- (1917 - 1923) Active on Broadway [credited as J. Turner Layton] in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1917. Musical revue. Music by Raymond Hubbell and Dave Stamper. Patriotic finale by Victor Herbert. Book by Gene Buck and George V. Hobart. Lyrics by Gene Buck and George V. Hobart. Musical Direction by Frank Darling. Featuring songs by James F. Hanley, Jack Egan, Jerome Kern, Ring Lardner, Turner Layton (Broadway debut) [credited as J. Turner Layton], Les Copeland and Leo Edwards. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Alfred Harriman, Ring Lardner, Henry Creamer, Rennold Wolf and Blanche Merrill. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 12 Jun 1917- 4 Sep 1917 (111 performances). Cast: Miss Alexander, Miss Allen, Mary Arthur, Don Barclay, Helen Barnes, Miss Barnett, Miss Bowman, Fanny Brice, Betty Browne, Miss Calais, Eddie Cantor, May Carmen, Miss Carr, Claremont Carroll, Walter Catlett, Ethel Delmar, Bernice Dewey, Dorothy Dickson, Rose Dolores, Emily Drange, Marcelle Earle, Miss Eberts, Helen Ellsworth, Madeleine Fairbanks, Marion Fairbanks, Miss Falconer, W.C. Fields, Irving Fisher, Edith Hallor, Fred Heider, Malcolm Hicks, Clay Hill, Freda Hirsch, Hilda Hirsch, Peggy Hopkins, Carl Hyson, Florence Kern, Allyn King, Eleanor Lang, Dorothy Leeds, Doris Lloyd, Gladys Loftus, Cecile Markle, Bruce McKay, Gus Minton, Bessie Nelligan, Peter Ostrander, Miss Palfer, Kathryn Perry, Tom Richards, Will Rogers, Charles Scribner, Margaret St. Clair, Lilyan Tashman, Russell Vokes, Marie Wallace, Miss Walsh, Edythe Whitney, Bert Williams, Miss Worth. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1918) Stage Play: Sinbad. Musical revue. 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, Turner Layton [credited as J. Turner Layton] and Albert Gumble [earliest Broadway credit]. Additional lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Alfred Bryan, Jack Yellen, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Henry Creamer and Irving Caesar. Orchestra under the direction of Oscar Radin. Ballets Arranged by Alexis Kosloff. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt, P. Dodd Ackerman, John H. Young and Ernest Gros. Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy, Homer Conant and Samuel Zalud. Directed by J.C. Huffman and Jacob J. Shubert. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre from 2 Sep 1918- circa Oct 1918, then moved to The Casino Theatre from 14 Oct 1918- circa Nov 1918, then moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 11 Nov 1918- circa Feb 1918, then moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 10 Feb 1919- close): 14 Feb 1918- 29 Mar 1919 (404 performances). Cast: Al Jolson (as "Gus/Inbad the Porter"), Roshanara (as "Fareast"), Jane Adams (as "Ensemble"), Franklyn Baite (as "Jack Randall, A Cobbler"), George Baker (as "Ensemble"), May Belle (as "May/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Doris Benham (as "Doris/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Johnny Berkes (as "Tapem/Johnny"), Molly Boulais (as "Ensemble"), Rose Boulais (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Fox Brooks (as "Nan Van Decker/A Slave Girl"), Dorothy Bruce (as "Dorothy"), Dot Bryant (as "Ensemble"), Milus Carpenter (as "Ensemble"), Viola Clarens (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Cloak (as "Beatrice/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Mabel Cloud (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Cox (as "Amina/Patricia De Trait/Love"), Kitty Doner (as "Prince Stubb Talmage"), Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Stephen Gilwater/The King of Serendib"), Gertrude Doyle (as "Gertrude/Ensemble"), Florence Elmore (as "Vivian/Ali Baba/Ensemble"), Edgar Atchinson Ely (as "Professor Graves/Kassin"), Constance Farber (as "Tessie Verdear/Goodfellowship"), Irene Farber (as "Jeanette Verdear"), Margaret Ferguson (as "Margaret/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Flo Flandreaux (as "Ensemble"), Ella Foster (as "Ensemble"), Inez Francis (as "Ensemble"), Eleanore Franke (as "Eleanor/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Pearl Germond (as "Isabel/Pearl/Ensemble"), Mattie Gormley (as "Ensemble"), Frank Grace (as "Kickem/Frank"), Ona Hamilton (as "Ensemble"), Rae Hartley (as "Inspiration/Rae/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Van Buren Hartman (as "Ensemble"), Frank Holmes (as "Harry"), Kitty Holton (as "Ensemble"), Forrest Huff (as "Van Rennsellar Sinbad"), Mildred Kaye (as "Ensemble"), Harry Kearley (as "Tony/A Servant"), John Kearney (as "A Yogi/Geni"), Grace Keeshon (as "Wine/Ensemble"), Alexis Kosloff (as "Veritas/El Orient"), Mildred La Gue (as "Florence/Passion/Ensemble"), Elsie LaMont (as "Ensemble"), Grace Langdon (as "Grace/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Jack Laughlin (as "Ensemble"), Eleanor Leigh (as "Ensemble"), Lois Leigh (as "Ensemble"), Henry LeVoy (as "Ensemble"), Marie Lorillard (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Marmont (as "Charlotte/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Billy Marr (as "Ensemble"), Bob McClellan (as "Mack"), Barbara McCree (as "Ensemble"), Vera Mercer (as "Marcelle/Ensemble"), Irene Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Marion Mooney (as "Song/Ensemble"), Jean Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Evangeline Murray (as "Ensemble"), Edith Pierce (as "Ensemble"), Lorrelda Poppanny (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Purtell (as "Ensemble"), Trixie Raymond (as "Ensemble"), Yvette Reals (as "Ensemble"), Jessie Reed (as "Betty/Beauty/Ensemble"), Gertrude Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Wade Riesemy (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Seymour (as "Beatrice/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Billie Sheridan (as "Ensemble"), Rheba Stewart (as "Ensemble"), Marian Stokes (as "Marian/Devotion/Ensemble"), Mae Terresfield (as "Ensemble"), Jean Thomas (as "Modesty/Ensemble"), George Thornton (as "Emil/Sinbad's Donkey"), Betty Touraine (as "Betty/Ensemble"), Jean Troupman (as "Ensemble"), Jean Troutman (as "Ensemble"), Fay Tunis (as "Ensemble"), Thelma Turnball (as "Beatrice/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Style/Ensemble"), Alice Van Ryker (as "Ensemble"), Fritzi Von Busing (as "Mrs. Van Decker/The Queen of Serendib"), Chandler Waldo (as "Ensemble"), Richard Warner (as "Ensemble"), Grace Washburn (as "A Court Lady/Harriet/Vampire"), Nora White (as "Mildred"), Edna Whitney (as "Ensemble"), Isabel Whitney (as "Ensemble"), Florence Wilde (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Withee (as "Princess Audrey Van Decker"), Beth Young (as "Marcelle/Leonora"), Rita Zalmani (as "Bagdad/Queen Butterfly"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1920) Stage Play: Three Showers. Musical comedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1921. Musical revue. Dialogue by Channing Pollock, Willard Mack and Ralph Spence. Lyrics by Gene Buck and Buddy G. DeSylva. Music by Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml and Dave Stamper. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh and Stephen Jones. Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer, Turner Layton [credited as J. Turner Layton], Grant Clarke, James F. Hanley, Channing Pollock, Blanche Merrill, Leo Edwards, Ballard MacDonald, Harry Carroll, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles, Buddy G. DeSylva, Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson, Andrew Sterling, Harry von Tilzer and Edward P Moran. Featuring songs by Elsie White and Henry Busse. Directed by Edward Royce. Globe Theatre: 21 Jun 1921- 1 Oct 1921 (119 performances). Cast: Marie Astrova, Miss Barnett, Emma Beresbach, Ethel Blaire, Eva Brady, Fanny Brice (as "Principal"), Evelyn Campbell, Betty Carsdale, Margery Chapin, Hazel Chappel, Miss Chase, John Clarke, Darling Twins, Peggy Davis, Ray Dooley, Phil Dwyer, Charles Eaton, Mary Eaton (as "Principal"), Marguerite Falconer, W.C. Fields (as "Principal" and "M. Le Duc de Chateau Briand"), Consuelo Flowerton [Broadway debut], Edna French, Pearl Germonde, Diana Gordon, Raymond Hitchcock, Herbert Hoey, Miss Hughes, Helen Hunt, Albert Innis, Frank Innis, Keene Twins, Miss Leigh, Mary Lewis, Doris Lloyd, Gladys Loftus, Madelyn Lombard, Miss Lomp, Mandal Brothers, Irene Marcellus, Albertine Marlowe, Vera Michelena, Mary Milburn, Beatrice Milner, Geneva Mitchell, Mlle. Mitti, Madilyn Morrissey, Florence O'Denishawn, Charles O'Donnell, Jessie Reed, Anastasia Reilly, Frances Reveaux, Miss Rolph, Gertrude Seldon, Peggy Stohl, Janet Stone, Avonne Taylor, M. Tillio, Van and Schenck, Edna Wheaton, Helen Lee Worthing. