Other works

(1898) Stage: Wrote "A Runaway Girl", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy.

(1906) Stage: Wrote (w/Channing Pollock) "Clothes", produced on Broadway. Drama. Scenic Design by Robert T. McKee and H. Robert Law. Costume Design by Van Horn and Lord and Taylor. Mannhattan Theatre: 11 Sep 1906-Dec 1906 (closing date unknown/113 performances). Cast: Grace George (as "Olivia Sherwood"), Louise Closser Hale, Justine Cutting, Douglas Fairbanks, Robert T. Haines, Diana Huneker, Angela Ogden, Dorothy Revelle, Charles Stanley, A.H. Stuart, Anne Sutherland, Richard Wilson, Frank Worthing. Produced by William A. Brady.

(1909) Stage: Wrote "This Woman and This Man", produced on Broadway. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 22 Feb 1909-Mar 1909 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Frank Currier, Howard Kyle, Carlotta Nillson (as "Thelka Mueller"), Milton Sills (as "Norris Townsend"; Broadway debut), John Tansey, Eva Vincent.

(1909) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "Seven Days", produced on Broadway. Farce. Astor Theatre: 10 Nov 1909-Oct 1910 (closing date unknown/397 performances). Cast: F.C. Butler, Herbert Corthell (as "James Wilson"), Carl Eckstrom, William Eville (as "Burglar"), Lucille La Verne, Hope Latham (as "Bella"), Georgia O'Ramey, Alan Pollock, Florence Reed. Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper.

(1910) Stage: Wrote book / lyrics for "Judy Forgot", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Silvio Hein. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Featuring songs by Will Marion Cook and John Golden. Featuring songs with lyrics by John Golden and Andrew B. Sterling. Musical Drection by Lewis Morton. Directed / produced by Daniel V. Arthur. Broadway Theatre: 6 Oct 1910-12 Nov 1910 (44 performances). Cast: Bert Baker (as "John Mugg"), Emila Barnabo (as "Virginia Ellwood" / "Chorus"), Miss Benyusuf (as "Chorus"), Camille Buehler (as "Chorus"), Marie Cahill (as "Judy Evans"), J.B. Carson (as "Dr. Kuno Lauberscheimer"), Bessie Cottrell (as "Chorus"), Anna Ford (as "Elsa" / "Chorus"), Frank Gillespie (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Graham-Smith (as "Dorothy Lewis" / "Chorus"), Anna Hoffman (as "Fanny DeKalb" / "Chorus"), Ethel Johnson (as "Rosa"), Hazel Kingdon (as "Betty James" / "Chorus"), Gladys McNally (as "Chorus"), Helen Merest (as "Chorus"), Joseph Santley (as "Dickie Stole"), Truly Shattuck (as "Trixie Stole"; final Broadway role), Arthur Stanford (as "Freddie Evans"), May Tormey (as "Chorus"), Dottie Van Court (as "Chorus"), Annette Wilson (as "Chorus"), H.P. Woodley (as "Francois" / "Chorus"), Charles Yorkshire (as "Chorus"). NOTE Filmed as Judy Forgot (1915).

(1910) Stage: Wrote "Nobody's Widow", produced on Broadway.

