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Anna Ascends
Broadway
Original
Anna Ascends
Broadway
Original
Playhouse Theatre
137 W. 48th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Harry Chapman Ford
People (14)
Betty Alden
Bessie Fisk
(Original)
Gloris Artos
Nellie Van Housen
(Original)
Alice Brady
Anna Ayyobb
(Original)
Helen Cromwell
Miss Bird
(Original)
Ward DeWolfe
William
(Original)
S. K. Fried
Rizzo
(Original)
Frank Hatch
Henry Fisk
(Original)
Rod La Rocque
"Bunch" Berry
(Original)
Edward Morse
Allen Sparkles
(Original)
Effingham A. Pinto
"Beauty" Tanner
(Original)
Gustave Rolland
Siad Coury
(Original)
John Werner
Howard Fisk
(Original)
Cliff Worman
John Stead
(Original)
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Betty Alden
Bessie Fisk
(Original)
Gloris Artos
Nellie Van Housen
(Original)
Alice Brady
Anna Ayyobb
(Original)
Helen Cromwell
Miss Bird
(Original)
Ward DeWolfe
William
(Original)
S. K. Fried
Rizzo
(Original)
Frank Hatch
Henry Fisk
(Original)
Rod La Rocque
"Bunch" Berry
(Original)
Edward Morse
Allen Sparkles
(Original)
Effingham A. Pinto
"Beauty" Tanner
(Original)
Gustave Rolland
Siad Coury
(Original)
John Werner
Howard Fisk
(Original)
Cliff Worman
John Stead
(Original)
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Harry Chapman Ford
Writer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
22
1920
Closing Date
Currently Running
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