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Hold Your Horses
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Hold Your Horses Playbill - Sept 1933
Hold Your Horses
Broadway
Original
Winter Garden Theatre
1634 Broadway (At W. 50th St.), New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
lyrics:
Arthur Swanstrom
,
Ben Oakland
,
Louis Alter
,
Owen Murphy
,
Robert A. Simon
music:
Arthur Swanstrom
,
Ben Oakland
,
Louis Alter
,
Owen Murphy
,
Robert A. Simon
book:
Corey Ford
,
Russel Crouse
People (109)
Jack Anthony
Luigi
(Original)
Walter Armin
Charles Rector
(Original)
James Babbitt
Boy
(Original)
Julia Barker
Showgirl
(Original)
Alayne Blair
Dancing Girl
(Original)
W.K. Brady
Spike Ahearn
(Original)
Jack Burleigh
Magnolia
(Original)
Lehman Byck
Irving
(Original)
Jack Byrne
First Croupier
(Original)
Phyllis Carroll
Lillian Russell
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Emeeta Casanova
Second Chorus Girl
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Andre Charise
Boy
(Original)
Dave Chasen
Frothington
(Original)
Cecile Clancy
Showgirl
(Original)
Jay Conley
Boy
(Original)
Mary Connor
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Joe Cook
Broadway Joe
(Original)
Colleen Cooper
Showgirl
(Original)
Barbara Coswell
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Inez Courtney
Gwen Fordyce
(Original)
Carmen Cuyler
Showgirl
(Original)
Hene Damur
Third Chorus Girl
(Original)
Helen Day
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Dorothy Drum
Fourth Chorus Girl
(Original)
Helene Ecklund
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Marion Farrish
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Margie Finley
First Chorus Girl
(Original)
Stenographer
(Original)
Helen Folsom
Showgirl
(Original)
Frances Ford
Anna Held
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Jimmie Fox
Mr. Milquetoast
(Original)
Nervy Nat
(Original)
Peggy Gallimore
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Douglas Gilmore
Flash Ricardo
(Original)
John Glenn
Boy
(Original)
Ruth Gormley
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Edwin Guhl
John L. Sullivan
(Original)
Clarence Harvey
G.A.R. Veteran
(Original)
Patron at Nigger Mike's
(Original)
Maurine Holmes
Dowager
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Lillian Russell
(Replacement)
Jack Howard
Diamond Jim Brady
(Original)
Dick Canfield
(Original)
Meredith Howard
Showgirl
(Original)
Virginia Howard
Showgirl
(Original)
Jeryl Joyce
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Adelaide Kaye
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Josephine Kaye
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Marguerite Kennedy
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Connie Madison
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Jane Manners
Showgirl
(Original)
Lila Manors
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Lola Manor
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Gene Martel
Boy
(Original)
Rosalie McCallion
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Joe McKeon
Felix
(Original)
Edward J. McNamara
Boss Donovan
(Original)
Tully Millet
Boy
(Original)
Jack Morrissey
Dan Guiness
(Original)
Robert J. Mulligan
Hold-Up Man
(Original)
Ona Munson
Marjory Ellis
(Original)
Donnell O'Brian
Committeeman
(Original)
Emmett O'Brien
Boy
(Original)
Eileen O'Connor
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Ethel O'Dell
Showgirl
(Original)
Olaf Olsen
Kid Hogan's Second
(Original)
Evelyn Page
Showgirl
(Original)
Walter Palm
Bartender at Nigger Mike's
(Original)
Pat Palmer
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Tom Patricola
Kid Hogan
(Original)
Tesha Pierson
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Ernest Recco
Magnolia
(Original)
Harry Rogers
Guiseppe
(Original)
Polly Rose
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Jean Ryan
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Lovee Sabalis
Showgirl
(Original)
George Schiller
Ambrose McGillicuddy
(Original)
Myra Scott
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Charles Senna
Peanut Vendor
(Original)
C. Ellsworth Smith
Big Bill Haenckle
(Original)
Stanley Smith
Alan Donovan
(Original)
Edna Strong
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Frances Stutz
Showgirl
(Original)
Tanya Tschergi
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Frances Upton
Dolly Montague
(Original)
Dick Wallace
Al Smith
(Original)
Rex Weber
Bill
(Original)
Eugene Winchester
Steve Brody
(Original)
Three-Card Monte Man
(Original)
Sunny Wright
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Dan Wyler
Boy
(Original)
Cecile Klancy
Dowager
(Replacement)
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Jack Anthony
Luigi
(Original)
Walter Armin
Charles Rector
(Original)
James Babbitt
Boy
(Original)
Julia Barker
Showgirl
(Original)
Alayne Blair
Dancing Girl
(Original)
W.K. Brady
Spike Ahearn
(Original)
Jack Burleigh
