- (1918) Stage: Appeared (as "Jack"; Broadway debut) in "Girl o' Mine" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book / lyrics by Philip Bartholomae. Music by Frank Tours. Choreographed by Edward Hutchinson and Allan K. Foster. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by Clifford Brooke and Edward P. Temple. Bijou Theatre: 28 Jan 1918-9 Mar 1918 (48 performances). Cast: Charles Burrows (as "A Waiter"), Irving Carter (as "Ensemble"), Robert H. Casey (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia Cassell (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Curtis (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Dickson (as "Betty"), Frank Ervin (as "Ensemble"), Barrett Greenwood (as "Charlie"), Virginia Gunther (as "Ensemble"), Edna Wallace Hopper (as "Lulu"), Leo Howe (as "Ensemble"), Carl Hyson (as "Toby"), Helen Lee (as "Mildred"), James Lounsbery (as "Duc de Bouvais"), Carlton Macy (as "Greene"), Joseph McCallion (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Moffat (as "Ensemble"), Marie Nordstrom (as "Lily"), Carolyn Nunder (as "Ensemble"), Ernest Perrin (as "Chef de Gare, Maitre d'Hotel"), Kathleen Quain (as "Ensemble"), David Quixano (as "Teddy"), Kathryn Rahn (as "Ensemble"), Cynthia Randolph (as "Ensemble"), Stanley Rayburn (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Rollins (as "Ensemble"), Clarissa Stem (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Stevenson (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Wakefield (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Elisabeth Marbury. Produced in association with Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1918) Stage: Appeared in "The Passing Show of 1918" on Broadway. Musical revue. Directed by James C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 25 Jul 1918-9 Nov 1918. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1919) Stage Play: Oh, What A Girl! Musical/farce. Music by Charles Jules and Jacques Presburg. Book by Edgar Smith and Edward Clark (also director). Lyrics by Edgar Smith, Edward Clark and Gus Kahn. Music orchestrated by Jacques Presburg. Musical Director: Fred Walz. Additional numbers by L. Wolfe Gilbert, Alex Sullivan, Nat Vincent and Irving Berlin. Featuring songs by Egbert Van Alstyne. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Central Theatre 6 Oct 1919-close): 28 Jul 1919-1 Nov 1919 (68 performances). Cast: Renée Adorée (as "Specialty") [Broadway debut], Agnes Allen (as "Chorus"), Billie Andrews (as "Chorus"), Phoebe Appleton (as "Chorus"), Sam Ash (as "Jack Rushton"), Kitty Astra (as "Chorus"), William Barry (as "Williams/Chorus"), Evelyn Clifford (as "Chorus"), Lew Cooper (as "Washington"), Frank Crawford (as "Chorus"), Sam Curtis (as "Perkins"), Florence Darling (as "Chorus"), David Dreyer (as "Ross"), Ella Evans (as "Chorus"), Nancy Fair (as "Susie Smith"), Frank Fay (as "Bill Corcoran"), Margaret Ferguson (as "Chorus"), Larry Francis (as "Downes"), Bessie Gray (as "Chorus"), Vera Groset (as "Lola Chappelle"), Kitty Holton (as "Chorus"), Harold Hulen (as "Holmes/Chorus"), Harry Kelly (as "Deacon Amos Titmouse"), Margaret King (as "Chorus"), Hazel Kirke (as "Margot Merrivale"), Ma-Belle (as "Fairy Godmother"), Pauline Markham (as "Chorus"), Veronica Marquise (as "Specialty"), Ignacio Martinetti (as "Luigi Fravola"), Clarice Miller (as "Chorus"), Elizabeth Moffat (as "Amanda Titmouse"), Mat Murphy (as "Carr/Chorus"), Florence Nelson (as "Chorus"), Ethel Mary Oakland (as "Prince Charming"), Kathleen O'Hanlon (as "Specialty"), Diana Peyton (as "Chorus"), Jack Polen (as "Chorus"), Lester Scharff (as "Head Waiter"), Agnes Shiedell (as "Chorus"), Lewis Sloden (as "Specialty"), Clarice Snyder (as "Cinderella"), George Stifter (as "Taylor/Chorus"), Elizabth Treep (as "Chorus"), Bobby Watts (as "Chorus"), Elizabeth West (as "Chorus"), Lillian Wilson (as "Chorus"), Theodore Zambouni (as "Specialty"), William Zinnel (as "Smathers"). Replacement cast [during Shubert Theatre run]: Patsy De Forrest (as "Susie Smith"). [During Central Theatre run:] None known. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Show's run was affected by the Actor's Equity strike, with production suspended from 6 Aug 1919- 15 Sep 1919, which undoubtedly negatively impacted it's success.
