- (1919 - 1934) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Roly-Boly Eyes (1919). Musical comedy. Music by Eddy Brown and Louis Gruenberg. Book by Edgar Allan Woolf. Lyrics by Edgar Allan Woolf. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Featuring songs by Eddie Munson and Eddie Leonard [final Broadway credit]. Choreographed by Margaret Edwards. Directed by William H. Smith. Knickerbocker Theatre: 25 Sep 1919- 27 Dec 1919 (108 performances). Cast: Adora Andrews (as "Mrs. Robert Warren"), H.D. Blakemore (as "Peter"), May Boley (as "Kitty Rice"), Fay Celeste (as "Ensemble"), Hugh Chilvers (as "Judge Robert Warren"), Helen Dale (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Edwards (as "Dancer"), Tempe Evans (as "Ensemble"), Estelle Francesca (as "Ensemble"), Anita Francesca (as "Ensemble"), G. Clayton Frye (as "Fred W. Wambold"), Earl Gates (as "Buddy Montrose"), Agnes Hall (as "Ensemble"), Grace Hall (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Hammond (as "Ensemble"), Beth Hardy (as "Ensemble"), Cecil Harrington (as "Ensemble"), Honeydew Octette (as "Specialty"), Eddie Leonard (as "Billy Emerson"), Maud Leone (as "Mrs. Penelope Giddings"), Jessie Lorraine (as "Ensemble"), Frank Martins (as "Michael Fiachetti"), Louise Mayorga (as "Ensemble"), Eddie Mazier (as "Billy Rice"), Bert McGarvey (as "Billy West"), Florence McKenna (as "Ensemble"), Kate Pullman (as "Dorothy Giddings"), Queenie Smith (as "Ida Loring") [Broadway debut], Neida Snow (as "Ensemble"), Blanche Terrell (as "Ensemble"), Jean Troupman (as "Ensemble"), Harry Anson Truax (as "Myron S. Rentham"), Aileen White (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Wilson (as "Ensemble"). Produced by John Cort.
- Just Because (1922). Musical comedy. Based on material by Anna Wynne O'Ryan and Helen S. Woodruff. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law Studios. Costume Design by Anna Spencer. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Earl Carroll Theatre. 22 March 1922- 29 Apr 1922 (46 performances). Cast: H.M. Arden, Jean Barney, Isabelle Bennett, Betty Broughton, Ann Dale, John Daly (as "Joseph Crown"), Jeanette Dixe, Ethel Duffield, Charles Froom (as "Rev. Dr. Bombig/William Benton"), Gwendolyn Gordon, Nellie Graham-Dent, Lillian Hazel, Mary Hotchkiss, Olin Howland, Naomi Johnson (as "Ann"), Florence Kingsley (as "Magnolia"), Maud Lydiat (as "Martha"), Violet Mack (as "Daisy"), Claire Martin, Gayle Mays (as "Peter Dale"), Jean Merode, Frank Moulan (as "Mr. Cummings"), Edgar Nelson, Priscilla Paul, Jane Richardson, Queenie Smith (as "Syringa"), Blanche Terrell, Charles Trowbridge (as Claude Wellington"), Harold Wheeler, Ruth Williamson, Dawn Wolfe (as "Matilda"). Produced by Just Because, Inc.
- Orange Blossoms (1922). Musical comedy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Frédérique De Grésac. Based on the play "La Passarelle" by Fred De Gresac and Francis de Croisset. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Scenic Design by Norman Bel Geddes [earliest Broadway credit]. Costume Design by Paul Poiret and Earl Benham. Fulton Theatre: 19 Sep 1922- 9 Dec 1922 (95 performances). Cast: Abner Barnart, Frank Curran, Maurice Darcy, Evelyn Darville, Edith Day, Vera DeWolfe, Emily Drange, Fay Evelyn, Robert Fischer, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Eden Gray, Alta King, Phyllys Le Grand, Mary Lucas, Gayle Mays, Clinton Merrill, Robert Michaelis, Denny Murray, Dagmar Oakland, Elva Pomfret, Hal Skelly, Queenie Smith (as "Tillie/Dancer"), Pat Somerset, Diana Stegman, Oliver Stewart, Nancy Welford, Jack Whiting. Produced by Edward Royce.
