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The Crooks' Convention
Broadway
Original
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The Crooks' Convention Playbill - September 1929
The Crooks' Convention
Broadway
Original
Forrest Theatre
230 W. 49th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Arthur Somers Roche
People (24)
Thomas Blake
The "Yellow Kid"
(Original)
O.T. Burke
Judge Console
(Original)
John Burkell
Jack Manners
(Original)
Joseph Burton
Senator Stevens, "Big Bill"
(Original)
Leo Donnelly
Robert Gildad
(Original)
Helen Dumas
Alice Jones
(Original)
James T. Ford
Tim Doonan
(Original)
Stuart Fox
"Revival" Hunt
(Original)
Natalie Frees
Lifting Nell
(Original)
Milton C. Herman
Jake Sternberg
(Original)
John O. Hewitt
Bill
(Original)
Sam Raynor
(Original)
Eleanor Hicks
"Big Jennie"
(Original)
Frank Horton
Ballot Box Sam
(Original)
Sergeant McConnell
(Original)
Pat Kane
Steve
(Original)
Steve
(Original)
Kay Mallory
Badger Kate
(Original)
Will Marsh
Noah Withers
(Original)
J. Carrol Naish
Mazarin
(Original)
Louise Perine
Abigail Hart
(Original)
Clifton Self
Captain Jennings
(Original)
Charles Slattery
Smith
(Original)
Joseph F. Sweeney
James J. Timmons
(Original)
William Thompson
James J. Timmons
(Original)
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Thomas Blake
The "Yellow Kid"
(Original)
O.T. Burke
Judge Console
(Original)
John Burkell
Jack Manners
(Original)
Joseph Burton
Senator Stevens, "Big Bill"
(Original)
Leo Donnelly
Robert Gildad
(Original)
Helen Dumas
Alice Jones
(Original)
James T. Ford
Tim Doonan
(Original)
Stuart Fox
"Revival" Hunt
(Original)
Natalie Frees
Lifting Nell
(Original)
Milton C. Herman
Jake Sternberg
(Original)
John O. Hewitt
Bill
(Original)
Sam Raynor
(Original)
Eleanor Hicks
"Big Jennie"
(Original)
Frank Horton
Ballot Box Sam
(Original)
Sergeant McConnell
(Original)
Pat Kane
Steve
(Original)
Steve
(Original)
Kay Mallory
Badger Kate
(Original)
Will Marsh
Noah Withers
(Original)
J. Carrol Naish
Mazarin
(Original)
Louise Perine
Abigail Hart
(Original)
Clifton Self
Captain Jennings
(Original)
Charles Slattery
Smith
(Original)
Joseph F. Sweeney
James J. Timmons
(Original)
William Thompson
James J. Timmons
(Original)
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Arthur Somers Roche
Writer
Leo Donnelly
Director
Irving Lande
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
18
1929
Closing Date
Sep
30
1929
Performances
13
as of Dec 19, 2025
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