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Rainbow (1928). Musical. Book by Laurence Stallings and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced by Philip Goodman. Dances by Busby Berkeley. Music by Vincent Youmans. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Gallo Opera House: 21 Nov 1928- 15 Dec 1928 (29 performances). Cast included: Margaret Alexander, Ward Arnold (as "Third Private"), Rupert Lucas, Ned McGurn, Harland Dixon, Helen Lynd, Henry Pemberton, Libby Holman, Charles Ruggles, Brian Donlevy, Leo Dugan, Louise Brown, Randall Fryer, Stewart Edwards, Sadie Black, Valla Valentinova, George Magis, Kitty Coleman, Edward Nemo, Ralph Walker, Chester Bree and May Barnes. Produced by Philip Goodman.

Good Boy (1928). Musical. Music by Herbert P. Stothart. Material by Otto A. Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II' and Henry Myers. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Direction by Herbert P. Stothart. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Reginald Hammerstein. Hammerstein's Theatre: 5 Sep 1928- 13 Apr 1929 (253 performances). Cast: Bob Abbott, Alice Akers, Louise Allen, Joseph Ames, Mary Bay, Evelyn Bennett, Lester Bernard, Louise Blakeley, Lillian Burke, Charles Butterworth (as "Cicero Meakin"), Edward Buzzell (as "Walter Meakin"), Margaret Callan, Irene Carroll, Georgette Caryl, Virginia Case, Austin Clark, Sylvia Collinson, Aida Conkey, Henry Corsell, Billie Cortez, Arthur Craig, Betty Croke, Ruth Cunliffe, Phil Daly, Milton Douglas, Peggy Driscoll, Madelyn Eubanks, Rosemary Farmer, Jeanne Fayal, Loretta Flushing, Edwin Gaillard, Beryl Golden, Bobby Gorman, Muriel Greel, Muriel Griswold, Buddie Haines, Dan Healy, Sam Hearn, Jack Irwin, Dorothy Jocelyn, Helen Kane, Olive Kenyon, Grace La Rue, Mildred Lorrain, Ned Lynn, Tom Martin, Ruth Mason, Helene McGlynn, Lucille Mercier, Gordon Merrit, William Metz, Ariel Millars, Borrah Minevitch, Dick Neely, Barbara Newberry, Dolores Nito, Jack O'Hare, Mabel Olsen, Elsie Percival, Boo Phelps, Gus Quinlan, Alice Raisen, Howard Raymond, Stan Rock, Bunny Schum, Effie Shannon (as "Ma Meakin"), Neil Stone, Arthur Sullivan, Morris Tepper, Jean Unger, Dorothy Ward, Flo White, Will Withe, Kay Wolf, Betty Wright. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.

Earl Carroll's Vanities (1928). Musical revue. Lyrics by Grace Henry. Music by Morris Hamilton. Based on material by W.C. Fields, Paul Gerard Smith, Joe Frisco, Robert T. Tarrant and Herman Meyer. Additional music by George Bagby, G. Romilli, Michael H. Cleary, George Whiting, Louis Alter, Mario Savino, Jesse Greer, Ernie Golden and Abner Silver. Musical Direction by Ray Kavanaugh. Additional lyrics by Paul Jones, Ned Washington, Joe Burke, Raymond Klages, Ernie Golden, Jack LeSoir and Roy Doll. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Staged by Edgar J. MacGregor. Machinery Ballet created and staged by the Marmein Sisters. Assembled and Directed by Earl Carroll. Earl Carroll Theatre: 6 Aug 1928- 2 Feb 1929 (200 performances). Cast: Fay Adler, Peggy Andre, Violet Arnold, Faith Bacon, Hazel Bailey, Barto & Mann, Bonnie Blackwood, Peggy Blake, Richard Bold, Lilian Bond, Ted Bradford, Dorothy Britton, Louise Brooks, Marian Carew, Ernest Charles, Catherine Clark, Elsie Connor, Frances Delacy, Gordon Dooley, Ray Dooley, W.C. Fields, Dorothea Frank, Joe Frisco, Edward Graham, Beryl Halley, Edyth Hansen, Marion Harke, Angeline Hassel, Rita Jason, Alyce Johnson, Naomi Johnson, Frances Joyce, Ruth Kent, Nelda Kincaid, Dorothy Knapp, Maurice Lapue, Vincent Lopez Band, Polly Luce, Dorothy Lull, Brian MacDonald, Dana Merrill, Martha Morton, Jean Murray, Marion O'Day, Ruth Patterson, Peggy Purcell, Joey Ray, Lillian Roth, Blanche Satchell, Wanda Stevenson, Bobby Storey, Elizabeth Surran, Jean Tennyson, Katherine Vercelle, Louise Vercelle, Beryl Wallace, Florence Ward, Eileen Wenzel, Rose Wenzel, Diana White, Vivian Wilson. Produced by Earl Carroll