- Cinders (1923). Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Edward Clark. Lyrics by Edward Clark. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Directed by Edward Royce. Dresden Theatre: 3 Apr 1923- 28 Apr 1923 (31 performances). Cast: George Bancroft (as "Great Scott") [Broadway debut], Abner Barnhart (as "Cliff"), Louise Bateman (as "Simone"), Roberta Beatty (as "Mrs. Delancey Hoyt"), John H. Brewer (as "Major Dummond"), Edith Campbell-Walker (as "Mme. Duval"), Frank Curran (as "Frank"), Margaret Dale (as "Mrs. Horatio Winthrop"), Evelyn Darville (as "Julie"), Vera DeWolfe (as "Cecelia"), Thomas Fitzpatrick (as "Butler"), Nathaniel Gennes (as "Nat"), Elaine Gholson (as "Yvette"), Eden Gray (as "Ninette"), Thomas Green (as "Thomas"), Fred Hillebrand (as "Slim Kelly"), Harry Howell (as "Harry"), Eugene Jenkins (as "Gene"), Kitty Kelly (as "Tottie"), Alta King (as "Hortense"), Lillian Lee (as "Miss Breckenridge"), Estelle Levelle (as "Lottie"), Mary Lucas (as "Geraldine"), Mildred Lunnay (as "Dancer"), Gertrude McDonald (as "Dancer"), Denny Murray (as "Denny"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Mathilde"), Dewitt Oakley (as "Dewitt"), Elva Pomfret (as "Dancer"), Sydney Reynolds (as "Dancer"), Ralph Riggs (as "Dancer"), Queenie Smith (as "Tillie Olsen"), Diana Stegman (as "Annabelle"), W. Douglas Stevenson (as "John Winthrop"), Nancy Welford (as "Cinders"), Jack Whiting (as "Bruce"), Katherine Witchie (as "Dancer"). Replacement actor: Walter Regan (as "John Winthrop"). Produced by Edward Royce.
- (1923) Stage Play: Helen of Troy, New York. Musical comedy. Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Based on a book by George S. Kaufman. Selwyn Theatre: (moved to Times Square Theatre on 8 Oct 1923 to close): 19 Jun 1923- 1 Dec 1923 (191 performances). Cast included Queenie Smith. Produced by Rufus LeMaire and George Jessel. Sitting Pretty (1924).
- (1924) Stage Play: Sitting Pretty. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Costume Design by Charles LeMaire and Alice O'Neil. Directed by Fred G. Latham and Julian AlfredFulton Theatre (moved to the Imperial Theatre on 9 Jun 1924- close): 8 Apr 1924- 28 Jun 1924 (95 performances). Cast: Alice Akers (as "Empress' Attendant/Ensemble"), Terry Blaine (as "Jane"), Gertrude Bryan (as "May Tolliver"), Roger Buckley (as "Ensemble"), Rudolph Cameron (as "Bill Pennington"), Betty Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Jean Castleton (as "Ensemble"), Jayne Chesney (as "Wilhelmina/Florence Nightingale"), May Clark (as "Louisa M. Alcott/Ensemble"), Virginia Clark Ensemble"), Marian Dickson (as "Wilhelmina/Ensemble"), Marjorie Eggleston (as "Mrs. Wagstaff/Rachel"), Jean Emerson (as "Ensemble"), Edward Finley (as "Jasper/Stonewall Jackson"), Frieda Fitzgerald (as "Harriet Beecher Stowe/Ensemble"), Dwight Frye (as "Horace"), Irene Griffith (as "Ensemble"), Myra Hampton (as "Babe LaMarr"), Dorothy Janice (as "Empress Eugenie"), Katherine Kohler (as "Ensemble"), Edouard Lefebvre (as "Ensemble"), Harry Lillford (as "Roper"), George E. Mack (as "Mr. Pennington"), Harriet Marned (as "Ensemble"), Earl Marvin (as "Ensemble"), Dana Mayo (as "Ensemble"), Frank McIntyre (as "Joe"), Marietta O'Brien (as "Barbara Frietchie/Ensemble"), George O'Donnell (as "Bolt/Ensemble"), Marion Phillips (as "Ensemble"), William Powers (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Revere (as "Judson Waters"), Phyllis Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Charles Sabin (as "Ensemble"), Louise Segal (as "Converse Ensemble"), Queenie Smith (as "Dixie"), George Spelvin (as "Professor Appleby"), George Sylvester (as "Otis/Edgar Allan Poe"), Gertrude Waixel (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Wakefield (as "George Sand/Ensemble"), Doris Waldron (as "Ensemble"), Winthrop Wayne (as "Jenny Lind/Ensemble"), Dorothy West (as "Ensemble/Empress' Attendant"), Albert White (as "Ensemble"), Albert Wyart (as "James"). Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1924) Stage Play: Be Yourself. Musical comedy. Music by Lewis E. Gensler and Milton Schwarzwald. Book by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Lyrics by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Additional lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Maurice De Packh. Musical Director: Milton Schwarzwald. Choreographed by Vaughn Godfrey and Jack Mason. Costume Design by Mark Mooring. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law Studios. Directed by William Collier Sr.. