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Stage: Played the role of Tony Mako in the original Broadway production of Norman Krasna's play "The Small Miracle" (no relation to the famous Paul Gallico story). The play was subsequently filmed as Four Hours to Kill! (1935).

Grand Hotel (1930). Drama. Written by W.A. Drake. From the German of Vicki Baum. Assistant Director: Fritz Feld. Directed by Herman Shumlin. National Theatre: 13 Nov 1930- Dec 1931 (closing date unknown/459 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Flaemmchen"), Lester Alden, Walter Baldwin (as "Desk Clerk"), Audrey Bauer, Romaine Callender, Fred Eckhart, Harry Hanlon, Stephen Irving, Sam Jaffe (as "Kringelein"), Eugenie Leontovich, Richard Lloyd, William Nunn, Raffaella Ottiano, Florence Pendleton, Clarence Rock, Sig Ruman (as "Preysing"), 'Harry D. Southard Justice Zinnowitz"), Joseph Calleia (as "Chauffeur") (credited as Joseph Spurin-Calleia), Frank W. Taylor, Albert Dekker (as "Baron von Gaigern") (credited as Albert Van Dekker), Walter Vonnegut. Produced by Herman Shumlin. Produced in association with Harry Moses. Notes: Joseph Calleia also served as the production's General Stage Manager with Walter Baldwin as Stage Manager. Produced by MGM as Grand Hotel (1932) as a lavish star-studded production. It became a huge hit.

Ten Minute Alibi (1933). Mystery. Written by Anthony Armstrong. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 17 Oct 1933- Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/89 performances). Cast: Sebastian Braggiotti, Reynolds Denniston, Bramwell Fletcher (as "Colin Derwent"), Joseph Calleia (as "Hunter"), Daphne Warren-Wilson, John Williams (as "Sergeant Brace"), Oswald Yorke. Produced by Crosby Gaige and Lee Shubert.

Broadway (1926). Drama. Written by Phillip Dunning and George Abbott. Directed by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. Broadhurst Theatre: 16 Sep 1926- 11 Feb 1928 (603 performances). Cast: Constance Brown, Sylvia Field (as "Billie Moore"), William Foran, Robert Gleckler (as "Steve Crandall"), Thomas E. Jackson (as "Dan McCorn"), Roy R. Lloyd, Millard Mitchell (as "Larry"), Paul Porcasi (as "Nick Verdis") [final Broadway role], Ann Preston, Molly Ricardel, Henry Sherwood, Joseph Calleia (as "Joe, a waiter") [credited as Joseph Spurin-Calleia], Eloise Stream, Lee Tracy (as "Roy Lane"), Edith Van Cleve, Frank Verigun, Mildred Wall, Clare Woodbury, John Wray. Produced by Jed Harris.

The Front Page (1928). Comedy. Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Times Square Theatre: 14 Aug 1928- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/276 performances). Cast: Walter Baldwin (as "Bensinger, of The Tribune"), George Barbier (as "The Mayor"), Violet Barney, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Diamond Louis"), Frank Conlan, Claude Cooper (as "Sheriff Hartman"), Jessie Crommette, Matthew Crowley, Larry Doyle, George Fleming, William Foran, Frances Fuller, Allen Jenkins (as "Endicott, of The Post"), George Leach, Osgood Perkins (as "Walter Burns"), Willard Robertson, Joseph Calleia (as "Kruger, of The Journal of Commerce"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Mollie Malloy"), Lee Tracy (as "Hildy Johnson, of The Herald Examiner"), Carrie Weller, Gene West, Jay Wilson, Vincent York (as "Wilson, of The American"), Tammany Young (as "Schwartz, of The Daily News"). Produced by Jed Harris. Produced on film as The Front Page (1931).

The Last Mile (1930). Tragedy. Written by John Wexley. Directed by Chester Erskine. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 13 Feb 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/289 performances). Cast: Richard Abbott (as "Harris"), James Bell (as "Richard Walters"), Clarence Chase (as "Evangelist"), Don Costello (as "Drake"), Orville Harris (as "Peddie"), Herbert Heywood (as "O'Flaherty"), George Leach (as "Eddie Werner"), Bruce MacFarlane (as "Frost", Hale Norcross (as "Red Kirby"), Henry O'Neill (as "Father O'Connors"), Howard Phillips (as "Fred Mayor"), Joseph Calleia (as "Tom D'Amoro"), Ralph Theodore (as "Principal Keeper Callahan"), Spencer Tracy (as "John Mears"), Albert West (as "Brooks"), Ernest Whitman (as "Vincent Jackson"). Produced by Herman Shumlin. Note: Produced on film as All the World Wondered (1932) by KBS Productions.

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