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1922) Stage Play: Some Party. Musical revue. Music by Silvio Hein [final Broadway credit], Percy Wenrich, Gustav Kerker and Raymond Hubbell. Book by R.H. Burnside. Lyrics by R.H. Burnside. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Featuring songs by Silvio Raymond, Mary Earl, Albert Solman and Turner Layton [credited as .J. Turner Layton]. Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer. Musical Staging by Billy Grant. Conceived by R.H. Burnside. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre: 15 Apr 1922- 29 Apr 1922 (17 performances). Cast: John Abbott (as "Performer"), Ruth Adair (as "Performer), Sam Ash (as "Performer), George Averill (as "Performer), Bert Bowlen (as "Performer), Harry C. Browne (as "Performer), Dolly Byrne (as "Performer), Claire Carroll (as "Performer), Primrose Caryll (as "Performer), Marie Cattell (as "Performer), William Courtleigh (as "Performer), Nellie Daly (as "Performer), Jefferson De Angelis (as "Performer), Lew Dockstader (as "Performer), Murray Evans (as "Performer), Nanette Flack (as "Performer), Sylvia Ford (as "Performer), Virginia Futrelle (as "Performer), William Grant (as "Performer), Dorothy Harrigan (as "Performer), Percy Haswell (as "Performer), John Hendricks (as "Performer), John E. Henshaw (as "Performer), DeWolf Hopper (as "Performer), William B. Mack (as "Performer), Alice MacKenzie (as "Performer), Rena Manning (as "Performer), Louise McIntosh (as "Performer), Jed Prouty (as "Performer), Joseph Riley (as "Performer), Asta Valley (as "Performer), Herbert Waterous (as "Performer), Scott Welch (as "Performer), Jimmie Williams (as "Performer), Sid Williams (as "Performer), Kathryn Yates (as "Performer"). Produced by DeWolf Hopper Sr..
- (1922) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1922. Musical revue. Music by Victor Herbert, Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Lyrics by Ring Lardner, Gene Buck and Ralph Spence. Based on material by Ring Lardner, Gene Buck and Ralph Spence. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Additional music by Herbert Reynolds, James F. Hanley, Jimmie Duffy, Henry Creamer and Turner Layton [credited as J. Turner Layton]. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire, Evelyn Law, Ada Fields, James Reynolds and Cora MacGeachy. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 5 Jun 1922- 23 Jun 1923 (424 performances). Cast: Babs Aitlen, Jean Arundel, Leonora Baron, Michel Barroy, Clara Beresbach, Eva Brady, Margery Chapin, Marjorie Chapin, Thelma Connor, Velma Connor, Dorothy Conroy, Dolly Daggars, Marie Dahm, Peggy Dana, Audrey Darrell, Nellie Davage, Ellen de Lerches, Hazel Donnelly, Alma Drange, Betty Dudley, Marcelle Earle, Mary Eaton, Pearl Eaton, Dolly Evans, Victoria Gale, Ed Gallagher, Helen Gates, Alexander Gray, Gilda Gray, Ivy Halstead, Netta Hill, May Howard, Frances Howden, Virginia Howell [Broadway debut], Ada Hughes, Sonia Ivanoff, Beatrice Jackson, Brooke Johns, Naomi Johnson, Virginia King, Teddy Knox, Frank Lambert, Evelyn Law, Helen Lee, Phoebe Lee, Mary Lewis, Doris Lloyd, Jean Lloyd, Martha Lorber, Alma Mamay, Pansy Maness, Hallie Manning, Irene Marcellus, Pauline Mason, Lulu McConnell, Mary McDonald, Beulah McFarland, Blanche Mehaffey, Kathryn Mehaffey, Madge Merritt, Hilda Moreno, Madelyn Morrissey, Polly Nally, Cora Neary, Jimmy Nervo, Al Ochs, Olive Osborne, Rita Owin, Annie Patron, Serge Pernikoff, Miss Ray, Jessie Reed, Betsy Rees, Betty Rees, Anastasia Reilly, Frances Reveaux, Marion Rich, Will Rogers (as "Performer"), Addie Rolfe, Rita Royce, Nellie Savage, John Scott, Gertrude Selden, Sonia Shand, J.J. Shannon, Al Shean (as "Performer"), Marie Shelton, Grant Simpson, Beatrice Singleton, Nellie Smith, Miss Starhill, Kathryn Stoneburn, Muriel Stryker, Avonne Taylor, The Follies Four, Frank Tierney, The Tiller Girls, Irene Todd, Andrew Tombes (as "Performer"), George Truscott, Brandon Tynan, Vangie Valentine, Albertina Vitak, Irene Wales, Madeline Wales, Marie Wallace, Betty Webb, Hazel Webb, Fay West, Edna Wheaton, Miss Whittington, Elsie Woodall, Lillian Woods, Helen Lee Worthing. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1922) Stage Play: Strut, Miss Lizzie. Musical revue/vaudeville.
