Spencer Tracy_ A Biography - James C. Curtis [535]
NED MCCOBB’S DAUGHTER
By Sidney Howard. (Princess Theatre, Chicago, February 20, 1927.) Management: John Cromwell. Cast: John Cromwell, Florence Johns, Spencer Tracy (George Callahan), Burke Clarke, Harriette MacGibbon, Elmer Cornell, Robert Wayne, Arthur Cole, Joseph Daly, Ranold Savery. Staged by John Cromwell.
Note: Tracy left the cast after six weeks.
THE WRIGHT PLAYERS
(Faurot Opera House, Lima, Ohio, April 17, 1927.) Manager: William H. Wright. Company: Spencer Tracy, Louise Treadwell, Porter Hall, Vincent Dennis, Geraldine Browning, David Livingstone, Joseph Demier, Isabelle Herbert, Anthony Blair, Kitty Cosgriff, Harry Horne. Director: Harry Horne.
THE BABY CYCLONE
By George M. Cohan. (Henry Miller’s Theatre, September 12, 1927.) Management: George M. Cohan. Cast: Grant Mitchell, Natalie Moorhead, Spencer Tracy (Gene Hurley), Nan Sunderland, William Morris, Georgia Caine, Agnes Gildea, John T. Doyle, Joseph Allen, Charles F. McCarthy. Staged by Sam Forrest. 187 performances. Also toured.
STOCK AT THE OHIO THEATRE
(Ohio Theatre, Cleveland, June 24, 1928.) Leading man: Pierre Watkin.
Note: Tracy appeared in productions of The Baby Cyclone, Broadway, and Lulu Belle.
WHISPERING FRIENDS
By George M. Cohan. (Broad Theatre, Newark, N.J., August 21, 1928.) Management: George M. Cohan. Cast: Spencer Tracy (Joe Sanford), Georgia Caine, Walter Edwin, Gwenn Lowrey, Jack McKee, Kathleen Mulqueen. Staged by Sam Forrest. Tour only.
NIGHTSTICK
By John Wray, the Nugents, and Elaine Sterne Carrington. (Freeport Theatre, Freeport, Long Island, November 5, 1928.) Management: Russell Mack. Cast: Spencer Tracy (Tommy Glennon), Marjorie Crossland, James S. Barrett, Clara Palmer, Frances Horine, Victor Kilian, Donald Dillaway, Jerome Sheldon, Owen Martin, Frederick Strong, Harry Jenkins, Vera Trett, Loretta Puck, Emil Hirsch. Staged by Arthur Bouvier. Eight performances.
THE LESTER BRYANT STOCK COMPANY
(Auditorium Theater, Baltimore, December 24, 1928.) Manager: Lester Bryant. Company: Edna Hibbard, Spencer Tracy, Pat O’Brien, Martin Walfson, Frank McHugh, Philip Van Zandt, Alex Campbell, Harry Stafford. Director: Noel Travers.
CONFLICT
By Warren F. Lawrence. (Fulton Theatre, March 6, 1929.) Management: J. E. Horn (Spad Producing Co.). Cast: Spencer Tracy (Richard Banks), Edward Arnold, Frank McHugh, Peggy Allenby, Dennie Moore, Charles Scott, Albert Van Dekker, Jack Mead, Mabel Allyn. Staged by Edward Clarke Lilley. Thirty-seven performances.
SALT WATER
By Dan Jarrett (uncredited: Jean Dalrymple). (Playhouse, Mamaroneck, N.Y., May 27, 1929.) Management: John Golden. Cast: Spencer Tracy (John Horner), Edythe Elliott, Una Merkel, George Spelvin, Claude Cooper, Robert Burton, William Edmunds, Alan Goode, James C. Lane, Harry Lawrence, Patricia O’Hearn. Staged by John Golden. Tryouts only.
Note: Tracy was fired after the play’s Atlantic City engagement.
THE E. F. ALBEE PLAYERS
(Albee Theatre, Providence, R.I., June 24, 1929.) Manager: Foster Lardner. Company: Selena Royle, Spencer Tracy, John W. Moore, Walter Kenmore, William Harrison, Charles I. Schofield, Mal Arthur, Mal Kelly. Director: Charles I. Schofield.
NIGGER RICH (THE BIG SHOT)
By John McGowan. (Royale Theatre, September 20, 1929.) Management: Lee Shubert. Cast: Roderick Maybee, Spencer Tracy (Eddie Perkins), Don Beddoe, Adelaide Hibbard, Elvia Enders, Eric Dressler, John A. Butler, Helen Flint, Franklyn Fox, Richard Taber. Staged by the author. Eleven performances.
DREAD
By Owen Davis. (Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1929.) Management: Sam H. Harris. Cast: Spencer Tracy (Perry Crooker), Madge Evans, Miriam Doyle, Frank Shannon, George Meeker, Edwin Stanley, Marie Haynes, Helen Mack, Kathleen Comegys. Staged by the author. Tryouts only.
Note: The play closed after its Brooklyn engagement.
BLUE HEAVEN (VENEER)
By Hugh Stange. (Garrick Theatre, Chicago, December 22, 1929.) Management: Harry L. Cort, Charles H. Abramson. Cast: Joanna Roos, Spencer Tracy (Charlie Riggs), William Roselle, Betty Brown,