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Philadelphia
Broadway
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Philadelphia Playbill - October 1929
Philadelphia
Broadway
Original
Mansfield Theatre
256 W 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Samuel John Park
People (15)
Walter Ayers
Inspector Brennan
(Original)
Eleanor Hayden
Nellie Densford
(Original)
J. P. Hopkins
District Attorney Jennings
(Original)
Frank Lengel
2nd Detective
(Original)
Del McDermid
1st Aid Hospital Interne
(Original)
Ralph Morehouse
1st Detective
(Original)
Jack Motte
John Bradshaw
(Original)
Tewks O'Dare
Slicer
(Original)
Ernest Pollock
Coroner
(Original)
Walter Regan
Robert Crawford
(Original)
Kitty Robinson
Sadie Watkins
(Original)
Lita Torgerson
Mrs. B. J. Miller
(Original)
William Walcott
Judge Densford
(Original)
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Walter Ayers
Inspector Brennan
(Original)
Eleanor Hayden
Nellie Densford
(Original)
J. P. Hopkins
District Attorney Jennings
(Original)
Frank Lengel
2nd Detective
(Original)
Del McDermid
1st Aid Hospital Interne
(Original)
Ralph Morehouse
1st Detective
(Original)
Jack Motte
John Bradshaw
(Original)
Tewks O'Dare
Slicer
(Original)
Ernest Pollock
Coroner
(Original)
Walter Regan
Robert Crawford
(Original)
Kitty Robinson
Sadie Watkins
(Original)
Lita Torgerson
Mrs. B. J. Miller
(Original)
William Walcott
Judge Densford
(Original)
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Samuel John Park
Director
Writer
Ashton Springer
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
16
1929
Closing Date
Nov
1
1929
Performances
32
as of Feb 01, 2026
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