- (1917 - 1943) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1917) Stage Play: Words and Music. Musical revue. Music by E. Ray Goetz. Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz. Material by Raymond Hitchcock. Words said to be by William Shakespeare. Music said to be by Ludwig van Beethoven. Featuring songs by William White, Jean Schwartz, Albert Von Tilzer and Harry Ruby. Featuring songs with lyrics by Lew Brown, Edgar Leslie and Bert Kalmar [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Leon Errol. Fulton Theatre: 24 Dec 1917- Jan 1918 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Edna Aug, Annette Bade, Elizabeth Brice, Martine Burnley, Richard Carle, Ellen Cassidy, Mildred Colby, Wellington Cross (as "A Yogi, a Husband, a Lieutenant, and a Toy Soldier"), Jeanne Dare, Marion Davies (as "Gaby Delsys"), Lillian Davis, Gordon Dooley, Ray Dooley, William Dooley, Flo Hart, Ben Hendricks Jr. (as "A Famous Composer"), Dorothy Herman, Evelyn Kerner, Dorothy Koffee, Gladys Logan, Maurie Madison, Frank Mayne, Evelyn Monte, Dot Quintette, Anna May Seymour, Harry Seymour, Harry Tanner, Edythe Whitney, Jay Wilson. Produced by Raymond Hitchcock and E. Ray Goetz.
- (1920) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1920. Musical revue/spectacle. Music by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph J. 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, 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..
- (1920) Stage Play: Broadway Brevities of 1920. Musical revue. Lyrics by Blair Treynor. Music by Archie Gottler. Sketches by George LeMaire. Additional numbers by Arthur Jackson, George Gershwin, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Irving Caesar and Irving Berlin. Musical Direction by Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Will Vodery. Lyrics by Blair Treynor. Music by Archie Gottler. Sketches by George LeMaire. Additional numbers by Arthur Jackson, George Gershwin, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Irving Caesar and Irving Berlin. Musical Direction by Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Will Vodery. Directed by James C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 29 Sep 1920- 18 Dec 1920 (105 performances). Cast: Marcelle Barnes, Kitty Berg, Phyllis Blair, Wilma Bruce, Eddie Buzzell, Ethel Callahan, Eddie Cantor, Delphine Deery, Mercedes Demordant, Jay Dillon, Virginia Dixon, Alma Drange, Alva Fenton, Catharine Flynn, Vera Grosset, Emlee Haddone, Dorothy Hall, Edith Hallor, Ona Hamilton, Alice Haynes, Genevieve Houghton, Renee Hughes, Jan Jarvis, Flora Keene, Florence Kern, Dorothy King, Natalie Kingston, Alexis Kosloff, George LeMaire, Helen LeVon, Carol Miller, Peggy Mitchell, Teck Murdock, Patricia Parker, Peggy Parker, Anna Paulson, Estelle Penning, Edith Pollack, Virginia Roche, Ula Sharon, Dorothy Stokes, William Sully, Paul Van Dyke, Hal Van Renssalaer, Norma Waterman, Elsie Westcott, Bert Williams, Beverly Worth, Hilda Wright. Produced by George LeMaire.
