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Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Sinbad (1918). Musical. Book by Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Musical Numbers Arranged by: Jack Mason. Additional music by Al Jolson, Jean Schwartz, Harry Tierney, J. Turner Layton and Albert Gumble. Additional lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Al Bryan, Jack Yellen, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Henry Creamer and Irving Caesar. Orchestra under the direction of Oscar Radin. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt, P. Dodd Ackerman, John H. Young and Ernest Gros. Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy, Homer Conant and Samuel Zalud. Ballets Arranged by: Alexis Kosloff. Directed by James C. Huffman and Jacob J. Shubert. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre (2 Sep 1918- Oct 1918, then moved to The Casino Theatre from 14 Oct 1918- Nov 1918, then moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 11 Nov 1918 to Feb 1919, then moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 10 Feb 1919 to close): 14 Feb 1918- 29 Mar 1919 (404 performances). Cast: Al Jolson (as "Gus"), Roshanara, Jane Adams, Franklyn Baite, George Baker, May Belle, Doris Benham, John Berkes (as "Tapem/Johnny"), Molly Boulais, Rose Boulais, Virginia Fox Brooks, Dorothy Bruce, Dot Bryant, Milus Carpenter, Viola Clarens, Beatrice Cloak, Mabel Cloud, Hazel Cox, Kitty Doner, Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Stephen Gilwater/The King of Serendib"), Gertrude Doyle, Florence Elmore, Edgar Atchinson, Constance Farber, Irene Farber, Margaret Ferguson, Flo Flandreaux, Ella Foster, Inez Francis, Eleanore Franke, Pearl Germond, Mattie Gormley, Frank Grace, Ona Hamilton, Rae Hartley, Van Buren Hartman, Frank Holmes, Kitty Holton, Forrest Huff, Mildred Kaye, Harry Kearley, John Kearney, Grace Keeshon, Alexis Kosloff (as "Veritas/El Orient"), Mildred La Gue, Elsie LaMont, Grace Langdon, Jack Laughlin, Eleanor Leigh, Lois Leigh, Henry LeVoy, Marie Lorillard, Charlotte Marmont, Billy Marr, Bob McClellan, Barbara McCree, Vera Mercer, Irene Mitchell, Marion Mooney, Jean Morgan, Evangeline Murray, Edith Pierce, Lorrelda Poppanny, Peggy Purtell, Trixie Raymond, Yvette Reals, Jessie Reed, Gertrude Reynolds, Wade Riesemy, Beatrice Seymour, Billie Sheridan, Rheba Stewart, Marian Stokes, Mae Terresfield, Jean Thomas, George Thornton, Betty Touraine, Jean Troupman, Jean Troutman, Fay Tunis, Thelma Turnball, Alice Van Ryker, Fritzi Von Busing, Chandler Waldo, Richard Warner, Grace Washburn. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

Follow the Girl (1918). Musical comedy.

Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 (1918). Musical revue. Music by Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Book by Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck. Lyrics by Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck. Interpolations by: Irving Berlin and Victor Jacobi. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Featuring songs with lyrics by Bud G. DeSylva, Arthur Jackson, Harry Ruby, Eddie Cantor, Sidney D Mitchell and Edgar Leslie. Featuring songs by Buddy G. DeSylva, Arthur Jackson, Harry Ruby, Eddie Cantor, Archie Gottler and Edgar Leslie. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by Schneider-Anderson Company. Lighting Design by Ben Beerwald. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre (moved to The Globe Theatre from 7 Oct 1918 to close): 18 Jun 1918- unknown (note: although exact closing date is unknown it is estimated to be on or near 5 Nov 1918/151 performances). Cast: Marie Ahearn, Miss Allo, Florence Atkinson, Miss Baker, Helen Barnes, Miss Baron, Miss Barrett, Leonard Barton, Miss Bell, Dorothy Betts, Miss Blue, John Blue, Katherine Brady, Alma Braham, Jay Brennan, Eddie Cantor, Frank Carter, Viola Clarens, Mr. Cody, Florence Cripps, Mr. Davis, Rose Dolores, Doris Eaton, Sylvia Ellias, Carolyn Erwin, Miss Evans, The Fairbanks Twins, Miss Farnworth, Gladys Feldman, W.C. Fields, Miss Fiore, Joe Frisco, Pauline Hall, Minnie Harrison, Edith Hawes, Annette Herbert, Mr. Hicks, Clay Hill, Miss. Jordan, Harry Kelly, Allyn King, Miss LaBarre, Charlotte LaGrande, Nancy Larned, Kay Laurell, Miss Mack, Martha Mansfield, Miss Masso, Miss Mathewes, Lillian McKenzie, Muriel Miles, Miss D. Miller, Marilyn Miller, Gus Minton, Miss Morton, Irene Nilson, Olive Osborne, Peter Ostrander, Bee Palmer, Ann Pennington, Kathryn Perry, Miss Pompan, Miss Poole, Miss Reed, Miss Reynolds, Dorothy Richardson, Mildred Richardson, Billie Ritchie, Miss Robinson, Mr. Rogers, Will Rogers, Julia Ross, Miles Rubins, Theresa Rubins, Miss Savage, Bert Savoy, Mildred Shelly, Heloise Sheppard, Mr. Smith, Miss Swayne, Miss V. Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Miss Thropp, Miss Ullman, Lottie Vernon, Mr. Vickers, Agnes Virginia, Marie Wallace, Miss Walsh, Hazel Washburn, Mry Washburn, Martha Wood, Mr. Young, K. Addison Young, Carol Young, Virginia Young, Gladys Zielian. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Good Morning, Judge (1919). Musical.

La, La, Lucille (1919). Musical/farce.

Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" (1919). Musical revue.

The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 (1920). Musical revue. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane. Book by Thomas J. Gray. Lyrics by John Murray Anderson and Arthur Swanstrom. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by A.C. Columbo and Mornay D. Helm. Featuring songs by Louis Silvers, James F. Hanley, 'Albert Von Tilzer' and Johnny Black. Featuring songs with lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Joe Goodwin, Lew Brown, Murray Roth, Howard Johnson and Cliff Hess. Scenic Design by Robert Locher and James Reynolds. Choreographed by Jack Manning. Directed by John Murray Anderson. Greenwich Village Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 20 Sep 1920- close): 30 Aug 1920- 5 Mar 1921 (217 performances). Cast: Dorothy Arnold, Ivan Bankoff, Mary Bay, Agnes Brady, Jay Brennan, Olive Brower, Florence Browne, Mona Celeste, James Clemons, Anna Mae Clift, Collins & Hart, Frank Crumit, Cyrena Dahl, Margaret Davies, Florence Elmore, Constance Farber, Irene Farber, Eugene Fosdick, Alden Gay, Harriet Gimbel, Lou Gorey, Edward Graham, Doris Green, Hap Hadley, Ford Hanford, Helen Jesmer, Allyn Joslyn, Mary Lewis, Betty Linn, Frances Mann, Mildred Mann, Howard Marsh, Peggy Matthews, Pee Wee Meyers, Florence Normand, Elizabeth North, Mlle. Phebe, Maurice Quinlivan, Bert Savoy, Margaret Severn, Sybil Stokes, Janet Stone, Martha Throop, Marie Tudar, Marie Voorhees, Helen Lee Worthing, Olga Ziceva. Produced by The Bohemians, Inc. and John Murray Anderson.

Sally (1920). Musical comedy. Music: Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert. Book by Guy Bolton. Lyrics: Clifford Grey, P.G. Wodehouse. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by Alice O'Neil. Directed by Edward Royce. New Amsterdam Theatre: 21 Dec 1920- 22 Apr 1922 (561 performances). Cast: Leon Errol (as "Connie/A Waiter at the Alley Inn/ Duke of Czechogovinio"), Marilyn Miller (as "Sally of the Alley/A Foundling/Mme. Nookerova/A Wild Rose/Premiere Star of the Follies"), Baby Dot, Alice Akers, Frank Bages, Jack Barker, Earl Barroy, Minerva Bartz, Wade Boothe, Alma Braham, Walter Catlett (as "Otis Hooper, A Theatrical Agent"), Agatha DeBussy, Barbara Dean, Dolores, Emily Drange, Dorothy Fenron, Irving Fisher, Miss Freeland, Mary Hay, Alfred P. James, Alta King, Frank Kingdon (as "Richard Farquar"), Sylvia Kingsley, Miss Maide, Mary McDonald, Gladys Montgomery, Rita Murphy, Henrietta Orville, Virginia Otis, Jacques Rebiroff, Stanley Ridges (as "Jimmie Spelvin"), Phil Ryley, Sonia Shand, Billie Stanfield, Dolly Tigue, Shirley Vernon, Vivian Vernon, Blossom Vreeland, Betty Williams. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