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 3 Sep 1924- 22 Nov 1924 (93 performances). Cast: Peggy Anderson (as "Girl Friend"), Christine Bernsman (as "Girl Friend"), Ralph Brainard (as "Bull McLean"), Mildred Brown (as "Girl Friend"), Georgia Caine (as "Grandma Sarah Brennan"), Molly Christie (as "Girl Friend"), Faith Cullen (as "Girl Friend"), Eleanor Dana (as "Girl Friend"), Jack Donahue (as "Matt McLean"), Helen Evans (as "Girl Friend"), Peggy Gillespie (as "Girl Friend"), Barrett Greenwood (as "David Robinson"), Gladys Harris (as "Girl Friend"), Teddy Hudson (as "Betty"), G.P. Huntley (as "Joseph Peabody Prescott"), Jack Kearney (as "Eustace Brennan"), John Kearney (as "Hemp McLean"), Ramona Kogan (as "Girl Friend"), Cleo Lombard (as "Girl Friend"), James R. McCann (as "Adam McLean"), Florence Murphy (as "Girl Friend"), Gladys Smith (as "Girl Friend"), Queenie Smith (as "Tony Robinson"), Ray Smith (as "Girl Friend"), Mabel Stanford (as "Girl Friend"), Ann Summers (as "Girl Friend"), Edith Talbot (as "Girl Friend"), Ruth Trott (as "Girl Friend"), Ted Weller (as "Cyrus Brennan"), Dorothy Whitmore (as "Marjorie Brennan"), Jay Wilson (as "Mordecai Brennan"), Louise Wright (as "Girl Friend"). Produced by Walter Vincent and Sidney Wilmer.
- (1925) Stage Play: Tip-Toes. Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: William Daly. On Piano: Victor Arden and Phil Ohman. Dances and Ensembles staged by Sammy Lee. Additional dances directed by Earl Lindsay. Book directed by John Harwood. Liberty Theatre: 28 Dec 1925- 12 Jun 1926 (192 performances). Cast: Barney Adams (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Marjorie Bailey (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Winifred Beck (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Marcia Bell (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Seldon Bennett (as "Detective Kane"), Mildred Brower (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Dorothy Cola (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Arthur Craig (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Lyn Dauer (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Paul Dessey (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Ann Ecklund (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Al Fischer (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Sam Fischer (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Bob Gebhardt (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Anita Gordon (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as "Rollo Metcalf"), Peggy Hart (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Maxine Henry (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Edwin Hodge (as "Steward"), Harry Howell (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), George Hughes (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Diana Hunt (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Grace Jones (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jack Jordan (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Allen Kearns (as "Steve Burton"), Harry Lake (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Lovey Lee (as "Denise Marshall"), Jeanette MacDonald (as "Sylvia Metcalf"), Marie Marceline (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Edith Martin (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Ethel Maye (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Gertrude McDonald (as "Binnie Oakland"), Tom McLaughlin (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Lillian Mitchell (as "Telephone Operator/Lady of the Ensemble"), Elsie Neal (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Alice O'Brien (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Blanche O'Donohue (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Marie Otto (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Peggy Quinn (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), George Rand (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Amy Revere (as "Peggy Schuyler"), Queenie Smith (as "Tip-Toes" Kaye"), Jacques Stone (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Andrew Tombes (as "Al Kaye"), Flora Watson (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Harry Watson (as "Hen Kaye"), Betty Waxton (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Ted White (as "Gentleman of the Ensemble"), Paulette Winston (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Betty Wright (as "Lady of the Ensemble"). Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley. Note: Recently revived in a Carnegie Hall concert version. Its complete score has subsequently been recorded in stereo for the first time.
