Stage: Appeared (as "Fernando"; Broadway debut) in "The Red Poppy" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by
André Picard and
Francis Carco. Directed by B. Iden Payne. Greenwich Village Theatre: 20 Dec 1922-Dec 1922 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast:
Herbert Ashton (as "Boule"), Te Ata (as "Irma"), Blanche Boizon (as "Lea"),
Clara T. Bracy (as "Madame Boule"), Beatrice Bradley (as "Blanche"), John H. Brewer (as "Sorel"), Paul Broderick (as "Footman" / "A Tough"), Grace Connell (as "Pauline"), Frances Eldridge (as "Friquette"), Lorna Elliott (as "Madame Sorel"), Grace Gordon (as "A Lady"),
Leon Gordon (as "De Croy"), Ruby Gordon (as "Another Lady"), J.J. Greer (as "Jean" / "Sgt. deVille"), Grace Griswold (as "Mme. Vali"),
Gerald Hamer (as "Duthil"), Norris Hobbs (as "Dede"), Burdette Kappes (as "Becot"), Hubbard Kirkpatrick (as "Another Tough"), Robert Knight (as "Bob"), George A. Lawrence (as "Dudule"),
Arthur Lubin (as "Mimile"; Broadway debut), Kay McKay (as "A Gentleman"), Elena Meade (as "Babe"), Arthur Metcalfe (as "Prince Sergius Saratoff"), Marco Mora (as "Victor"), Elizabeth North (as "Toto"), William Paul (as "Babe Rose"), Betty Ross-Clarke (as "Liane"),
Byron Russell (as "Pierre"), Joan Twain (as "Francine"),
Estelle Winwood (as "Claire"). Produced by
Henry Baron. NOTE: Mr. Lugosi's Broadway career was complicated by having to learn his lines phonetically (often with great difficulty). He was never fluent in English during his entire Broadway career.