The Broadway Whirl (1921). Musical revue. Music by Harry Tierney and George Gershwin. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Joseph McCarthy, Richard Carle and John Henry Mears. Sketches by Thomas J. Gray. Musical Director: William Lorraine. Additional music by Henry Burr, Ray Perkins, E.S. Hutchinson, F. Henri and Wyman. Additional lyrics by Jack Frost, J. Hershkowitz. Directed by Bert French. Times Square Theatre (moved to The Selwyn Theatre from 8 Aug 1921- close): 8 Jun 1921- 20 Aug 1921 (85 performances). Cast: Abbott Adams, Dorothy Addison, Thelma Addison, Lucille Ballentine, Jean Barrett, Jean Benton, Virginia Birmingham, Joan Broadhurst, Mildred Brown, Leslie Burnett, Edith May Capes, Richard Carle, Dolly Casner, Grace Cronin, Norma Dale, Marjorie Finley, Warner Gault, Jay Gould, Sylvia Highton, Janet Sisters, Florence Kraemer, Hallie Manning, Maxon & Brown, Eppa Mona, Agnes Morrisey, Eleanor Reedy, Blanche Ring, Marguerite Ross, Carol Seidler, Mabel Stanford, Charles Winninger, Winona Winter. Produced by Artists' Producers Corporation.

Sally (1923). Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern and Victor Herbert. Material by Guy Bolton. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Lyrics for "Look For the Silver Lining" by Buddy G. DeSylva. Directed by Edward Royce. New Amsterdam Theatre: 21 Dec 1920- 22 Apr 1922 (561 performances). Cast: Alice Akers, Frank Bages, Jack Barker, Earl Barroy, Minerva Bartz, Wade Boothe, Alma Braham, Walter Catlett (as "Otis Hooper"), Agatha DeBussy, Barbara Dean, Dolores, Emily Drange, Leon Errol (as "Connie"), Dorothy Fenron, Irving Fisher, Mary Hay, Alfred P. James, Alta King, Frank Kingdon (as "Richard Farquar"), Sylvia Kingsley, Mary McDonald, Marilynn Miller, Gladys Montgomery, Rita Murphy, Henrietta Orville, Virginia Otis, Jacques Rebiroff, Stanley Ridges (as "Jimmie Hooper"), Phil Ryley, Sonia Shand, Billie Stanfield, Dolly Tigue, Shirley Vernon, Vivian Vernon, Blossom Vreeland, Betty Williams. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..

Story: "Obey That Impulse" (filmed as Indiscreet (1931))

George White's Scandals (1922). Musical revue.

