Stage Play: Once in a Lifetime. Comedy. Written by
Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman. Stage Manager:
Robert B. Sinclair [earliest Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 24 Sep 1930- Sep 1931 (unknown closing date/406 performances). Cast: Frances E. Brandt (as "Mrs. Walker"), Jane Buchanan (as "A Voice Pupil"),
Spring Byington (as "Helen Hobart"), George Casselberry (as "One of Three Scenario Writers"), Payson Crane (as "Bellboy"), Louis Cruger (as "Weisskopf"), Janet Currie (as "Phyllis Fontaine"),
Jean Dixon (as "May Daniels"), Walter Dreher (as "Rudolph Kammerling"), Marie Ferguson (as "Miss Fontaine's Maid"), Stanley Fitzpatrick (as "Page"), Eugenie Frontai (as "Florabel Leigh"),
Harold Grau (as "Mr. Flick"),
Charles Halton (as "Herman Glogauer"), Virginia Hawkins (as "Miss Chasen"), John O. Hewitt (as "Electrician"), Marc Loebell (as "Ernest"), Edward Loud (as "Miss Leigh's Chauffer/Leading Man"), Charles Mack (as "Miss Fontaine's Chauffer"), Georgia MacKinnon (as "Script Girl"), Burton Mallory (as "One of Three Scenario Writers"), Leona Maricle (as "Miss Leighton"), William McFadden (as "Meterstein"), Edwin Mills (as "Page"), Grant Mills (as "Jerry Hyland"), Irving Morrow (as "Bishop"),
Hugh O'Connell (as "George Lewis"), Sally Phipps (as "Susan Walker"),
Oscar Polk (as "Porter"), Kempton Race (as "One of Three Scenario Writers"), Robert Ryder (as "George's Secretary"), Otis Schaefer (as "Coat Check Girl"), Dorothy Talbot (as "Miss Leigh's Maid"), Frances Thress (as "Bridesmaid"), Clara Waring (as "Cigarette Girl"), Jack Williams (as "Electrician"). Produced by
Sam Harris. Replacement actors:
Granville Bates (as "Bishop"), Warner Bliss (as "Miss Leigh's Chauffer"), Jane Buchanan (as "Susan Walker"), Moss Hart (as "Lawrence Vail"), Irving Morrow (as "First Cameraman"). Note: Mr. Berlin had no direct involvement with this production aside from theatre ownership (with Sam Harris).
