- Active on Broadway (credited as Franklyn Batie) in the following productions:
- The Passing Show of 1917 (1917). Musical revue.
- Bombo (1921). Musical revue.
- Big Boy (1925). Musical comedy.
- Big Boy (1925). Musical comedy (revival).
- Sinbad (1918). Musical revue. Book by Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Musical Numbers Arranged by Jack Mason. Additional music by Al Jolson, Jean Schwartz, Harry Tierney, Turner Layton and Albert Gumble. Additional lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Alfred Bryan, Jack Yellen, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Henry Creamer and Irving Caesar. Orchestra under the direction of Oscar Radin. Ballets Arranged by Alexis Kosloff. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt, P. Dodd Ackerman, John H. Young and Ernest Gros. Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy, Homer Conant and Samuel Zalud. Directed by J.C. Huffman and Jacob J. Shubert. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre from 2 Sep 1918- circa Oct 1918, then moved to The Casino Theatre from 14 Oct 1918- circa Nov 1918, then moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 11 Nov 1918- circa Feb 1918, then moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 10 Feb 1919- close): 14 Feb 1918- 29 Mar 1919 (404 performances). Cast: Al Jolson (as "Gus/Inbad the Porter"), Roshanara (as "Fareast"), Jane Adams (as "Ensemble"), Franklyn Baite (as "Jack Randall, A Cobbler"), George Baker (as "Ensemble"), May Belle (as "May/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Doris Benham (as "Doris/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Johnny Berkes (as "Tapem/Johnny"), Molly Boulais (as "Ensemble"), Rose Boulais (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Fox Brooks (as "Nan Van Decker/A Slave Girl"), Dorothy Bruce (as "Dorothy"), Dot Bryant (as "Ensemble"), Milus Carpenter (as "Ensemble"), Viola Clarens (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Cloak (as "Beatrice/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Mabel Cloud (as "Ensemble"), Hazel Cox (as "Amina/Patricia De Trait/Love"), Kitty Doner (as "Prince Stubb Talmage"), Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Stephen Gilwater/The King of Serendib"), Gertrude Doyle (as "Gertrude/Ensemble"), Florence Elmore (as "Vivian/Ali Baba/Ensemble"), Edgar Atchinson Ely (as "Professor Graves/Kassin"), Constance Farber (as "Tessie Verdear/Goodfellowship"), Irene Farber (as "Jeanette Verdear"), Margaret Ferguson (as "Margaret/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Flo Flandreaux (as "Ensemble"), Ella Foster (as "Ensemble"), Inez Francis (as "Ensemble"), Eleanore Franke (as "Eleanor/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Pearl Germond (as "Isabel/Pearl/Ensemble"), Mattie Gormley (as "Ensemble"), Frank Grace (as "Kickem/Frank"), Ona Hamilton (as "Ensemble"), Rae Hartley (as "Inspiration/Rae/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Van Buren Hartman (as "Ensemble"), Frank Holmes (as "Harry"), Kitty Holton (as "Ensemble"), Forrest Huff (as "Van Rennsellar Sinbad"), Mildred Kaye (as "Ensemble"), Harry Kearley (as "Tony/A Servant"), John Kearney (as "A Yogi/Geni"), Grace Keeshon (as "Wine/Ensemble"), Alexis Kosloff (as "Veritas/El Orient"), Mildred La Gue (as "Florence/Passion/Ensemble"), Elsie LaMont (as "Ensemble"), Grace Langdon (as "Grace/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Jack Laughlin (as "Ensemble"), Eleanor Leigh (as "Ensemble"), Lois Leigh (as "Ensemble"), Henry LeVoy (as "Ensemble"), Marie Lorillard (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Marmont (as "Charlotte/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Billy Marr (as "Ensemble"), Bob McClellan (as "Mack"), Barbara McCree (as "Ensemble"), Vera Mercer (as "Marcelle/Ensemble"), Irene Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Marion Mooney (as "Song/Ensemble"), Jean Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Evangeline Murray (as "Ensemble"), Edith Pierce (as "Ensemble"), Lorrelda Poppanny (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Purtell (as "Ensemble"), Trixie Raymond (as "Ensemble"), Yvette Reals (as "Ensemble"), Jessie Reed (as "Betty/Beauty/Ensemble"), Gertrude Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Wade Riesemy (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Seymour (as "Beatrice/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Ensemble"), Billie Sheridan (as "Ensemble"), Rheba Stewart (as "Ensemble"), Marian Stokes (as "Marian/Devotion/Ensemble"), Mae Terresfield (as "Ensemble"), Jean Thomas (as "Modesty/Ensemble"), George Thornton (as "Emil/Sinbad's Donkey"), Betty Touraine (as "Betty/Ensemble"), Jean Troupman (as "Ensemble"), Jean Troutman (as "Ensemble"), Fay Tunis (as "Ensemble"), Thelma Turnball (as "Beatrice/Winter Garden Blue Ribbon Girl/Style/Ensemble"), Alice Van Ryker (as "Ensemble"), Fritzi Von Busing (as "Mrs. Van Decker/The Queen of Serendib"), Chandler Waldo (as "Ensemble"), Richard Warner (as "Ensemble"), Grace Washburn (as "A Court Lady/Harriet/Vampire"), Nora White (as "Mildred"), Edna Whitney (as "Ensemble"), Isabel Whitney (as "Ensemble"), Florence Wilde (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Withee (as "Princess Audrey Van Decker"), Beth Young (as "Marcelle/Leonora"), Rita Zalmani (as "Bagdad/Queen Butterfly"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
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