(1929). Stage Play: Follow Thru. Musical comedy. Book by Laurence Schwab and Buddy G. DeSylva. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Kiviette. Musical Numbers Staged by Bobby Connolly. Book Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 9 Jan 1929- 21 Dec 1929 (401 performances). Cast: Arthur Aylesworth (as "Mac" Moore, a golf professional"), Margaret Banks (as "Lady"), John Barker (as "Jerry Downs, a young golf champion"), Jane Brown (as "Lady"), Arthur Bryan (as "Country Club Boy"), Hilda Burkhart (as "Lady"), Madeline Cameron (as "Ruth Van Horn, an amateur golf champion"), Edith Campbell (as "Mrs. Bascomb, the president's wife"), Dorothy Christy [credited as Dorothy Christie] (as "Olive") [final Broadway role], Katherine Cornell [Not the actress of the 1930s and 1940s] (as "Lady"), Arthur Craig Gentleman"), W.E. Critzer (as "Country Club Boy"), Dorothy Day (as "Lady"), Zilpha De Witt (as "Lady"), Irene Delroy (as "Lora Moore, Mac's daughter"), Dody Donnelly (as "Lady"), Carrick Douglas (as "Country Club Boy"), Al Downing (as "Mr. Manning"), Dorothea Dunn (as "Lady"), Christine Ecklund (as "Lady"), Oscar Ellinger (as "Country Club Boy"), Joseph Evans (as "Gentleman"), Phil Farley (as "Gentleman"), Yvonne Grey (as "Glenna"), Jack Haley (as "Jack Martin"), Irene Hamlin (as "Lady"), John Hammond (as "Country Club Boy"), Paul Howard (as "Steve"), Claire Joyce (as "Lady"), Marguerite Kennedy (as "Lady"), Ruth Kent (as "Lady"), Philip King (as "Gentleman"), Frank Kingdon (as "Martin Bascomb, President of the Bound Brook Country Club"), Fred Kuhnly (as "Country Club Boy"), Constance Lane (as "Virginia"), Elaine Lank (as "Lady"), Ethel Lawrence (as "Lady"), Jack Lawrence (as "Country Club Boy"), Margaret Lee (as "Babs Bascomb, Martin's fifteen-year-old daughter"), Ann Lomax (as "Lady"), Bodil Lund (as "Lady"), Jocelyn Lyle (as "Lady"), Ned Lynn (as "Gentleman"), Paul Mann (as "Gentleman"), John McCahill (as "Gentleman"), Gordon Merrick (as "Gentleman"), Harry Moore (as "Gentleman"), Fred Murray (as "Gentleman"), Richard Neely (as "Gentleman"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Gentleman"), Zelma O'Neal (as "Angie Howard, Lora's girl-friend"), Anita Pam (as "Lady"), Sherry Pelham (as "Cynthia/Lady"), Eleanor Powell (as "Molly"), Samuel Quinn (as "Gentleman"), Richard Renaud (as "Gentleman"), Herbert Rothwell (as Gentleman"), William Sahner (as "Gentleman"), John Sheehan (as "J.C. Effingham, a new member"), Maurice Siegel (as "Country Club Boy"), Mildred Stevens (as "Lady"), Drucilla Strain (as "Lady"), Don Tomkins (as Thomas Darcy "Dinty" Moore, Mac's sixteen-year-old son"), Renee Vilon (as "Lady"), Irene Warner (as "Lady"), Mildred Webb (as "Lady") [Broadway debut], Arlyne White (as "Lady"), Jerry White (as "Gentleman"), Minerva Wilson (as "Lady"). Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.

The Yankee Princess (1922). Musical comedy. Music by Emmerich Kálmán. Book by William LeBaron. Based on "Die Bajadere" by Julius Brammer and Alfred Gruemwald. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: William Daly. Directed by Frederick G. Latham and Julian Mitchell. Knickerbocker Theatre: 2 Oct 1922- 9 Dec 1922 (80 performances). Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.

George White's Scandals (1923). Musical revue.

Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 [Summer Edition] (1923). Musical revue.

