Other works

(1911 - 1951) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1911) Stage Play: The Confession. Written by Hal Reid. Bijou Theatre: 13 Mar 1911- May 1911 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: W.J. Brady, Mart Cody, Bigelow Cooper, Ralph Delmore, Jack Drumier, Helen Holmes, W.D. Inghram, Orrin Johnson, Paul Kelly [Broadway debut], Willard McDermott, John North, Theodore Roberts, Harold Vosburgh, Olive West.

(1916) Stage Play: Little Women. Written by Louisa May Alcott. Book adapted by Marian De Forest. Park Theatre: 18 Dec 1916- Jan 1917 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Marion Coakley, Cherie Coleman, E.A. Eberle, Mrs. A.E. Eberle, Lynn Hammond, Florence Huntington, Paul Kelly, Eleanor Seybolt, Marion Swayne, John Von Rittberg, Adelyn Wesley, Charles White. Produced by William A. Brady. Notes: 1) Mr. Brady produced a film version as Little Women (1918) [shot largely at Ralph Waldo Emerson's home in Concord, MA] that was unable to find a distributor. It was finally distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1919. Ms. De Forest did not receive credit for adapting the source for the play. 2) Neither the more famous RKO film adaptation Little Women (1933) nor MGM's version Little Women (1949) drew from Ms. De Forest's stage adaptation.

(1918) Stage Play. Penrod. Written by Edward E. Rose from the stories by Booth Tarkington. Directed by Dudley Digges and Edward E. Rose. Globe Theatre (moved to Punch and Judy Theatre on 7 Oct 1918 to close): 2 Sep 1918- Nov 1918 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Bevor Alverez, William F. Canfield, Helen Chandler, Jack Ellis, May Ellis, Katherine Emmett, Thomas Ford, Ben F. Grauer, Maud Hosford, Flo Irwin, Paul Kelly, Thomas McCann, Henry Quinn, Richard Ross, Lillian Roth [Broadway debut], Robert Vaughn, Charles Whitfield. Produced by George C. Tyler and Klaw & Erlanger.

(1921) Stage Play: Honors Are Even. Comedy. Written by Roi Cooper Megrue. Directed by Roi Cooper Megrue. Times Square Theatre: 10 Aug 1921- Oct 1921 (closing date unknown/70 performances). Cast: William Courtenay (as "John Leighton"), Clifford Dempsey (as "David Carter"), Lola Fisher (as "Belinde"), Paul Kelly (as "Ralph Kingsland"), Ambrose Martin (as "A Man"), Henry Mowray (as "Neigel Gordon"), Horace Pollock (as "Parker"), Laurence Redmond (as "The Chair Man"), Ralph Simone (as "Luigi") [Broadway debut], Horace Sinclair (as "Vaughan Outerbridge"), Mabel Stanton (as "Hannah"), Eleanor Woodruff (as "Lucile Berkeley"), "Boots" Wooster (as "Georgy Haile"). Produced by The Selwyns.

(1922) Stage Play: Up the Ladder. Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Lumsden Hare. Playhouse Theatre: 6 Mar 1922- Jun 1922 (closing date unknown/117 performances). Cast: Mary Brandon (as "Rosalind Henley"), Frederick Brennan (as "Dr. Maynard"), Nannette Comstock (as "Mary"), Claude Cooper (as "Bert Muller"), Edward Donnelly (as "Joe Henley"), George Farren (as "Henry Smith"), Albert Hackett (as "Jerry"), Grace Heyer (as "Ellen"), Mary Jeffery (as "Mrs. Muller"), Paul Kelly (as "John Allen"), Doris Kenyon (as "Jane"), Adele Klaer (as "Eva Wilmers"), George Le Guere (as "Stanley Grant"), Anna Marston (as "Lucy"), Robert Middlemass (as "Dick Wilmers"). Produced by William A. Brady.

(1922) Stage Play: Whispering Wires. Drama.

(1923) Stage Play: Chains. Drama. Written by Jules Eckert Goodman. Directed by William A. Brady. Playhouse Theatre: 19 Sep 1923- Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/125 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander (as "Grace"), Gilbert Emery (as "Richard"), Helen Gahagan (as "Jean Trowbridge"), Maude Turner Gordon (as "Maud"), Paul Kelly (as "Harry"), William Morris (as "John Maury"). Produced by William A. Brady.

(1924) Stage Play: The Lady Killer. Farce.

(1924) Stage Play: Nerves. Written by John Farrar and Stephen Vincent Benet. Directed by William A. Brady. Comedy Theatre: 1 Sep 1924- Sep 1924 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Kyra Alanova (as "Jean"), Walter Baldwin (as "Rook"), Humphrey Bogart (as "Bob Thatch"), Reed Brown Jr. (as "Paul Overman") [Broadway debut], Marie Curtis (as Mrs. Hill"), T.C. Durham Jr. (as "Orderly"), John Gray (as "Carter"), Cynthia Hyde (as "Janet"), Paul Kelly (as "Ted Hill"), Barbara Kitson (as "Mary"), Winifred Lenihan (as "Peggy Thatch"), Kenneth MacKenna (as "Jack Coates"), John McCauley (as "Arthur Green") [Broadway debut], Mary Phillips, Edward H. Wever (as "Mathew Anderson"), Henry Whittemore (as "Frank Smith"). Produced by William A. Brady.

