Other works

(1965) Unsold pilot: Directed a pilot for a proposed NBC comedy series for Barbara Rush called "The Barbara Rush Show" about a mother who works as a stenographer to help pay her husband's tuition for medical school.

(1933) Stage: Staged "Hold Your Horses" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music / lyrics by Robert Russell Bennett, Robert A. Simon, Louis Alter, Arthur Arthur Swanstrom, Ben Oakland and Owen Murphy. Book by Russel Crouse and Corey Ford. Based on a play by Charles Beahan, Russel Crouse and Corey Ford. With many nonsensical moments by Joe Cook. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Featuring songs by Margot Millham and Leslie Stuart. Featuring songs with lyrics by Margot Millham, Owen Hall and J.P. Murray. Directed by John Shubert. All dances, ensembles and principals' dances by Robert Alton. Ballets created and staged by Harriet Hoctor. Book directed by R.H. Burnside. Winter Garden Theatre: 25 Sep 1933-9 Dec 1933 (88 performances). Cast: Jack Anthony, Walter Armin (as "Charles Rector"), James Babbitt, Julia Barker, Alayne Blair, W.K. Brady, Jack Burleigh, Lehman Byck, Jack Byrne, Phyllis Carroll, Emeeta Casanova, Andre Charise, Dave Chasen (as "Frothington"), Cecile Clancy, Jay Conley, Mary Connor, Joe Cook (as "Broadway Joe"), Colleen Cooper, Barbara Coswell, Inez Courtney (as "Gwen Fordyce"), Carmen Cuyler, Hene Damur, Helen Day, Dorothy Drum, Helene Ecklund, Marion Farrish, Margie Finley, Helen Folsom, Frances Ford, Jimmie Fox, Peggy Gallimore, Douglas Gilmore, John Glenn, Ruth Gormley, Edwin Guhl, Clarence Harvey, Maurine Holmes, Jack Howard, Meredith Howard, Virginia Howard, Jeryl Joyce, Adelaide Kaye, Josephine Kaye, Marguerite Kennedy, Connie Madison, Jane Manners, Lila Manor, Lola Manor, Gene Martel, Rosalie McCallion, Joe McKeon, Edward J. McNamara, Tully Millet, Jack Morrissey, R.J. Mulligan, Ona Munson (as "Marjory Ellis"), Donnell O'Brian, Emmett O'Brien, Eileen O'Connor, Ethel O'Dell, Olaf Olsen (as "Kid Hogan's Second"), Evelyn Page, Walter Palm (as "Bartender at Nigger Mike's"), Pat Palmer, Tom Patricola, Tesha Pierson, Ernest Recco, Harry Rogers, Polly Rose, Jean Ryan, Lovee Sabalis, George Schiller, Myra Scott, Charles Senna, C. Ellsworth Smith, Stanley Smith, Edna Strong, Frances Stutz, Tanya Tschergi, Frances Upton (as "Dolly Montague"), Dick Wallace, Rex Weber, Eugene Winchester, Jack Wolf, Sunny Wright, Dan Wyler. Produced by Producing Associates Inc., Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert and Joe Cook. Produced under the supervision of John Shubert.

(1934) Stage: Appeared (as "A German Assistant Hotel Manager") in "Piper Paid" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Sarah B. Smith and Viola Brothers Shore. Directed by Clifford Brooke. Ritz Theatre: 25 Dec 1934-Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Edith Barrett (as "Zelda Kay"), Spring Byington (as "Amy Minton"), Walter Crane (as "A German Waiter"), Donald Douglas (as "David Crane"), Harry Green (as "Basil Gainsborough"), Raymond Hackett (as "Larry Allen"; final Broadway role), John Marston (as "Dr. Martin Sperling"), Katherine Warren (as "Elinor Crane"). Produced by Harold K. Berg. Produced in association with D.W. Lederman.

(1935) Stage: "Symphony" on Broadway Drama.