- (1920) Stage: Appeared in "Jim Jam Jems" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by James F. Hanley. Book / lyrics by Harry Linsley Cort and G.E. Stoddard. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Joe Goodwin. Scenic Design by Beaux Arts Studio. Costume Design by Hilarie Mahieu & Co. Choreographed by Robert Marks. Directed by Edward J. McGregor. Cort Theatre: 4 Oct 1920-1 Jan 1921 (105 performances). Cast: Roscoe Ails, Zoe Barnett, Arthur Brooks, Joe E. Brown, Virginia Clark, Viola Duval, Cecelia Edwin, Elsie Elliott, Ella Ewen, Gertrude Farrell, Margaret Fitzgerald, Stanley Forde, Lurleen Garrison, Miss Gay, Agnes Hall, Grace Hall, Fred Hamilton, Murray Hart, Gattison Jones, Pauline LaGrail, Cecil Langdon, Harry Langdon (as "James"), Rose Langdon, Madge Lawrence, Irma Marwick, Eleanor Matthewson, Harry P. Maurer, Paul McCarty, Irene Medora, Kathryn Miley, Joe E. Miller, Midgie Miller, N.H. Miller, Winifred Mitchell, W.H. Muller, Paul Pollock, R.L. Ridgeley, Robert Rolem, Saxi Hotsworth Harmony Hounds, Jack Sloat, Ned Sparks (as "Archie Spotter"), Claire St. Claire, Diana St. Guye, The King Sisters, Ada Mae Weeks (as "June Ward"), D.C. Winne, Thomas E. Woods. Produced by John Cort.
- (1922) Stage: Conceived / appeared in (as "Performer') / wrote book for / wrote (w/Clarence Gaskill'l lyrics for "Frank Fay's Fables" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Clarence Gaskill. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Conceived by Frank Fay. Choreographed by Kuy Kendall. Park Theatre: 6 Feb 1922-4 Mar 1922 (32 performances). Cast: Cecil Boylan, Arthur C. Budd, Eddie Carr, Louis Cassavant, Marie Cattell, Herbert Corthell (as "Performer"), Celene Craven, Robert Cummings (as "Performer"), Nellie Daly, Norman Earle, The Fifer Trio, Clarence Gaskill, Alice Gordon, Freckles Gordon, Bernard Granville (as "Performer"), Helen Groody, Georgiana Hewitt, Gertrude Lane, Kitty Leckie, Dorothy Lynch, Laura Lee MacLean, Fania Marinoff (as "Performer"), June Martin, Niobe Marwick, Elinor Matherson, William McGuire, Helen Montague, Leonard Moody, Venie Quincy, Walter Radtke, Donald Lee Roberts, Emily Russ, Billie Shilling, Elita Sinclair, Olga Steck, Jack Swayne, Thea Thompson, Florence Tilton, Marie Walsh, Greta Wartburg, Alfred Watson, Walter Westley, Ingrid Zanders. Produced by Harry Linsley Cort.
- (1922) Stage: Appeared in "Raymond Hitchcock's Pin Wheel" on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1923) Stage Play: Artists and Models. Musical revue. Book by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Francis 'Bunny' Weldon [credited as Francis Weldon]. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 24 Mar 1924-17 May 1924): 20 Aug 1923-17 May 1924 (312 performances). Cast: John Adair, Arthur Boylan, Rose Boylan, Nikola Cunningham, Buddy Doyle, Beth Elliott, Frank Fay, Harriet Gimbel, Grace Hamilton, Harry Kelly, Adele Klaer, Kyra, Fatelle Levelle, James R. Liddy, Lee Morse, Bob Nelson, Bob O'Connor, Marie Pettes, Etta Pillard, Ann Pritchard, George Rosener, Clare Thompson, Veronica, Rollo Wayne, Charlotte Woodruff. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: This was the first of what would become a semi-regular revue (1924, 1925, 1927, 1930 and 1943).
- (1927) Stage: Appeared in "Harry Delmar's Revels" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by James V. Monaco, Jesse Greer and Lester Lee. Book by Billy K. Wells. Lyrics by Billy Rose and Ballard MacDonald. Shubert Theatre: 28 Nov 1927-Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Hugh Cameron, Glen Dale, Helyn Eby Rock, Frank Fay, William Gaston, Janne Hackett, The Chester Hale Girls, Dorothea James, Patsy Kelly, Bert Lahr, Dick Lancaster, Artie Leeming, Winnie Lightner, E. Mercedes, Carolyn Nolte, The Patterson Sisters, The Trado Twins, Ivan Triesault. Produced by Sam Baerwitz and Harry Delmar.
