilmar Tonnesen"), Mrs. Fiske (as "Lona Hessel"), T.N. Heffron (as "Sandstad"), Alice John (as "Martha Bernick"), Gregory Kelly (as "Olaf"), Virginia Kline (as "Mrs. Bernick"), Sheldon Lewis (as "Aune"), Edward MacKay (as "Johan Tonnesen"), Merle Maddern (as "Dina Dorf"), Veda McEvers (as "Mrs. Lynge"), Fuller Mellish (as "Rummel"), Mabel Reed (as "Mrs. Rummel"), Henry Stephenson (as "Dr. Rorlund"), R.W. Tucker (as "Krap"), Helena Van Brugh (as "Hilda Rummel"). Produced by Harrison Grey Fiske.
- (1910) Stage Play: Hannele. Written by Gerhart Hauptmann. Translated by Mary J. Saffird. Lyceum Theatre: 11 Apr 1910- Apr 1910 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Florine Arnold, Holbrook Blinn, Wilfred Buckland, Mrs. Fiske, T.N. Heffron, Alice John, Virginia Kline, Sheldon Lewis, Edward MacKay, Merle Maddern, Veda McEvers, Fuller Mellish, Mabel Reed, Paul Scardon, Henry Stephenson, R.W. Tucker, Helena Van Brugh. Produced by Harrison Grey Fiske.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Green Cockatoo. Written by Arthur Schnitzler. Translated by Philip Little and George Rublee. Lyceum Theatre: 11 Apr 1910- Apr 1910 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Holbrook Blinn, Wilfred Buckland, Cyril Chadwick, Alice John, Gregory Kelly, Sheldon Lewis, Edward MacKay, Merle Maddern, Harold Matthews, Veda McEvers, Owen Meech, Fuller Mellish, Robert Owen, Paul Scardon, Henry Stephenson, R.W. Tucker, Helena Van Brugh. Produced by Harrison Grey Fiske.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Boss. Drama. Written by Edward Sheldon. Directed by Holbrook Blinn and William A. Brady. Astor Theatre: 30 Jan 1911- Apr 1911 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: Ruth Benson, Holbrook Blinn (as "Michael Regan"), Miss Celia, J. Hammond Dailey, Wilmer Dame, Howard Estabrook (as "Donald Griswold"), Kenneth Hill, Frank Julian, H.A. La Motte, James MacDonald, Henry Sargent, Frank Sheridan, Emily Stevens (as "Emily Griswold"), John M. Troughton, Henry Weaver (as "James Griswold"), H.G. Weir, Rose Wincott.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Lights o' London (Revival). Written by George R. Sims. Lyric Theatre: 1 May 1911- May 1911 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: William Betts, Holbrook Blinn, James Bobst, Clarice Burke, William Courtenay, Harry Davies, Clara Davis, Lawrence D'Orsay, Edward Emery, Douglas Fairbanks, John Fenton, George Flagg, C.E. Harris, Josie Hayward, Doris Keane, Harry Lane, Edward Le Hay, Amy Meers, Sidney Ray Melven, Edward Morris, Frank Purvis, Charles Richman, Thomas Q. Seabrooke, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1912) Stage Play: Within the Law.
- (1913) Stage Play: A Tragedy of the Future.
- (1913) Stage Play: Any Night. Written by Edward Ellis. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (closing date unknown/115 performances). Cast: Unknown. Produced by The Princess Players and Holbrook Blinn.
- (1913) Stage Play: Fancy Free. Written by Stanley Houghton. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (closing date unknown/115 performances; played in repertory with "The Switchboard", "Fear", "Any Night", "A Tragedy of the Future"). Cast: Unknown. Co-produced by The Princess Players.
- (1913) Stage Play: Fear. Written by H.R. Le Normand and Jean D'Auguzan. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (115 performances/production played in repertory with The Switchboard, Fancy Free, Any Night, A Tragedy of the Future). Cast: Unknown. Produced by The Princess Players and Holbrook Blinn
- (1913) Stage Play: The Switchboard. Written by Edgar Wallace. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (115 performances/production played in repertory with Fear, Fancy Free, Any Night, A Tragedy of the Future). Cast: Holbrook Blinn, Edward Ellis, Harrison Ford, Fanny Hartz, Willette Kershaw, Francine Larrimore, Bennett Musson, Georgia O'Ramey, Purnell Pratt, John Stokes, Vaughan Trevor. Produced by The Princess Players and Holbrook Blinn.
- (1913) Stage Play: Food. Written by 'William C. De Mille'. Princess Theatre: 14 Mar 1913- Jun 1913 (unknown performances). Cast: Edward Ellis, Fanny Hartz, John Stokes. Note: Mr. Blinn owned the Princess Theatre but likely did not have any direct involvement with this production.
