- (1907 - 1933) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1907) Stage Play: Miss Pocahontas. Musical comedy. Music by Dan J. Sullivan, Augustus Barratt and Carl Willimore. Book by R.A. Barnet and R. Melville Baker. Lyrics by R. Melville Baker. Music orchestrated by Albert M. Kanrich. Featuring songs with lyrics by Harry H. Luther. Directed by R.A. Barnet. Lyric Theatre: 28 Oct 1907- 9 Nov 1907 (16 performances). Cast: Harold Crane (as "Soan-Ge-Ta-Ha"), Blanche Deyo (as "Jane Rolfe"), Marie Dupuis (as "Pocahontas"), George Fox (as "John Rolfe"), Walter Jones (as "Captain John Smith"), George LeSoir (as "Pow-Ha-Tan"), Anna McNabb (as "Kee-Kee-Kee-Wan-Da-See"), Neil McNeil (as "Mighty Medicine Man"), The Nichols Sisters (as "Black Face Specialty"), Lester Allen (as "Bridegroom") [Broadway debut], Loraine Bernard (as "O-Pee-Chee/Messenger Boy"), Gladys Eagan (as "Ne-Ne-Moo-Sha"), Daniel Hall (as "Contractor McLaughlin"), L.N. Lawson (as "Man-Who-Soaked-Father"), Jean Millar (as "Splinter-in-his-Foot"), John O'Hanlon (as "Not Afraid of-a-Lunch"), John Peachey (as "Freckled-Thunder-Cloud"), Nathan Rees, J.E. Scott (as "Deep-Voice-in-His Chest"), Marie Terry (as "Questiona Plim"), C. Vandiver (as "Panting-Pants-of-the-Panther"), Emilie Wellington (as "Shaw-Shaw"), Violet Zell (as "Wah-Wah-Tay-See/Bride"). Produced by R.L. Giffen.
- (1919) Stage Play: George White's Scandals. Musical revue.
- (1920) Stage Play: George White's Scandals. Musical revue.
- (1921) Stage Play: George White's Scandals. Musical revue. Book by "Bugs" Baer and George White. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Arthur Jackson. Musical Director: Alfred Newman. Directed by George White. Liberty Theatre: 11 Jul 1921- 1 Oct 1921 (97 performances). Cast: Geraldine Alexander (as "Performer"), Lester Allen (as "Performer"), Marcelle Barnes (as "Ensemble"), George Bickel (as "Performer"), Vera Colburn (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Cook (as "Ensemble"), Helen Cox (as "Ensemble"), Myra Cullen (as "Performer"), Yvette Currier (as "Ensemble"), Eleanor Dana (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Dare (as "Ensemble"), Winnie Dunn (as "Ensemble"), Gene Ford (as "Performer"), Lloyd Garrett (as "Performer"), Bert Gordon (as "Performer"), Ona Hamilton (as "Ensemble"), Victoria Herbert (as "Performer"), Lou Holtz (as "Performer"), Aunt Jemima (as "Performer"), Charles King (as "Performer"), Helen Knight (as "Ensemble"), Helen La Vonne (as "Ensemble"), George LeMaire (as "Performer"), Phoebe Lee (as "Performer"), Lou Martell (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude McGushion (as "Ensemble"), Miss Michell (as "Ensemble"), James Miller (as "Performer"), May Morris (as "Ensemble"), Frances Ney (as "Ensemble"), Ann Pennington (as "Performer"), Harry Rose (as "Performer"), Ruth Savoy (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Smith (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Stokes (as "Ensemble"), Sybil Stokes (as "Ensemble"), Olive Vaughan (as "Performer"), Christine Welford (as "Performer"), Darry Welford (as "Performer"), George White (as "Performer"). Produced by George White.
- (1922) Stage Play: George White's Scandals. Musical revue.
- (1923) Stage Play: George White's Scandals. Musical revue.
- (1924) Stage Play: George White's Scandals. Musical revue.