- (1921) Stage Play: Snapshots of 1921. Musical revue. Music by Con Conrad, Jose Padilla, George W. Meyer, Malvin M. Franklin, Harry Ruby, James Monaco, Leopold Godowski and George Gershwin. Lyrics by Con Conrad, E. Ray Goetz, Frances Nordstrom, Alex Gerber, Bert Kalmar, Sidney D Mitchell and Grant Clarke. Musical Director: Herbert Stothart. Featuring songs by Harry Brooks and Seymour Simons. Directed by Leon Errol. Selwyn Theatre: 2 Jun 1921- 6 Aug 1921 (60 performances). Cast: Delyle Alda, Lucille Arden, Eunice Barrington, Nora Bayes, Barbara Brislaw, Florence Challenger, Florence Courtney, Inez Courtney, Lilyan Dawn, Maurice Diamond, Virginia Dixon, Berta Donn, Alma Drange, Alan Edwards, Alice Fessenden, Lew M. Fields, Anita Furman, Gilda Gray, Grace Hall, Leo Henning, DeWolf Hopper Sr., Ernest Lambert, Bill Little, Ursula Mack, George MacKay, Lulu McConnell, Gertrude McDonald, Belle McEwan, Helen McMahon, Dolores Mendez, Gypsy Mooney, Marie Otto, Mildred Quinn, Grant Simpson, Lauretta Stanley, Frances Stone, Tommy Suyematsu, Symplane, Ruth Thomas, Joseph Torpey, Violet Vale, Phil White, Ruth White. Produced by The Selwyns and Lew Fields.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Greenwich Village Follies. Musical revue. Music by Louis A. Hirsch. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by John Murray Anderson and Irving Caesar. Additional music by Irving Caesar and Harry Ruby. Additional lyrics by Bert Kalmar. Musical Director: Alfred Newman. Choreographed by Jack Manning, Carl Randall and Alexander Yakovleff. Directed by John Murray Anderson. Shubert Theatre: 12 Sep 1922- 10 Mar 1923 (209 performances). Cast: Dorothy Arnold, Elsie Bartlett, Frieda Berkoff, Louis Berkoff, Jay Brennan, Lucille Chalfonte, Azeada Charkouie, George Christie, George Clifford, Ruth Conley, Dinarzade, Mollie Doherty, Fortunello and Cirillano, Yvonne George, Harriet Gimbel, Doris Green, John Hazzard, Frankie Heath, Paul K. Herbert, Jeanne La Mont, Josephine MacNicol, Helen McDonald, Lucila Mendez, Edythe Nedd, Madge North, Marjorie Peterson, Carl Randall, George Rasely, Eugenia Repelsky, Virginia Roche, Bert Savoy, Michel Schiapiro, Ula Sharon, John Sheehan, Julia Silvers, Amund Sjovik, Tarzanne, Linn Van Vorhees, Della Vanna, Alice Weaver, Grace Kay White, Cricket Wooten, Stella Wooten, Alexander Yakovleff, Marguerite Young. Produced by The Bohemians Inc.
- (1923) Stage Play: Helen of Troy, New York. Musical comedy. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Book by George S. Kaufman. Directed by Bertram Harrison and Bert French. Selwyn Theatre: (moved to Times Square Theatre on 8 Oct 1923 to close): 19 Jun 1923- 1 Dec 1923 (191 performances). Cast included Alice Akers, Neil Ames, Roy Atwell, Leon Bartels, Louise Bateman, Virginia Birmingham, Elise Bonwit, Mildred Brown, Joan Clement, Gene Collins, Queenie Smith. Produced by Rufus LeMaire and George Jessel.
- (1923) Stage Play: Nifties of 1923. Musical revue. Sketches by Sam Bernard and William Collier Sr. Music by Bert Kalmar, Frank Crumit and Raymond Hubbell. Lyrics by Harry Ruby, Frank Crumit, Buddy G. DeSylva [credited as Buddy DeSylva] and Arthur Francis. Orchestra Conducted by Victor Baravalle. Choreographed by William Holbrook. Directed by R.H. Burnside and William Collier Sr.. Fulton Theatre: 25 Sep 1923- 3 Nov 1923 (47 performances). Cast: Florenz Ames, Lina Basquette, Pearl Bennett, Sam Bernard, James Brady, The Breens, Helen Broderick, James Carty, William Collier, Cortez and Peggy, Frank Crumit, Hazel Dawn, Ray Dooley, Helen Eby-Rock, The Elm City Four, Jane Green, Fred Greene, Ona Hamilton, William Holbrook, Andre Lapue, Frederick Lyon, Geraldine Markham, Gertrude McDonald, Helen McDonald, Harry Morrissey, Emil Nelson, Jack Scannell, Joe Schenck, Twelve Tiller Girls, Gus Van, Sidney Williams. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1923) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1923. Musical revue. Music by Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml and Dave Stamper. Lyrics by Gene Buck. Sketches by: Eddie Cantor and Gene Buck. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Additional music by Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Blanche Merrill, Leo Edwards, Gabriel Daray, Edgar Leslie, Benton Ley, Lee David and Ambrose Thomas. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 20 Oct 1923 - 10 May 1924 (233 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Ethel Allis, Ruth Andrae, Wilma Ansell, Mary Bancroft, Virginia Beardsley, Doris Bennett, Mildred Billert, Lois Blackburn, Fanny Brice, Dorothy Brown, Lilly Burgess, Catherine Burke, Marie Callahan, Cynthia Cambridge, Louise Carlton, Joan Carter Waddell, Gladys Coburn, Hettie Cooper, Roy Cropper, Margaret Cummings, Marie Dahm, Helena D'Algy, May Daw, Claire DeFitamiere, Ferral Dewees, Harland Dixon, Helen Dobbins, Andre Dumont, Paulette Duval, Dorothy Ellis, Gladys Ellison, Helen Ellsworth, Alberta Faust, Hilda Ferguson, Mme. Florianne, Harriet Fowler, Catherine Gallimore, Millie Glossop, Florentine Gosnova, Hetty Graham, Roberta Grant, Sarah Granzow, Nelle Greasley, Beryl Halley, Marion Hamilton, Helen Henderson, Jean Henderson, Lew Hearn, Norah Jackson, Brooke Johns, Mary Julian, Bob Karna, Elizabeth Kay, Winnie Keane, Dorothy Kelsall, Flo Kennedy, Emma Klige, Alice Knowlton, Florence Kolinsky, Margaret Langhorne, Edna Leedom, Marjorie Leet, Linda, Virginia Magee, Maud Mansfield, Harriet Marned, Phyllis Mawer, Irma McShane, Lily McWilliams, Janet Megrew, Goodie Montgomery, Inez Moreno, Rita Moriarty, Polly Nally, Alma Nash, Raymond O'Brian, Gladys Peterson, Martha Pierre, Robert Quinault, Violet Regal, Billy Revel, Addie Rolfe, William Roselle, Iris Rowe, Gertrude Selden, Peggy Shannon, Heloise Sheppard, Harry Short, Margaret Sloan, Dave Stamper, Olga Steck, Charlotte Suddath, Beatrice Thorburn, Billie Tichenor, Dorothy Van Alst, Feon Vanmar, Hazel Vergess, Vivian Vernon, Hap Ward, Betty Warrington, Nondas Wayne, Marjorie Weaver, Arthur West, Elsie Westcott, Bert Wheeler, Betty Wheeler, Paul Whiteman, Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, Lois Wilde, Doris Wilson, Dottie Wilson, Imogene Wilson, Lily Winton, Stella Wooten, Helen Lee Worthing, Alexander Yarkovleff, Ruth Zoakay. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1924) Stage Play: No Other Girl. Musical comedy. Music by Bert Kalmar. Book by Aaron Hoffman. Lyrics by Harry Ruby. Musical Director: Alfred Newman. Choreographed by Larry Ceballos. Directed by John Meehan. Morosco Theatre: 13 Aug 1924- 27 Sep 1924 (56 performances). Cast: Helene Blair (as "Ensemble"), Billy Blythe (as "Ensemble"), David Brown (as "Ensemble"), Edward Buzzell (as "Ananias Jones"), Jane Carroll (as "Mary Herrington"), Ruth Conley (as "Miss Jones/Ensemble"), Fred Cowhick (as "Ensemble"), Earle Craddock (as "Joshua Franklin"), Francis X. Donegan (as "Amos Trott/Mr. Van Etten"), Doris Eaton (as "Molly Lane"), Helen Ford (as "Hope Franklin"), Nonnie George (as "Ensemble"), Eddie Gerard (as "Butler"), Jack Grieves (as "Ensemble"), William Hale (as "Ensemble"), Henry Hicks, Dorothy Kane (as "Ensemble"), Zita Mae (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Martin (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Meehan (as "Miss Smith/Ensemble"), Henry Mortimer (as "Thomas Lord"), Frank Parker (as "Ensemble"), Richard Powell (as "Ensemble"), James Francis Robertson (as "Obadiah Bingle"), Sylvia Shawn (as "Ensemble"), John Sheehan (as "Bryan"), Rose Stone (as "Ensemble"), William Sully (as "William Frawley"), Trix Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Vera Trett (as "Ensemble"), Albert White (as "Ensemble"), Helen Wilson (as "Ensemble"). Produced by A.L. Jones and Morris Green. Produced in association with A.H. Woods.
