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Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Stage: Directed "The Butter and Egg Man" on Broadway (1925). Comedy. Written by George S. Kaufman. Directed by James Gleason. Longacre Theatre: 23 Sep 1925-Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/243 performances). Cast: George Alison, Marion Barney, John A. Butler, Tom Fadden, Sylvia Field (as "Jane Weston"), Gregory Kelly, Denman Maley, Robert Middlemass (as "Joseph Lehman"), Harry Neville, Eloise Stream, Harry Stubbs (as "Bernie Sampson"), Puritan Townsend, Lucille Webster. Produced by Crosby Gaige.

Playwright: "Is Zat So?", produced on Broadway in 1925.

(1928). Stage Play: Rain or Shine. Musical. Music by Milton Ager and Owen Murphy. Book by James Gleason and Maurice Marks. Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Music orchestrated by William Still and Arthur Schutt. Orchestra under the direction of Don Voorhees. Dances directed by Russell Markert. Dances Directed by Tom Nip. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 9 Feb 1928- 15 Dec 1928 (356 performances). Cast: Paul Brack, Walter Bremer, Dave Chasen (as "Simley's Protege/The Head Waiter"), Joe Cook (as "Smiley Johnson"), Ben Cutler, Vance Elliott, Rita Garcia, Edgar Gardner, James Gregory, Marion Herson, Tom Howard, Warren Hull, Vernon Jacobson, Ernest Lambart, Helen Lynd, Joe Lyons, Alex McKee, Rosie Moran, Ethel Norris, Walter Pharr, William V. Powers, Dimples Riede, Janet Velie, Nancy Welford, Devah Worrell. Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Note: Produced by Columbia Pictures as Rain or Shine (1930), directed by Frank Capra and starring Joe Cook. Although the stage version was a musical comedy, the musical numbers were deleted from the film version due to the public's distaste of the genre from 1930- early 1933 (until successfully revived by Warner Bros). The film is one of the least seen Capra films and is generally regarded as giving us a mere approximation of the extent of Joe Cook's talent which was far more effectively conveyed on stage (a situation somewhat comparable to Al Jolson's film career). Dave Chasen, later a world-renown restaurateur, and Tom Howard reprised their stage roles for the film. None of the songs in the original musical were used in the film except as background music.

The Fall Guy (1925). Melodrama. Written by James Gleason and George Abbott. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 10 Mar 1925- Jun 1925 (closing date unknown/95 performances). Cast: Joseph Baird, Joseph R. Garry, Henry Mortimer, Beatrice Noyes (as "Bertha Quinlan"), Dorothy Peterson, Hartley Power, Ralph Sipperly, Ernest Truex (as "Johnnie Quinan"), Alf Weinberger. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with George B. McLellan. Note: filmed as The Fall Guy (1930)).

The Five Million (1919). Comedy. Written by Guy Bolton and Frank Mandel. Directed by Robert Milton. Lyric Theatre: 8 Jul 1919- Sep 1919 (closing date unknown/91 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Jefferson Adams"), Marie Ahearn, Helen Barnes, James Gleason (as "Mac"), Harry Harwood, Percy Helton (as "Grant Adams"), June Holbrook, Harry MacFayden, Sue MacManamy, Robert McWade (as "Otis Weaver"), Ralph Morgan (as "Douglas Adams"), Beatrice Noyes, Amy Ongley, Marjorie Poir, Edward Poland, Purnell Pratt (as "Albert Weaver"), Ralph Stuart, Lucille Webster. Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.

The Deep Tangled Wildwood (1923). Comedy. Written by George S. Kaufman. and Marc Connelly. Directed by Hugh Ford. Frazee Theatre: 5 Nov 1923- Nov 1923 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: George Alison, James K. Applebee, Mildred Booth, T.M. Cahill, Blanche Chapman, Harry Cowley, Mary Daniel, McKay George, James Gleason (as "James Parks Leland"), Gertrude Hitz, Harry Irving, Sam Janney (as "The Electrician"), Denman Maley, Robert McWade (as "Harvey Wallick"), Devah Morel (as "Amy Meade"), Fred J. Nicholls, Ralph Sipperly (as "Joe Inglis"), Angela Warde. Produced by George C. Tyler and Hugh Ford.

(February 15, 1926-September 1926) He acted in Richard Taber and his play, "Is Zat So?", at the Apollo Theatre in London, England with Robert Armstrong, George Relph, Amy Brandon Thomas, George Curzon, Marjorie Crossland, Peter Dearing, Jack Parry and Jo Wallace in the cast.

Tangerine (1921). Musical comedy/satire. Book by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton. Based on a play by Lawrence Langner and Philip Bartholomae. Lyrics by Howard Johnston. Music by Monte Carlo and Alma M. Sanders. Musical Director: Gus Kleinecke. Featuring songs by Dave Zoob. Staged by George F. Marion and Bert French. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson and P. Dodd Ackerman. Costume Design by Dorothy Armstrong, Mme. Francis and Pieter Mayer. Directed by Carle Carlton. Casino Theatre: 9 Aug 1921- 26 Aug 1922 (361 performances/on hiatus from 28 May 1922- 6 Aug 1922). Cast: Julia Sanderson (as "Shirley Dalton"), The California Four (as "Tangerine Police Force"), Becky Cauble (as "Elsie Loring"), Mary Collins (as "Akamai"), Frank Crumit (as "Dick Owens"), Grace De Carlton (as "Aoha Oe"), Helen Frances (as "Kulikuli"), Carolyn Hancock (as "Ukola"), Jack E. Hazzard (as "King Home-Brew/Joe Perkins/ The Easy Boss"), Joseph Herbert Jr. (as "Fred Allen"), Frank Holbrook (as "Oro"), Brooke Johns (as "Kate Allen"), P.A. Leonard (as "A Warden"), Anna Ludmilla (as "Arameda"), Jeannetta Methven (as "Noa"), Victoria Miles (as "Huhu"), Wayne Nunn (as "Clarence"), Edna Pierre (as "Kate Allen"), Harry Puck (as "Jack Floyd"), Billy Rhodes (as "Lee Loring"), Ruth Rollins (as "Polihu"), Nerene Swinton (as "Pilikia"), Gladys Wilson (as "Mildred Floyd"), Hazel Wright (as "Aloha"). Replacement actors: Kathryn Andrews (as "Oro"), Ted Andrews (as "Arameda"), Dorothy Brown (as "Akamai"), Helen Francis (as "Aoha Oe"), James Gleason (as "Fred Allen"), Beryl Halley (as "Kulikuli"), Allen Kearns (as "Lee Loring"), Jeanette MacDonald (as "Kate Allen"), Audrey Maple (as "Mildred Floyd"), Lee Martin (as "Polihu"), Florence Moore (as "Pilikia"), Victoria White (as "Huhu"), Hansford Wilson (as "Joe Perkins"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

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