(1936) Stage: Staged "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by David Freeman. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Conrad Salinger, Robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Additional music by Harold Spina. Additional Orchestrations by Conrad Sallinger, Russell Bennett, Don Walker and Will Vodery. Scenic Design / Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Eddie Dowling. Ballets directed by George Balanchine. Directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward C. Lilley. Winter Garden Theatre: 30 Jan 1936-9 May 1936 (115 performances). Cast: Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Gertrude Niesen, Eve Arden, Gene Ashley, Josephine Baker, Milton Barnett, Vicki Belling, Herman Belmonte, Prescott Brown, Edward Browne, Florine Callahan, Judy Canova, George Church, Stella Clauson, Evelyn Dale, Dorothy Daly, Maxine Darrell, Roger Davis, Nancy Dolan, Tom Draper, Althea Elder, George Enz, Helene Fromson, Thomas Gleason, Vera Haal, Georgia Hiden, Harriet Hoctor, Gay Hoff, John Hoyt, Stan Kavanaugh, Irene Kelly, Lyn Leslie, Ula Love, Elena Marano, Helene Marchand, Duke McHale, Rodney McLennan, Betty McMahon, Mary Alice Moore, Jean Moorhead, Howard Morgan, Jane Moxon, Paul Nelson, The Nicholas Brothers, Gertrude Niesen, Hugh O'Connell, Eileen O'Driscoll, Jessica Pepper, Gloria Pierre, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Isabel Pulsford, William Quentmeyer, Peggy Quinn, J. Ramos, Erminie Randolph, Frances Rands, Cornelia Rogers, J. Sastere, Marion Semler, Thelma Shearon, Didi Skoug, Marlyn Stuart, Ricki Tanzi, Peggy Thomas, Ethel Thorsen, Gerard Willem Van Loon, Marie Vanneman, Everette West, Irving West, Ben Yost. Produced by Billie Burke Ziegfeld, Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

(1967) Unsold pilot: Directed / produced a comedy pilot for a proposed ABC sitcom called "Manley and the Mob". The pilot starred Paul Lynde as a slow-witted private detective.

(1943) Stage: Dialogue director (w/Arthur Pierson) on "Ziegfeld Follies of 1943" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Ray Henderson. Additional music by Dan White. Sketches by Lester Lee, Jerry Seelen, Bud Pearson, Les White, Joseph Erens, Charles Sherman, Harry Young, Lester Lawrence, Baldwin Bergersen, Ray Golden, Sid Kuller, Billy K. Wells and Harold Rome. Additional lyrics by Buddy Burston. Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Orchestra under the direction of John McManus. Additional material by Joseph Erens. Choreographed by 'Robert Alton (I)'. Production Supervised by Harry A. Kaufman. Entire production devised / directed by John Murray Anderson. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 25 Jan 1944-close): 1 Apr 1943-22 Jul 1944 (553 performances). Cast: Milton Berle (as "Cecil" / "The Micromaniac" / "Singer"), Ilona Massey (as "Thirty-Five Summers Ago" Singer" / "Love Songs are Made in the Night" Singer" / "Gertrude Olsen" / "Loves-A-Poppin" ' "/Michala Carmen in Zoot" / "Hindu Serenade" Singer" / "Hold That Smile" Dancer), Arthur Treacher (as "Godfrey" / "Good God Godfrey" / "Crumpet" / "Loves-A-Poppin'" / "Don Jose" / "Carmen in Zoot" / "Himself" / "Once a Butler" / "Hold That Smile" Dancer), Jack Allen, Ray Arnett, Carolyn Ayres, Christine Ayres, Bea Bailey, Bil Baird, Cora Baird, Jim Barron, Robert Bay, Mary Alice Bigham, Oliver Boersma, Doris Brent, Veronica Byrnes, Josine Cagle, Imogen Carpenter, Skippy Cekan, Virginia Cheneval, Jack Cole, Ann Connolly, Ray Cook, Bob Copsy, Bruce Davison, Grace De Witt, Betty Douglas, Penny Edwards, Nadine Gae, Mary Ganley, Arthur Grahl, David Gray, Victor Griffin, Eleanor Hall, Patricia Hall, Edward Hayes, Manfred Hecht, Marilyn Hightower, Gretchen Houser, Howard Jackson, Jerry Jansley, Jerry Koban, Yvonne Kummer, Rebecca Lee, Kay Lewis, Ray Long, Howard Ludwig, Edmund Lyndeck, Bubbles Mandel, Jay Martin, Arthur Maxwell, Jack McCauley (as "The Hero" / "Mr. Tappen, Good God Godfrey" / "Mr. Andrews, Counter Attack" / "Swing Your Lady, Mr. Hemingway" Singer / "Dancer" / "Mr. Smith, Once a Butler" / "Hotel Manager, Mr Grant Goes To Washington"), Mary McDonnell, Earle McVeigh, Katherine Meskill, Virginia Miller, Dean Murphy, Janie New, Marianne O'Brien, Michael Pober, Renee Riley, Robert Rippy, Dixie Roberts, Ruth Rowan, Sue Ryan, Charles Senna, Robert Shaw, Rosaleen Simpson, Sgt. Tom Smith, Betty Stuart, Theodore Teddick, Rose Teed, The Jansleys, The Rhythmaires, Mimi Walthers, Don Weissmuller, Ila Marie Wilson, Tommy Wonder, Doris York. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Alfred Bloomingdale and Lou Walters. Produced by arrangement with Billie Burke Ziegfeld.

