Stage: Appeared (as "Slit-throat McGillicuddy" / "Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club" / "I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart" / "(Just) Begging for Love" / "Do As You Like (Do What You Like)"; Broadway debut) in "Shoot the Works" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book by
Heywood Hale Broun (also producer),
Peter Arno,
Sig Herzig,
Dorothy Parker,
Nunnally Johnson,
E.B. White,
Milton Lazarus,
Jack Hazzard,
Edward McNamara and H.I. Phillips. Music by Michael H. Cleary, Philip Chagrig,
Jay Gorney, Robert Stolz,
Jimmy McHugh,
Irving Berlin, Ann Ronell,
Vernon Duke, Joseph Meyer, Alexander Williams, Herbert Goode and Muriel Pollock. Lyrics by Armin Robinson, Leo Robin,
Dorothy Fields,
Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin,
E.Y. Harburg, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief,
Walter Reisch, Alexander Williams, Muriel Pollock and Joe Young. Musical Director: Harry Archer. Music orchestrated by Frank E. Barry and King Ross. Scenic Design / Lighting Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Costume Design by
Charles Le Maire and Kiviette. Dances by John Boyle. Dialogue directed by Theodore Hammerstein. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 21 Jul 1931-3 Oct 1931 (87 performances). Cast: Rose Armand, Alice Bankert, Johnny Boyle, Lee Brody, Heywood Broun (as "Opening" / "In the Dressing Room" / "Man about Town" / "Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club" /"I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart" (reprise)), Evelyn Carpenter, Cornelia Chason,
Imogene Coca (as "(Let's Go) Out in the Open Air"), Fanille Davies, Frances Dewey, Margaret Doncaster, Frank Ericson, Mickie Forbs, Bobby Gillette, Al Gold, J. Gonzales, Taylor Gordon, Merena Grady, Francis Guinan, Frank Hauser, Jack Hazzard,
Percy Helton (as "Cornelius Swaggerbilt" / "Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club" / "Mr. Coe" / "Lo, the Poor Doctor" / "The Man" / "Another Triangle" / "The Patient" / "Death Says It Isn't So" / "Believe It or Not"), Jack Irwin, Julie Johnson, Albert Jordan, Tom Jordan, Joe Kaye, Irene Kelly, Don Lannon, James Libby, Constance Madison, Lila Manor, Vida Manuel, Dolly Martinez, Nellie Mayer, John McAvoy, Edward J. McNamara, Leslyn Miller, John Muccio, Edward Murray, Dick Neely, Edgar Nelson, Frances Nevins, James Notarro, William O'Neal, Lester Ostrander, Nora Puntin, Inez Purdy, Jack Ray, Jerry Reardon, Margot Riley, Virginia Smith, Dorothy Snowden, Marjorie Sohmer, Anne Stanley, Morris Tepper, Winnie Turner, Helen Tuttle, Florence Winkel. Produced in association with
Milton Raison.