(1913) Stage: Wrote book / lyrics for "Somewhere Else", produced on Broadway. Musical/fantasy. Music by Gustave Luders. Choreographed by Dave Marion. Scenic Design by Ernest Gros. Costume Design by Mme. Freisinger, J. Weiner, Boinet & Hirsig and Mme. Zimmerman. Lighting Design by Joseph Wilson. Directed by Frank Smithson. Broadway Theatre: 20 Jan 1913-25 Jan 1913 (8 performances). Cast: Devor Alvarez, Perry Alvarez, Melville Anderson (as "Guard" / "Somewhere Else Boy"), Alys Baldwin, Florida Bellaire, Rita Bellaire, Sally Berch, Ednah Bernard, Mabel Callon, Dorothy Carrigne, Donald Chalmers, Martin Conroy, Cecil Cunningham, Helene Davis, Violet De Biccari, Ellen Evans, Franklyn Farnum (as "Rocky Rixon, Cousin of Getaway"), Doris Ferges, Fred M. Fisher (as "Billy Wright, Rocky's College Chum"), Estelle Francesca, Briggs French (as "Johnny Williams, Rocky's College Chum"), Shephard Garretson, Mabel Gebeau, Monte Grayce, Richard Hall, H.R. Haskell, Catherine Hayes, W.A. Healey, George Healy, Taylor Holmes (as "Billy Getaway, of New York City"), Maxwell Kennedy (as "Jimmy Parker, Rocky's College Chum"), Helen Kent, Mildred Lawrence, Burton Lenihan (as "Teddy Wood, Rocky's best friend"), Elene Leska, Susie McChroan, H.T. McCoy, Daisy McNally, Blixie Murrie, Naidene Parker, Hilda Peters, Will Philbrick, Saith Powell, Billie St. Clair, W.C. Stanley, Dick Stewart, Cecil Thackara, Edith Thayer, H.P. Wagner, Edith Warren, Frank Wayne, Ethel West, Marion Whitney, Leslie Wilson, Pauline Winters. Produced by Henry W. Savage.

(1914) Stage: Wrote "Fair and Warmer", produced on Broadway. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre (moved to The Harris Theatre from 24 Jul 1916-close): 6 Nov 1915-Unknown (377 performances). Cast: Janet Beecher (as "Laura Wheeler"), John Cumberland (as "Billy Bartlett"), Robert Fisher (as "Harrigan"), Madge Kennedy (as "Blanche Wheeler"), Harry Lorraine (as "Pete Mealy"), Olive May (as "Tessie"), Ralph Morgan (as "Jack Wheeler"), Hamilton Revelle (as "Phillip Evans"). Produced by Selwyn & Co.

(1915) Stage: Wrote "Sadie Love", produced on Broadway. Gaiety Theatre (moved to The Harris Theatre 17 Jan 1916-close): 29 Nov 1915-Feb 1916 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Betty Callish, Pedro de Cordoba, John Ivan, Alwyn Lewis, John Lyons, William Morris, Marjorie Rambeau, Ivy Troutman, Franklyn Underwood, Ethel Winthrop. Produced by Oliver Morosco. NOTE: Filmed as Sadie Love (1919).

(1916) Stage: Wrote "Our Little Wife", produced on Broadway. Harris Theatre: 18 Nov 1916-Dec 1916 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Lyle Clement, Robert Fischer, Charles Hampden, Margaret Illington, Walter Jones, Thomas F. O'Malley, Gwendolyn Piers, Effingham Pinto, Rae Selwyn, Lowell Sherman. Produced by Selwyn & Co.

(1918) Stage: Wrote "Double Exposure", produced on Broadway. Bijou Theatre: 27 Aug 1918-Sep 1918 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Janet Beecher, John Cumberland, Grace Hayle, J. Harry Irvine, Francine Larrimore, Dan Moyles, William Postance, John Westley. Produced by Selwyn & Co.

(1919) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) original material for "Tumble In", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Material / lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Musical Direction by Herbert Stothart and Bert French. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Selwyn Theatre: 24 May 1919-12 Jul 1919 (128 performances). Cast: Isabel Adams, Hortense Alden (as "Hortense"), Kitty Berg, George Bingham, Jane Cobb, Courtney Collins, Herbert Corthell, Dudley Farnsworth, John Ford, Virginia Hammond, Ruth Harrington, Edna Hettler, Edna Hibbard, Fred Lennox, Helen Lyons, Babe Marlowe, Olga Mishka, Claire Nagle, Marietta O'Brien, Peggy O'Neil, Harry A. Pollard, Maxine Robinson, Charles Ruggles (as "Dallas Brown"), Emily Russ, Zelda Sears (as "Aunt Selina"), Ivan Strogoff, Beatrice Summers, Arthur Swanstone, Dorothy Taylor, Alice Van Buren, Nick Wilson, Kathryn Yates. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein and Selwyn & Co.