- (1933) Stage: Produced / appeared in / wrote (w/Nick Copeland) sketches for / appeared in / personally supervised entire production of "Tattle Tales" on Broadway. Musical revue. Lyrics by George Waggner, Leo Robin, Edward Eliscu, William Walsh, Frank Fay, Willard Robison and Howard Jackson. Additional lyrics by Bernie Grossman and Dave Silverstein. Music by Edward Ward, Ralph Rainger [final Broadway credit], Willard Robison, Howard Jackson and Eddie Bienbryer. Musical Director: Arnold Johnson. Music orchestrated by Howard Jackson. Musical numbers staged by John Lonergan, Daniel Dare and LeRoy Prinz [final Broadway credit]. Broadhurst Theatre: 1 Jun 1933-24 Jun 1933 (28 performances). Cast: Lois Ackerman (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Jerry Archer (as "The Mind Readers" Performer" / "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Mary Barnett (as "You Gotta Do Better Than That" Performer / "The First Spring Day" Dancer / "Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer / "Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Beauvell (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer / "Valse Moderniatsic" Performer / Inspector of Transients, Grand Centre Terminal"), Eddie Byrnbriar (as "A Son of New Rochelle, Grand Centre Terminal"), Les Clark (as "You Gotta Do Better Than That" Performer / "The First Spring Day" Dancer / "Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer / "Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Ione Collombe (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Nick Copeland (as "Nathan Jackson, The Crash / Hook & Eye No. 1 / Information, Grand Centre Terminal"), Don Cumming (as "Meet Our Hero and Heavy" Performer / The Sneak, Not to Be Trusted / Retired Time Table Folder, Grand Centre Terminal"), Dorothy Dell (as "Breaking Up a Rhythm" Performer / "Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Betty Doree (as "I'll Take an Option on You" Performer / Specialty Performer"), John Dyer (as "Hon. Wilbur Peabody, The Crash / "The Mind Readers" Performer / First Interviewer / The Interview / Casting Director, Extra Man / Announcer, Grand Centre Terminal"), Helen Eades (as "Maid, The Interview / The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Edith Evans (as "Harlem Lullaby" Performer / Dot LaMar, The Interview / Jenny Grab, Grand Centre Terminal"), Frank Fay (as "Meet Our Hero and Heavy" Performer / "I'll Take an Option on You" Performer / "The Nervous Waltz" Performer / "Still the Nervous Waltz" Performe r /"Hang Up Your Hat on Broadway" Performer / The Abused, Not to Be Trusted / "Extra Man" Performer/Col. Tapeapeek, Grand Centre Terminal"), Wilma Flannigan (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), William Hargrave (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer / Second Interviewer, The Interview / "The First Spring Day" Performer"; Broadway debut), Jane Hayes (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Collece Legget (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), James Mack (as "Sir Herbert Martin, The Crash / Engine Co. No. 2 / Baggage Supervisor, Grand Centre Terminal"), Lucille Matthews (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Ray Mayer (as "The Official Mr. "Eh Eh"/Officer Take, Grand Centre Terminal"), Jane Morgan (as "Mrs. Strong, The Interview / Madamme Yo Yo, Grand Centre Terminal"), Barbara Near (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Charlotte Neste (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Betty Norton (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Betty Nylander (as "The Wife, Grand Centre Terminal"), Evelyn Page (as "The Nervous Waltz" Performer / "Still the Nervous Waltz" Performer / The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Lillian Reynolds (as "Percy With Perserverence" Performer / "Breaking Up a Rhythm" Performer / "Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer"), Beverly Royde (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Sylvia Schiller (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Barbara Stanwyck (as "Herself, The Interview / Kay Arnold, The Interview"), Miss Tova (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer / "Valse Moderniatsic" Performer" / Mr.-Mrs. Lady, Grand Centre Terminal"), Elsa Walbridge (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Wilma Wray (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales").
- (1939) Stage: Appeared in / assembled / directed / produced "Frank Fay Vaudeville" on Broadway. Special/revue. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Scenic Design by Hjalmer Hermanson. Costume Design by John Booth Jr. and Billy Livingston. 44th Street Theatre: 2 Mar 1939-19 Apr 1939 (60 performances). Cast: Charles Dale, Elsie Janis [final Broadway appearance], Eva Le Gallienne, Joe Smith.
- (1943) Stage: Appeared in "Laugh Time" on Broadway. Musical/vaudeville.
- (1945) Book: "How To Be Poor" (illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg). New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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