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Delyle Alda

Shows · Delyle Alda

Composer 1894–1927 On stage 19191923

On stage 5 productions, 4 years

1919 Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Florenz Ziegfeld 171 perf.
1920 Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 123 perf.
1921 Blue Eyes Casino Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Errol 44 perf.
1921 Snapshots of 1921 Selwyn Theatre · Original · directed by Leon Errol 60 perf.
1923 George White's Scandals [1923] Globe Theatre · Original 168 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Olive Vaughn 3 productions
Van and Schenck 2 productions
Ray Dooley 2 productions
Margaret Irving 2 productions
Lucille Arden 2 productions
Lauretta Stanley 2 productions
Johnny Dooley 2 productions
John Steel 2 productions
Jessie Reed 2 productions
Inez Courtney 2 productions
Helen Shea 2 productions
Gypsy Mooney 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 8 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Ziegfeld Follies

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In the literature1 passages

  • Cast: Marilyn Miller, Eddie Cantor, Bert Williams, Eddie Dowling, Ray Dooley, Johnny Dooley, Delyle Alda, John Steel, Van & Schenck, Mary Hayebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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