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Harlem Playbill - October 1929
Harlem
Broadway
Revival
Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre
234 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
William Jourdan Rapp
,
Wallace Thurman
People (48)
Alonzo Balue
Pinky
(Original)
Edna Wise Barr
Arabella Williams
(Original)
Jackie Barry
Jack
(Original)
Rae Blanks
Row
(Original)
Robert Bonner
Slim
(Original)
Alston Burleigh
Roy Crowe
(Original)
Ruth Carle
Ruth
(Original)
Nat Cash
Ensemble
(Original)
Ruth David
Honey
(Original)
Sam Davis
Thaddeus Jenkins
(Original)
Wallace Edenboro
Tom
(Original)
Herbert Ellis
Briggs
(Original)
Alonzo Fenderson
Pa Williams
(Original)
Reggie Fenderson, Jr.
Reggie
(Original)
Margie Foster
Mars
(Original)
Alonzo Freide
Hip
(Original)
Rex Goreleigh
Rex
(Original)
Milton Greene
Ironsides
(Original)
Gertrude Mae Hill
Tim
(Original)
Blanche Jones
Bee
(Original)
Ossie Lyles
Jimmie
(Original)
William McFarland
Basil Venerable
(Original)
Florence Miller
Flo
(Original)
Ivy Neely
Mazie Williams
(Original)
Helen Nelson
Janitress
(Original)
Mary L. Payne
Maybe
(Original)
Joe Reddick, Jr.
Loving Joe
(Original)
Louise Renault
Lou
(Original)
Emory S. Richardson
Jasper Williams
(Original)
Marie Richardson
Effie
(Original)
Cornelius Roddy
Detective Sergeant Palmer
(Original)
Nonie Simmons
Janitress' Daughter
(Original)
Alma Smithe
Cordelia Williams
(Original)
Clarence Taylor
George Williams
(Original)
C. Thornton
Sleepy
(Original)
F. Barclay Trigg
Dr. Vodeo
(Original)
T. Gordon Van Nieff
Tim
(Original)
Allen B. Walker, Jr.
Babes
(Original)
Hillis Walters
Ippy Jones
(Original)
Ernest R. Whitman
Ensemble
(Original)
Elizabeth Williams
Ma Williams
(Original)
Milton J. Williams
Hot-Stuff Man
(Original)
Leonore Winkler
Mary Lou
(Original)
Stanley Wolcott
Fats
(Original)
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Alonzo Balue
Pinky
(Original)
Edna Wise Barr
Arabella Williams
(Original)
Jackie Barry
Jack
(Original)
Rae Blanks
Row
(Original)
Robert Bonner
Slim
(Original)
Alston Burleigh
Roy Crowe
(Original)
Ruth Carle
Ruth
(Original)
Nat Cash
Ensemble
(Original)
Ruth David
Honey
(Original)
Sam Davis
Thaddeus Jenkins
(Original)
Wallace Edenboro
Tom
(Original)
Herbert Ellis
Briggs
(Original)
Alonzo Fenderson
Pa Williams
(Original)
Reggie Fenderson, Jr.
Reggie
(Original)
Margie Foster
Mars
(Original)
Alonzo Freide
Hip
(Original)
Rex Goreleigh
Rex
(Original)
Milton Greene
Ironsides
(Original)
Gertrude Mae Hill
Tim
(Original)
Blanche Jones
Bee
(Original)
Ossie Lyles
Jimmie
(Original)
William McFarland
Basil Venerable
(Original)
Florence Miller
Flo
(Original)
Ivy Neely
Mazie Williams
(Original)
Helen Nelson
Janitress
(Original)
Mary L. Payne
Maybe
(Original)
Joe Reddick, Jr.
Loving Joe
(Original)
Louise Renault
Lou
(Original)
Emory S. Richardson
Jasper Williams
(Original)
Marie Richardson
Effie
(Original)
Cornelius Roddy
Detective Sergeant Palmer
(Original)
Nonie Simmons
Janitress' Daughter
(Original)
Alma Smithe
Cordelia Williams
(Original)
Clarence Taylor
George Williams
(Original)
C. Thornton
Sleepy
(Original)
F. Barclay Trigg
Dr. Vodeo
(Original)
T. Gordon Van Nieff
Tim
(Original)
Allen B. Walker, Jr.
Babes
(Original)
Hillis Walters
Ippy Jones
(Original)
Ernest R. Whitman
Ensemble
(Original)
Elizabeth Williams
Ma Williams
(Original)
Milton J. Williams
Hot-Stuff Man
(Original)
Leonore Winkler
Mary Lou
(Original)
Stanley Wolcott
Fats
(Original)
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William Jourdan Rapp
Writer
Wallace Thurman
Writer
Chester Erskin
Staging
Edward A. Blatt
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
21
1929
Closing Date
Nov
1
1929
Performances
16
as of Dec 05, 2025
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