- (1922) Stage Play: The Yankee Princess. Musical comedy. Music by Emmerich Kálmán. Book by William LeBaron. Based on "Die Bajadere" by Julius Brammer and Alfred Gruemwald. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: William Daly. Directed by Frederick G. Latham and Julian Mitchell. Knickerbocker Theatre: 2 Oct 1922- 9 Dec 1922 (80 performances). Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Yankee Girl. Music by Silvio Hein. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. Additional lyrics by Junie McCree and C.F. Zittel. Additional music by Albert von Tilzer and C.F. Zittel. Scenic Design by Frank E. Gates and Edward A. Morange. Costume Design by Castel-Bert and Mme. Ripley. Conducted by William Lorraine. Directed by Ned Wayburn. Herald Square Theatre: 10 Feb 1910- 30 Apr 1910 (92 performances). Cast: Henry Bergman (as "Morales"), Vinnie Bradcome, Helen Broderick, Theresa Bryant, William Burress (as "Ambrose Castroba"), Janet Burton, E.J. Caldwell, William Probert Carleton, Olive Carr, Ada Christy, Bonnie Clarke, Edith Cramer, Peter Curley, Naomi Dale, Evelyn Dare, Mildred DeSilva, Florence Douglas, Marie DuPree, Nell Feltas, Dolly Filly, Eva Francis, Louis Franklyn, Harry Gilfoil, Gertrude Grant, William Halliday, Robert F. Hamilton, Effie Hopkins, Dorothy Jardon, Isabelle Lattan, Helen Latten, Harriet Leidy, Maurie Madison, Margaret Malcolm, Lotta Morse, Edith Offurt, Irene Palmer, Frederick Paulding (as "Oyama"), Katharyn Pinkerton, Anita Pollock, Paul Porter (as "Ferdinand") [Broadway debut], Elsie Raymond, Blanche Ring (as "Jessie Gordon"), Juan Villasana, Lillian Wallace, Nellie Ward, Ella Warner, Sallie Webb, May Wesley, May Willard, Charles Winninger (as "Rudolph Schnitzel"), Beck Wood. Produced by Lew M. Fields.
- (1919) Stage Play: Five O' Clock. Comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: She Couldn't Say No. Farce. Written by B.M. Kaye. Directed by Rollo Lloyd. Booth Theatre: 31 Aug 1926- Nov 1926 (closing date unknown/71 performances). Cast: Frank Beaston, Chester Clute, Fay Courteney, Joseph Dailey, Ollor Doyll, Louis Haines, Walter Jones, Ralph Kellard, Florence Moore, Paul Porter, John A. Regan, Helen Spring. Produced by A.E. Riskin and R.R. Riskin.
- (1924) Stage Play: Close Harmony. Comedy. Written by Dorothy Parker and Elmer Rice. Gaiety Theatre: 1 Dec 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Arline Blackburn (as "Sister Graham"), Marie Bruce (as "Annie"), Frederick Burton (as "Dr. Robbins"), Marie Curtis (as "Ada Towseley"), Robert Hudson (as "Bertram Sheridan"), Wanda Lyon (as "Belle Sheridan"), Georgie Drew Mendum (as "Harriet Graham"), Paul Porter (as "Bill Saunders"), James Spottswood (as "Ed. Graham"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1923) Stage Play: Wildflower. Musical. Book by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Herbert Stothart (also Musical Director) and Vincent Youmans. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Gowns / Costumes Designed by Charles Le Maire. Scenic Design by Gates & Morange. Choreographed by Dave Bennett. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Casino Theatre: 7 Feb 1923- 29 Mar 1924 (477 performances). Cast: Edith Day (as "Nina Benedetto"), Florence Ashton, Evelyn Cavanaugh, Viola Clarens, Elizabeth Coyle, Jerome Daley, James Doyle, Charles Froom, Frank Grinell, Muriel Harrison, Adele Hart, Agnes Horter, Esther Howard (as "Lucrezia La Roche"), Olin Howland (as "Gabrielle"), Robert Hurst, Charles Judels (as "Gaston La Roche"), Al Kinley, Louis Laub, Helen Lewis, Ursula Mack, Genevieve Markham, Beverly Maude, William McGurn, Myrtle Miller, Margaret Morris, Verona Oakley, Marie Otto, Marion Phillips, Paul Porter (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Marion Randall, Martinez Randall, Guy Robertson, Kenneth Smith, Sybil Steward, Peggy Stohl, Emmy Tattersall, Marjorie Wood. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1926) Stage Play: Port O' London. Written by George W. Oliver.