(1930). Stage Play: Flying High. Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Book by John McGowan, Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Al Goodman. Directed by George White and Edward C. Lilley. Apollo Theatre: 3 Mar 1930- 3 Jan 1931 (355 performances). Cast: Joanna Allen (as "Ensemble"), Andy Anderson (as "Ensemble"), Jack Bedford (as "Ensemble"), Walter Blair (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Boffinger (as "Ensemble"), Grace Brinkley (as "Eileen Cassidy"), Jane Brown (as "Ensemble"), Russ Brown (as "Sport Wardell"), Jack Bruns (as "Mr. Charles"), Bobbie Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Case (as "Ensemble"), Warren Crosby (as "Ensemble"), Charles Davis (as "Ensemble"), Dody Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Bernie Dossitt (as "Ensemble"), Lois Eckhart (as "Ensemble"), George Ford (as "Ensemble"), Jane Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Jean Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Joan Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), June Gale (as "The Gale Quadruplets"), Peggy Gallimore (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Hall (as "Judy Trent"), Elmer Hertel (as "Ensemble"), Beth Holt (as "Ensemble"), Rita Horgan (as "Ensemble"), James Howard (as "Ensemble"), Don Hudson (as "Ensemble"), Jesse James (as "Ensemble"), Renee Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Phil King(as "Ensemble"), Bert Lahr (as "Rusty Krause"), Barbara Lee (as "Ensemble"), Robert Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Bob Lively (as "Tim"), Fred Manatt (as "Major Watts, M.D."), Florence Marriner (as "Ensemble"), Edith Martin (as "Ensemble"), Vivian Mathison (as "Ensemble"), John McCahill (as "Ensemble"), Maurine McNeil (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Meyers (as "Ensemble"), Carol Miller (as "Ensemble"), Helene Miller (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Moseley (as "Ensemble"), William Murray (as "Ensemble"), James Notarro (as "Ensemble"), Pearl Osgood (as "Bunny McHugh"), Gladys Page (as "Ensemble"), Mickey Ray (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Ring (as "Ensemble"), Cornelia Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Charles Rose (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Sampson (as "Ensemble"), Gus Schilling (as "Ensemble"), Diana Seaby (as "Ensemble"), Len Shaw (as "Mr. Henry"), Oscar Shaw (as "Tod Addison"), Carolyn Sickle (as "Ensemble"), Robert Silva (as "Ensemble"), Kate Smith (as "Pansy Sparks") [final Broadway role], Jane Stafford (as "Ensemble"), Flora Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Benjamin Tilberg (as "Ensemble"), Betty Travers (as "Ensemble"), Al Vickers (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Wakeley (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Webb (as "Ensemble"), Henry Whittemore (as "Gordon Turner"). Produced by George White. Note (1): One of the few major post-crash hits on Broadway. (2) Filmed by MGM as Flying High (1931), directed by Charles Reisner with Mr. Lahr repeating his starring role.

Three Cheers (1928). Musical comedy. Music by Raymond Hubbell. Book by Anne Caldwell and R.H. Burnside. Lyrics by Anne Caldwell. Additional lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva. Additional music by Ray Henderson and Leslie Sarony. Musical Director: George Hirst. Globe Theatre: 15 Oct 1928- 13 Apr 1929 (210 performances). Cast: Edward Allan (as "Spike"), Sally Anderson, Bub Baldwin, Regina Burke, Noreen Callow, Doris Carter, Jean Castleton, Charles Conkling, Peggy Cunningham, Anna May Dennehy, Thea Dore, Tanya Dumova, Maude Eburne, Alan Edwards, Jeanne Edwards, Richard Ellis, Floyd English, Ruth Farrar, Geraldine Fitzgerald (as "Ensemble"), Cynthia Foley, Helene Franz, Ottille George, Clara Gillette, Louise Gillette, Evelyn Greer, Marjory Griffiths, Mabel Hall, Kathryn Hereford, Sadie Hudson, Irving Jackson, Queenie James, Mimi Jordan, Helen Kaiser, Patsy Kelly, Dick Kennedy, William Kerschell, John Lambert, Maxine Lorenz, Helen MacDonald, Geraldine Markham, Muriel Marlowe, Emily Martin, Tom McLaughlin, Cora Meary, Dolly Mosley, James Murray, Evelyn Nelson, Vera O'Brien, Blanche O'Donohue, Gladys Pender, Leonia Pennington, Florine Phelps, Irene Phelps, Dorothy Phillips, Bella Pilling, Nickie Pitell, Phyllis Rae, Oscar Ragland (as "The Duke"), Evangeline Raleigh, Mozelle Ransome, Wilbur Reviere, Phyllis Reynolds, Florence Rice, Anna Riley, Will Rogers (as "King Pompanola"), Dorothy Sabin, Joseph Shrode, Florence Stack, Jane Stafford, Jet Stanley, Dorothy Stone, Ralph Thomson, Frances Thress, Peggy Timmons, Andrew Tombes (as "George Mullins"), William Torpey, William Valentine, Janet Velie, Winthrop Wayne, Alice Wright, Doris Yates. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.

Good News (1927). Musical. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Book by Laurence Schwab and B.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, 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.

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