- (1925) Stage Play: Holka Polka. Musical comedy. Music by Will Ortman. Book by W. Walzer. Book adapted by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Translated by Derick Wulff. Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Dances arranged by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Lyric Theatre: 14 Oct 1925- 31 Oct 1925 (21 performances). Cast: Harry Anderson (as "Auctioneer"), Jean Armstrong (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Benson (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Booth (as "Ensemble"), Alec Bowman (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Briggs (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Brown (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Burke (as "Rudi Munz"), Phyllis Burkhardt (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Carmin (as "Ensemble"), Francis H. Cherry (as "Marie Karin"), Lillian Clinton (as "Ensemble"), Betty Credito (as "Ensemble"), Florence Crozier (as "Ensemble"), Vera Dale (as "Ensemble"), Rosa de Cordoba (as "Specialty Dancer"), Barbara Dean (as "Ensemble"), Ely DeMar (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne DeSales (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Doane (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Elaine (as "Ensemble"), Harry Ellston (as "Ensemble"), Paul Elsoner (as "Ensemble"), Willoa Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Ben Fleck (as "Ensemble"), Nicholas Globatcheff (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as Karel Boleslav"), Orville Harrold (as "Peter Novak, Known as Nobody"), Patti Harrold (as "Peterle Novak"), Harry Heller (as "Ensemble"), Harry Holbrook (as "Max Munz"), Mary Huber (as "Ensemble"), Albert Hurt (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kartavy (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice King (as "Ensemble"), Russell King (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Vincent Langan (as "Jan"), Richard Lear (as "Ensemble"), Jack Lerner (as "Ensemble"), Milba LeVander (as "Ensemble"), Ray Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), Renee Lowrie (as "Ensemble"), Esther Lyon (as "Ellen Novak"), George E. Mack (as "Baron von Bruck"), James Martin (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Martin (as "Ensemble"), Ila McCall (as "Ensemble"), Henrietta Merriman (as "Ensemble"), Alice Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), James C. Morton (as "Adam Cook"), Fred Ortmann (as "Ensemble"), Lisa Parnova (as "Specialty Dancer"), Patty Patterson (as "Ensemble"), Frances Patton (as "Ensemble"), F.D. Porterfield (as "Ensemble"), Morris Ragalsky (as "Ensemble"), Marion & Martinez Randel (as "Specialty Dancers"), Faye Renard (as "Ensemble"), Troupe Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Clementine Rigeau (as "Ensemble"), Bess Ringwald (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Lea Roy (as "Ensemble"), Valerie Sargent (as "Ensemble"), Christine Schyler (as "Ensemble"), John Sherlock (as "Henri Novothy"), Val Sholar (as "Ensemble"), May Speed (as "Ensemble"), Edith Stich (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Strawbridge (as "Specialty Dancer"), Reginald Thomas (as "Ensemble"), Charles Thompson (as "Coachman"), Ben Trotman (as "Ensemble"), May Vokes (as "Gundel"), Olive Wanda (as "Ensemble"), Holmes Washburn (as "Ensemble"), Viola Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Williams (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Wilson (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Withers (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Carl Reed.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Ramblers. Musical comedy. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Book by Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby; Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyric Theatre: 20 Sep 1926- 28 May 1927 (289 performances). Produced by Philip Goodman. Directed by Philip Goodman.
- (1926) Stage Play: Twinkle, Twinkle. Musical comedy. Music by Harry Archer. Book by Harlan Thompson. Lyrics by Harlan Thompson. Additional scenes and numbers by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Musical Staging by Julian Alfred and Harry Puck. Directed by Frank Craven. Liberty Theatre: 16 Nov 1926- 9 Apr 1927 (167 performances). Cast: Elise Bonwit (as "Louise/Sextette"), Joe E. Brown (as "P.G. "Peachy" Robinson"), Frank Bryan (as "Ensemble"), Perqueta Courtney (as "Florence Devereaux"), Diana Day (as "June/Sextette"), Alan Edwards (as "Richard Grey"), Anita Firman (as "Suzette/Sextette"), John Gray (as "Telegraph Operator"), Patty Hastings (as "Jennie/Sextette"), Phyllis Hooper (as "Ensemble"), Wanda Jarzy (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Jenkins (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Jordan (as "Ensemble"), Douglas Keaton (as "Ensemble"), Ann Kelly (as "Gloria/Sextette"), Therese Kelly (as "A Cutie"), Myrtle Le Roy (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Lertora (as "Jack Wyndham"), Flo Lewis (as "Bessie Smith"), Allyn Loring (as "Ensemble"), Alice MacDonald (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Martin (as "Dolores/Sextette"), William J. McCarthy (as "Sam Gibson"), Ned McGarn (as "Ensemble"), Helen Mirtel (as "Ensemble"), Ona Munson (as "Alice James"), Henry Nelthropp (as "Ensemble"), Frances Nevins (as "Ensemble"), Marion Nevins (as "Ensemble"), Anna Nito (as "Ensemble"), John O'Neil (as "Ensemble"), John Sheehan (as "Harry"), Betty Sheldon (as "Ensemble"), Nerene Swinton (as "Ensemble"), Frances Upton (as "Jane Robinson"), Hazel Vee (as "Ensemble"), Betty Veronica (as "Ensemble"), Diana White (as "Ensemble"), Wanda Wood (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Louis F. Werba.