(1919) Stage: Wrote "The Gold Diggers", produced on Broadway. Comedy. NOTE: Filmed as The Gold Diggers (1923).

(1919) Stage: Wrote "The Girl in the Limousine", produced on Broadway. Farce. NOTE: Filmed as The Girl in the Limousine (1924).

(1920) Stage: Wrote (w/Charlton Andrews) "Ladies' Night", produced on Broadway (based on their novel). Comedy/farce. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 9 Aug 1920-Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/360 performances). Cast: Helen Barnes (as "Tillie"), John Cumberland (as "Jimmy Walters"), Eleanor Dawn (as "Miss Murphy"), Vincent Dennie (as "Bob Stanhope"), Edward Douglas (as "Cort Craymer"), Nellie Filmore (as "Lollie"), Claiborne Foster (as "Dulcy Walters"), Evelyn Gosnell (as "Mimi Tarlton"), Pearl Jardinere (as "Mrs. Green"), Grace Kaber (as "Josie"), Allyn King (as "Alicia Bonner"), Eda Ann Luke (as "Babette"), Julia Ralph (as " A Policewoman"), Mrs. Stuart Robson (as "Mrs. Shultz"), Adele Rolland (as "Suzon"), Charles Ruggles (as "Fred Bonner"), Fred Sutton (as "A Fireman"), Judith Vosselli (as "Rhoda Begova"). Produced by A.H. Woods.

(1920) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "Spanish Love", produced on Broadway. Drama. Adapted from the work of Josep Feliú i Codina, Carlos de Battle and Antonin Lavergne. Music by H. Maurice Jacquet. Directed by Thomas Coffin Cooke. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 17 Aug 1920-May 1921 (closing date unknown/308 performances). Cast: Luigi Alteri, Maria Ascarra, Kenyon Bishop, Ione Bright (as "Fuensantica"), Ofelia Calvo, Juanita Canos, Marguerite Carmen, Manuel Cato, Flores de Castanos, Frank de Nicolis, Telesfero Del Campo, Victor Hammond, Ben Hendricks Jr. (as "Pepuso"), Wallace Hickman, Paul Huber (as "Andres"), Josef Lidestri, Jasper Mangione, Vincent Martinez, Richard Morrisey, Joaquin Ortega, Maria Palay, Josephine Perez, Frank Peters, William Powell (credited as William H. Powell; as "Javier"), James Rennie (as "Pencho"), Margaret Shelley, Henry Stephenson (as "Domingo"), Vincent Surez, Manolo Thestino, Gus C. Weinburg, Russ Whytal. Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper.

(1920) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "The Bat", produced on Broadway. Melodrama-mystery. Directed by Colin Kemper. Morosco Theatre: 23 Aug 1920-Sep 1922 (closing date unknown/867 performances). Cast: Richard Barrows (as "Richard Fleming"), Edward Ellis (as "Dr. Wells"), Effie Ellsler (as "Miss Cornelia Van Gorder"), Harrison Hunter (as "Detective Anderson"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Reginald Beresford"), Anne Morrison (as "Miss Dale Ogden"), Harry Morvil (as "Billy"), Stuart Sage (as "Jack Brooks"), Robert Vaughan (as "An Unknown Man'), May Vokes (as "Lizzie Allen"). Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper. NOTE: (1) One of the biggest hits of the 1920s. (2) Filmed as The Bat (1926), The Bat (1959)).

(1921) Stage: Wrote "Getting Gertie's Garter", produced on Broadway. NOTE: Filmed as Getting Gertie's Garter (1945), Getting Gertie's Garter (1927).

(1921) Stage: Wrote "The Demi-Virgin", produced on Broadway. Farce. Directed by Charles Mather and Bertram Harrison. Times Square Theatre: 18 Oct 1921-Jun 1922 (closing date unknown/268 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders (as "Wally Dean"), Sascha Beaumont, Marjorie Clements, Peggy Coudray, Helen Cunningham, Hazel Dawn, Kenneth Douglas, Constance Farber, Helen Flint (as "Fay Winthrop") [Broadway debut], Ralph Glover, Alice Hegeman, John Maroni, Charles Mather, Mary Robinson, Charles Ruggles, Mary Salisbury, Mildred Wayne. Produced by A.H. Woods.