- (1913) Stage Play: A Pair of White Gloves. Written by Andre De Lorde and Pierre Chaine. Princess Theatre: 27 Sep 1913- unknown/unknown performances/played in repertory with Hari-Kari, The Neglected Lady, The Hard Man). Cast: Master Alverez, Wayne Arey, Ruth Benson, Holbrook Blinn, Nellie Boland, Nan Campbell, Edward Ellis, Vera Finlay, Willette Kershaw, Charles Mather [Broadway debut], Harry Mestayer, William J. O'Neil, Georgia O'Ramey, Emilie Polini, Blanche Roland, Vaughan Trevor. Produced by The Princess Players.
- (1914) Stage Play: Phipps (Revival/played in repertory with The Forest of Happy Dreams, The Cat and the Cherub, The Goal, Little Face, The Denial, The Fog, Nettie, Across the Border). Written by Stanley Houghton [posthumous credit]. Princess Theatre: 17 Oct 1914- 2 Jan 1915 (unknown performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews, Ruth Benson, Holbrook Blinn, Lewis Edgard, W.H. Gilmore, Marie Hassell, Gladys Hill, Master Kauffman, Benjamin Kause, Walter Kingsford, Mitchell Lewis, Harry Mestayer, Jean Murdock, Emilie Polini, Geoffrey C. Stein, Vaughan Trevor. Produced by The Princess Players.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Cat and the Cherub (Revival).
- (1915) Stage Play: The Trap. Written by Richard Harding Davis and Jules Eckert Goodman. Booth Theatre: 19 Feb 1915- Mar 1915 (closing date unknown/27 performances). Cast: George Berline, Holbrook Blinn, Frederick Burton, Elaine Hammerstein, Martha Hedman, Tully Marshall [final Broadway role], David Powell, Robert Wayne, Albert Wolfe. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1915) Stage Play: Moloch. Written by Beulah Marie Dix. New Amsterdam Theatre: 20 Sep 1915- Oct 1915 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Lillian Albertson, Cornish Beck, Ruth Benson, Holbrook Blinn, Paul A. Bliss, Edwin Brandt, Sidney D. Carlyle, Richard Dupont, Jules A. Ferrar, Paul Gordon, Creighton Hale, Rosina Henley, Laura Iverson, Thomas Wigney Percyval, Louise Rutter, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1916) Stage Play: A Woman of No Importance (Revival). Written by Oscar Wilde. Fulton Theatre: 24 Apr 1916- Jun 1916 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Margaret Anglin, Carolyn Darling, Annie Hughes, Ralph Kemmett, George Le Guere, Alice Lindahl, Max Montesole, Ottola Nesmith, Lionel Pape, Fanny Addison Pitt, Ivan F. Simpson, Marguerite St. John, Richard Temple, George Thorne. Produced by The Estate of Henry B. Harris and Margaret Anglin.
- (1917) Stage Play: If. Written by Mark Swan. Fulton Theatre: 7 Feb 1917- Feb 1917 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Ruth Benson, Walter Carter, Edward Colebrook [Broadway debut], Peter Craig, Taylor Graves, Arthur Hyman, Ben Johnson, Arthur M. Loewy, Bert Lytell, Charles MacKay, Floy Murray, George Probert, Forrest Robinson, Reggie Sheffield, Sidney Shields. Produced by Holbrook Blinn and James Shesgreen.