Magnolia
(Original)
Lehman Byck
Irving
(Original)
Jack Byrne
First Croupier
(Original)
Phyllis Carroll
Lillian Russell
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Emeeta Casanova
Second Chorus Girl
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Andre Charise
Boy
(Original)
Dave Chasen
Frothington
(Original)
Cecile Clancy
Showgirl
(Original)
Jay Conley
Boy
(Original)
Mary Connor
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Joe Cook
Broadway Joe
(Original)
Colleen Cooper
Showgirl
(Original)
Barbara Coswell
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Inez Courtney
Gwen Fordyce
(Original)
Carmen Cuyler
Showgirl
(Original)
Hene Damur
Third Chorus Girl
(Original)
Helen Day
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Dorothy Drum
Fourth Chorus Girl
(Original)
Helene Ecklund
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Marion Farrish
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Margie Finley
First Chorus Girl
(Original)
Stenographer
(Original)
Helen Folsom
Showgirl
(Original)
Frances Ford
Anna Held
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Jimmie Fox
Mr. Milquetoast
(Original)
Nervy Nat
(Original)
Peggy Gallimore
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Douglas Gilmore
Flash Ricardo
(Original)
John Glenn
Boy
(Original)
Ruth Gormley
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Edwin Guhl
John L. Sullivan
(Original)
Clarence Harvey
G.A.R. Veteran
(Original)
Patron at Nigger Mike's
(Original)
Maurine Holmes
Dowager
(Original)
Showgirl
(Original)
Jack Howard
Diamond Jim Brady
(Original)
Dick Canfield
(Original)
Meredith Howard
Showgirl
(Original)
Virginia Howard
Showgirl
(Original)
Jeryl Joyce
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Adelaide Kaye
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Josephine Kaye
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Marguerite Kennedy
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Connie Madison
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Jane Manners
Showgirl
(Original)
Lila Manors
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Lola Manor
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Gene Martel
Boy
(Original)
Rosalie McCallion
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Joe McKeon
Felix
(Original)
Edward J. McNamara
Boss Donovan
(Original)
Tully Millet
Boy
(Original)
Jack Morrissey
Dan Guiness
(Original)
Robert J. Mulligan
Hold-Up Man
(Original)
Ona Munson
Marjory Ellis
(Original)
Donnell O'Brian
Committeeman
(Original)
Emmett O'Brien
Boy
(Original)
Eileen O'Connor
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Ethel O'Dell
Showgirl
(Original)
Olaf Olsen
Kid Hogan's Second
(Original)
Evelyn Page
Showgirl
(Original)
Walter Palm
Bartender at Nigger Mike's
(Original)
Pat Palmer
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Tom Patricola
Kid Hogan
(Original)
Tesha Pierson
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Ernest Recco
Magnolia
(Original)
Harry Rogers
Guiseppe
(Original)
Polly Rose
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Jean Ryan
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Lovee Sabalis
Showgirl
(Original)
George Schiller
Ambrose McGillicuddy
(Original)
Myra Scott
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Charles Senna
Peanut Vendor
(Original)
C. Ellsworth Smith
Big Bill Haenckle
(Original)
Stanley Smith
Alan Donovan
(Original)
Edna Strong
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Frances Stutz
Showgirl
(Original)
Tanya Tschergi
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Frances Upton
Dolly Montague
(Original)
Dick Wallace
Al Smith
(Original)
Rex Weber
Bill
(Original)
Eugene Winchester
Steve Brody
(Original)
Three-Card Monte Man
(Original)
Sunny Wright
Dancing Girl
(Original)
Dan Wyler
Boy
(Original)
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Russel Crouse
Book
From a Play by
Corey Ford
Book
From a Play by
Robert Russell Bennett
Music
Lyrics
Orchestrations
Robert A. Simon
Music
Lyrics
Louis Alter
Music
Lyrics
Arthur Swanstrom
Music
Lyrics
Ben Oakland
Music
Lyrics
Owen Murphy
Music
Lyrics
Margot Millham
Featured Songs
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Leslie Stuart
Featured Songs
Owen Hall
Featured Songs with Lyrics
J.P. Murray
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Charles Beahan
From a Play by
Joe Cook
With Many Nonsensical Moments by
Producer
R.H. Burnside
Book Staging
John Shubert
Director
Produced Under the Supervision of
Robert Alton
All Dances, Ensembles and Principals' Dances
Russell Patterson
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Harriet Hoctor
Ballets Created and Staged by
Frederick De Cordova
Stage Manager
Sam Wiser
Assistant Stage Manager
Producing Associates, Inc
Producer
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
25
1933
Closing Date
Dec
9
1933
Performances
88
as of Dec 03, 2025
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