Stage Play: Golden Boy. Drama. Written by
Clifford Odets. Stage Manager:
Alan Woolfson. Assistant Stage Manager:
Martin Ritt and Bert Conway. Directed by
Harold Clurman. Belasco Theatre: 4 Nov 1937- Jun 1938 (closing date unknown/250 performances). Cast:
Luther Adler (as "Joe Bonaparte"),
Roman Bohnen (as "Tom Moody"),
Phoebe Brand (as "Anna"),
Harry Morgan [credited as Harry Bratsburg] (as "Pepper White") [Broadway debut],
Morris Carnovsky (as "Mr. Bonaparte"),
Lee J. Cobb (as "Mr. Carp"),
Bert Conway (as "Call Boy") [Broadway debut], Charles Crisp,
Howard Da Silva (as "Lewis"),
Frances Farmer (as "Lorna Moon"),
John Garfield (as "Siggie") [credited as Jules Garfield], Michael Gordon,
Elia Kazan (as "Eddie Fuselli"), Robert Lewis, Charles Niemeyer, John O'Malley, Martin Ritt (as "Sam"),
Karl Malden (as "Barker") [credited as Mladen Sekulovich] (Broadway debut),
Art Smith (as "Tokio"). Produced by The Group Theatre. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures Corp. as
Golden Boy (1939). Note: Mr. Carnovsky's role was played by Lee J. Cobb in the 1939 film. Ironically, Cobb was one of the actors to name names at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, at which Carnovsky was blacklisted.