- (1927) Stage Play: Lucky. Musical comedy. Based on material by Otto A. Harbach. Additional scenes by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Music by Jerome Kern. Additional numbers by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Direction by Gus Salzer. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Additional music by Fred Fisher, Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth, Gus Edwards and George Gershwin. Additional lyrics by Fred Fisher, Jack Norworth, Edward Madden and Anne Caldwell. Ballets arranged by Albertina Rasch. Directed by Hassard Short. New Amsterdam Theatre: 22 Mar 1927- 21 May 1927 (71 performances). Cast: Walter Catlett (as "Charlie Simpson"). Cast: Bessie Allison, Alfred Arnold, Walter Arnold, Charles Bannister, Julia Brashkova, Dorothy Bell, Dick Bennett, Dulce Bentley, Martin Berkeley, Albert Birk, Leonore Blair, Betty Block, Pearl Bradley, Mary Brady, Billie Cain, Virginia Clark, Joan Clement, Hal Clovis, Charles Conkling, Emily Cote, Peggy Cunningham, Hyacinth Curtis, Jack de Lys, Maxine Demmler, Marian Dickson, Alma Drange, Charles Eaton, Mary Eaton, Eleanor Elden, Paul Everton, Rosemary Farmer, Richard Farrell, George Ferguson, Jeanne Fonda, Ethel Forrest, Rose Gaillaird, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher (as "Teddy Travers"), Charles Gibney, Elvira Gomez, Bert Gould, Alfred Hall, Pauline Hall, Aili Halmenaa, Milton Halpern, Kathryn Hamill, Vivian Harris, Jack Hughes, Max Hugo, Ray Justus, Ruby Keeler (as "Mazie Maxwell"), Betty Keen, The Keller Sisters, Lily Kimari, Kathleen Krosby, Kathryn Lambly, Myrtle Lane, Donald Lee, Fred Lennox, Edna Locke, Al Lynch, Trude Marr, Olga Marye, Bob Maxwell, Stanley McClelland, Charles Mitchell, Lillian Morehouse, Bob Morris, Josephine Mostler, Henry Mowbray, Hugh Francis Murphy, Al Ochs (as "Long Ling"), Bill O'Donnell, Don Oltarsh, Cheri Pelham, Dorothy Phillips, Nickie Pittell, Patricia Preston, Anna Rex, Phyllis Reynolds, Nita Rosso, Elizabeth Ryder, Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, Lenore Shearer, Kumara Singha, Emily Slater, Hugh Sorenson, Louise Starck, Jack Talbot, Ayres Tavitt, Archibald Thompson, Peaches Tortoni, Regina Tuahinska, George Vigouroux, Eda Vittollo, Teddy Ward, Elida Webb, Princess White Deer, Martha Wilbert, Fred Wilson, Albert Wyart, Dorothy Wyatt. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Five O'Clock Girl. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Music by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Choreographed by Jack Haskell. Assistant Choreographer: Daniel Dare. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Scenic Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Entire production under the supervision of Philip Goodman. Directed by John Harwood. 44th Street Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 16 Apr 1928 to close): 10 Oct 1927- 2 Jun 1928 (280 performances). Cast: Russell Ash, Michael Barroy, Louis John Bartels, Chester Bennett, Albert Birk, Marian Bonnell, Marion Booth, Dorothy Brown, Arthur C. Budd, Mary Carlton, Charles Conklin, Myrtle Cox, Daniel Dare (as "Ronnie Webb"), Daye Dawne, Lola De Lille, Helen Deane, Allys Dwyer, Mary Eaton (as "Patricia Brown"), Dorothy Fitzgibbon, Gloria Gilbert, Buddie Haines, Raymond Hall, Evelyn Hannons, Virginia Hassell, Leo Howe, Jack Hughes, Elizabeth Janeway, Carl Judd (as "Policeman"), Jack Kay, Ethel Kelly, Pert Kelton (as "Susan Snow"), Myrtle Lane, Jane Lauderdale, Sam Lee, Helen Madigan, Jessie Madison, Pauline Maxwell, Arthur May, Fred Maye, Frank McNellis, Verdi Milli, Helen Mirtel, Virginia Moore, Bobby Morris, Virginia Mortimer, Alice O'Brien, Gwen Orlando, June Paget, Marjorie Phillips, Mary Phillips, Ruby Poe, Alice Raisen, June Ray, Helen Sanderson, Ted Schultz, Al Shaw, Oscar Shaw (as "Gerald Brooks"), Rosemary Sill, Lowell Stray, Audrey Sturges, Elizabeth Surran, Frances Thress, Philip Tiltman, Vera Trett, Elsa Varga, Vahrah Verba, Billy Walsh, Brownie Walsh, Betty Waxton, Ted White, Biddy Wilkenson, Mary Williams. Produced by Philip Goodman.
