- (1909 - 1934) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1909) Stage Play: The Fortune Hunter. Comedy. Written by Winchell Smith. Directed by Winchell Smith. Gaiety Theatre: 4 Sep 1909- Jul 1910 (closing date unknown/345 performances). Cast: Sidney Ainsworth [final Broadway role], John Barrymore (as "Nathaniel Duncan"), John Charles Brownell, Eda Bruna, Charles H. Crosby, Edward Ellis, Charles Fisher, Hale Hamilton (as "Henry Kellogg"), Walter Horton, Kathryn Marshall, James Montgomery [Broadway debut], Edgar Nelson, Forrest Robinson (as "Mr. Graham"), David Rosenthal, Mary Ryan, John Sutherland, George Loane Tucker. Produced by Cohan & Harris. Notes: (1) Filmed by The Lubin Manufacturing Company [distributed by The General Film Co.] The Fortune Hunter (1914), by The Vitagraph Company of America as The Fortune Hunter (1920), by Warner Bros. as The Fortune Hunter (1927), and adapted for The Fortune Hunter (1952). (2) One of the most successful productions of early 20th Century Broadway.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Aviator. Written by James Montgomery. Astor Theatre: 6 Dec 1910- Jan 1911 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: Ed Begley [credited as Edward Begley], Cantor Brown, William P. Connery, Robert Conness, Frank Currier, Jack Devereaux, Wallace Eddinger (as "Robert Street"), Ford Fenimore, Emily Lytton, Christine Norman, William Offerman, Frederick Paulding, Samuel Reed, Edythe Thorne, Oza Waldrop, Richard Webster. Produced by Cohan & Harris. Note: Filmed by Douglas MacLean Productions [distributed by Associated Exhibitors] as Going Up (1923), by Warner Bros. as The Aviator (1929) [presumed lost as of Jun 2014], by Warner Bros. as L'aviateur (1931) [French language version], and by Warner Bros. as Going Wild (1930),
- (1911) Stage Play: Take My Advice. Written by William Collier Sr. and James Montgomery. Fulton Theatre: 27 Nov 1911- Feb 1912 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: John Adam. John L. Arthur, Charles Dow Clark, William Collier Sr. (as "William Ogden"), Helena Collier-Garrick, Regina Connelli, Thomas Garrick, John Junior, William Lamp, Paula Marr, Thomas Stuart, Dorothy Unger (as "Diana Kardly"). Produced by Lew Fields.
- (1912) Stage Play: Ready Money. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Riding High (1943).
- (1923) Stage Play: Irene. Musical comedy (Revival). Music by Harry Tierney. Lyrics by Joe McCarthy.
- (1912) Stage Play: Bachelors and Benedicts. Written by Jackson D. Hoag and James Montgomery. Directed by Robert Milton and James Montgomery. Criterion Theatre: 2 Nov 1912- Nov 1912 (unknown closing date/9 performances). Cast: Edna Baker, Nena Blake, Regina Connelli, Warren Cook, Laurence Eddinger, Isabel Garrison, Claude Gillingwater, Grace Goodall, Ralph C. Herz, Horace James, Edward Wade, Harry Williams.
- (1916) Stage Play: Nothing But the Truth. Written by James Montgomery; from the novel by Frederic S. Isham. Longacre Theatre: 14 Sep 1916- Jul 1917 (closing date unknown/332 performances). Cast: Margaret Brainerd, Ione Bright, William Collier, Morgan Coman, Maude Turner Gordon, Mary Harper, Rapley Holmes, Arnold Lucy, Teresa Michelena, Ned Sparks, Vivian Wessell. Produced by H.H. Frazee. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Nothing But the Truth (1929), as La pura verdad (1931), as Rien que la vérité (1931), by Fribergs Filmbyrå AB, Svensk Filmindustri (SF/Sweden) [limited distribution in 1939 by Scandinavian Talking Pictures] as Nothing But the Truth (1939), by Paramount Pictures as Nothing But the Truth (1941) [William Collier Sr. not credited], Nothing But the Truth (1952).
- (1917) Stage Play: Going Up. Musical comedy.
