Stage: Appeared in "You Can't Take It With You" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by
Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman (also director). Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager. Techncial Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Press Representative:
John Peter Toohey. Booth Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 19 Sep 1938-close): 14 Dec 1936-3 Dec 1938 (838 performances). Cast:
Ruth Attaway (as "Rheba"),
Frank Conlan (as "Mr. DePinna"), Mitzi Hajos, Virginia Hammond, Franklin Heller, George Heller,
Ralph Holmes (as "G-Man"),
Josephine Hull (as "Penelope Sycamore"), William J. Kelly, George Leach, Anna Lubowe,
Oscar Polk (as "Donald"),
Hugh Rennie (as "Wilbur C. Henderson"),
Margot Stevenson (as "Alice Sycamore"),
George Tobias (as "Boris Kolenkhov"),
Henry Travers (as "Martin Vanderhof" / "Grandpa"; final Broadway role),
Paula Trueman (as "Essie"),
Frank Wilcox. Produced by
Sam Harris. Replacement actors during Booth Theatre run:
Aldrich Bowker (as "Martin Vanderhof, Grandpa"), George Calvert (as "G-Man"), C.M. Clough (as "G-Man"),
Muni Seroff (as "Boris Kolenkhov"),
Fred Stone. NOTE: Filmed as
Lebenskünstler (1938).