- (1925) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical revue. Music and Lyrics by Clarence Gaskill. Book written by Lester Allen and William Grew, Jimmy Duffy, "Bugs" Baer, Blanche Merrill, Julius Tannen, Lester Allen, Owen Murphy, Jay Gorney, Bozeman Bulger, Ted Healy [earliest Broadway credit], Don Lindley and Harry Jentes. Music interpreted by Ross Gorman. Musical Director: Donald Voorhees. Additional lyrics by Owen Murphy and Fred Phillips. Additional music by Jay Gorney and Irving Bibo. Production Supervised by Earl Carroll (also producer). Set Decoration by Willy Pogany. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Scenic Design by Karle O. Amend. Musical Staging by David Bennett. Directed by William A. Grew. Earl Carroll Theatre: 6 Jul 1925- 27 Dec 1925 (199 performances). Cast: Rose Adaire, Basil Allis, Marjorie Bailey, Anita Banton, Suzanne Bennett, Marjorie Bolton, Celia Branz (as "Performer"), Pat Brown, Edith Cardell, Marion Cardell, Aileen Carmody, Vivian Carmody, Dave Chasen (as "Performer"), Gertrude Crouch, Sid Daish, Marion Dale, Dane Daniels, Teddy Dauer, M. De Jari, Marion Dowling, Jessica Dragonette, Pearl Eaton, Olivette Florentine, Bobby Folsom, Evelyn France, Bobby Galvin, Jeanette Gilmore, M. Senia Gluck, Dorothy Gordon, Eve Marie Gray, Vivian Hart [Broadway debut], Betty Healy, Ted Healy (as "Performer"), Helen Herms, Ross Hertz (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Warren Hill, Herman Hoover, Agnes Horter, Ray Hughes, Dave Jones, Marjorie Kelly, Mildred Kelly, Kenneth Lackey, Trudy Lake, Jewel LaKota, Florence Lavalle, Oscar Lorraine, Van Lowe, Polly Luce, Eve Lynn, Virginia Martin, Rita Mayer, Wallace McCutcheon, Ruth Mees, Marcelle Miller, Margaret Miller, Lillian Morehouse, Marie Musselle, Adele Neff, Frances Norton, Jack Norton, Natalie Norton, Blanche O'Brien, Vera O'Brien, Agnes O'Laughlin, Gladys Pender, Marjorie Peterson, Kathryn Ray, Nellie Roberts, Josephine Sabel, Felicia Sorel, Julia Steger, Irene Swor, Earl Taney, Esther Tanya, The Whirlwinds, Lillian Thomas, Francis Thorne, Lucille Upton, Velma Valentine, Richard Warren, Peggy Watts, Rose Wenzel, Frank Wisner, Harold Yates, Marguerite Young.
- (1925) Stage Play: Gay Paree. Musical revue. Music by Musical Director: Alfred Goodman, Maurice Ruebens and J. Fred Coots. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge, Henry Creamer, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, Lester Allen, Harry Woods (also additional music), Charles Tobias (also additional music) and Al Sherman (also additional music). Additional music by James F. Hanley, Walter Donaldson and Joseph Meyer. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Choreographed by Alexis Kosloff. Directed by J.J. Shubert and Charles Judels. Shubert Theatre: 18 Aug 1925-30 Jan 1926 (181 performances). Cast: Newton Alexander, Betty Allen, Lucille Arden, William Baden, Dorothy Barber, Pauline Blair, Frances Blythe, Richard Bold, Ilsi Bott, Alice Boulden, Carol Boyer, William Brainerd, Lorraine Brooks, Camille, Jean Caswell, Chandler Christy, Helen Claire, Eddie Conrad, Claire Daniels, Isabel Dawn, Claudia Dell, Johnny Dove, Louise Dove, Clarice Durham, Mabel Earle, Beth Elliott, Byrdeatta Evans, Florence Fair, Rosemary Farmer, Margie Finley, Walton Ford, Ruth Gillette, Florence Golden, Viola Griffith, Texas Guinan, Jack Haley, Ruth Hamilton, Thalie Hamilton, Edith Higgens, Alice Hooke, Edna Hopper, Florence Horne, Gus Hyland, Katherine Janeway, Frank Kimball, Marty Kolinsky, Lillian Lane, George LeMaire, Fern LeRoy, Winnie Lightner, Martha Linn, Gertrude Lowe, Viola Marshall, Betty Maurice, Arthur May, Verdi Milli, Marie Price, Prosper & Maret, Dorothy Rae, Nora Reed, Camille Renault, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Salt and Pepper, Wilfred Seagram, Winifred Seale, Dorothy Shepard, Jeanette Simard, Bartlett Simmons, Marie Simpson, Bernadette Spencer, Louise Taylor, Billy B. Van, Lorraine Weimar, Margaret Wilson. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Rufus LeMaire.