- (1922) Stage Play: Spice of 1922. Musical revue.
- (1923) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 [Summer Edition]. Musical revue. Sketches by Ralph Spence and Eddie Cantor. Music by Victor Herbert, Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Lyrics by Gene Buck. Musical Direction by Oscar Radin. Additional music by Charles Tobias, Eddie Cantor, Jean Schwartz, Ernest Breuer, Walter Donaldson and Turner Layton [credited as J. Turner Layton]. Additional lyrics by Charles Tobias, Eddie Cantor, Chic Johnson, Ole Olsen, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Henry Creamer and Buddy G. DeSylva. Scenes by Joseph Urban. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 25 Jun 1923- 15 Sep 1923 (96 performances). Cast: Babs Aitlen, Leonora Baron, Michael Barroy, Clara Beresbach, Emma Beresbach, Nina Byron, Erla Calame, Eddie Cantor, Betty Carsdale, Dorothy Clarkson, Thelma Connor, Velma Connor, Dolly Daggars, Ethel Dale, Helena D'Algy, Eleanor Dana, Audrey Darrell, Mae Daw, Alma Drange, Marcelle Earle, Mary Eaton, Pearl Eaton, Dolly Evans, Victoria Gale, Ed Gallagher, Joan Gardner, Alexander Gray, Gilda Gray, Ivy Halstead, Netta Hill, May Howard, Ada Hughes, Sonia Ivanoff, Beatrice Jackson, Hazel Jennings, Brooke Johns, Naomi Johnson, Simeon Karavaeff, Kello Brothers, Lily Kimari, Virginia King, Julia Kingsley, Sylvia Kingsley, Teddy Knox, Frank Lambert, Evelyn Law, Mary Lewis, Kitty Littlefield, Jean Lloyd, Martha Lorber, Pansy Maness, Hallie Manning, Irene Marcellus, Ilsa Marvenga, Pauline Mason, Beulah McFarland, Constance McLaughlin, Janet Megrew, Madge Merritt, Hilda Moreno, Polly Nally, Cora Neary, Jimmy Nervo, Al Ochs, Joe Opp, Olive Osborne, Elaine Palmer, Annie Patron, Ann Pennington, Serge Pernikoff, Elsa Peterson, Pearl Prosser, Jesse Reed, Anastasia Reilly, Frances Reveaux, Marion Rich, Addie Rolfe, Nellie Savage, Jack Scott, Gertrude Selden, J.J. Shannon, Al Shean , Marie Shelton, Grant Simpson, Beatrice Singleton, Nellie Smith, Kathryn Stoneburn, Muriel Stryker, The Follies Four, Tiller Girls, Irene Todd, Andrew Tombes, Brandon Tynan, Ruth Urban, Vangie Valentine, Miriam Vandergriff, Shirley Vernon, Vivian Vernon, Blossom Vreeland, Irene Wales, Marie Wallace, Betty Webb, Hazel Webb, Madlyn Wells, Fay West, West and McGinty, Edna Wheaton, Margie Whittington, Lois Wilde, Betty Williams, Willy, Elsie Woodall. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1989) [Posthumous] Stage Play: Black and Blue. Musical revue.
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