- (1918) Stage Play: Oh, Look! Musical comedy. Book by James Montgomery. Based on "Ready Money" by James Montgomery. Music by Harry Carroll. Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Musical Director: Theodore Stearns. Choreographed by David Bennett. Vanderbilt Theatre: 7 Mar 1918- 4 May 1918 (68 performances). Cast: Florence Bruce (as "Margy Elliott"), Beatrice Burrows (as "Chorus"), Frederick Burton (as "Jackson Ives"), Louise Cox (as "Grace Tyler"), Stanley Dale (as "Chorus"), Al Eley (as "Chorus"), Harry Fox (as "Stephen Baird"), Alexander F. Frank (as "James E. Morgan"), Amelia Gardner (as "Mrs. John H. Tyler"), Elsie Gordon (as "Maud Reid"), Frances Grant (as "Ethel Bennett"), George Griffin (as "Chorus"), Dolly Griffith (as "Chorus"), Jack Gulick (as "Chorus"), Betty Hope Hale (as "Bertha Smith"), Betty Hamilton (as "Frances Huntley"), Gertrude Hamilton (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Harrigan (as "Chorus"), Laura Hastings (as "Chorus"), Alfred Kappeler (as "Sam Welch"), Harry Kelly (as "Captain West"), Ethel Kinley (as "Chorus"), Florence Lee (as "Chorus"), Genevieve Markham (as "Chorus"), Lillian McKenzie (as "Chorus"), Carl Meeker (as "Chorus"), Emily Morrison (as "Ruth Francis"), Charles Mussett (as "Neil"), Clarence Nordstrom (as "William Stewart"), Jack Rogers (as "Chorus"), Julia Ross (as "Chorus "), Frank Rowe (as "Chorus"), Albert Sackett (as "John H. Tyler"), Ruth Sawyer (as "Chorus"), Doris Sheerin (as "Chorus"), George Sidney (as "Sidney Rosenthal"), Mildred Sinclair (as "Peggy Warburton"), Elsa Thomas (as "Marion Brokaw"), Genevieve Tobin (as "Genevieve Tyler"), Alfred Waldon (as "Chorus"), Ted Wing (as "James Clark"), Allison Worth (as "Chorus"). Produced by Harry Carroll and William Sheer.
- (1919) Stage Play: Irene. Musical comedy. Music by Harry Tierney. Lyrics by Joe McCarthy. Based on a play by James Montgomery. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Costume Design by Lucile and Finchley. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law Studios and Clifford Pember. Directed by Edward Royce. Vanderbilt Theatre: 18 Nov 1919- 18 Jun 1921 (675 performances). Produced by Carle Carlton and Joseph McCarthy. Cast: Edith Day (as "Irene O'Dare"), Walter Regan (as "Donald Marshall"), Bobbie Watson (as "Madame Lucy"), Abner Barnhart (as "Ensemble"), Arden Benlian (as "Ensemble"), Harry Blake (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Cornelia Burchell (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Burckly (as "J.P. Bowden"), Robert Burns (as "Ensemble"), Hobart Cavanaugh (as "Robert Harrison"), Austin Clark (as "Ensemble"), Walter Croft (as "Clarkson"), Vivian Davidson (as "Ensemble"), Betty De Grasse (as "Ensemble"), Marion Dockerill (as "Ensemble"), George Eising (as "Ensemble"), Irene Enright (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Kernell (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Kinley (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Lee (as "Mrs. Cheston"), John Litel [credited as John B. Litel] (as "Lawrence Hadley") [Broadway debut], Erica Mackay (as "Ensemble"), Bernice McCabe (as "Eleanor Worth"), John McSorley (as "Ensemble"), Constance Melville (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Miller (as "Jane Gilmour"), Helen Miller (as "Ensemble"), Florence Mills (as "Mrs. Marshall"), Margaret Moore (as "Ensemble"), Adele Ormiston (as "Ensemble"), Eva Puck (as "Helen Cheston"), Edna Ross (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Walters (as "Mrs. O'Dare") [Broadway debut], Al Watson (as "Ensemble"), Alfred Watson (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Whitmore (as "Ensemble"). Replacement actors: Irene Dunne (as "Irene O'Dare"), Jeanette MacDonald (as "Debutante"). Produced by Carle Carlton and Joseph McCarthy. Note: Filmed by First National Pictures as Irene (1926), and more notably by Imperadio Pictures Ltd. as Irene (1940) [distributed by RKO Radio Pictures].
