On stage 3 productions, 5 years
| 1930 | Second Little Show Royale Theatre · Original · directed by Dwight Deere Wiman | 63 perf. |
| 1934 | Kill That Story Booth Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott | 117 perf. |
| 1935 | Jumbo Hippodrome · Original · directed by John Murray Anderson, George Abbott | 233 perf. |
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Also credited on1 work
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In the literature3 passages
- Cast: Jimmy Durante, Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Donald Novis, Gloria Grafton, A. P. Kaye, A. Robins, Poodles Hanneford, Big Rosie, Tilda Getzeebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
- ford. Gloria Grafton and Donald Novis. Ken Murray was the principal comedian of “Earl Carroll’s Sketch Book;” Beatrice Lillie, Ethel Waters. Eleanor Powell, Eddie Foy, Jr. and Paul Haakon were in “At Home Abroad;” Rudy Vallee, Bert Lahr and Eugene and Willie Howard were in “George White’s Scandals” and a popular musical “May Wine” had Wal…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World ^ Originally sung by Donald Novis and Gloria Grafton )»theatre-pdfs/Thou Swell Thou Witty-The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart - Hart, Dorothy.txt
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