Stage: Appeared (as "Joe Bullitt"; credited as Elisha Cook; Broadway debut) in "Hello, Lola" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book / lyrics by
Dorothy Donnelly. From "Seventeen" by
Booth Tarkington. Based on the stage adaptation of "Seventeen" by
Hugh Stanislaus Stange and
Stannard Mears. Music by
William Kernell. Musical Director: Charles Sieger. Directed by
Seymour Felix. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: (moved to Maxine Elliott's Theatre from 8 Feb 1926 to close): 12 Jan 1926-20 Feb 1926 (47 performances). Cast: Avis Adair, Earl Atkinson, Edythe Baker, Sylvia Carol, Dorothy Casey, Kittye Casey, Lillian Clerke, Cullen Clewis, George Crouch, Don DeFrancis, Nanette Flack,
Jay C. Flippen (as "Genesis"), Ben Franklin, Bert Gardner,
Ben Hendricks Jr., Richard Keene, Constance Lahleet, Nancy Lea, Frances Mildern, Albert Miller, Betty Noi, Dorothy Palmer, Virginia Ray, Diddie Read, Beatrice Reiss, Wyn Richmond (as "May Parcher"), Howard Shea, Cora Stephens, Wally Stewart,
George E. Stone (credited as Georgie Stone; as "Johnnie Watson"), Margaret Brooke Sullivan, Larry Vale, Katherine Vercelle, Louise Vercelle,
Marjorie White, Harry Wood, Emma Wyche. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.