- (1920) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1920. Musical revue/spectacle. Music by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney and Victor Herbert. Lyrics by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph J. McCarthy, Harry Tierney and Victor Herbert. Musical Direction by Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh, Charles Grant, Stephen Jones and Frank Saddler. Featuring songs with lyrics by James Montgomery, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Gus Van, Joe Schenck, Eddie Cantor, Mac Emery, King Zany, George Fairman, Alex Gerber, Abner Silver, Jack Yellen, Abe Olman, Roger Lewis and Ernie Erdman [earliest Broadway credit]. Tableaux by Ben Ali Haggin. Directed by Edward Royce. New Amsterdam Theatre: 22 Jun 1920- 16 Oct 1920 (123 performances). Cast: Delyle Alda, William Blanche, Fanny Brice, Lillian Broderick, Eddie Cantor, Jane Carroll, Juliet Compton, Olive Cornell, Eleanor Dell, Jack Donohue [Broadway debut], Ray Dooley, Emily Drange, Doris Eaton, Mary Eaton, W.C. Fields, Edna French, Eva Grady, Bernard Granville, Ethel Hallor, Margaret Irving, Jerome & Herbert, Alta King, Phebe Lee, Gladys Loftus, Jack Mahan, Albertine Marlowe, Beatrice Milner, Moran and Mack, Margaret Morris, Betty Morton, Carl Randall, Jessie Reed, Helen Shea, John Steel, Avonne Taylor, Van and Schenck, Olive Vaughn, Charlotte Wakefield, Florence Ware, Charles Winninger, Addison Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1922) Stage Play: Glory. Musical comedy. Music by Maurice De Packh and Harry Tierney. Book by James Montgomery. Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy and James Dyrenforth. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Featuring songs by Al W. Brown. Scenic Design by Joseph Wickes. Costume Design by Vanderbilt Producing Company Wardrobe Department. Directed by Bert French. Vanderbilt Theatre: 25 Dec 1922- 24 Feb 1923 (74 performances). Cast: Arden Benham (as "Ensemble"), Violet Bristow (as "Ensemble"), David Brown (as "Ensemble"), John Cherry (as "Sumner Holbrook"), Jack Clifford (as "Hiram Dexter"), Bobby Culbert (as "Ensemble"), Conway Dillon (as "Ensemble"), Irene Enright (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Ferry (as "Myrtie Brown"), Helen Groody (as "Lucy Ann Willing"), Raymond Hackett (as "Lem King"), Marjorie Harrold (as "Ensemble"), Patti Harrold (as "Glory Moore"), Robert Higgins (as "Ansel Tollet"), Edward Howell (as "Ensemble"), Flo Irwin (as "Sarah King"), Constance Keating (as "Ensemble"), Florence Kinsley (as "Ensemble"), Ainsley Lambert (as "Ensemble"), Peter Lang (as "Abner Moore"), Margaret Leona (as "Ensemble"), Frances Lynde (as "Ensemble"), Bernice McCabe (as "Amanda Dexter"), Edith McGovern (as "Ensemble"), Ted McNamara (as "Alonzo"), Constance Montague (as "Ensemble"), Bessie Mulligan (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite Murray (as "Ensemble"), Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Deacon Eaton"), Elizabeth Page (as "Ensemble"), Helen Paine (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Pidgin (as "Ensemble"), Walter Regan (as "William Harriman"), Edward Smith (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Weldon (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Whiteford (as "Ensemble"), Paul Winnell (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Vanderbilt Producing Company.