A Night in Venice (1929). Musical revue. Music by Lee Davis and Maurice Ruebens. Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan and Moe Jaffe. Featuring songs by Vincent Youmans. Additional orchestrations by Vincent Youmans. Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Director: Max Meth. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley and Chester Hale. Directed by Lew Morton and Thomas A. Hart. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 16 Sep 1929 to close): 21 May 1929- 19 Oct 1929 (175 performances). Cast: Ted Healy (as "Ted"), Ann Seymour, The Dodge Sisters, Arthur Havel, Morton Havel, Stanley Rogers, Betty Allen, Walter Armin (as "Ernest Fairworth"/"Count Muzzini"), Enjio Badii, Bobbie Baker, Julia Barker, Bear, James H. Beattie, Lillian Bennett, Allen Blair, Adeline Bornheim, Fodi Brown, John Byam, Myrtle Candee, Bobby Carswell, Emmita Casanova, Anita Case, Dorothy Chadwick, Louise Chowning, Dudley Clements (as "Ambrose Trainer"), Marion Crozan, Dorothy Davies, Marvelle Dawn, Blanche de Clerc, Evelyn Dehkes, Peggy DeRoy, Paul DeWees, Erma Echt, Billy Fanning, Ferral and Paul, Larry Fine (as "Larry"), Evelyn Ford, Allen Foster Girls, Judy Garey, Hal Gibson, Marion Gillon, Gladys Glorita, Gladys Granzow, Sarah Granzow, La Vonne Gundry, Edward Hackett, Chester Hale Girls, Agnes Hickey, Mary Hiscox, Olive Hollingshead, Moe Howard (as "Moe") [credited as Harry Howard], Shemp Howard (as "Shemp") [final Broadway appearance], Adele Jay, The Johnsons, Tommy Kerns, Irene King, Jeane Kroll, Hazel Landeres, James Lee, Laura Lee, Edna Lynn, Ruth Martin, James Maxwell, Betty Mayfair, Polly McCann, Charles McClelland, Joe Michon, Peter Michon, Gladys Miller, Kay Norwood, Lee Nutter, Jackie Paige, Dorothy Pierce, Jerry Pole, Florence Powell, Jack Ray, Betsy Rees, E. Riadnoff, Fred Sanborn, Shadurskaya and Kuderoff, Evelyn Shields, Doris Smith, Ed Stanbridge, Mozel Stapp, Stevens Brothers, George Terechenko, Edna Tobin, David Tuli, Peggy Udell, Jeannette Waite, Gertrude Westling, Evelyn Wetherbee, Halfred Young. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

