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The Life Line
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The Life Line Playbill - Dec 1929
The Life Line
Broadway
Original
Vanderbilt Theatre
148 W. 48th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Gretchen Damrosch
People (12)
Helene Ambrose
Lilly
(Original)
Carroll Ashburn
Bronson Cutler
(Original)
Herbert Delmore
Mr. Irving Ives
(Original)
Harry Green
Gildersleeve
(Original)
Rosalind Ivan
Mrs. Irving Ives
(Original)
Lewis Leverett
Jay Dadmun
(Original)
Robert Parsons
Pyle
(Original)
Eunice Stoddard
Blair
(Original)
Shepperd Strudwick
The Reverend Dr. Truesdale
(Original)
Akim Tamiroff
Mr. Mario Tinzeel
(Original)
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Helene Ambrose
Lilly
(Original)
Carroll Ashburn
Bronson Cutler
(Original)
Herbert Delmore
Mr. Irving Ives
(Original)
Harry Green
Gildersleeve
(Original)
Rosalind Ivan
Mrs. Irving Ives
(Original)
Lewis Leverett
Jay Dadmun
(Original)
Robert Parsons
Pyle
(Original)
Eunice Stoddard
Blair
(Original)
Shepperd Strudwick
The Reverend Dr. Truesdale
(Original)
Akim Tamiroff
Mr. Mario Tinzeel
(Original)
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Gretchen Damrosch
Writer
Leo Bulgakov
Staging
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
27
1930
Closing Date
Jan
1931
Performances
17
as of Jan 09, 2026
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