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Home Productions American Way, The (1940)

American Way, The

Music: Oscar Levant and others
Lyrics: Various
Book: George Kaufman and Moss Hart
Notes:
Production Year: 1940
Synopsis:

The story of an immigrant who comes to the United States, absorbs "the American way," and lives and dies for it. The play covers a span from 1896 through 1940.

Cast Member

Role

Earl Scholl
Dr. Squires
Norma Terris
Irma Gunther
O.J. Vanasse
A Minister
Herbert Vollmar
Ed Lorenz
Dorothy Sargent
Helen
Joe Snyder
Another Political Speaker
Ruth Urban
Anna
Emil Wachter
Mayor McEvoy/Political Speaker
Billie Lou Watt
Lisa Gunther (age 15)
Helen Dooley
Mrs. Brockton
Dana Hardwick
Karl Gunther
Louise Banks
Gold Star Mother
Gladys Baxter
Winifred Baxter
Kay Bennett
Mary (age 21)
Aline Daly
Mrs. Kennedy
Gerry Bauer
Otto Heinrich
Al Downing
The Leader
Allan Gordon
Tommy
Jeannette Gorman
Mrs. Squires
Patricia Curry
Julia Hewitt (age 11)
Mary Sue Curry
Mary Hewitt (age 12)
Gene Adams
Karl Gunther (age 19)/Karl Gunther (as child)
Whitner Bissell
Karl (age 21)
Mae Green
Mrs. Hewitt
Henrietta Blattner
A Maid
James Gillis
Factory Foreman/Immigration Official
Jeanne Gustavison
Clara Heinrich
Bob Lawrence
Alex Hewitt
Frederic Persson
Judge Hewitt
Shirley Ann Kock
Lisa Gunther (as child)
Marion Kleinschmidt
Mrs. White
Adrienne Marden
Lisa Gunther
Barry Mineah
Bobby
Sherry Kennett
Ruth
Vincent Price
Martin
Roberta Hoffman
Julia (age 22)
Robert Keith
Samuel Brockton
Neal Oxenhandler
Alex Hewitt (as child)