- (1927) Stage Play: Burlesque. Comedy. Written by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins. Featuring songs by Albert von Tilzer, Peter De Rose and Joe Trent. Musical Director: Paul Van Loan. Chorus Dances arranged by Mary Jennings. Directed by Arhtur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 1 Sep 1927-Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/372 performances). Cast: Jane Brew, Charles D. Brown, Joseph Burton, Dorothy De Clue, Mitty De Vere, Pauline Dee, Wilkie Dodsworth, Madeline Dunbar, Loretta Flushing, Lina Frost, Ruth Holden, Mildred Hosee, Mary Jennings, Oscar Levant (as "Jerry Evans, Songwriter") [Broadway debut], Sharon Lloyd, Elinor Millard, Paul Porter (as "Jimmy, Stage Manager"), Jack B. Shea, Grace Sheehan, Hal Skelly (as "Skid, principal comedian"), 'Barbara Stanwyck' (as "Bonny, leading lady of a burlesque company"), Ralph Theodore (as "Harvey Howell, a cattle man"), Helen Thompson, Lorna Warner, Eileen Wilson. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1912) Stage Play: The Wall Street Girl. Musical. Music by Karl Hoschna. Book by Margaret Mayo and Edgar Selwyn. Lyrics by Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Musical Director: William Lorraine. Additional music by Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Al Piantadosi, Nat Ayer, Henry I. Marshall, Jean Schwartz, Silvio Hein, M.J. Fitzpatrick, Earle C. Jones and Charles Daniels. Additional lyrics by Earle C. Jones, Charles Daniels, Joseph McCarthy [earliest Broadway credit], A. Seymour Brown, Alfred Bryan, Grant Clarke, Stanley Murphy and Edward Madden. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law Studios. Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy. Choreographed by Gus Sohlke. Directed by Charles Winninger [earliest Broadway credit]. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 15 Apr 1912- 1 Jun 1912 (56 performances). Cast: William Bourn (as "Harris/Chorus"), Lilette Boyce (as "Chorus"), Herbert A. Burnham (as "Chorus"), William P. Carleton (as "Dexter Barton"), Ethelyn Clark (as "Chorus"), Mabel Clarke (as "Chorus"), Gladys Clifton (as "Chorus"), Leo E. Crook (as "Chorus"), Wellington Cross (as "Lawrence O'Connor"), John Day (as "Chorus"), Marie Earle (as "Chorus"), Yewell Fields (as "Chorus"), Anna Ford (as "Chorus"), Gladys Fox (as "Chorus") [Broadway debut], Helene French (as "Glen Underwood"), Harry Gilfoil (as "James Greene"), Mary F. Greene (as "Chorus"), Edna Hettler (as "Chorus"), Fred Howard (as "Chorus"), Catherine Hurst (as "Grace Sinclair"), Frankie James (as "Chorus"), Lois Josephine (as "Sunshine Reilly"), Edith Kimball (as "Chorus"), Grace Kimball (as "Chorus"), Maude Knowlton (as "Mrs. Williams"), Irene LeMay (as "Chorus"), Cleo LeMoyne (as "Trixie Allen"), Gordon R. Newman (as "Chorus"), Clarence Oliver (as "Bertie Longman"), Paul Porter (as "Reverend Dr. Leonard"), Harry C. Powers (as "Chorus"), S.J. Rawson (as "Specialty"), Blanche Ring (as "Jemina Greene"), Cyril Ring (as "Jordan") [Broadway debut], Will Rogers (as "Specialty"), Katherine Sainpolis (as "Mazie Blackburn"), Bessie Sessions (as "Chorus"), Ralph Shipman (as "Simons/Chorus"), Florence Shirley (as "Pearl Williams") [Broadway debut], Charles Silber (as "Pinch"), Alice Sullivan (as "Chorus"), Robert Thurston (as "West/Chorus"), Helen Turner (as "Edythe Torrant"), Jack Wellekens (as "Walker/Chorus"), Helen Williams (as "Chorus"), Charles Winninger (as "John Chester") [Broadway debut], Estelle Wood (as "Chorus"). Produced by Frederick McKay.
- (1918) Stage Play: Another Man's Shoes. Written by Laura Hinkley and Mabel Ferris. 39th Street Theatre: 12 Sep 1918- Sep 1918 (closing date unknown/20 performances. Cast: Erville Alderson, Lionel Atwill, George Backus, Aubrey Beattie, Gilda Leary, Carol Lloyd, Elsie MacKay, Lucia Moore, Paul Porter, Cyril Raymond, Richard Tabor, Ethel Wilson. Produced by Frederic McKay.