(1925) Stage Play: Houses of Sand. Drama. Written by G. Marion Burton. Directed by Daniel V. Arthur and Clifford Brooke. Hudson Theatre: 17 Feb 1925- Mar 1925 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Elise Bartlett, Charles Bickford (as "Hugh Schuyler"), Ethelbert Hales, Gladys Hanson, Paul Kelly (as "Arthur Demarest"), Naoe Kondo, Vivienne Osborne (as "Miss Kane; Golden Fragrance"), George Probert, Edith Shayne, Theodore Westman. Produced by Michael Mindlin.

(1925) Stage Play: The Sea Woman. Written by Willard Robertson. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Little Theatre: 24 Aug 1925- Sep 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Clyde Fillmore (as "Captain Rodney Donaldson"), Charles Halton (as "Johnny Hickey"), Paul Kelly (as "Charlie Watts"), Rea Martin (as "Pearl"), Roger Pryor (as "Engineer"), Blanche Yurka(as "Molla Hansen"). Produced by L. Lawrence Weber. Note: Filmed by Edwin Carewe Productions [distributed by First National Pictures] as Why Women Love (1925).

(1926) Stage Play: Find Daddy.

(1930) Stage Play: Nine-Fifteen Revue. Musical revue. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley and Leon Leonidoff. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 11 Feb 1930- 15 Feb 1930 (7 performances). Cast: Nan Blackstone, Wally Crisham, Lynne Dore, Diane Ellis, Gracella & Theodore, Helen Gray, Fred Keating, Paul Kelly, Charles Lawrence, The Lovey Girls, Van Lowe, Harry McNaughton, Margaret Merle, The Michon Bros., Mary Murray, Earl Oxford, Oscar Ragland, Frances Shelley, Michael Tripp. Produced by Ruth Selwyn.

(1930) Stage Play: Bad Girl. Drama. Written by Brian Marlow and Viña Delmar. Directed by Marion Gering. Hudson Theatre: 2 Oct 1930- Dec 1930 (closing date unknown/85 performances). Cast: Sascha Beaumont (as "Maude"), Lawrence Bolton (as "Pat"), Emily Graham (as "Mrs. Vernon"), Joan Harmon (as "Miss Lambert"), Martin Howe (as "Doctor Stewart"), Angela Jacobs (as "Mrs. Lensky"), Paul Kelly (as "Eddie"), Eleanor Merlin (as "Miss Parsons"), Grace Morse (as "Miss Brown"), William Pawley (as "Jim"), Sylvia Sidney (as "Dot"), Walter Vaughn (as "Ted"), Joan Winters (as "Sue"), Charlotte Wynters (as "Edna") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Robert V. Newman.

(1931) Stage Play: Hobo. Drama. Written by Frank Merlin. Directed by Frank Merlin. Morosco Theatre: 11 Feb 1931- Feb 1931 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Tatiana Amazar (as "Organist"), George Averill (as "Clerk of the Court"), Richard Bengali (as "Frank"), Valerie Bergere (as "Miss Clara"), Clarence Chase (as "Dying Man"), Dudley Clements (as "Reverend Wilkins"), Josephine Evans (as "Alice"), Barney Flynn (as "K.C. Shorty"), Joan Harmon (as "Miss Dalton"), Charlotte Henry (as "Nellie"), William Hertz (as "A Waiter"), Alfred Jenkins (as "Mr. Jordan "), Paul Kelly (as "St. Louis Blackie"), Victor Kilian (as "Officer Hayes"), James C. Morton (as "Judge Halsey"), Harry North (as "Deacon Benner"), Al Rauh (as "Dan Williams"), Don Rodalito (as "Joe"), Gwyn Stratford (as "Nancy "), D.J. Sullivan, Joseph Sweeney, Martin Tarby, Charles P. Thompson, Maud Turner (as "Delia "), James Young. Produced by James Elliott.

(1931) Stage Play: Just to Remind You. Drama. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Melville Burke. Broadhurst Theatre: 7 Sep 1931- Sep 1931 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Isabel Baring, Genevieve Bowman, Jerome Cowan, Peg Entwistle (as "Nettie Pierce"), Tom Fadden, Charlie Fang, Sylvia Field, Jessie Graham, Harold Healy, Gladys Hurlbut, Paul Kelly, Frank McDonald, Charles McNaughton, Charles Richards, Edward H. Robins, Frank Shannon, Henry Shelvey, Charles Slattery, Calvin Thomas. Produced by Sam Harris.

