- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1925 (1925). Musical revue. Sketches by J.P. McEvoy, Will Rogers, W.C. Fields and Gus Weinberg. Music by Raymond Hubbell, Dave Stamper and Werner Janssen. Lyrics by Gene Buck. Musical Director: Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett, Fred Barry, Harold Sandford and Steven Jones. Featuring songs by Leo Daniderff. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Tableaux staged by Ben Ali Haggin. New Amsterdam Theatre: 6 Jul 1925- 19 Sep 1925 (88 performances). Cast: Lina Basquette, Bertha Belmore, Marion Benda, Louise Brooks, Katherine Burke, Cynthia Cambridge, Elise Cavanna, Elsie Cavanna, Bob Chase, Chaz Chase, Harriet Chetwynd, Dare and Wahl, Ray Dooley, Alma Drange, Peggy Fears, Hilda Ferguson, W.C. Fields, Irving Fisher, Norma Forrest, Noel Francis [Boradway debut], Evelyn Goodwin, Beryl Halley, Al Hardy, Helen Henderson, Marion Hurley, Naomi Johnson, Flo Kennedy, Dorothy Knapp, Frank Lambert, Edna Leedom, Marjorie Leet, Doris Lloyd, Gladys Loftus, Helen MacFadden, Tommy Mack, Virginia Magee, Gertrude Michaels, Mary Mulhern, Barbara Newberry, Clarence Nordstrom, Al Ochs, George Olsen's Band, Frances Reveaux, Will Rogers, Adelaide Seaman, Vivienne Segal, Jack Shannon, Ethel Shutta, Dave Stamper, Bobby Storey, The Kelo Brothers, Mark Truscott, Brandon Tynan, Vangie Valentine, Dorothy Van Alst, Cricket Wooten. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- No Foolin' (1926). Musical revue. Music by Rudolf Friml. Lyrics by Gene Buck, Irving Caesar and Ballard MacDonald. Featuring songs by James Hanley. Book by J.P. McEvoy and James Barton. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Charles Grant, Steven Jones, Will Vodery and Emil Gerstenberger. Music arranged by Walter Haenschen. Choreographed by John Boyle. Staged by Ben Ali Haggin. Directed by Edward Royce and Walter Wilson. Globe Theatre: 24 Jun 1926- 25 Sep 1926 (108 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Wilma Ansell, Mabel Baade, Arthur Baer, James Barton, George Baxter, Elsie Behrens, Marian Benda, Beth Berri, (Miss) Blackburne, Louise Brown, Katherine Burke, Lew Christy, Thelma Connor, Velma Connor, Walter Costello, Edna Covey, Jack Cronin, Morton Croswell, Fay Culmer, (Miss) Dale, Clifford Daly, Myrna Darby, Carmine DiGiovanni, Ray Dooley, Alma Drange, Norma Dyal, Kay English, Mary Farrell, Peggy Fears, Irving Fisher, Alys Fitzgerald, Suzanne Fleming, Norma Forrest, Noel Francis, Genesko, Gladys Glad, Paulette Goddard, Ruth Grace, Yvonne Grey, Evelyn Grieg, Owen Harvey, Helen Herendeen, Mary Hopkins, Mary Jane, Flo Kennedy, Charles King, Andrew Knox, Kathleen Krosby, Eleanor Ladd, (Miss) LaMay, Miss Lane, Edna Leedom, Marjorie Leet, Claire Luce, Alice MacKenzie, Joseph Marievsky, (Miss) Mason, Bert McGuinnes, Murray Minehart, George Moeser, Moran and Mack, Edward Mowen, Mary Mulhern, Victor Munro, William Murray, Barbara Newberry, Greta Nissen, Yvonne Occent, Hilda Olsen, Helen O'Shea, Leslie Ostrander, Dorothy Patterson, Katherine Penman, Anastasia Reilly, Miss Shaw, Robert Shields, Lillian Smith, Biddy Somerset, Marion Strasmick, Andrew Tombes, Polly Walker, Miss Wayne, Dorothy Wegman, Miss Williams, Miss Wilson, Yacht Club Entertainers. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1927) Stage Play: Rio Rita. Musical comedy. Based on material by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Music by Harry Tierney. Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Music orchestrated by Frank Parry. Directed by John Harwood. Ziegfeld Theatre (moved to The Lyric Theatre from 26 Dec 1927- 11 Mar 1928 then moved to The Majestic Theatre from 12 Mar 1928 to close): 2 Feb 1927- 7 Apr 1928 (494 performances). Cast: Ada-May, Avis Adair, Mary Alter, Melba Alter, George Anez, Martha Ann, Alfred Arnold, Antonio Arreola, Mabel Baade, Margie Baily, Anita Banton, Pauline Bartlett, Elma Bayer, Elsie Behrens, Marion Benda, Carol Bergman, Jose Betancourt, Virginia Biddle, Peggy Blake, Victor Bragamonte, Alcides Briseno, Katherine Burke, George Butler, Camille, Al Clair, Helen C. Clive, Collette, Suzanne Conroy, Peggy Cornell, Jean Crittenden, Audrey Dale, Fred Dalton, Myrna Darby, Agatha DeBussy, Naomi deMusie, Helen Derby, Dorothy Dickerson, Jennie Dolova, Donald Douglas, Kay English, Rass Erickson, Carlos