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Stanley Ridges

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Actor 1890–1951 On stage 19191935

Stanley Charles Ridges (17 July 1890 – 22 April 1951) was an English-born American actor who made more than 100 appearances in theatre and movies from 1917 to 1951. After his American film debut in Success (1923), he appeared in films such as Crime Without Passion (1934), The Scoundrel (1935), If I Were King and The Mad Miss Manton (both 1938), Black Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), Wilson (1944) and No Way Out (1950). He also had the starring role in the B-picture False Faces (1943).

On stage 18 productions, 16 years

1919 The Rose of China Lyric Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Milton 47 perf.
1920 Sally New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Edward Royce 570 perf.
1923 Elsie Vanderbilt Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 40 perf.
1923 Mary Jane McKane Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Alonzo Price 151 perf.
1924 Bye, Bye, Barbara National Theatre · Original 16 perf.
1924 Her Way Out Gaiety Theatre · Original · directed by Walter Wilson 24 perf.
1925 The Bride Retires National Theatre · Original 145 perf.
1929 Boom Boom Casino Theatre · Original · directed by George Marion 72 perf.
1930 Made in France Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Dickson Morgan 5 perf.
1930 Nancy's Private Affair Vanderbilt Theatre · Original 136 perf.
1932 Dangerous Corner Empire Theatre · Original · directed by Elsa Lazareff 206 perf.
1932 The Inside Story National Theatre · Original · directed by A.H. Van Buren 24 perf.
1933 American Dream Guild Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Moeller 39 perf.
1933 Mary of Scotland Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Theresa Helburn 248 perf.
1933 The Mask and the Face Guild Theatre · Revival · directed by Philip Moeller 40 perf.
1934 Days Without End Henry Millers Theatre · Original · directed by Philip Moeller 57 perf.
1934 Valley Forge Guild Theatre · Original · directed by Herbert J. Biberman 58 perf.
1935 First Lady Music Box Theatre · Original 246 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

Wilton Graff 2 productions
Philip Merivale 2 productions
Philip Foster 2 productions
Neida Snow 2 productions
Mary Hay 2 productions
Manart Kippen 2 productions
Jock Mcgraw 2 productions
Hobart Cavanaugh 2 productions
Harland Tucker 2 productions
George Coulouris 2 productions
Frank McIntyre 2 productions
Ethel Intropidi 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. 9 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.

In the literature4 passages

  • Cast: Marilyn Miller, Leon Errol, Walter Catlett, Irving Fisher, Mary Hay, Stanley Ridges, Doloresebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • (Above) Days Without End, with Earl Larimore, Selena Royle, and Stanley Ridges (standing). New York, Henry Miller Theatre, 1934. [Photograph by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations]theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 4 (O-S).txt
  • Published October 1927. Introduced by Adele Astaire (Frankie) and Allen Kearns (Peter). (During most of the tryout, Peter was played by Stanley Ridges.) Introduced in London by Adele Astaire and Bernard Clifton.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
  • HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? Published October 1927. Introduced by Stanley Ridges (the original Peter) and Adele Astaire (Frankie) duringtheatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt

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