- (1921) Stage Play: Two Little Girls in Blue. Musical comedy. Music by Paul Lannin and Vincent Youmans. Lyrics by Arthur Francis. Book by Fred Jackson. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Paul Lannin. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law. Costume Design by Shirley Barker, Henneage and Iverson. Directed by Ned Wayburn. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 3 May 1921- 27 Aug 1921 (135 performances). Cast: Patricia Clarke (as "Ophelia"), Daisy Daniels (as "Ensemble"), Edith Decker (as "Mary Bird"), Carolyn Erwin (as "Ensemble"), Madeline Fairbanks (as "Dolly Sartoris"), Marion Fairbanks (as "Polly Sartoris"), Helen Gates (as "Ensemble"), Etienne Girardot (as "Dudley La Fleur"), Ellwood Gray (as "Ensemble"), Frank Hall (as "Ensemble"), Fred Hall (as "Newton Canney/Sammy Snipe"), Otis Harper (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Harrison (as "Ensemble"), Kay Harrison (as "Ensemble"), Vanda Hoff (as "Maid o' the Mist/Orienta/Cecile"), Olin Howland (as "Morgan Atwell"), Jacquelyn Hunter (as "Ensemble"), Emma Janvier (as "Hariette Neville"), Stanley Jessup (as "Captain Morrow"), Julie Kelety (as "Ninon La Fleur"), Edith Kessler (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Law (as "Margie"), Muriel Lodge (as "Ensemble"), Leonora Lukens (as "Ensemble"), George E. Mack (as "Captain Morrow"), Gayle Mays (as "Ensemble"), Beulah McFarland (as "The Bride/Ensemble"), Margery Morrison (as "Ensemble"), Paul Porter (as "Ensemble"), Jobyna Ralston (as "Ensemble"), Fred Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Fred Santley (as "Jerry Lloyd"), Oscar Shaw (as "Robert Barker"), Rosemary Sill (as "Ensemble"), Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Harold Thompson (as "Ensemble"), Jack Tomson (as "Jennings"), Tommy Tomson (as "Kennedy"), Peggy Underwood (as "Ensemble"), Fay West (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1910 - 1946) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1925) Stage Play: Kosher Kitty Kelly. Musical comedy. Book by Leon De Costa. Music by Leon De Costa. Lyrics by Leon De Costa. Musical Director: George Hirst. Music orchestrated by Hilding Andersson. Musical Staging by Ralph Riggs. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. Times Square Theatre (moved to The Daly's 63rd Street Theatre from 21 Oct 1925- close): 15 Jun 1925- 10 Dec 1925 (166 performances). Cast: Beatrice Allen (as "Rosie Feinbaum"), William Brainerd (as "A Stranger"), Dorothy Gay (as "Zella Barnes"), Robert Leonard (as "Moses Ginsburg"), Basil Loughrane (as "Morris Rosen"), Jennie Moscowitz (as "Mrs. Sarah Feinbaum"), Charles F. O'Connor (as "Joe Barns"), Paul Porter (as "Wang Lee"), Marjorie Rooney (as "Zella Barnes"), Fred Santley (as "Patrick O'Reilly"), Helen Shipman (as "Kitty Kelly"), Dorothy Walters (as "Mrs. Mary Kelly"), Max Wideman (as "A Mysterious Gent"). Produced by Arch Productions, Inc. Note: Filmed as Kosher Kitty Kelly (1926) [distributed by FBO].
- (1925) Stage Play: Florida Girl. Musical comedy. Music by Milton Suskind. Based on material by Paul Porter, Benjamin Hapgood Burt and William A. Grew. Lyrics by Paul Porter, Benjamin Hapgood Burt and William Grew. Music orchestrated by Will Vodery. Musical Direction by Don Voorhees. Choreography by David Bennett. Art and technical direction by Bernard Lohmuller. Directed by Frederick Stanhope. Lyric Theatre: 2 Nov 1925- 5 Dec 1925 (40 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Lester Allen, Miriam Avondale, James S. Barrett, Irving Beebe, Polly Blake, Nellie Breen, Arthur Bryson, Emily Burton, Madeline Calkins, Margaret Callan, Betty Campbell, Barbara Carrington, Kenneth Curry, Val De Mar, Bessie DeBraw, Geraldine Dryden, Hannah Dunner, Marie Ellen, Parker Fennelly (as "Mike"), Jack Fisher, William Foran, Chester Fredericks, Jeannette Gilmore, Gracella & Theodore, Dolla Harkins, Kenneth Haviland, Thomas Herbert, Elvonne Hill, Renee Johnstone, Strappy Jones, Frances Joyce, Lowen Kildare, Allyn King, Naan Lane, Kitty Leckie, Gertrude Lemmon, Carlotta Marino, Mildred Marthain, Nellie McCarthy, Norrine Nash, Grace Norman, Jack Norton, Cheri Pelham, Nina Penn, Lucille Pryor, Anally Pupp, Eleanor Rainke, Alice Raisen, Virginia Ray, The Ritz Brothers, Otis Schaefer, Vivienne Segal, Virginia Van, Hope Vernon, Justine Welsh, May Welsh, Claire White, Wren Wilson. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1920) Stage Play: Little Old New York. Comedy. Written by Rida Johnson Young. Plymouth Theatre: 8 Sep 1920- Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/308 performances). Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1932) Stage Play: Wild Waves. Comedy. Written by William Ford Manley. Directed by Worthington Miner. Times Square Theatre: 19 Feb 1932- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Wallace Acton (as "Chauffeur"), Violet Barney, St. Clair Bayfield, John Beal, Helen Blair, Stuart Brown, Maurice Cass (as "Dr. Hammerhoch"), Irene Cattell (as "Battle Sister"), Dan Charlier, Edward Craven, Gerald Davis, William Friend (as "Tragedian") [final Broadway role], George Graham, Jessie Graham, Edith Gravetta, Richard Huey, Larry Jason, Mary Kemble, Alvin Kerr, Joseph King, Bruce MacFarlane, Fred Malcolm, Bertram Marburgh, Neil McFee, Horace McMahon (as "Gus"), Charles O'Connor (as "Potter, Ward Heeler"), Osgood Perkins (as "Mitch Gratwick"), Paul Porter (as "Brix"), Roger Ramsdell, Anne Revere, Jack Rigo, Mary Robinson, Robert Shayne, Frances Simon, Horace Sinclair (as "Mr. Thwacker"), Betty Starbuck, Charles Thompson, Virginia Tracy, Edith Van Cleve, Frank Verigun, Tallulah Wesley. Produced by Doran, Ray and Hewes.