Broadway Nights (1929). Musical revue. Music by Sam Timberg, Lee David and Maurice Ruebens. Lyrics by Moe Jaffe. Material by Edgar Smith. Musical direction by John McManus. Featuring songs by J. Fred Coots, Ralph Erwin and Phil Svigals. Other songs and lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young and Clifford Grey. Choreography by Busby Berkeley and Chester Hale. Directed by Stanley Logan. 44th Street Theatre: 15 Jul 1929- 17 Aug 1929 (40 performances). Cast: Sheila Barrett, Bonnibelle Beard, Doreis Beridge, Moya Beridge, Martin Brothers, George E. Burke, Winnie Channon, Harry Conley, Peggy Cornell, Edna Cowley, Emily Cowley, Olive Crane, Dorothy Darley, Florence Davidson, Ann Davis, Peggy Davis, Marie Day, Louis Delgado, Bob Derden, George Dobbs, Ethel Dunton, Frances Diran, Marie Gerguson, The Allen Foster Girls, Archie Foulke, Hazel Frazer, Frank Gaby, Inez Goetz, Ruth Gormly, Sylvia Green, Grace Grey, Harry Griffin, The Chester Hale Girls, Marge Harlan, Hetty Hayes, Larry Hodgson, Vena Hollingworth, Vivian Hunter, Harry Hylander, Phyllis Jordan, Tom Jordan, Karen Kaaber, Ray King, Gertrude Kornblum, Greta Kuhnrich, Verta Kunkel, Lilian Lane, Gloria Lebow, Laura Lee, Eva Lewis, Hilda Long, Violet Lundberg, Mary Mason, Julio Martel, Gertrude Mazza, Clinton McLeer, Hoyt Meredith, Madeline Merle, Lillian Messmer, Betty Montgomery, Odette Myrtil, Rita Owen, Marian Paitson, Alfred Parrot, Hilda Peterson, Joe Phillips, Rae Powell, Kenneth Pulsifer, Sam Raynor, Dr. Rockwell, Alice Rogers, Margaret Samson, George Schiller, Eddie Shubert, Kay Simmons, Edwina Skorat, May Squires, Flo Sterling, Harry Stockwell, Murray Swanson, Loris Taylor, Julie Tiedgens, Jay Tully, Jeanne Walton, Dolly Waring, Harry Welsh, Esther Whetton, Iris Worthington, Mary Wynn. Specialty act: King, King & King. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

(1956- 57): Developer, unsold television quiz show concept called "Money from Home," focusing on US servicemen stationed overseas.

(1955): Director, unsold television pilot, "The Phantom," based on the character created by Lee Falk.

A Connecticut Yankee (1927). Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book by Herbert Fields. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Musical Director: Paul Parnell. Adapted from the work of Mark Twain. Music orchestrated by Roy Webb. Dances by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Vanderbilt Theatre: 2 Nov 1927- 27 Oct 1928 (421 performances). Cast: Ward Arnold, Charles Bannister, Olive Bertram, Chester Bree (as "Sir Tristan, in the play/Ensemble"), Arnold Brown, Nana Bryant, Gordon Burbe (as "Albert Kay, Sir Kay the Seneschal in the play"), Constance Carpenter, June Cochrane, Margaret Collins, Grace Connelly, John Creighton, Martin Denis, Regina Diamond, Enez Early, Paul Everton, Ednor Fulling, William Gaxton (as "Martin, The Yankee in the play"), Harriet Hammill, Jane Hurd, Fred Jordan, Leoda Knapp, Katharine Kohler, Helen Mann, Dan McGovern, Margaret Miller, Jack Morton, John Morton, Marion Nevins, William Norris, Frank Norton, William Rosell, Dorothy Rubino, Evelyn Ruh, Jack Thompson. Produced by Lew Fields and Lyle D. Andrews.

Present Arms (1928). Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by Herbert Fields. Musical Director: Roy Webb. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre: 26 Apr 1928- 1 Sep 1928 (155 performances). Cast: Joyce Barbour (as "Edna Stevens"), James H. Beattie, Busby Berkeley (as "Douglas Atwell"), Gaile Beverley, Milton Brodus, Dorothy Brown, Rachel Chester, Evelyn Crowell, William Culloo, Louis Delgado, Demaris Dore, Jack Douglas, Frank Gagen, Sherry Gale, Aline Green, Frances Hess, Florence Hunter, Louise Joyce, Henrietta Kay, Frank Kimball, Charles King (as "Chick Evans"), Anthony Knilling, Charlotte La Rose, Richard Lane, Edward Larkin, Flora le Breton (as "Lady Delphine"), Alexander Lewis (as "Karl"), Frank Losee (as "Ensemble"), Jerome Maxwell, Glenn McComas (as "Ensemble"), Jock McGraw (as "McKabe"), Fuller Mellish (as "McKenna"), Beth Meredith, Walter Pharr, Polly Ray, Wilburn Riviere, Alma Ross (as "Luana/Moulika"), Patricia Ross, Sydney Smith, Robert Spencer, Thomas Sternfeld, Marion Stuart, Wanda Wood, Franker Woods, Jessica Worth. Produced by Lew Fields.

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