- (1928) Stage Play: She's My Baby. Musical comedy/farce. Material by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Special Augmented Orchestra under the direction of Gene Salzer. Choreographed by Mary Read. Directed by Edward Royce. Globe Theatre: 3 Jan 1928- 3 Mar 1928 (71 performances). Cast: Beatrice Lillie (as "Tilly"), Paul Banker, James H. Beattie, Joan Clement, May Cornes, Cleo Cullen, Peggy Cunningham, Evelyn Dehkes, Teddy Denton, Bernie Dirkes, Frank Doane (as "Mr. Hemingway, Martin's trustee") [final Broadway appearance], Malcolm Duffield, Irene Dunne (as "Polly"), Pearl Eaton, Evelyn Ellsmore, Geraldine Fitzgerald (as "Ensemble"), William Frawley (as "Meadows"), Doreen Glover, Alfred Hale, Violet Hanbury, Muriel Hayman, Elsie Holt, Grace Holt, Topsy Humphries, Nick Long, Jr., Mary Louise, William McCarthy, Glenn McComas, Alfred Milano, Catherine Na Varro, Blanche O'Donohoe, Charlotte Otis, Jessie Payne, Phyllis Rae, Peti Reed, Lily Reilly, Anna Riley, Evelyn Sayers, Loretta Sayers, Georgie Sewell, Ula Sharon, William Sholar, Jr., Iris Smith, Pearl Sodders, Peggy Sowden, Robert Spencer, Jack Stevens, Ward Tallman, Norma Taylor, George Vigouroux, Robert Vreeland, Florence Ware, Doris Waterworth, Clifton Webb (as "Clyde Parker, the author"), Hazel Webb, Jack Whiting, Jill Williams, Vivian Wilson, Hilda Winstanley, Dorothy Wyatt. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1928) Stage Play: Good Boy. 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.
- (1928) Stage Play: Animal Crackers. Musical comedy. Material by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Direction by Gus Salzer. Musical Direction by Russell Markert. Directed by Oscar Eagle. 44th Street Theatre: 23 Oct 1928- 6 Apr 1929 (191 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Albert Amato, Ivena Baker, Jack Bauer, Allan Blair, Billie Blake, Hazel Boffinger, William Bradley, Cleo Brown, Muriel Buck, Mildred Burkhardt, Helene Cambridge, Gertrude Cole, Annette Davies, Kay Donegan, Margaret Dumont (as "Mrs. Rittenhouse"), John Elliott, Walton Ford, Helen Fowble, Janice Glenn, Alyse Green, Robert Greig (as "Hives"), Mildred Hatfield, Gerry Hoffman, Gypsy Hollis, Margaret Irving, Genevieve Kent, Dorothy Knowlton, Jewel LaKota, Preston Lewis, Arthur Lipson (as "M. Doucet"), Serrita Lorraine, Dorothy Marmon, Maxine Marshall, Chico Marx (as "Emanuel Ravelli"), Groucho Marx (as "Captain Spalding"), Harpo Marx (as "The Professor"), Zeppo Marx (as "Jamison"), Bert Mathews, Eleanor McCabe, Florine Meyers, Virginia Meyers, Lucille Milam, Marcelle Miller, Louise Mills, Marie Musselle, Irma Nicholas, Pat O'Keefe, Mary O'Rourke, Hermes Pan (as "Ensemble"), Harry Pederson, Bobbie Perkins, Patricia Pursley, Marty Rhiele, Aileen Shaw, Helene Sheldon, Erma Shy, Louis Sorin, Virginia Stone, Audrey Volmer, Florence Wall, George Wallace, Milton Watson, Alpha Wellemkotter, Frances Wise, Thelma Witzig, Alice Wood, Jessica Worth. Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed as Animal Crackers (1930).