(1940) Stage: Appeared (as "Policeman") in "Beverly Hills" on Broadwa. Written by Lynn Starling and Howard J. Green. Directed by Otto Preminger. Fulton Theatre: 7 Nov 1940-30 Nov 1940 (28 performances). Cast: Effie Afton (as "Mrs. Burnside"), Ilka Chase (as "Jean Harding"), Frank Chew, Peter Goo Chong, Helen Claire, Violet Heming, William J. Kelly, Enid Markey, Doro Merande (as "Miss White"), Lea Penman (as "Geraldine Smith"), Robert Shayne (as "Art Browder"), Clinton Sundberg, William Talman (as "Ted Farlow"). Produced by Laurence Schwab and Otto Preminger.

(1940) Stage: Staged "Keep Off the Grass" on Broadway. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Al Dubin and Howard Dietz. Sketches by Mort Lewis, Parke Levy, Alan Lipscott, S. Jay Kaufman and Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Anthony R. Morelli. Miss O'Brien's arrangements by Arthur Wilson. Scenic Design / Costume Design by Nat Karson. Book directed by Eddie Dowling. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Broadhurst Theatre: 23 May 1940-29 Jun 1940 (44 performances). Cast: Larry Adler (as "The Old Park Bench" Singer/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant"), Ray Arnett, Billie Bernice, Mimi Berry, Blondie (as "Dorothy Thompson" / "Misinformation, Please"), Peanuts Bohn, Ray Bolger (as "Crazy as a Loon" Singer" / "Dancer" / "Thirsty Man" / "The Fountain" / "A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Singer/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Dancer/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Dancer/"Raffles" Dancer / "The Tiger" / "Hormones" / "This is Winter" Dancer"), Betty Bruce, Virginia Burke, Martha Burnett, Imogen Carpenter (as "Park Stroller, The Fountain" / "Bird Lover, Birds" / "The Morelli Singers"; Broadway debut), Ilka Chase (as "She" / "Romantique" / "Thirsty Woman" / "The Fountain" / "Juliet" / "Shakespeare's-A-Poppin" / "Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/ "Art Lover" / "Museum Piece"), Gloria Clare, Harriet Clarke, John Coy, Margie Dale, Maude Davis, Bela de Tuscan, Joanna de Tuscan, Fred Deming, Helen Devlin, Henry Dick, La Motte Dodson, Jimmy Durante (as "Dr. Kildare" / "The Tree Doctor" / "The Fugitive" / "A Fugitive From Esquire" / "Clifton Fadiman" / "Misinformation, Please" / "McSwindle" / "Shakespeare's-A-Poppin" / "Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/ "Guide" / "Museum Piece" / "Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Conductor / "Mulligan" / "Hormones"), Hugh Ellsworth, Esta Elman, Jane Froman, Gloria Gaffey, Peggy Gallimore, Jackie Gleason (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer" / "Dr. Christian" / "The Tree Doctor" / "The Cop" / "The Fountain" / "The Valet" / "A Fugitive From Esquire" / "The Old Park Bench" Singer / "Tybalt" / "Shakespeare's-A-Poppin" / "Art Lover" / "Museum Piece" / "Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant" / "A Salesman" / "Hormones"), Jiggs (as "F.P.A." / "Misinformation, Please"), Emmett Kelly (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer / "The Old Park Bench" Singer / "Art Lover" / "Museum Piece" / "La Motte Dodson's Monkeys Performer"), Ann Lass, Lynn Lawrence, June Le Roy, 'Jose Limon' (as "Performer"), Peggy Littlejohn, Louie (as "Oscar Levant" / "Misinformation, Please"), Lois Martin, Mary Joan Martin, John McAuley, Margery Moore, Hal Neiman, Virginia O'Brien, Sunnie O'Dea, Patsy (as "Ann Sheridan" / "Misinformation, Please"), Percy (as "Gypsy Rose Lee"), Jane Gray Petri, Nan Rae, Jerome Robbins (credited as Jerry Robbins; as "Dancing Young Man"), Robert Shackleton, Jerry Shepherd, Bob Sidney, Jane Starner, Aileen Stone, Sylvia Stone, Arnold Saint Subber (as "Bootblack" / "The Fountain" / "Art Lover"), Frances Tannehill (as "Park Stroller" / "The Fountain" / "Bird Lover" / "Birds" / "The Morelli Singers"), Lee Tannen, The Toreadors, Daphne Vane, Sid Walker, Mimi Walthers, Don Weissmuller. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

(1936) Stage: Staged "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" on Broadway [return engagement]. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by David Freeman. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Conrad Salinger, Robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Additional Orchestrations by Conrad Sallinger, Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker and Will Vodery. Additional lyrics by Joe Burke, Tot Seymour, Walter Kent, Richard Jerome, Edwin Gilbert and Edward Heyman. Additional music by Vee Lawnhurst, Edgar Burke, Richard Jerome, Walter Kent, Edwin Gilbert and Harold Spina. Scenic Design / Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Eddie Dowling. Ballets directed by George Balanchine. Directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward C. Lilley. Winter Garden Theatre: 14 Sep 1936-19 Dec 1936 (112 performances). Cast: Fanny Brice, Bobby Clark, Edelia Alvarez, Ann Anderson, Del Arden, Gloria Arden, Florence Baker, Betty Banister, Mary Bay, Vicki Belling, Helen Bennett, Mary Bicks, Hiawana Booth, Betty Boyce, Julie Bryan, Florine Callahan, Hugh Cameron, Virginia Collins, Cass Daley, Jyll Egger, Irmgard Erik, Marjorie Ezequelle, James Farrell, Alex Fisher, Joe Frederic, Helene Fromson, Kay Gable, Sidney Greene, Ruth Harrison, George Herman, Rita Horgan, Diane Hunter, Henning Irgens, Stan Kavanagh, Geirgette Lampsi, Artheda Lane, Virginia Langdon, Marvin Lawler, Marjorie Leach, Gypsy Rose Lee (as "Miss Gherkin"), Linda Lee, Fay Lentz, Dionis Little, Evelyn Low, Christine Beau Mar, Sylvia Marsh, Beth Meredith, Mae Merrick, Melton Moore, Joan Myles, Paul Nelson, Bernard Pearce, Jane Pickens, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, William Quentmeyer, Erminie Randolph, Jo Raskin, Ruth Rathburn, Clare Scott, Terry Shannon, Shirley Stevens, Marie Vanneman, Eddie Wells, Ben Yost. Produced by Billie Burke Ziegfeld.