- (1934) Stage Play: Dodsworth. Drama. Based on a novel by Sinclair Lewis, as adapted by Sidney Howard. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Stage Manager" Paul Porter. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre: 24 Feb 1934- 30 Jun 1934 (147 performances). Cast included: Walter Huston, Nick Adams, Fay Bainter, Harlan Briggs (as "Thomas J. Pearson, called "Tubby"), Hal K. Dawson (as "A.B. Hurd"), Dorothy Raymond (as "Baroness von Obersdorf"), Ralph Simone (as "Information Clerk"), Kent Smith, Nan Sunderland, John Williams. Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company [distributed by United Artists] as Dodsworth (1936).
- (1945) Stage Play: Memphis Bound! Musical comedy. Music and lyrics by Don Walker and Clay Warnick. Book by Albert Wineman Barker and Sally Benson. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Clay Warnick. Orchestrations to dances by Ted Royal. Additional Vocal Arrangements by Rene DeKnight. Stage Manager: Paul Porter. Staging assisted by Eva Jessye. Choreographed by Al White Jr. Production Supervised by Vinton Freedley. Directed by Robert Ross. Broadway Theatre (moved to The Belasco Theatre from 11 Jun 1945 to close): 24 May 1945- 23 Jun 1945 (36 performances). Cast: William Archer, Ada Brown, Theodore Brown, Marion Bruce, Thelma Carpenter, Traverse Crawford, Billy Daniels, Rene deKnight, John Diggs, William Dillard, Lee Eberle, Lee Gaines, Timothy Grace, Leslie Gray, Sheila Guyse, Harriet Jackson, Ida James, Carl Jones, Mary Lewis, Avon Long, Joy Merrimore, David Perry, Kelsey Pharr, Nell Plante, Oscar Plante, Richard Reed, Eulabel Riley, Ann Robinson, Bill Robinson, William C. Smith, Marliene Strong, Georgia Ann Timmons, Rodester Timmons, Muriel Watkins, Charles Welch, Ethel White, Roy White, Lulling Williams, Edith Wilson, Frank Wilson. Produced by John J. Wildberg.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Magnificent Yankee. Written by Emmet Lavery. Stage Manager: Paul Porter [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Woodman Thompson. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Royale Theatre: 22 Jan 1946- 8 Jun 1946 (159 performances). Cast: Louis Calhern (as "Mr. Justice Holmes"), Dorothy Gish (as "Fanny Dixwell Holmes"), Edgar Barrier (as "Mr. Justice Brandeis"), Bruce Bradford (as "Halloran, a former secretary"), Mason Curry (as "Dixon, a real estate broker"), Sylvia Fields (as "Fanny Dixwell Holmes") [Alternate], Robert Healy (as "Hamilton, a secretary"), Edward Hudson (as "Rogers, a secretary"), Christopher Marvin (as "Copeland, a secretary"), Sherling Oliver (as "Owen Wister"), William Roerick (as "Mr. Palmer, of "The Transcript"), Nicholas Saunders (as "Mason, a secretary"), Grey Stafford (as "Mapes, a secretary"), Eleanor Swayne (as "Mary, housekeeper"), Philip Truex (as "Northrop, a secretary"), Fleming Ward (as "Henry Adams") [final Broadway role], Edwin Whitner (as "Jackson, a former secretary"). Replacement actor: Richard Bowler (as "Mr. Justice Brandeis"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Magnificent Yankee (1950). Mr. Calhern reprised his role in this film, which would be his only true starring film role.
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