- (1925) Stage Play: The City Chap. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by James Montgomery. Lyrics by Anne Caldwell. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Liberty Theatre: 26 Oct 1925-26 Dec 1925 (72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Sam Graham"), Betty Block, Bobbie Breslaw, Constance Brown, Katherine Burnside, Phyllis Cleveland, Betty Compton (as "Betty"), Myrtle Cox, Ursula Dale, Frisco Devere, Frank Doane (as "Blinkey Lockwood"), Peggy Dolan, Francis X. Donegan, Irene Dunne (as "Grace Bartlett"), Pearl Eaton (as "Pearl"), Helyn Eby Rock, Jeanne Edwards, Kathleen Erroll, Rita Farrell, Patricia Fitzpatrick, Edythe Flynn, Georges Fontanna, 'Richard "Skeets' Gallagher' (as "Nat Duncan"), Eddie Girard, Danzi Goodell, Ona Hamilton, Muriel Harrison, Beatrice Hughes, Mary Jane, Nell Kincaid, Katherine Kohler, Gladys Lake, Jane Lane, Fred Lennox, Joan Lindsay, Hallie Manning, Jerry Markham, Beth Meakins, Lucy Monroe, Margaret Morris, Marjorie Moss, Bessie Mulligan, Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Pete"), Mary Pierce, Nickie Pitell, George Raft (as "George Spelvin"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Stephen Kellogg"), Autumn Sims, Mildred Sinclair, Blossom Vreeland, Ina Williams, Hansford Wilson, Betty Winslow. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1927) Stage Play: Yes, Yes, Yvette. Musical comedy. Music by Phil Charig and Ben Jerome. Book by James Montgomery and William Carey Duncan. Lyrics by Irving Caesar from a story by Frederic S. Isham. Musical Director: Ben Jerome. Featuring songs by Frank Crumit. Choreographed by Sammy Lee. Directed by Harry Frazee. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 3 Oct 1927- 5 Nov 1927 (40 performances). Cast: Brenda Bond, Joseph Herbert, Virginia Howell (as "Mrs. Ralston"), Arnold Lucy (as "Bishop Doran"), Helene Lynd, Jeanette MacDonald (as "Yvette Ralston"), Frederick B. Manatt, Dorothy Waterman, Jack Whiting, Charles Winninger (as "S.M. Ralston"), Roland Woodruff. Produced by Harry Frazee [credited as H.H. Frazee].
- (1932) Stage Play: Tell Her the Truth. Musical-farce. Music by Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge. Book by R.P. Weston. Based on "Nothing But the Truth" by Frederic S. Isham and James Montgomery. Lyrics by R.P. Weston and Bert Lee. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Scenic Design by Joseph Teichner Studios. Directed by Morris Green and Henry Thomas. Cort Theatre: 28 Oct 1932- 5 Nov 1932 (11 performances). Cast: Hobart Cavanaugh (as "Maclean"), Edith Davis, Bertha Donn, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Emerson, Dorothy Essig, William Frawley (as "Mr. Parkin"), Louise Kirkland, May Muth, Muriel Muth, Lou Parker, John Sheehan, Andrew Tombes, Raymond Walburn, Thelma White. Produced by Tillie Leblang and Morris Green.
- (1934) Stage Play: Brain Sweat. Comedy. Written by John Charles Brownell. Directed by Robert Ober. Longacre Theatre: 4 Apr 1934- Apr 1934 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: E.J. Blunkall (as "Mr. Covington"), Dick Campbell (as "Jake Johnson"), A.B. Comatheire (as "The Rev. Elisha Tatum"), Viola Dean (as "Lucy"), Barrington Guy (as "Charlie Washington"), Billy Higgins (as "Henry Washington"), Rose McClendon (as "Carrie Washington"), Andrew Tribble (as "Flatfoot Mobly"), Pearl Wright (as "Angie Johnson"), Marie Young (as "Laura"). Produced by James Montgomery [final Broadway credit] and Henry R. Stern.
- (August 1942) His play, "Nothing But the Truth," was performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine.
- (July 1975) The musical, 'Irene," was based on his play at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. Harry Tierney was composer. Joseph McCarthy was lyricist. Hugh Wheeler and Joseph Stein wrote the book.
- (February 28 to March 9, 1952) His play, "Nothing But The Truth," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Robert Rence was director.
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