- (1917) Stage Play: L'Elevation.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Lady of the Camellias. Written by Alexandre Dumas. Empire Theatre: 24 Dec 1917- Feb 1918 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Herbert Ayling (as "The Old Year") [final Broadway role], Ethel Barrymore (as "Marguerite Gautier"), Holbrook Blinn (as "George Duval"), Charles F. Coghlan, Rose Coghlan, Wallace Erskine (as "Dr. Guerin"), Mary Hampton, Percy Marmount, Leonard Mudie (as "Gaston Rieux"), Douglas Paterson, Allen Ramsey, Maxwell Ryder, Conway Tearle (as "Armand Duval"), John M. Thoughton, Charles Wallace, Mary Worth. Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1918) Stage Play: Getting Together.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Bad Man. Comedy/satire. Written by Porter Emerson Browne [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Comedy Theatre: 30 Aug 1920- Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/342 performances). Cast: James H. Bell (as "Venustiano"), Frank Bixby (as "A Mexican Cook"), Holbrook Blinn (as "Pancho Lopez"), Frances Carson (as "Lucia Pell"), Chief Whitehawk (as "Alvarado"), Frank Conroy (as "Gilbert Jones"), James A. Devine (as "Henry Smith"), Charles Gibney (as "Bradley"), John Harrington (as "Red Giddings"), Herbert Heywood (as "Pedro"), Edna Hibbard (as "Angela Hardy"), Indian Joe (as "Felip"), James B. Lenhart (as "Blake"), Wilson Reynolds (as "Jasper Hardy"), Fred Tiden [credited as Fred L. Tiden] (as "Morgan Pel"). Produced by William H. Harris Jr. Note: Filmed by Edwin Carewe Productions [distributed by Associated First National Pictures] as The Bad Man (1923), by First National Pictures [as a First National-Vitaphone Picture, controlled by Warner Bros.] as The Bad Man (1930), and by MGM as The Bad Man (1941) as a Wallace Beery vehicle.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Bad Man. Comedy.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Challenge. Drama.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Dove. Melodrama. Written by Willard Mack. Based on the story, "The Blue Ribbon" by Gerald Beaumont. Directed by David Belasco. Empire Theatre: 11 Feb 1925- 10 May 1925 (101 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson (as "Dolores Romero"), Beatrice Banyard (as "Maybelle"), Holbrook Blinn (as "Don Jose Maria Lopez y Tostado"), Betty Brenska (as "Anita"), F. du Chaillu-Dalton (as "Captain of Military Police"), Dorothy Day (as "Juanita"), Ruth Dayton (as "Madge"), Josephine Deffry (as "Madame Doublechin"), Helene Handin (as "Louise"), William Harrigan (as "Johnny Powell"), John Harrington (as "Pancho Gonzales"), Rachel Hunter (as "Flora Ray"), James Keane (as "Floorman at Brayfield's"), Sam Kim (as "A Chinaman"), Vanita La Nier (as "Bertha"), Julia McCabe (as "Annabell Flores"), Earle Mitchell (as "Garcia"), William Norris (as "Little Bill"), Mignon Ranseer (as "Anita"), Wilson Reynolds (as "John Boise"), Susanna Rossi (as "Myra"), Billie Rudell (as "Marie"), Sidney Toler (as "Mike Morowich"), Betty Welsh (as "Cigarette Girl"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by The Norma Talmadge Film Corp. [distributed by United Artists] as The Dove (1927) [film partially lost], by RKO Radio Pictures as Girl of the Rio (1932) and by RKO Radio Pictures as The Girl and the Gambler (1939).
- (1925) Stage Play: The Dove. Melodrama [return engagement]. Written by Willard Mack. Based a story by Gerald Beaumont. Directed by David Belasco. Empire Theatre: 24 Aug 1925- Oct 1925 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson (as "Dolores Romero"), Holbrook Blinn (as "Don Jose Maria Lopez y Tostado"), Betty Brenska (as "Louise/Clarita"), F. du Chaillu-Dalton (as "Captain of Military Police"), John Clemence (as "Slim"), Richard Cubitt (as "Bartender"), Grace Culbert (as "Maybelle"), Dorothy Day (as "Marie/Juanita"), Ruth Dayton (as "Madge"), Josephine Deffry (as "Madame Doublechin"), Isobel del Rey (as "Lolita"), Yvonne D'Or (as "Cigarette Girl/Isabell"), William Harrigan (as "Johnny Powell"), Rachel Hunter (as "Flora Ray"), Albert Hyde (as "Cashier"), James Keane (as "Floorman at Brayfield's"), Edward Kelly (as "A Mexican Cowboy"), Vanita La Nier (as "Bertha"), William E. Lemuels (as "Pancho Gonzales"), Lucille Lortel (as "Inez"), Julia McCabe (as "Annabell Flores"), William Norris (as "Little Bill"), Mignon Ranseer (as "Anita"), Wilson Reynolds (as "Captain of Military Police"), Susanna Rossi (as "Myra"), John Wheeler (as "Mike Morowich"), Paul Wilson (as "The Bouncer"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by The Norma Talmadge Film Corp. [distributed by United Artists] as The Dove (1927) [film partially lost], by RKO Radio Pictures as Girl of the Rio (1932) and by RKO Radio Pictures as The Girl and the Gambler (1939).
- (1926) Stage Play: The Play's The Thing. Comedy. Written by Ferenc Molnár. Book adapted by P.G. Wodehouse. Directed by Holbrook Blinn. Henry Miller's Theatre: 3 Nov 1926- Aug 1927 (closing date unknown/326 performances). Cast: Claude Allister (as "Mr. Mell"), Holbrook Blinn (as "Sandor Turai"), Edward Crandall (as "Albert Adam"), Hubert Druce (as "Mansky"), John Gerard (as "Lackey"), Stephen Kendal (as "Lackey"), Ralph Nairn (as "Johann Dwornitschek, A Footman"), Catherine Dale Owen (as "Ilona Szabo"), Reginald Owen (as "Almady"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
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