''Gold Eagle Guy'' is a 1934

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five scene drama written by Melvin Levy, produced by the Group Theatre with D. A. Doran, Jr., staged by

Lee Strasberg Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg; November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an American theatre director, actor and acting teacher. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931 ...

, choreography by

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with scenic design by

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and costume design by Kay Morrison. It ran for 65 performances from November 28, 1934, to January 1935 at the Morosco Theatre.

Cast

Luther Adler Luther Adler (born Lutha Adler; May 4, 1903 – December 8, 1984) was an American actor best known for his work in theatre, but who also worked in film and television. He also directed plays on Broadway. Early life and career Adler was born on ...

as Emperor Norton and as Tang Sin *

Stella Adler Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress and acting teacher.
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Alan Baxter as MacNaurty and as Kohler and as postman *

Roman Bohnen Roman Aloys Bohnen (November 24, 1901 – February 24, 1949) was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939), '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943), and ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (194 ...

as Macondray * J. Edward Bromberg as Guy Button *

Morris Carnovsky Morris Carnovsky (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1992) was an American stage and film actor. He was one of the founders of the Group Theatre (1931-1940) in New York City and had a thriving acting career both on Broadway and in films un ...

as Will Parrott *

William Challee William John Challee (April 6, 1904 – March 11, 1989) was an American actor. Biography Challee was born in Chicago and was a student at Lake View High School. Challee appeared on Broadway by 1926 and by 1931 in early Group Theatre produc ...

as Pearly and as Ah Kee * Russell Collins as a deserter and as Ed Walker *

Walter Coy Walter Darwin Coy (January 31, 1909 – December 11, 1974) was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, arguably most well known as John Wayne's character's brother in ''The Searchers'' (1956). Early years Originally ...

as Adam Keane * Jules Garfield as sailor and as Mackay * Elia Kazan as Polyziodes * Alexander Kirkland as Lon Firth *

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as a miner and as Captain Roberts and as André * Bob Lewis as Gus and as Okajima * Sanford Meisner as Ortega and as Guy, Jr. (in Act 3) *

Clifford Odets Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdra ...

as Burns and as Jolais * Art Smith as Merg and as Wallin * Margaret Barker as Jessie Sargent * Jackie Jordan as Guy, Jr. (in Act 2) * David Kortchmar as another miner and as Rev. Brown * Gerrit Kraber as Tony Sorrenson and as Joe * Herbert Ratner as bartender and as Jacobs and as A.D.T. boy * Marietta Bitter as harpist Miss Grackle * Jack Kaiser as Accordion Ed Girls of the "Mantic" barroom * Ruth Nelson and as Mrs. McElvay and as Miss Richards *

Phoebe Brand Phoebe Brand (November 27, 1907 – July 3, 2004) was an American actress. Life Brand was born in Syracuse, New York in 1907 and raised in Ilion, Herkimer County, New York. Her father worked for Remington Typewriter Company as a mechanical e ...

and as Elizabeth Jolais * Joan Madison and as Mrs. Muller * Paula Miller and as Mrs. Sheldon and as Mrs. Nass * Florence Cooper and as Mrs. DaSilva * Evelyn Geller * Helen Carrm and as Mrs. Halstead * Eunice Stoddard and as Mrs. Lemon and as Frances Williams and as Mrs. Kummer and as Mrs. Guadalla * Dorothy Patten and as Miss Simmonds

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