Vernon and Irene Castle's Ragtime Revolution

Appendix: Stage and Film Appearances of Vernon and Irene Castle

All credits below are as originally billed. About Town (906) Herald Square Theater, (opened Aug. 30, 906; 38 performances) Produced by Lew M. Fields; Music by Melville Ellis and Raymond Hubbell; Book by Joseph Herbert; Lyrics by Joseph Herbert; Directed by Julian Mitchell; Scenic Design by Arthur Voegtlin, Edward G. Unitt, and Homer Emens; Costume Design by Mrs. Carolyne Siedel and Mrs. Robert Osborn. Cast: Lew Fields (Baron Blitz, a genteel cab driver); Lawrence Grossmith (The Duke of Slushington, seeking the Golden Girl); Joseph Herbert (Laird O’Findon Haddock, his uncle in more ways than one); Harry Fisher (Bertie, a boulevardier from Pittsburgh); Jack Norworth (Jack Doty, a social arclight); George Beban (Marquis de Rectori, a famous swordsman); Joseph Herbert Jr. (Count Sherri, at the human bench show); Vernon Castle (Viscomte Martino, at the human bench show); Hans Giovanni (Julius, an infant prodigal); Mr. Summers (lackey; waiter); Mr. Dill (watchman); Mr. Dolliver (policeman); Mr. Reinhard (Mr. B. O’Graf, interested in moving pictures); Joseph Schrode (Jenny, a horse; north end); Mr. Dill (Jenny, a horse; south end); Louise Dresser (Gertrude Gibson, a girl with a black-and-white past); Coralie Blythe (Millie Bounder, a society pest); Louise Allen Collier (Lottie Limejuice, just plain chorus); Elita Proctor Otis (Mrs. Frivol, a stage mommer); Edna Wallace Hopper (Fannie Frivol , a prima donna with no voice in the matter); Topsy Siegrist, Gertrude Moyer (Carrie and Sadie, occasional showgirls); Edith Ethel MacBride (Marianne, Gertrude ’s maid); Marion Whitney, Ray Gilmore, Jane Murray (in the merry); Lillian Raymond (tea maid). With Mae Leslie, Jessie Richmond, Lillian Harris, Viola Hopkins, Bessie Skeer, Lillian Devere, Mattie Chapin, Ruth Fields, Ida Doerge, Loretta MacDonald, Della Connor, Gladys Zell, Mae Murray, May Hickey, Lynn D’Arcy, Fredo Linyard, Elsie Davis. STAGE AND FILM APPEARANCES OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE APPENDIX  254 STAGE AND FILM APPEARANCES The Girl behind the Counter (907–8) Herald Square Theater (opened Oct. , 907, closed June 6, 908; 282 performances ) Produced by Sam S. and Lee Shubert, Inc., and Lew M. Fields; Music by Howard Talbot; Book by Leedham Bantock and Arthur Anderson; Freely adapted and reconstructed by Edgar Smith; Lyrics by Arthur Anderson; Produced under the direction of J. C. Huffman and Julian Mitchell; Scenic Design by Arthur Voegtlin; Costume Design by William H. Matthews; Conducted by William E. MacQuinn. Cast: George Beban (Henri Duval, manager), Vernon Castle (John Blobbs, waiter at the Jardin de Paris; Hon. Aubrey Battersea, friend of Lord Gushington; Hawkins, waiter); Louise Dresser (Millie Mostyn, overlady at The Universal); Connie Ediss (Mrs. Henry Schniff, formerly Mrs. Willoughby); Lotta Faust (Ninette Valois, of the millinery department); Lew M. Fields (Henry Schniff, a soldier of misfortune); Denman Maley (Lord Augustine Gushington, familiarly known as “Gussie”); Ignacio Martinetti (Dudley Cheatham, cashier ); May Naudain (Winnie Willoughby, Mrs. Schniff ’s daughter); Joseph Ratliff (Charley Chetwynd,a self-made young millionaire);Topsy Siegrist (Susie Scraggs,assistant cashier); with Mae Allen (Hattie Tryon, shopper); Nan Brennan (Kitty Ermine, shopper); Gladys Browne (Hope Gonne, saleslady); May Burnett (Lady Stonybroke , patron); Daisy Carson (Tessie Temple, cash girl); Claire Casscles (Dottie Styles, shopper); Sebastian Cassie (Tompkins, waiter); Erminie Clark (Rhode Rimple, cash girl); Vincent Cooper (Ponsonby, a chauffeur); Lillian Devere (Sallie Sample, cash girl); Ida Doerge (Vera Leight, saleslady); Radford D’Orsay (Louis, booth attendant); Richard Fanning (Simkins, waiter); Lottie Fremont (Mrs. Crossley-Shoppington); Jane Grant (Mrs. Mark Down, patron); Josephine Harriman (Winnie Wimple, cash girl); Frances Harris (Mrs. Uneeda Wafer, patron ); Viola Hopkins (Mrs. Canby Dunn, patron); Ruth Humphries (The Hon. Eunice Byington, patron); Bettine LeFevre (Rita Ruffhouse, saleslady); Molly Mack (Tessie Tardington, saleslady); Edith Ethel McBride (Mrs. M. Whittington ); J.J.McDonald (Francois,booth attendant); Olive Menton (Lady Cheapington -Jones, patron); Ethel Millard (Ida Knowington, saleslady); Charles Mitchell (John L. Fitz Corbet); “Patsy” Mitchell (Maggie of the wrapping department); Hubert Neville (Lord Rumbold, friend of Lord Gushington); Lillian Raymond (Grace Church, saleslady); Elsa Reinhardt (Lottie Munn, shopper); John Reinhardt (Jean, booth attendant); Madge Robertson (Maida Mantell, saleslady); Reina Swift (Willa Ketchum, saleslady); Joseph Torpey (Bliffkins, waiter); Helen Turner (Daisy Lyons, shopper); A. Van Sant (Pierre, booth attendant); Winifred Vaughan (Lady Bargyn-Hunter, patron); Marion Whitney (Trixie Coates, shop- STAGE AND FILM APPEARANCES 255 per); Dorothy Williams (Mrs.C.O.D.Billings,patron); Anna C.Wilson (Winnie Fellows, saleslady); J. J. Youngs (DeBelleville, porter for Millie Mostyn). With Mitchell & Durante, Beatrice Liddell, Dorothy Marlowe, Elizabeth Hawman, Louise Hawman, Seppie McNeil, Ada Robertson. The...