(1922) Stage: Wrote "Why Men Leave Home", produced on Broadway. Comedy.

(1923) Stage: Wrote "Little Miss Bluebeard", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Adapated from the play by 'Gabor Dregely'. Featuring songs by E. Ray Goetz, Jose Padilla, Paul Rubens and George Gershwin. Featuring songs with lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Buddy G. DeSylva, Arthur Francis and Percy Graham Paul. Directed by W.H. Gilmore. Lyceum Theatre: 28 Aug 1923-26 Jan 1924 (175 performances). Cast: Arthur Barry (as "Sir John Barstow'), Eric Blore' (as "The Hon. Bertie Bird"; Broadway debut), Irene Bordoni (as "Colette"), Burton Brown (as "Paul Rondel"), William Evill (as "Smithers"), 'Eva Leonard-Boyne (as "Lulu"), Margaret Linden (qv (as "Eva Winthrop"), Stanley Logan (as "Bob Talmadge"; Broadway debut), Bruce McRae (as "Larry Charters"), Jeannette Sherwin (as "Gloria Talmadge"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc. Produced in association with E. Ray Goetz.

(1923) Stage: Wrote "The Alarm Clock", produced on Broadway. Comedy. From "La Sonnette d'Alarme" by Maurice Hennequin and Romain Coolus. 39th Street Theatre: 24 Dec 1923-Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Theodore Boom"), George Alison, Marion Coakley, Helen Flint (as "Lulu Deane"), Gail Kane (as "Mrs. Dunmore"), Ernest Lambart, Bruce McRae (as "Bobby Brandon"), Blanche Ring (as "Mrs. Susie Kent"), Vincent Serrano, John Troughton, Harold Vermilyea (as "Homer Wickham"). Produced by A.H. Woods.

(1924) Stage: Wrote (w/David Gray) "The Best People", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Lyceum Theatre: 19 Aug 1924-Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/143 performances). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc. NOTE: Filmed as The Best People (1925), Fast and Loose (1930).

(1924) Stage: Wrote "The Harem", produced on Broadway. Comedy.

(1925) Stage: Wrote "Naughty Cinderella", produced on Broadway. Farce.

(1927) Stage: Wrote "The Garden of Eden", produced on Broadway (final Broadway credit during lifetime). Based on the German of Rudolph Bernauer and Rudolf Österreicher. Directed by Edwin H. Knopf. Selwyn Theatre: 27 Sep 1927-Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "Baron Laperau"), Gordon Ash (as "Count de Mauban"), Barbara Barondess (as "Adele"), Harlan Briggs, Camilla Dalberg, C. Stafford Dickens (as "Henri Glessing"), Walter Geer (as "Servant of the Prince"), Alfred A. Hesse (as "Maitre d'Hotel"), Miriam Hopkins, Stapleton Kent, June Leslie, Ignacio Martinetti, Douglass Montgomery (as "Richard Lamont"), Thomas Wigney Percyval (as "Count de L'Esterel"), Doris Rankin, Ivan F. Simpson, Alison Skipworth (as "Rosa"), Betsy Jane Southgate (as "Cleo"), Russ Whytal (as "Prince Miguel de Santa Rocca"), Daniel Wolf (as "A Call Boy"). Produced by Archibald Selwyn. NOTES: (1) Mr. Hopwood would die on 1 Jul 1928 in Juan-les-Pins, France. (2) Filmed as The Garden of Eden (1928).

(1933) Stage: Wrote (w/David Gray) "The Best People", produced on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Directed by Lionel Bevans. Waldorf Theatre: 15 Mar 1933-May 1933 (closing date unknown/67 performances). Cast: Thomas A. Braidon, Joseph Burton, King Calder (as "Henry"), John T. Dwyer (as "Bronson Lenox"), Derek Fairman, Betty Garde, Mary Lewis, Mary Frances McHugh, Thelma Paige, Maida Reade, Roy Stuart, Kenneth Treseder, Robert Vivian (as "Bullock"). Produced by O.E. Wee and Jules J. Leventhal.

