- (1937) Stage Play: Orchids Preferred. Musical comedy. Music by Dave Stamper [final Broadway credit]. Book by Fred Herendeen. Lyrics by Frederik Herendeen. Based on "Taxi Fare" by Fred Herendeen. Additional music by Henry Russell. Additional lyrics by Morry Olsen. Musical Director: Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Paul Sprosty. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Costume Design by Jenkins. Choreographed by Robert Sanford. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Imperial Theatre: 11 May 1947- 15 May 1937 (7 performances). Cast: Leslie Austin (as "Richard Hope, Sr."), Phyllis Avery (as "Goldie") [Broadway debut], James Babbitt (as "Bobbie"), Bob Borger (as "Dr. Sommers"), Lillian Carson (as "Sally"), Violet Carson (as "Edithe"), William Chalmers (as "Doorman"), Jack Clifford (as "Henry Warrenton"), Ethel Colt (as "Penelope Halchester"), Margie Conradi (as "Margie"), Vicki Cummings (as "Marion Brown"), Jack Curry (as "Footman"), Frew Donald (as "Hortense Chatfield"), John Donaldson (as "Richard Hope, Jr."), Elsie Edwards (as "Elsie"), Audrey Elliott (as "Mary Ann Miller"), Eddie Foy Jr. (as "Bubbles Wilson"), Joanne (as "June"), Hilda Knight (as "Gertrude Devereaux"), Helen Leftwich (as "Elizabeth Hope"), Fay Long (as "Helene Windsor"), Verna Long (as "Dorothy Charters"), Helen Martin (as "Evy"), Dilys Miles (as "Eva"), Bill Pillick (as "Chauffeur"), Bob Rice (as "Henry Monroe"), Lucille Rich (as "Sunny"), Henry Russell (as "Teddy Barber"), Frances Smith (as "Chorus"), Julie Sterling (as "Evangeline Landreth"), Frances Thress (as "Violet Manning"), Virda Twiford (as "Eve"), Benay Venuta (as "Lillian Mahoney"), Doris Vinton (as "Billie"), Jules Walton (as "July"), Jack Whittridge (as "Elmer Traun"). Produced by Charles H. Abramson.
- (1940) Stage Play: Charley's Aunt. Comedy/farce (revival). Written by Brandon Thomas. Scenic Design and Costume Design by John Koenig. Directed by Joshua Logan. Cort Theatre: 17 Oct 1940- 3 May 1941 (233 performances). Cast: Phyllis Avery (as "Amy Spettigue"), Richard Cowdrey [credited as Richard Cowdery] (as "Farmer"), Harold De Becker (as "Brassett") [final Broadway role], Reynolds Denniston (as "Stephen Spettigue"), José Ferrer (as "Lord Fancourt Babberley"), Nedda Harrigan (as "Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez"), Mary Frances Heflin (as "Maud"), J. Richard Jones (as "Charles Wykeham"), Arthur Margetson (as "Colonel Sir Francis Chesney"), Mary Mason (as "Kitty Verdun"), Thomas Speidel (as "Jack Chesney"), Katherine Wiman (as "Ela Delahay"). Produced by Day Tuttle and Richard Skinner. Notes: (1) One of the most successful pre-WW2 revivals on Broadway (original production debuted on 2 Oct 1893, this was the third revival). (2). Filmed by 20th Century Fox as Charley's Aunt (1941).
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