- (1927) Stage Play: Judy. Musical comedy.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Street Singer. Musical comedy. Music by John Gilbert, Nicholas Kempner and Sammy Timberg. Book by Cyrus Wood and Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Graham John. Featuring songs by Richard Meyers. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu. Musical Director: Pierre De Reeder. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 17 Feb 1930- close): 17 Sep 1929- 7 Mar 1930 (191 performances). Cast: Jane Alden (as "Mabel Brown"), Anne Austin (as "Ensemble"), Edith Blaire (as "Ensemble"), Milton Brodus (as "Ensemble"), Virla Burley (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Cornell (as "Muriel"), Don Cortez (as "First Tourist/Ensemble"), Ruth Cunliffe (as "Ensemble"), Maxine Darrell (as "Ensemble"), Clark Eggleston (as "Ensemble"), Mary Ferber (as "Ensemble"), Frank Gagen (as "Second Tourist/Ensemble"), Ed Garvie (as "Colonel Brown"), Helen Hall (as "Ensemble"), Larry Hogan (as "Second Agent of Police/(as "Ensemble"), Rita Hogan (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Huth (as "Ensemble"), Barrett James (as "Ensemble"), Walter Johnson (as "Doorman/Manager of Folies Bergere/Theatre Attendant"), Dorothy Joy (as "Ensemble"), Jack Kelley (as "Waiter"), Nell Kelly (as "Annette"), Agnes Kielty (as "Ensemble"), Frank Lalor (as "Prefect of Police"), Elsie Lauritsen (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Lee (as "Ensemble"), Dora Lee (as "Ensemble"), Nick Long (as "Ronnie"), Jane Love (as "Ensemble"), Jimmy Lyman (as "The Baron"), Hazel Maguire (as "Ensemble"), Audrey Maple (as "Erminie"), Isabelle McLaughlin (as "Ensemble"), May Meeris (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Harry K. Morton (as "Louis"), Betty O'Day (as "Ensemble"), Marian Palmer (as "Louise"), Shirley Parshall (as "Ensemble"), Phil Reep (as "Manager of Cafe Royal/Jean Baptiste"), Guy Robertson (as "George"), Cesar Romero (as "John") [Broadway debut], Kathryn Ross (as "Ensemble"), Kay Ross (as "A Lady"), George Saylor (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Shields (as "Claire"), Arthur Shnitzer (as "Ensemble"), Queenie Smith (as "Suzette"), Dorothy Snowden (as "Ensemble"), Grace Stogner (as "Ensemble"), Bentley Stone (as "First Agent of Police/Ensemble"), Jean Swanson (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Tebbs (as "Ensemble"), Wynn Terry (as "Ensemble"), Andrew Tombes (as "Picot"), Jean Watson (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Younger (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Busby Berkeley.
- (1932) Stage Play: A Little Racketeer. Musical comedy.
- (1934) Stage Play: Every Thursday. Comedy. Written by Doty Hobart. Scenic Design by Ackerman Studio. Directed by Theodore Viehman. Royale Theatre: 10 May 1934- Jul 1934 (closing date unknown/60 performances). Cast: George Carleton (as "Mr. Thomas Clark"), Jack Davis (as "Ferguson"), Ann Dere (as "Mrs. Thomas Clark"), Frederick Forrester (as "Dr. Adams"), Leon Janney (as "Raymond Clark") [Broadway debut], Tucker McGuire (as "Fern Adams"), Queenie Smith (as "Sadie") [final Broadway role], Sheila Trent (as "Florence Amelia Elizabeth Lowell"). Produced by Wee and Leventhal Inc.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Blue Widow. Comedy.
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