Estrada, Lucien Farland, Elaine Field, Janet Flynn, Noel Francis (as "Katie Bean"), Helene Gardner, Gladys Glad, Margaret Godsworthy, Portia Grafton, Ann Hardman, Mignon Hawkes, Josephine Hayes, Gabriel Herrera, Owen Hervey, Charles Holly, Harriet Hughes, Yvonne Hughes, Theresa Hyle, Alf James, Naomi Johnson, Ivanelle Ladd, Lavergne Lambert, Valerie Lennox, Mildred Lunnay, Cookie Lunsford, Lottie Marcy, Marjorie-May Martin, Earl Marvin, Robert Mathews, Dorothy May, Charles McClelland, Betty McHugh, Frances Mildern, Florence Miller, Alma Moore, Vivian Morgan, Franciska Mueller, Gladys Murphy, J. Harold Murray (as "Jim"), Vincente Murtado, Leo Nash, Henry Nelthropp, Bill Otero, Walter Palm, Dorothy Patterson, Molly Peck, Walter Petrie, Jack Phillips, Rita Pischel, Margaret Purple, Harry Ratcliffe, Louise Richardson, Joseph Rogers, Pedro Rubin, Rosemary Ryder, A. Safanow, Vincent Serrano, Madeline Sheldon, Lillian Shields, Al Small, Jack Spinelly, Douglas Stead, Marion Strasmick, Norma Taylor, Morris Tepper, Ethelind Terry (as "Rio Rita"), Edward Theopold, Jack Thompson, Raymond Toben, Francisco Torres, Peggy Udell, Manuel Valdespino, Bernice Varden, Richard Vernon, Juan Villasana, Rosemary Wallace, Florence Ware, Clarentine Wayne, Jean Wayne, Nondas Wayne, Dorothy Wegman, Maxine Wells, John Werner, Amy West, Bert Wheeler (as "Chick Bean"), Marion Wilson, Ann Woods, Robert Woolsey (as "Ed Lovett"), Philomena Yvsocka, M. Zaharia, Frank Zolt. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: Filmed by Radio Pictures [later known as RKO Radio Pictures] as Rio Rita (1929), and by MGM as Rio Rita (1942) [script significantly changed from play].
- Show Girl (1929). Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Material by William Anthony McGuire. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. Based the novel by J.P. McEvoy. Musical Director: William Daly. Additional lyrics by Thomas Malie, Sidney Skolsky, W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Additional music by W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Featuring songs by J. Little. Directed by William Anthony McGuire. Ziegfeld Theatre: 2 Jul 1929- 5 Oct 1929 (111 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Virginia Allen, Jean Althan, Selma Althan, Jane Barry, Betty Bassett, Marcia Bell, Eddee Belmont, Caryl Bergman, Hazel Boffinger, Dorothy Bow, Bobby Brodsley, Pamela Bryant, Orine Bryne, Edna Bunte, Emily Burton, Dorothy Carrigan, Doris Carson, Peggy Carthew, Virginia Case, Lew Clayton, Blaine Cordner, Billie Cortez, Cleo Cullen, Dona Desne Curry, Gertrude Dahl, Dolores De Fina, Mildred Defina, Violet Dell, Katherine Downer, Doris Downes, Alma Drange, Sadie Duff, Jimmy Durante (as "Snozzle/Sombre Eyes"), Kay English, Caja Eric, Austin Fairman (as "John Milton"), Eddie Foy Jr. (as "Denny Kerrigan"), Noel Francis (as "Peggy Ritz"), Virginia Frank, Vera Frederick, Janet Gibbard, Dolores Grant, Viola Hage, Ruth Hayden, Althea Heinly, Kathryn Hereford, Harriet Hoctor, Maurine Holmes, Eddie Jackson, Andy Jochim, Agatha Johann, Juliette Jones, Ruby Keeler (as "Dixie Dugan"), Mildred Klaw, Renee Landeau, Ada Landis, Camille Lanier, Ruth Love, Nick Lucas (as "Rudy"), Joseph Macauley, Mary MacDonald, Lottie Marcy, Doris May, Patricia McGrath, Frank McHugh (as "Jimmy Doyle"), Dorothy Morgan, Howard Morgan, Barbara Newberry, Evelyn Nichols, Dore Nodine, Lucille O'Connor, Pat O'Keefe, Georgia Payne, Lois Peck, Leonia Pennington, Vivian Porter, Beatrice Powers, Dolores Ray, Louise Raymond, Dorothy Ryan, Blanche Satchell, Matthew Smith, Wanda Stevenson, Mildred Swunke, Calvin Thomas, Mildred Turner, Sunny Van, Claire Wayne, Jean Wayne, Virginia Whitmore. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- Satellite (1935). Farce. Written by Kerry Shaw and Joseph Mitchell. Scenic Design by A.W. Street. Directed by John Cameron. Bijou Theatre: 20 Nov 1935 (1 performance). Cast: Carlyle Bennett, Noel Francis (as "May Manning") [final Broadway role], Bernard Gorcey (as "Max Goldblatz"), Samuel Pokrass, Mme. Poo, Charlotte Reynolds, George Sherwood, Stanley Smith, Jack Soanes, Joseph Striker, Rose Tapley, Diane Tempest, Gerald Vaughn, Barbara Weeks, Joyce White, Christola Williams. Produced by Edward Davidow and John Cameron.
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