(1932) Stage Play: Adam Had Two Sons. Written by John McDermott. Directed by Melville Burke. Alvin Theatre: 20 Jan 1932- Jan 1932 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Jay Adair (as "Ed"), Pilar Arcos, Lola Bazan, Herbert Belmore, Muriel Campbell, Alex Cross, Aristides de Leoni, Harry DeKoven (as "Pedro"), Johanne Douglas, Evelyn Downing, Walter Farrell, Preston Foster (as "Leary"), Gilberti Fray, Genevieve Frizzell, Helen Glenn, Raymond Hackett (as "Kid"), Marshall Hale (as "Derelict"), Frank Horton, John Junior, Paul Kelly (as "Matt"), Constance Kerr, Harry Klint, Edward La Roche, Daniel Marenko, Franklin Munnell, Raquel Torres (as "Teresa"), Regine Valdy, James Young. Produced by Vinton Freedley and Alex Aarons.

(1932) Stage Play: The Great Magoo. Drama. Written by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler. Directed by George Abbott. Selwyn Theatre: 2 Dec 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Violet Barney, Eddie Bergman, John Butler, Muriel Campbell, Claire Carleton, Wally Curtis, Gilbert Douglas, Joe Fields, Evelyn Gaile, Al Gentile, Charlotte Granville, Harry Green, Joseph Greewald, Jack Hazzard, Charles Henderson, Emil Hoch, Paul Kelly, Percy Kilbride, Victor Kilian, Della Lorraine, Ronnie Madsen, Millard Mitchell (as "Sam"), Dennie Moore, Lloyd Pickney, Vic Piemonte, Joe Ploski, John Porpora, Al Savarese, Louis Savarese, Mildred Stansill, John Sylvester, Juan Varro. Produced by Billy Rose.

(1945) Stage Play: Beggars Are Coming to Town. Written by Theodore Reeves. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Harold Clurman. Coronet Theatre: 27 Oct 1945- 17 Nov 1945 (25 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "Noll Turner"), Adrienne Ames, Herbert Berghof, Julius Bing, The Cedric Wallace Trio, Dorothy Comingore, Harry Cooke (as "Goldie"), Austin Fairman (as "Bennett Richardson"), Louis Gilbert, Arthur Hunnicutt (as "Skinner"), Harry Kadison, Paul Kelly (as "Frankie Madison"), Alfred Linder, E.G. Marshall (as "Dave"), George Mathews, Tom Pedi (as "Heinz"), Joseph Rosso, Harold Young. Produced by Oscar Serlin.

(1947) Stage Play: Command Decision. Drama. Written by William Wister Haines. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Julia Sze. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Arthur H. Ross. Directed by John O'Shaughnessy. Fulton Theatre: 1 Oct 1947- 18 Sep 1948 (409 performances). Cast: Paul Kelly (as "Brigadier General K.C. Dennis"), Jay Fassett (as "Major General Rold Goodlow Kane"), Paul McGrath (as "Brigadier General Clifton C. Garnett"), Edward Binns (as "N.C.O. Photographer"), Walter Black, Stephen Elliott (as "Colonel Edward Martin"), Paul Ford (as "Mr. Arthur Malcolm"), Arthur Franz (as "Captain Lucius Jenks"), James Holden, West Hooker (as "Enlisted Armed Guard"), William Layton (as "Major Homer Prescott"), Lewis Martin, Frank McNellis, Neill O'Malley, Robert Pike, John Randolph (as "Lt. Jake Goldberg"), Edmon Ryan, James Whitmore (as "Tech Sergeant Harold Evans"). Replacement actors during run: Edward Binns (as "Colonel Ernest Haley "), Leonard Patrick (as "N.C.O. Photographer"). Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden. Note (1): Purchased by MGM and produced on film as Command Decision (1948), starring Clark Gable.

(1950) Stage Play: The Country Girl. Drama. Written by Clifford Odets. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Boris Aronson. Directed by Clifford Odets. Lyceum Theatre: 10 Nov 1950- 2 Jun 1951 (235 performances). Cast: Uta Hagen (as "Georgie Elgin"), Paul Kelly (as "Frank Elgin") [final Broadway role], Steven Hill (as "Bernie Dodd"), Tony Albert (as "Ralph"), Peter Kass (as "Larry"), Phyllis Love (as "Nancy Stoddard"), Louis Veda Quince (as "Phil Cook"), Joseph Sullivan (as "Paul Unger"). Understudies: Gilbert Green (as "Bernie Dodd/Frank Elgin/Phil Cook") and Osna Palmer (as "Georgie Elgin/Nancy Stoddard). Replacement cast: Gilbert Green (as "Phil Cook"), Michael Howard (as "Ralph"), Naomi Riordan (as "Nancy Stoddard"). Understudy: Michael Howard (as "Larry/Paul Unger"). Produced by Dwight Wiman [credited as Dwight Deere Wiman]. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as The Country Girl (1954).

(1918) Stage Play: Seventeen. Written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Stannard Mears. From the novel by Booth Tarkington. Directed by Stuart Walker. Booth Theatre: 22 Jan 1918- Aug 1918 (closing date unknown/225 performances) Cast: Morgan Farley [Broadway debut], George Gaul, Ruth Gordon (as "Lola Pratt"), Gregory Kelly, Paul Kelly, Judith Lowry, Neil Martin, Beatrice Maude, Henrietta McDannel, Lew Medbury, Lillian Ross, Eugene Stockdale, Arthur Wells. Produced by Stuart Walker. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Seventeen (1940).