- (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, Lester Allen, Ray Apgar, Theodore Babcock, Tom Barrett, Laine Blaire, Billie Blake, Norine Bogan, Irene Carroll, Martha Carroll, Samuel Critcherson, Sunny Dale, George Del Drigo, Irene Delroy, Alan DeSylva, Adele Dickson, Harland Dixon, Valerie Dolaro Ensemble, Peggy Driscoll, John T. Dwyer, Enes Early, Olga Fox, Louise Francis, Mildred Franke, Paul Frawley, Fred Furman, William Hale, Lon Hascall, Mildred Hosee, Carolyn James, Gene Johnson, Marie Keve, George King, Jerry Kirkland, Hilda Knight, Willis Lawrence, Irving Lesser, Dixie Lester, Arthur May, Beth Meredith, Hal Morton, Kendall Northrop, Hermes Pan (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Pedrick, Lorraine Power, John Quinn, Helen Rauth, Kay Reilly, Shirley Richards, Ginger Rogers (as "Babs Green") [Broadway debut], Mildred Rye, Paula Sands, Charlotte Silton, Frances Thress, Elinor Walent, Nondas Wayne, Ken Williams, Dodo Wyatt, Daniel Wyler. 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.
- (1941) Stage Play: High Kickers. Musical comedy. Based on an idea by Phil Silvers. Book by George Jessel, Bert Kalmar, and Harry Ruby. Choreographed by Carl Randall. Directed by Ed Sobol. Broadhurst Theatre: 31 Oct 1941- 28 Mar 1942 (171 performances). Cast: Sunny Ainsworth, Jean Anthony, Helen Barrie, Rollin Bauer, Bob Bay, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster, Betty Bruce, Lucille Casey, Stephanie Cekan, Chaz Chase, Bonita Edwards, Franklyn Fox, Victor Griffin, Marilyn Hale, Eleanor Hall, Frances Hammond, Anne Helm, Ellen Howard, Jack Howard, Marjorie Jackson, Lois January, Dorothy Jeffers, George Jessel, Rose King, Harry Mack, Jack Mann, Joe Marks, Mary Marlow, Mary-Robin Marlow, Joyce Mathews, Ray McGregor, Dick Monahan, Bobbie Prieser, Ted Shapiro, Bob Shaw, Betty Jane Smith, Betty Stewart, Helen Spruill, Lee Sullivan, Rose Teed, Sophie Tucker, Billy Vine, Marion Warnes, Donald Weissmuller, Chick York, Harold Young. Produced by George Jessel and Alfred Bloomingdale.
- (1943) Stage Play: The Corn Is Green. Drama. Note: Filmed as The Corn Is Green (1945).
- (November 3 to December 12, 1993) Harry Ruby, George S. Kaufman, Morris Ryskind and his musical, "Animal Crackers," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Robert Michael Baker, Kristin Chenoweth, Frank Ferrante, Les Marsden, Jan Neuberger, Michael O'Sheen, Hal Robinson, John Scherer and Carol Swarbrick in the cast. Charles Repole was director. Michael Lichtefeld was choreographer. Keith Thompson was musical director. Michael Anania was scenic designer. F. Mitchell Dana was lighting designer. David Toser was costume designer.
- (May 7, 1982) He and Harry Ruby wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, "Animal Crackers," at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. Douglas C. Wager was director. George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind wrote the book.
- (March 26 to May 30, 1999) He and Harry Ruby wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, "Animal Crackers," in The Arena Stage Theatre production at the Fichlander Theater in Washington D.C. Douglas C. Wager was director. George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind wrote the book.
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