(1937) Stage: Wrote (w/Laurence E. Johnson, Beula King) source material (novel, "The Cat Came Back") for "Sea Legs", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Michael H. Cleary. Book / lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom. Choreographed by Johnny Mattison. Book Directed by Bertram Harrison. Mansfield Theatre: 18 May 1937-29 May 1937 (15 performances).

(1937) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "The Bat", produced on Broadway. Melodrama (revival). Directed by B.F. Kamsler. Majestic Theatre: 31 May 1937-Jun 1937 (closing date unknown/18 performances). Cast: Minnette Barrett (credited as Minnie Barrett; as "Miss Cornelia Van Gorder"), Richard Barrows, Linda Lee Hill, Hermann Lieb, Robert Ober, Arvid Paulson, Matthew Smith, Norman Stuart, May Vokes (as "Lizzie Allen"; final Broadway role). Produced by Ben Lundy and B.F. Kamsler. NOTE: Filmed as The Bat (1926), The Bat (1959).

(1945) Stage: Wrote (w/Charlton Andrews source material (novel "Ladies' Night") for "Good Night, Ladies", produced on Broadway. Written by Cyrus Wood. Directed by Edward C. Lilley. Royale Theatre: 17 Jan 1945-24 Mar 1945 (78 performances). Cast: Wendell Ates (as "Fireman"), Lucille Benson (as "Anna"), Rosemary Bertrand (as "Marie"), Marlo Dwyer (as "Alicia Blake"), James Ellison (as "Prof. John Matthews"), Ann Fortney (as "Mrs. Blanche O'Brien"), 'Richard "Skeets' Gallagher' (as "Mike Bonner"), Kathryn Givney (as "Mrs. Theresa Tarleton"), Max Hoffmann Jr. (as "Fred Blake"), Lana Holmes (as "Eve La Bouche"), Louise Jarvis (as "Myrtle Shea"), Beatrice Newport Policewoman"), Sunnie O'Dea (as "Kittie Bonner"), Randee Sanford (as "Dodie Tarleton"). Produced by Howard Lang and Al Rosen.

(1953) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "The Bat", produced on Broadway (revival). Melodrama (revival). Directed by Jonathan Seymour. National Theatre: 20 Jan 1953-7 Feb 1953 (23 performances).

(3/16/26-5/26) Stage: Wrote (w/David Grey) "The Best People," performed at the Lyric Theatre in London, England, with Olga Lindo, Nora Swinburne, Ian Hunter, C.V. France, Henrietta Watson, Kenneth Kove, Hugh Williams, Maisie Darrell, Martin Sands, Frederick Volpe and Dora Gregory in the cast.

Novel: Wrote (w/Charlton Andrews) "Ladies Night".

Novel (w/Laurence E. Johnson, Beula King) "The Cat Came Back".

Playwright: "The Girl in the Limousine" (filmed as The Girl in the Limousine (1924)).

(1927) Stage: Wrote (w/David Gray) "The Best People," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Leonard Mudie and Arthur Brander in the cast.

(1/1910) Stage: Wrote "Seven Days," performed at the Illinois Theater in Chicago, IL.

(1942) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "The Bat," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Dorothy Sands and Cora Witherspoon in the cast.

(8/44) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "The Bat," performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, ME, with Daisy Atherton, Ernita Lascelles, John McQuade and Lew Sisk in the cast.

(Summer 1949) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "The Bats," performed in a Kenley Players production in Lakewood Park Theatre in Barnesville, PA, with Zasu Pitts (I) in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.

(Summer 1966) Stage: Wrote (w/Mary Roberts Rinehart) "The Bat," performed in a Cherry County Playhouse production under the Dome at the Park Palace Hotel in Traverse City, MI, with Ann B. Davis in the cast. Ruth Bailey was founder and artistic director.