- (1925) Stage Play: Florida Girl. Musical comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: Rufus LeMaire's Affairs. Musical revue.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Three Musketeers. Musical drama. Music by Rudolf Friml. Lyrics by Clifford Grey and P.G. Wodehouse. Book by / directed by William Anthony McGuire. Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Musical Staging by Albertina Rasch. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by John Harkrider. Directed by Richard Boleslawski. Lyric Theatre: 13 Mar 1928- 15 Dec 1928 (318 performances). Cast: Pirkko Ahlquist (as "Ensemble"), Lester Allen (as "Plancher"), Virginia Beardsley (as "Ensemble"), Yvonne Beaupre (as "Ensemble"), Marye Bern (as "Ensemble"), Jeanette Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Harrison Brockbank (as "Innkeeper"), Eleanor Buffington (as "Ensemble"), Edna Bunte (as "Ensemble"), Robert D. Burns (as "Jussac"), Katherine Cavelli (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Clark (as "Ensemble"), John Clarke (as "The Duke of Buckingham"), Nancy Corrigan (as "Ensemble"), Dona Desne Curry (as "Ensemble"), Yvonne D'Arle (as "Anne, Queen of France"), Audrey Davis (as "Ensemble"), Helen Derby (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia Derby (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Derwent (as "Louis XIII"), William Dillon (as "Ensemble"), Marion Dodge (as "Ensemble"), L. Dumbadse (as "Ensemble"), Douglass Dumbrille (as "Athos"), Ernest Ehler (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite Eisele (as "Ensemble"), Byrdeatta Evans (as "Ensemble"), Rose Gale (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Greenley (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Groves (as "Ensemble"), Emily Hadley (as "Ensemble"), Sally Hadley (as "Ensemble"), William Hagen (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Hall (as "Ensemble"), Libby Hanley (as "Ensemble"), Vida Hanna (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Hayes (as "Aubergiste"), Louis Hector (as "Comte De La Rochefort"), Eve Hellesness (as "Ensemble"), Harriet Hoctor (as "Premiere Danseuse of the Court"), Stanley Howard (as "Ensemble"), Ivan Ismailov (as "Ensemble"), Norman Ives (as "Ensemble"), Harry James (as "Ensemble"), Andy Jochim (as "Cardinal's Guard"), Naomi Johnson (as "Zoe"), Wilma Kaye (as "Ensemble"), Frances Kelly (as "Ensemble"), William Kershaw (as "Brother Joseph"), Denis King (as "D'Artagnan"), Charles Kirby (as "Ensemble"), John Kline (as "M. De Treville"), Lydia Krushinsky (as "Ensemble"), Julia Lane (as "Ensemble"), Elaine Lank (as "Ensemble"), Randolph Leyman (as "Cardinal's Guard"), Eleanor Little (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Macaulay (as "Aramis"), Glenn Macauley (as "Ensemble"), Mary MacDonald (as "Ensemble"), Lottie Marcy (as Ensemble"), Joan Marren (as "Ensemble"), Marie Merrifield (as "Ensemble"), G. Moore (as "King's Attendant"), Ellen Moray (as "Ensemble"), Ann Moss (as "Ensemble"), Armundi Muzzi (as "Ensemble"), Raymond O'Brien (as "Patrick"), Lucille O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Vivienne Osborne (as "Lady De Winter"), Nona Otero (as "Ensemble"), Reginald Owen (as "Cardinal Richelieu"), Ivy Palmer (as "Ensemble"), Esther Peters (as "Ensemble"), Detmar Poppen (as "Porthos"), Nora Puntin (as "Ensemble"), Louise Raymond (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Reign (as "Ensemble"), Lee Russell (as "Ensemble"), Vivienne Segal (as "Constance Bonacieux"), Martin Sheppard (as "Ensemble"), Robert Shields (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Steiner (as "Ensemble"), Miriam Stockton (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Sutton (as "Ensemble"), Richard Thornton (as "The Bo'sun"), Mildred Turner (as "Ensemble"), Regina Tushinska (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Valient (as "Ensemble"), A. Van Mueller (as "Ensemble"), Serge Vino (as "Ensemble"), Lillian White (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Williams (as "Ensemble"), Helen Withers (as "Ensemble"), John Zak (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1929) Stage Play: Top Speed. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton. Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar. Music by Harry Ruby. Musical Direction by Ivan Rudisill. Choreographed by John Boyle and Leroy Prinz. Directed by John Harwood. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 10 Mar 1930- close): 25 Dec 1929- 22 Mar 1930 (104 performances). Cast: Flo Allen (as "Ensemble"), Lester Allen (as "Elmer Peters"), Ray Apgar (as "Ensemble"), Theodore Babcock (as "Mr. Rollins"), Tom Barrett (as "Ensemble"), Laine Blaire (as "Molly"), Billie Blake (as "Ensemble"),, Norine Bogan, Irene Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Martha Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Samuel Critcherson, Sunny Dale (as "Daisy Parker"), George Del Drigo (as "Waiter at the Yacht Club/Ensemble"), Irene Delroy (as "Virginia Rollins"), Alan DeSylva (as "Ensemble"), Adele Dickson (as "Ensemble"), Harland Dixon (as "Tad Jordan"), Valerie Dolaro (as "Ensembl"), Peggy Driscoll, John T. Dwyer, Enes Early, Olga Fox (as "Ensemble"), Louise Francis (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Franke (as "Ensemble"), Paul Frawley (as "Gerry Brooks"), Fred Furman (as "Ensemble"), William Hale (as "Souvenir Storekeeper"), Lon Hascall (as "Pete Schoonmaker"), Mildred Hosee (as "Ensemble"), Carolyn James (as "Ensemble"), Gene Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Marie Keve (as "Ensemble"), George King (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Kirkland (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Knight (as "Ensemble"), Willis Lawrence (as "Ensemble"), Irving Lesser (as "Ensemble"), Dixie Lester (as "Ensemble"), Arthur May (as "Ensemble"), Beth Meredith (as "Ensemble"), Hal Morton (as "Ensemble"), Kendall Northrop (as "Ensemble"), Hermes Pan (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Pedrick (as "Bellows"), Lorraine Power (as "Ensemble"), John Quinn (as "Ensemble"), Helen Rauth, Kay Reilly (as "Ensemble"), Shirley Richards (as "Shirley"), Ginger Rogers (as "Babs Green") [Broadway debut], Mildred Rye (as "Ensemble"), Paula Sands (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Silton (as "Ensemble"), Frances Thress (as "Ensemble"), Elinor Walent (as "Ensemble"), Nondas Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Ken Williams (as "Chauffeur/Ensemble"), Dodo Wyatt (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Wyler (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Bolton, Kalmar & Ruby Ltd. Note: Filmed by First National Pictures [dstributed by Warner Bros.] as Top Speed (1930) as a Joe E. Brown vehicle.
- (1933) Stage Play: Shady Lady. Musical comedy. Book by Estelle Morando. Uncredited revisions by Irving Caesar. Lyrics by Bud Green and Stanley Adams. Music by Sam H. Stept and Jesse Greer. Additional music by Serge Walter. Additional lyrics by Serge Walter. Musical Director: Max Hoffman Sr. Music orchestrated by Charles L. Cooke and Henry Redfield. Dances and ensembles by Jack Donohue. Directed by Theodore Hammerstein. Shubert Theatre: 5 Jul 1933- 29 Jul 1933 (30 performances). Cast: Lester Allen (as "Al Darcy") [final Broadway role], Maurice Ash (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Lauretta Brislin (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Kay Cameron (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Phyllys Cameron (as "Clarisse"), Audrey Christie (as "Francine"), Joan Connor (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jack Donohue (as "Specialty Dancer"), Marie Felique (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Max Hoffmann Jr. (as "Geoffrey Benson"), Rita Jason (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Helen Kane (as "Millie Mack"), Gladyse Keating (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Louise Kirtland (as "Peggy Stetson"), Dick Langdon (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Jean Lawrence (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jeanette Lea (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), William Meader (as "Taxi Driver"), Tully Millet (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Ed Murray (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Emmett O'Brien (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Charles Purcell (as "Richard Brandt"), Helen Raymond (as "Lulu Stetson"), Beth Reynolds (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Bruce Riley (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Dorothy Van Hest (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Vivian Vernon (as "Sonia"), Harold Webster (as "Tracy"), Janice Winter (as "Lady of the Ensemble"). Produced by Harry Meyer.
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