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Fast Life Playbill - September 1928
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Fast Life
Broadway
Revival
Ambassador Theatre
219 W. 49th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Samuel Shipman
,
John B. Hymer
People (31)
C. Edwin Brandt
Andrew Stratton
(Original)
John Burch
Martin Cobb
(Original)
Irene Cattell
Christina Johnson
(Original)
Peter Goo Chong
Wong
(Original)
Jean Clarendon
Daniel Coleman
(Original)
Claudette Colbert
Patricia Mason
(Original)
Donald Dillaway
Douglas Stratton
(Original)
Frederick Earle
John Holmes
(Original)
Frank A. Howson
Clyde Turner
(Original)
Thomas Irwin
Burton Hall
(Original)
Donald McClelland
Rodney Hall
(Original)
Adrian Morris
Press Carroll
(Original)
William Morris
Richard Palmer
(Original)
Chester Morris
Chester Palmer
(Original)
Dorothy Payne
Mildred Allen
(Original)
Frank Reyman
Buddy Williams
(Original)
Wells Richardson
Donald Bliss
(Original)
Muriel Robinson
Gladys Tucker
(Original)
Anne Tarnoff
Julie Sutherland
(Original)
Robert Toms
Jim Taylor
(Original)
Guard
(Original)
Walter Tyrrell
Charles Percy
(Original)
Crane Wilbur
Bradford Palmer
(Original)
Mabel Williams
Nola Mercer
(Original)
Paul Wilson
Willard Halliday
(Original)
Frank Graham
Doctor
(Original)
Vincent Gulliver
Negro
(Original)
Frank B. Miller
Chaplain
(Original)
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C. Edwin Brandt
Andrew Stratton
(Original)
John Burch
Martin Cobb
(Original)
Irene Cattell
Christina Johnson
(Original)
Peter Goo Chong
Wong
(Original)
Jean Clarendon
Daniel Coleman
(Original)
Claudette Colbert
Patricia Mason
(Original)
Donald Dillaway
Douglas Stratton
(Original)
Frederick Earle
John Holmes
(Original)
Frank A. Howson
Clyde Turner
(Original)
Thomas Irwin
Burton Hall
(Original)
Donald McClelland
Rodney Hall
(Original)
Adrian Morris
Press Carroll
(Original)
William Morris
Richard Palmer
(Original)
Chester Morris
Chester Palmer
(Original)
Dorothy Payne
Mildred Allen
(Original)
Frank Reyman
Buddy Williams
(Original)
Wells Richardson
Donald Bliss
(Original)
Muriel Robinson
Gladys Tucker
(Original)
Anne Tarnoff
Julie Sutherland
(Original)
Robert Toms
Jim Taylor
(Original)
Guard
(Original)
Walter Tyrrell
Charles Percy
(Original)
Crane Wilbur
Bradford Palmer
(Original)
Mabel Williams
Nola Mercer
(Original)
Paul Wilson
Willard Halliday
(Original)
Frank Graham
Doctor
(Original)
Vincent Gulliver
Negro
(Original)
Frank B. Miller
Chaplain
(Original)
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John B. Hymer
Writer
Samuel Shipman
Writer
A.H. Van Buren
Staging
A. H. Woods
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
26
1928
Closing Date
Oct
13
1928
Performances
21
as of Nov 29, 2025
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