Busby Berkeley(1895-1976)

Stage: Dance Arranger for "Holka Polka" on Broadway (earliest Broadway credit). Musical comedy. Music by Will Ortman. Book by W. Walzer. Book adapted by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Translated by Derick Wulff. Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Lyric Theatre: 14 Oct 1925-31 Oct 1925 (21 performances). Cast: Harry Anderson (as "Auctioneer"), Jean Armstrong (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Benson (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Booth (as "Ensemble"), Alec Bowman (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Briggs (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Brown (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Burke (as "Rudi Munz"), Phyllis Burkhardt (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Carmin (as "Ensemble"), Francis H. Cherry (as "Marie Karin"), Lillian Clinton (as "Ensemble"), Betty Credito (as "Ensemble"), Florence Crozier (as "Ensemble"), Vera Dale (as "Ensemble"), Rosa de Cordoba (as "Specialty Dancer"), Barbara Dean (as "Ensemble"), Ely DeMar (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne DeSales (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Doane (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Elaine (as "Ensemble"), Harry Ellston (as "Ensemble"), Paul Elsoner (as "Ensemble"), Willoa Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Ben Fleck (as "Ensemble"), Nicholas Globatcheff (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as Karel Boleslav"), Orville Harrold (as "Peter Novak, Known as Nobody"), Patti Harrold (as "Peterle Novak"), Harry Heller (as "Ensemble"), Harry Holbrook (as "Max Munz"), Mary Huber (as "Ensemble"), Albert Hurt (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kartavy (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice King (as "Ensemble"), Russell King (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Vincent Langan (as "Jan"), Richard Lear (as "Ensemble"), Jack Lerner (as "Ensemble"), Milba LeVander (as "Ensemble"), Ray Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), Renee Lowrie (as "Ensemble"), Esther Lyon (as "Ellen Novak"), George E. Mack (as "Baron von Bruck"), James Martin (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Martin (as "Ensemble"), Ila McCall (as "Ensemble"), Henrietta Merriman (as "Ensemble"), Alice Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), James C. Morton (as "Adam Cook"), Fred Ortmann (as "Ensemble"), Lisa Parnova (as "Specialty Dancer"), Patty Patterson (as "Ensemble"), Frances Patton (as "Ensemble"), F.D. Porterfield (as "Ensemble"), Morris Ragalsky (as "Ensemble"), Marion & Martinez Randel (as "Specialty Dancers"), Faye Renard (as "Ensemble"), Troupe Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Clementine Rigeau (as "Ensemble"), Bess Ringwald (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Lea Roy (as "Ensemble"), Valerie Sargent (as "Ensemble"), Christine Schyler (as "Ensemble"), John Sherlock (as "Henri Novothy"), Val Sholar (as "Ensemble"), May Speed (as "Ensemble"), Edith Stich (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Strawbridge (as "Specialty Dancer"), Reginald Thomas (as "Ensemble"), Charles Thompson (as "Coachman"), Ben Trotman (as "Ensemble"), May Vokes (as "Gundel"), Olive Wanda (as "Ensemble"), Holmes Washburn (as "Ensemble"), Viola Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Williams (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Wilson (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Withers (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Carl Reed.